AI emperor revoked privilegia - need help figuring things out

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I am playing as sweden and have just made the baltic a Swedish inland sea. However the austrian AI emperor has now revoked the privilegia.

If i dismantle the HRE, wil Austria keep all its vassals? What if i revoke imperial reform, will it lose their HRE vassals then?

The HRE is engaged in a massive war with a seriously overpowered France, and is completely drained on troops in central europe, so now is my time to strike. I worry about how France will treat me after the HRE is shattered, since we are enemies and since Austria+vassals is the only force that have been able to challenge this France on steroids, but the devil you know.... I simply cant afford to let the AI enact renovatio imperii

 

[Stategem161803]

As far as I know, nothing can make austria loose it's new vassals except forced cancellation in peace deals or vassal rebellion.

 

[PAnZuRiEL]

If you revoke the reform, I suspect that won't cancel the vassals, but it would at least tank Austria's diplo points through the floor as long as they maintain all those vassals.

In any case, you really should have never allowed the reforms to get that far. If you were never planning to become emperor, you should have dismantled the HRE by now. If you were planning to, you should never have allowed hereditary succession to pass.

 

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I guess my best shot is to dismantle and cripple austria by diplo upkeep costs. Hopefully they will still keep france busy anyway.

I would have dismantled them earlier if they hadnt been allied to france, and with france itself allied to muscovy, Lithuania, Poland, Castille and Portugal.

 

[gnome109]

Try to dismantle the HRE rather have an Austria with vassals than a united HRE.

 

[moyang]

Revoking latest reform is not enough, since HRE vassal is free of diplomatic relations after 6th reform. You need to dismantle it to drain its DIP.

But I suggest wait till HRE got united, then start conquering. So HRE have less total troops, and less warscore per province.

 

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But I suggest wait till HRE got united, then start conquering. So HRE have less total troops, and less warscore per province.

Yes, however i think now is my time to strike because the empire has suffered extreme casualties so if i let them recover i think they would obliterate me.

Has anybody got a clue how the AI will react when diplo upkeep cost is shot through the roof? Will it start cancelling vassals?