About AE in 1.13.

[ringhloth]

Well, whatever works for you, with this playstyle maximizing AI per month i had my vassal swarm ready to kick before 1550s year this way in 1.12, could have gone on world conquest easily...

I'm not saying it's ineffective. I'm saying it's silly.

 

[Aries666]

AE is still pretty low. HRE still blobs like crazy. It's usually down to 30 princes by 1520 usually.

Quite a few of those will be due to Italy leaving the empire.

 

[ringhloth]

Quite a few of those will be due to Italy leaving the empire.

Eh. It's usually around 4 or 5, and if it's more, it would shrink relatively quickly. Milan, Savoy, and Tuscany almost always survive, and then you usually have Ferrara.

 

[doktorstick]

There's something going on with AE (granted, this was from 1.12 not 1.13):
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...-got-massive-ae-coalition-for-nothing.860933/

 

[bbqftw]

probably got caught on a claim

 

[lolada]

Fabricate claims are really bad AE in HRE, i always tought that should be reduced. 3-4 caught fabrications in succession can provoke coalition easily. Trying to forge some papers should not be the same as annexing provinces, they should probably reduce AE gain and add small penalty to diplomatic reputation.

 

[Wizzington]

Fabricate claims are really bad AE in HRE, i always tought that should be reduced. 3-4 caught fabrications in succession can provoke coalition easily. Trying to forge some papers should not be the same as annexing provinces, they should probably reduce AE gain and add small penalty to diplomatic reputation.

Don't keep fabricating if you keep being caught.

 

[doktorstick]

Don't keep fabricating if you keep being caught.

Not sure if you are being flippant or not, but this was an OPM AI, which has over 100 AE all the way from Pomerania down through Genoa.

Or, maybe it wasn't fabricating at all and it's a bug. The game.log was included in the report, afterall.

 

[lolada]

Don't keep fabricating if you keep being caught.

Well i do stop and then switch to speed 5, and wait few years and hire better relations advisor if i can... waiting is not very fun tho. This is not a big issue just looks like a bit too harsh penalty for this particular action.

 

[grommile]

Well i do stop and then switch to speed 5, and wait few years and hire better relations advisor if i can... waiting is not very fun tho. This is not a big issue just looks like a bit too harsh penalty for this particular action.

There's an advisor that reduces your chances of being caught. (Spymaster - +10% Spy Offence)

 

[Dark Kain]

There's an advisor that reduces your chances of being caught. (Spymaster - +10% Spy Offence)

Is it actually better than the "better reputation over time" one? I never did the math.

 

[Beagá]

Depends naturally on how many people hate you already.

 

[Dark Kain]

Obviously, but say... hypothetically if you are chain claiming your rivals' provinces with a single diplomat is the decreased chance of being discovered actually better on average than the faster AE reduction of the "better reputation over time advisor" (nevermind the other benefits)? How much?

 

[lolada]

Is it actually better than the "better reputation over time" one? I never did the math.

Maybe, maybe not, i doubt it, and even if he was better you can't guarantee that you will be able to choose that advisor over the other guy. If he actually made the difference, meaning you not getting caught thanks to him, than he would in an instant do what takes 20-30 years to better relations advisor. If he reduces the chance by 0,5% monthly there's some chance he will help if you fabricate claims a lot. Better relations advisor works 100% of time. In any case either one of them is useful to reduce AE.

 

[dnlnn]

I can't understand why you have to change the f***** AE every damn patch. When you seem to hit the right key ( by pure chance ) you fuck it up in the next patch for no reason at all. AE in 1.12 was almost perfect.

I guess you have to justify ur salary so you keep modifying numbers at random.

 

[Nicolaj Herskind]

I can't understand why you have to change the f***** AE every damn patch. When you seem to hit the right key ( by pure chance ) you fuck it up in the next patch for no reason at all. AE in 1.12 was almost perfect.

I guess you have to justify ur salary so you keep modifying numbers at random.

Really? You really think they are modifying numbers/changing the game at random?