Cheers, I assumed you wouldnt be able to change to a republic but I just want a better monarchy. Oh well, only 7 more years. I guess I'll start throwing around some guarantees.
Don't tell me the sky is the limit when there are footsteps on the moon.
[...]Read that PU seems to be the best low BB way to expand, could I get PU by marrying into Firenze and Ancona (and possibly Siena too) and then claim throne and inherit? Probably got to be very lucky to pull it off without huge penalties. [...] A bit weary about attacking Papal states too, will I be excommunicated if I take Roma by force? [...]
Except Holy War only works for Christians and Muslims. Other religions get a religious liberation CB but it requires that the target own a province of your religion. Both of these only work on targets outside your religion group so Shinto Japan can't use it against any other Eastern religion.Holy War CB allows to declare war to nation with different religion. Don't remember details.
Tip: It's very useful for Japan - only they have Sinto
The emperor asks as a random event when you have non-core provinces. Either get a core or suck it up and deny it. The event only comes once per province. Unfortunately there isn't really another way, unless you want to leave the HRE and remove the provinces from the Empire.
There is a very interesting thread about PU's here:
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?561600-How-to-Inherit
As for attacking the Papal State, I wasn't excommunicated even when I declared war and annexed them. I think that only the Controller of the Curia can excommunicate others IIRC, there can be only one nation excommunicated at the same time and it's not possible to excommunicate another country in a certain period of time. If you annex the Papal States, another country will take its role as Papal State it will be one of the countries with religious governments. I also think that being the defender of the Faith avoids you from being excommunicated.
Veterans: Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong! :laugh:
There can only be one crusade target at a time and the crusade lasts 20 years or until the target is eliminated. As far as I know there is no limit on excommunicating rulers beyond the "must have low relations with Papal States & not be DoF" requirements.
There can only be one crusade target at a time and the crusade lasts 20 years or until the target is eliminated. As far as I know there is no limit on excommunicating rulers beyond the "must have low relations with Papal States & not be DoF" requirements.
http://www.paradoxian.org/eu3wiki/Advanced_Curia_StrategyExcommunication can only be directed at a ruler whose relations with the Papal State are below 100 and is not the Defender of the Catholic Faith. For Personal Unions, only the senior partner's relations are taken into account although the excommunication penalty effects all junior partners as well. The final restrictions for excommunication is that the year 1650 has not been reached and that no other ruler has been excommunicated in the past 3 years.
There is a very interesting thread about PU's here:
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?561600-How-to-Inherit
As for attacking the Papal State, I wasn't excommunicated even when I declared war and annexed them. I think that only the Controller of the Curia can excommunicate others IIRC, there can be only one nation excommunicated at the same time and it's not possible to excommunicate another country in a certain period of time. If you annex the Papal States, another country will take its role as Papal State it will be one of the countries with religious governments. I also think that being the defender of the Faith avoids you from being excommunicated.
Veterans: Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong! :laugh:
I have never actually played a full out European country lol, so I can't say about that. It is possible to marry, claim throne, and force the country into a PU through war. You then have to drive up your relationship with said country (negative relationship means cancellation of PU on monarch death - you need a positive relationship to have a chance to inherit or at least maintain the PU) and lower your BB to have a good chance of inheriting. However note that claiming a throne is only possible when the target country has no heir or the heir has weak claim. However, part of EU3 is sitting around waiting for the opportune moment (like a CB, which you can get sometimes as an event), which is somewhat similar to what nations had to do at that point in history in real life. If you could just throw CBs around left and right, invade without infamy hikes, etc, the game wouldn't be as challenging or fun :-D
No, I haven't I don't watch tv.Someone has been watching The Apprentice.
They have no armies left, and I've occupied almost all their provinces (and those of their vassals), the remainder of the provinces are either occupied or under siege by their other enemies.
I'm playing on normal difficulty, and I've tried loading as Austria and when I do their WE gain resumes as per normal. But only when I load as Austria itself, I've also tried loading as one of my allies in the war, one of Austria's vassals, and a non-participant and on all of them the WE remains static at 12.56. It's very strange, and frustrating, since beating them wasn't easy.
They have no armies left, and I've occupied almost all their provinces (and those of their vassals), the remainder of the provinces are either occupied or under siege by their other enemies.
I'm playing on normal difficulty, and I've tried loading as Austria and when I do their WE gain resumes as per normal. But only when I load as Austria itself, I've also tried loading as one of my allies in the war, one of Austria's vassals, and a non-participant and on all of them the WE remains static at 12.56. It's very strange, and frustrating, since beating them wasn't easy.
Then you really should be asking in the mod forum. Rules for mods may be completely different from the vanilla game.though I am playing D&T,
If you conquer a prov with the unlawful territory flag, does it stick? I.e., country X takes HRE territory -- they refuse a formal request, and the territory gets the unlawful flag/penalty.
If I then take said prov, does it keep the flag? If it does, presuming I'm not an HRE nation and can remove it from the HRE, would that also remove the flag?