Assuming it's early enough that you're using claims, claims/conquest CB no longer provides an AE discount as of 1.16, so provided you are in fact making them co-belligerent, you're not eating extra AE in comparison to declaring on them directly. If you had a special CB in mind though, then yeah, you'll eat some extra.
what are your campaign goals? Taking trade and doing trading game as the Netherlands is good idea. But trade idea group for blobbing campaign is worse then taking influence or diplo
) So I guess it boils down to a) having a nice bunch of colonies, who are b) providing a lot of trade income for my home node, and c) said home should be a force to be reckoned with in Europe: on par with, if not surpassing, the largest European nations out there. I don't think I would want to form the HRE, since I would like to stay the Netherlands, but becoming emperor and instituting most of the reich reforms might be fun. At the very least I would like to get the 'Je Maintendrai' and 'Sinaasappel!' achievements, and perhaps one of the trading ones. Diplo sounds sweet though, if only for the reduced AoE...
Excellent question that. I'm afraid the answer is as simple as: making it to 1820 and feel as if I have done a respectable job. A lot of this is about learning the game mechanics too, for instance, about when to convert to being reformed (I know it might at times be better not to do so, but I can be a bit OCD about things like that, and the Netherlands ought to be reformed in my book
) The one time I tried to play on, was when Milan inherited Burgundy. Milan. I was like: wtf? And then waited to see whet they would do. Didn't have to wait long too, they started to expand in the low countries region. Ack!I think you mean Influence. I used to go for it first, but these days it's second. (I'm actually taking Exploration first, and abandoning it when the second slot opens up, but that's another story.)
I know I tested with non-Imperials the other day, when someone asked: If you declare on a non-Imperial member, and make an Imperial member ally of theirs co-belligerent, the Emperor is not called in. Because when the Emperor is called in, he is always co-belligerent, and therefore since he would be ally-of-ally and ally-of-ally cannot be co-belligerent, he is not called in.
Not that I know of...if it was allowed, I would not use it. The build time is so long & you would pay up front for a building that wont start for a year or more depending upon queue. Not such a problem late game if/when money is abundant. Just use the building interface, it works well IMO.
Thanks for the reply. I don't really mind either way, I was just curious.
No. The income you get from colonial nations are from the tariffs and they are not effected by the income from vassals modifier. You can increase and decrease tariffs for each colonial nation through the subject interaction menu and one of the exploration ideas gives you +20% on global tariffs, as well as the following policies:
No, they don't. It works as they say: They take exploration as their first idea-group, then once they hit admin tech 7, they abandon exploration and take influence instead (presumably as well as whatever other idea group they want)
Fair point. Influence's effect on AE is still more powerful, though, so I'd still say it's likely Merlina meant Influence.
I'm not clear on what part you're confused, and Republic of Mercury did a good job of explaining what it is I do, but just to clarify, tech unlocks idea slots, and when you abandon a group, the slot opens back up, for you to pick a new group with (for that slot). You do lose 90% of the points you have invested into the group you abandon (and I believe Art of War is required to be able to abandon), but it can still be worthwhile in select circumstances. Apologies for being unclear.
