Hello everyone and welcome back to yet another development diary for Europa Universalis 4. Today's topic is once again a few more new features in The Cossacks. We'll also be going over some changes coming to Claims and Zones of Control in the free 1.14 patch.
Improved Espionage (Expansion Feature)
One thing we often hear is that the Espionage idea group is too weak and not worth taking. With that in mind, we've decided to strengthen it up with a couple more espionage actions: Study Technology and Agitate for Liberty.
Study Technology
Study Technology lets you send a spy to a more technologically advanced country. For each category where they are at least 2 technologies ahead of you, you get +1 power each month. However, sending spies to multiple countries will only help if they are advanced in different categories: You are capped at +1 in each of ADM, DIP and MIL no matter how many spies you have sent out.
Agitate for Liberty
Agitate for Liberty lets you send a spy to the subject of another nation to raise their Liberty Desire, useful if they just got a brand new personal union over a powerful nation, or you're looking to break up their colonial empire.. The Liberty Desire of that country will increase by +1% per month, up to a maximum of +25%. Multiple countries agitating in the same nation will not stack up beyond +25%.