Can free cities purchase the electorate?

[byebytoad]

I'm playing as Hamburg, and I have the decision to purchase the electorate in the list.
If I subjugate some electors would I be able to fire the decision to purchase the electorate?

 

[AKLEONI]

If i recall correctly a free city can't be granted an electorate, you would need to have a second city to purchase it

 

[cuendillar]

I agree, I don't think it's possibly to simultaneously be both a free city and elector. The HRE interface would get confusing if you both types of "special status" applies to one country.

 

[Kurfürstin Adelheid]

The decision(s) also appeared when I was playing as Dortmund, but I didn't have enough trust for Austria to transfer it from my subject until I had multiple provinces. Looking at the wiki there's nothing in the decision conditions that bars you from completing it as a free ciy, I had a look at the event but it doesn't have much info. I feel like the Emperor probably wouldn't let a free city also be an elector though...also what would your ruler title be? It may also be worth noting that you cannot use the usual 'Grant Electorate' option to give it to Free Cities.

 

[LukasYork]

So I was curious and did a quick test and you can indeed Purchase the electorate as a Free City!
Started as Frankfurt, used console to vassalize Mainz and get cash.
Clicked the button and bam, I am a Free City Electoral Republic. I let a few months pass just to make sure it won't change but it didn't

What is interesting that HRE screen shows 12 Free cities but no longer displays Frankfurt as one of them. It only displays 11. I am though correctly displayed as an elector

I expect it works the same with 'Request the Electorate' decision

 

[Oporto]

So I was curious and did a quick test and you can indeed Purchase the electorate as a Free City!
Started as Frankfurt, used console to vassalize Mainz and get cash.
Clicked the button and bam, I am a Free City Electoral Republic. I let a few months pass just to make sure it won't change but it didn't
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What is interesting that HRE screen shows 12 Free cities but no longer displays Frankfurt as one of them. It only displays 11. I am though correctly displayed as an elector
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I expect it works the same with 'Request the Electorate' decision

That seems like a suitable case for Bug Report.

 

[alexo22]

So I was curious and did a quick test and you can indeed Purchase the electorate as a Free City!
Started as Frankfurt, used console to vassalize Mainz and get cash.
Clicked the button and bam, I am a Free City Electoral Republic. I let a few months pass just to make sure it won't change but it didn't
View attachment 966605

What is interesting that HRE screen shows 12 Free cities but no longer displays Frankfurt as one of them. It only displays 11. I am though correctly displayed as an elector
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I expect it works the same with 'Request the Electorate' decision

Very interesting graphics, what mod is it?

 

[LukasYork]

Very interesting graphics, what mod is it?

Sulphur's Graphic Pack

 

[Oporto]

Who is this new Free City? Is this Bayreuth? Or Bamberg?

 

[LukasYork]

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Who is this new Free City? Is this Bayreuth? Or Bamberg?

Different flags are part of the aforementioned Graphic Pack. I think it's Goslar

 

[Oporto]

Different flags are part of the aforementioned Graphic Pack. I think it's Goslar

It can't be, Goslar is top left on that visible side of the list.

You can't mistake Goslar's eagle with anyone else.

 

[LukasYork]

It can't be, Goslar is top left on that visible side of the list.

Dortmund then? I can't open the game right now but I can check for you in 30 minutes or so

 

[Oporto]

Dortmund then? I can't open the game right now but I can check for you in 30 minutes or so

Sure, no rush.

And no, it's not Dortmund, it's eagle is quite distinguishable as well:

It's some kind of lion out there, maybe Ansbach? I've seen mods that change their flag like this.

 

[alexo22]

Sure, no rush.

And no, it's not Dortmund, it's eagle is quite distinguishable as well:
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It's some kind of lion out there, maybe Ansbach? I've seen mods that change their flag like this.

It's Nuremberg

 

[LukasYork]

It is indeed Nuremberg

 

[Vin55]

This should not be a thing, the electorate was equally distributed between the lords and the curch of the empire....

 

[Oporto]

It is indeed Nuremberg

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Aw, hell, I got used to another version of Nuremberg:

Thanks!

But who is the 12th Free City if you, as Frankfurt, stopped being on the list when you've purchased Electorship?

 

[Kurfürstin Adelheid]

But who is the 12th Free City

Looks like Bamberg to me.

 

[LukasYork]

Aw, hell, I got used to another version of Nuremberg:
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Thanks!

But who is the 12th Free City if you, as Frankfurt, stopped being on the list when you've purchased Electorship?

There are only 11 Free City flags displayed while the UI says 12 Free Cities.
There are still 12 in reality, me being one of them
There is just an empty space instead, you can see that the bottom of the Free City list ends with a blank, if there were 12 there would be 3 flags in each row

 

[Kurfürstin Adelheid]

Aw, hell, I got used to another version of Nuremberg:
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Thanks!

But who is the 12th Free City if you, as Frankfurt, stopped being on the list when you've purchased Electorship?

Not about free cities but that is a really nice flag for Nassau...What mod are you using? Is it the same one that had the better Gaeldom flag?