An option to buy provinces from AI nations

[jjake101]

The price would be calculated via something similar to this equation...

Base Tax*100-prestige-relationship score(/10).

In order to buy a province you would need to meet these requirements...
- A stability of 3
- Relationship with the target country at least 120
- You must not have been at war with the target country for at least 30 years
- You cannot buy one the target countries primary cores
- The target country must not be your rival

In order to balance this, if you buy one province from a country, the second time you buy a province from that country the price will be increased by something like 25% or 50%

What do you think?

 

[Celtic Emporer]

Good idea, and somewhat historical, in some situations, but could be very easily over-gamed... make coring cost increase, maybe?
Add this with the ability to buy/ sell colonial nations, and Ill be happy.

 

[Mattius]

I don't see why the stability is necessary. Maybe it could be diplo power instead?

 

[jjake101]

I don't see why the stability is necessary. Maybe it could be diplo power instead?

Yeah, I reckon the diplo power might make more sense.

How about if buying a province costs 500 points and then that cost increases by something like 25% or 50% every time you buy a province from that same country?

Also, maybe when you buy a province, you automatically get a claim on it?

 

[Mattius]

Yeah, I reckon the diplo power might make more sense.

How about if buying a province costs 500 points and then that cost increases by something like 25% or 50% every time you buy a province from that same country?

Also, maybe when you buy a province, you automatically get a claim on it?

Maybe the diplo cost should scale with the province development. Like 2-3 dip per development?

 

[Imgran]

Good idea, and somewhat historical, in some situations, but could be very easily over-gamed... make coring cost increase, maybe?
Add this with the ability to buy/ sell colonial nations, and Ill be happy.

I don't see why you need a coring cost. Just make it so a province that a nation is coring or wants to core also can't be sold. that way you can only buy provinces a nation CANNOT core, which is exactly perfect.

 

[grommile]

Guess what: The AI already actively tries to sell provinces it can't core.

 

[Wizzington]

AI should only ever sell provs it can't core, and it already does.