I count 4 uncored HRE provinces, each +.25 infamy.... you better have good diplo heirs and get lots of royal marriage missions. Good luck, I'm saying.
Yeah, I discovered that trait about them..
I count 4 uncored HRE provinces, each +.25 infamy.... you better have good diplo heirs and get lots of royal marriage missions. Good luck, I'm saying.
Geez, what happened to Austria. I say, get some allies that can handle their allies and distract them and then take back those provinces. Do you still have Brandenburg and Milan in a PU. If so, call them into the war. If you can, try to get an alliance with Bohemia and Poland, unless you already have an alliance with them. You should be able to handle the core problem now that it will only be 1 uncored HRE provinces under your control and those two provinces are very strategically important. After you take them, annex or vassalize Switzerland by either attacking and vassalizing them at first opportunity or waiting until Bresgau and Lotharingan core and then attacking and annexing them. That way, you will have a connection with Milan and if and when you inherit, you will have a large empire stretching along the frontier. You really need to build up as big an empire as possible, as you really do not want France knocking on your door. In that same vein, do NOT take any province that has a French core on it, they will attack you faster then you can say "hello Frenchie". Then, after you have taken these provinces, wait for them to core and focus on keeping relations with your personal union states until you inherit. When you do, or when you feel up to it, maybe go after Burgundy. As for why Austria got the provinces, it is a new event added in the game. The emperor can, at any time, request non-core HRE provinces from a member state. If you accept, the province usually passes to control of the emperor IIRC
The main problem is that Austria has HRE almost 100% of the time, and I really don't like the negative bonuses of denying releases, believe me I've considered several times to knock on their door and forcefully vassalize them to prevent that from happening again. Only the Austrian HRE has demanded release of provinces. Milan and Brandenburg are still in PU's.
As for the French they have been nice against me so far, and we have a 200 relation, I want to keep it that way. They don't want to be allies though.
Nice going man. Adding loads of territory. Burgundy is not a problem it seems. How evil is france towards you?
I think it'd been better if you released Hainaut and sold Namur to them. On the south, if you had the administrators, you could potentially have removed Lorraine's core on Metz and sold your other illegal province to them. Only possible if Metz was in your national focus though. Something to keep in mind for future reference.
Or, you know, defy the Emperor.
NF is the little crown you can select when you have one of your provinces' window open (next to 'relocate capital'). It provides benefits to the province and all adjacent provinces: more population growth, less revolt risk, higher income, ... It is also required for most province decisions, such as cultural assimilation, expand the bureaucracy etc. One of the decisions allows you to remove all cores of non-existing nations from the province, but requires 2 bureaucrats. I think it's called promote cultural unity. The NF is represented on the map by a small, wide crown, as opposed to the high, narrow crown of the capital.
when you annex switzerland and Parma, give both of them to Milan. That way, when you inherit, I believe you will automatically get cores on them. Even if you do not, it will strenghten Milan and then when you get back those provinces from Austria, you will have a land connection. the only way you should keep Switzerland is if you get the land connection via taking back those provinces from Austria before you diploannex Switzerland. Also, you need to get sea access for yourself and Brandenburg. otherwise you would need to create a land connection between yourself and Brandenburg, which would be incredibly difficult and therefore not recommended.
I always love me some Luxembourg AARs. ^__^
Good luck, with that much growth in the HRE you'll need it. Time to sit back and let things blow over, I think. Or you can just keep up your uncontrollable expansion. Either way.
when you annex switzerland and Parma, give both of them to Milan. That way, when you inherit, I believe you will automatically get cores on them. Even if you do not, it will strenghten Milan and then when you get back those provinces from Austria, you will have a land connection. the only way you should keep Switzerland is if you get the land connection via taking back those provinces from Austria before you diploannex Switzerland. Also, you need to get sea access for yourself and Brandenburg. otherwise you would need to create a land connection between yourself and Brandenburg, which would be incredibly difficult and therefore not recommended.
If an Inheritance would give cores, you only get cores on the inherited nation's cores.
Milan wouldn't buy the provinces, either, since they're not cores and are in the HRE.
If an Inheritance would give cores, you only get cores on the inherited nation's cores.
Milan wouldn't buy the provinces, either, since they're not cores and are in the HRE.