Knowing of the special event that Brandenburg has that gives you a free PU over Prussia, should they exist, be a monarchy, and you have at least +100 relations with them, I decided to have some fun and try a bit more chilled out game as Brandenburg, hoping to monopolise on this event. However, once I finally got a game where Poland decided to create Ducal Prussia after the Prussian Confederation's uprising, I quickly found out that, at least in that specific instance, Ducal Prussia had retained both Danzig's ideas and their republican government type.
This means that the one way to have this event fire is to play the long con of trying to protect the Teutonic Order until the reformation, and then either hoping that they convert to Protestant/Reformed, or forcing it on them, so that they can form Prussia. If I remember correctly, it was said in the Dev Diary for the Polish missions that the choice to enact a Ducal Prussia was supposed to be beneficial, due to the military bonuses it gives, but also risky, because it allows for the chance that you lose out on Eastern Prussia. In the current state of the game, I can't see any risk of Ducal Prussia ever becoming disloyal enough to break free in the 10 years before Poland can annex them. Although, maybe make it a bit less free and give Poland the option to respond to having Ducal Prussia fall under PU with Brandenburg.
In the nicest way possible, did the team simply forget that this Brandenburg event existed, did my game bug out, or was this very much intended? I'd like to see the possibility of this event being able to steal a Ducal Prussia away from Poland, just like what happened historically.
This means that the one way to have this event fire is to play the long con of trying to protect the Teutonic Order until the reformation, and then either hoping that they convert to Protestant/Reformed, or forcing it on them, so that they can form Prussia. If I remember correctly, it was said in the Dev Diary for the Polish missions that the choice to enact a Ducal Prussia was supposed to be beneficial, due to the military bonuses it gives, but also risky, because it allows for the chance that you lose out on Eastern Prussia. In the current state of the game, I can't see any risk of Ducal Prussia ever becoming disloyal enough to break free in the 10 years before Poland can annex them. Although, maybe make it a bit less free and give Poland the option to respond to having Ducal Prussia fall under PU with Brandenburg.
In the nicest way possible, did the team simply forget that this Brandenburg event existed, did my game bug out, or was this very much intended? I'd like to see the possibility of this event being able to steal a Ducal Prussia away from Poland, just like what happened historically.
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