Can Free the Byzantine Empire From the Evil Ottomans

[lordmichael95]

After wining a crusade against the Ottomans as Venice (with help from AI France) I got territory from the Ottomans. This territory has Byzantine cores on it, so I can bring back Byzantine as a vassal (and then through other wars, win back more territory for Byzantine). Getting all this land for free (once I diplo-annax) is a no brainier. However if I release them right away, their land will be Orthodox, which is a problem for Catholic Venice.

I saw it once on this forum where a person converted the Byzantines to the Catholic religion, which allowed the overlord to get a bunch of conversations for free. Some the Byzantine cores have very high tax base, which makes religious conversion extremely difficult. So my two question are: does the AI have bonuses in regards to religious conversion? And does this strategy pan out?

 

[Xara]

No. And you would have to convert the province that you release first, if it is Orthodox, or they will be Orthodox.

 

[ghostcaesar]

they will be orthodox if their new capital is orthodox, so convert every region they have a core on that you own, then realease, it should work out fine. i dont think they have bonus cnverting, except their national idea. it's still worth releasing thugh, as it will save you a lot of coring later

 

[lordmichael95]

Thanks guys, that's what I thought.