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[Atilla 'The Hun']

What is the best strategy for the Big Blue Blob achievement?

 

[chrnno]

The Colonial Region of Mexico is huge! It covers most of the Mexico Trade Node and the Rio Grande Trade Node, so ideally I'd like to have one Colonial Nation in each trade node with 10+ provinces so I can get 2 Merchants out of them to steer trade in the area... however it looks like anything I colonize or take in the Rio Grande region automatically goes to Ming Mexico as well because it's still in the same Colonial Region... is there any way I can intentionally split a large colonial nation into two smaller ones?

Nope. What you can do is take over a CN from another country by annexing or integrating one with the but any new provinces you get in the region will still go to the first one.

 

[fordisbunk]

It costs adm to raise the tax, dip to raise the production, and mil to raise the base manpower. There's one button for each, near the top of the province view window.
And this is only possible if you have the Common Sense DLC.

Oh. So without the DLC does the development level ever go up on it's own?

I take it the Common Sense DLC costs additional money.

 

[grommile]

Oh. So without the DLC does the development level ever go up on it's own?

Yes, but only as a result of events (some of which are part of the Estates feature of The Cossacks DLC), and without causing the institution-progressing effect of buying development with monarch power using the DLC feature.

I take it the Common Sense DLC costs additional money.

Yes.

 

[ecrurudesby]

What is the best strategy for the Big Blue Blob achievement?

The achievement has its own Wiki page that is still relevant and accurate.

 

[Lacost]

New Question:

Bug or Feature?

Brabant Separatists should have spawned on a province that was occupied by Brabant (the nation) and the rebels disappeared once they hit 100%.

Spoiler

On the Screenshot you can see that the Recent Uprising modifier expires in exactly 10 years so the rebels were supposed to spawn on the first of October. No battles have been taken place there. The rebels just vanished.

So is this a bug I should report or a feature?

 

[fordisbunk]

Yes, but only as a result of events (some of which are part of the Estates feature of The Cossacks DLC), and without causing the institution-progressing effect of buying development with monarch power using the DLC feature.

Yes.

So I bought the Common Sense DLC and installed it, but it doesn't show when I try to start up the game. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

 

[Threshold]

So I bought the Common Sense DLC and installed it, but it doesn't show when I try to start up the game. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

If you mean, it doesn't show the DLC in the checklist of DLC before game start, I suggest rebooting. If you mean, it shows in the checklist, but the effects don't show ingame, then I don't know.

 

[MerlinaWizzard]

Hello again.

Sorry to say, I made a stupid mistake last game, not taking my colonial army in consideration when I lowered army maintenance. Result, I got stackwiped in an uprising, lost a province, lost my mission, and nearly lost my computer. Well, that latter had little to do with the game, and more with my rage. So yeah, I quit. Sorry about that, I felt I was doing pretty good.

So, err, next game as well... Holland. I will master this country!

Anyway, it's now 1467, and I just got to try on the emperor's new clothes. They are a bit roomy for my taste though... I had a mission to refill manpower, but I immediately cancelled it when I saw max manpower go from 15k to 40k .

First question: I only managed to get this emperor status, because my legitimacy rose from a mere 20 to almost 80 or 90 in my war of independence. I think it was when I married Austria, the emperor and my ally. is this WAD though?

Some extra questions:
a) Vassalizing Electors is bad, that I have gathered (unless you can vassalize more than half of them I reckon). But is there some additional malus if the emperor vassalizes an HRE prince, and annexes him later?

b) Burgundy still exists.The month after I became emperor I had to drop two of my current rivals, Liege and Gelre, and had to pick Provence and Burgundy instead. Of course, since Austria already enacted the first Reichsreform, I was informed that both of them possessed some land that was rightfully HRE territory. Nice! With Austria in my backpocket, and me being emperor this time around, I'm sure Burgundy will be much less of a hassle. However, if the Burgundy inheritance fires off (still very possible if I go to war), will I be eligible to inherit it? (due to being HRE ruler?) Even if the ruler of Burgundy dies in a war I started with him? If it has to do with prestige or legitimacy I should be good. Just cored my unlawful territory (Brabant), and I have prestige 85, while Power Projection and Legitimacy are both at 100)

 

[Republic of Mercury]

First question: I only managed to get this emperor status, because my legitimacy rose from a mere 20 to almost 80 or 90 in my war of independence. I think it was when I married Austria, the emperor and my ally. is this WAD though?

I presume your ruler died and their heir with a strong claim succeeded.

a) Vassalizing Electors is bad, that I have gathered (unless you can vassalize more than half of them I reckon). But is there some additional malus if the emperor vassalizes an HRE prince, and annexes him later?

Diplo-Annexing an hre member, as anyone, gives you a 30 or so opinion hit with all other members, which decays at a base of 1 a year.

b) Burgundy still exists.The month after I became emperor I had to drop two of my current rivals, Liege and Gelre, and had to pick Provence and Burgundy instead. Of course, since Austria already enacted the first Reichsreform, I was informed that both of them possessed some land that was rightfully HRE territory. Nice! With Austria in my backpocket, and me being emperor this time around, I'm sure Burgundy will be much less of a hassle. However, if the Burgundy inheritance fires off (still very possible if I go to war), will I be eligible to inherit it? (due to being HRE ruler?) Even if the ruler of Burgundy dies in a war I started with him? If it has to do with prestige or legitimacy I should be good. Just cored my unlawful territory (Brabant), and I have prestige 85, while Power Projection and Legitimacy are both at 100)

Yes, the inheritence can fire whilst you're at war with burgundy. You can get it as emperor as long as you own at least 4 non-colony provinces. Legitimacy and prestige don't affect it.

 

[Threshold]

Diplo-Annexing an hre member, as anyone, gives you a 30 or so opinion hit with all other members, which decays at a base of 1 a year.

Very small correction: It's 25, actually. Also, while it decays at 1 per year, it disappears after 20 years (which can be useful to know). @MerlinaWizzard, be warned: This stacks. So if you diplo-annex two HRE vassals, you're going to have a -50 opinion modifier for 20 years. (I did that once. Oopsie!)

With regards to Burgundy, how I like to do it is marry them (since with Emperor + royal marriage you guarantee that you get the BI), and then rather than declaring on them directly, I'll declare on Flanders or Brabant, dragging them in. But since you've just rivaled them, your chances of doing that are...approximately zero.

 

[Heindrich]

I have just conquered the Yucatan Peninsula and fed it to my Colonial Nation, Ming Mexico...

I now have a few questions:

1. Why is Ming Mexico not coring any of this? He should be able to at least core the entire west coast because he has two core provinces in the Bay of Campeche. He even has claims on Xicallanco!
2. When I declared this war, I first tried to do it via vassal interactions "Start War in Colony"... but apparently this doesn't actually get me in the war and so I had to declare a separate Colonial Conquest War in order to invade myself. Is this WAD? Why would you ever start a war on behalf of a CN that you are unable to help with?
3. I want to eat Portuguese Mexico to link up my land, especially if Ming Mexico won't core across water... However all of Portugal allies have green check marks to say they will join if I attack even if I tick the "Declare Colonial War" box. I thought allies don't get involved in Colonial Wars? I really don't want to fight the French over this (as well as Sweden, Bohemia, Burgandy etc...)

 

[Republic of Mercury]

Very small correction: It's 25, actually. Also, while it decays at 1 per year, it disappears after 20 years (which can be useful to know). @MerlinaWizzard, be warned: This stacks. So if you diplo-annex two HRE vassals, you're going to have a -50 opinion modifier for 20 years. (I did that once. Oopsie!)

Mm. Yes. Two at once. Much terrible. Very inadvisable. Cough.

Why is Ming Mexico not coring any of this? He should be able to at least core the entire west coast because he has two core provinces in the Bay of Campeche. He even has claims on Xicallanco!

Lack of admin points, I'd imagine

When I declared this war, I first tried to do it via vassal interactions "Start War in Colony"... but apparently this doesn't actually get me in the war and so I had to declare a separate Colonial Conquest War in order to invade myself. Is this WAD? Why would you ever start a war on behalf of a CN that you are unable to help with?

To encourage your subjects to expand without having to bother with it yourself / putting your smaller colonies at risk.

I want to eat Portuguese Mexico to link up my land, especially if Ming Mexico won't core across water... However all of Portugal allies have green check marks to say they will join if I attack even if I tick the "Declare Colonial War" box. I thought allies don't get involved in Colonial Wars? I really don't want to fight the French over this (as well as Sweden, Bohemia, Burgandy etc...)

Your allies don't get involved with colonial wars, in exchange for being able to call your protectorates. There's no reason why your enemy shouldn't be able to call their own allies in.

 

[LeKaiser]

I have just conquered the Yucatan Peninsula and fed it to my Colonial Nation, Ming Mexico...

I now have a few questions:

1. Why is Ming Mexico not coring any of this? He should be able to at least core the entire west coast because he has two core provinces in the Bay of Campeche. He even has claims on Xicallanco!
2. When I declared this war, I first tried to do it via vassal interactions "Start War in Colony"... but apparently this doesn't actually get me in the war and so I had to declare a separate Colonial Conquest War in order to invade myself. Is this WAD? Why would you ever start a war on behalf of a CN that you are unable to help with?
3. I want to eat Portuguese Mexico to link up my land, especially if Ming Mexico won't core across water... However all of Portugal allies have green check marks to say they will join if I attack even if I tick the "Declare Colonial War" box. I thought allies don't get involved in Colonial Wars? I really don't want to fight the French over this (as well as Sweden, Bohemia, Burgandy etc...)

1. Probably a lack of admin points. They'll core it given time.
2. The idea is that your colonial nation fights the war on its own, while you get to enjoy the benefits of peace. You don't get to help in the war but your war exhaustion still ticks down, the diplomatic actions that require you to be at peace are available, and so on. May or may not be worth the uncertainty of leaving the war up to the AI.
3. edit: above post explains it best

 

[MerlinaWizzard]

I presume your ruler died and their heir with a strong claim succeeded.

Nope, that was the question really. Remember, it was my war of indepence: It starts of with me getting a new monarch. Right now, said monarch just hit 40 and became the emperor. So no, I had to get my legitimacy boost during the war... I'm pretty sure it happened when I married the emperor Austria, during this war. Hence my question, is this WAD?

Diplo-Annexing an hre member, as anyone, gives you a 30 or so opinion hit with all other members, which decays at a base of 1 a year.

And the act of vassalizing them before? Through war, that is? Will that give imperial malus?

Very small correction: It's 25, actually. Also, while it decays at 1 per year, it disappears after 20 years (which can be useful to know). @MerlinaWizzard, be warned: This stacks. So if you diplo-annex two HRE vassals, you're going to have a -50 opinion modifier for 20 years. (I did that once. Oopsie!)

Well, apart from all of the HRE hating your guts, what's so bad about getting a negative opinion? Especially if you leave them alone for a bit?

With regards to Burgundy, how I like to do it is marry them (since with Emperor + royal marriage you guarantee that you get the BI), and then rather than declaring on them directly, I'll declare on Flanders or Brabant, dragging them in. But since you've just rivaled them, your chances of doing that are...approximately zero.

That's a frigging shame. I have 5 provinces, but no marriage. Burgundy has some marriages though. From the way you phrase it, I reckon a marriage partner has the highest chance of inheritance, rather than the emperor? (it makes sense). In that case, should I wait for the current ruler to die and then immediately attack, if able? Or do marriages arranged during the war also count for the inheritance?

ADDENDUM: I might still have a shot: I rivalled Burgundy, but they didn't rival me back: Their opinion of me is neutral. So I am now(after securing enough support from electors to remain emperor should my current 40+ ruler die) improving my relation with them. AFAIK, my own attitude towards Burgundy should not be a factor for a royal marriage, right? I tried to find some info, but came up short...

 

[Republic of Mercury]

Nope, that was the question really. Remember, it was my war of indepence: It starts of with me getting a new monarch. Right now, said monarch just hit 40 and became the emperor. So no, I had to get my legitimacy boost during the war... I'm pretty sure it happened when I married the emperor Austria, during this war. Hence my question, is this WAD?

There's no mechanic for getting a legitimacy boost on a royal marriage, as far as I know.

And the act of vassalizing them before? Through war, that is? Will that give imperial malus?

Nothing official, just the normal ae.

Well, apart from all of the HRE hating your guts, what's so bad about getting a negative opinion? Especially if you leave them alone for a bit?

Coalition-risk, making it harder to get elected, not too much else.

That's a frigging shame. I have 5 provinces, but no marriage. Burgundy has some marriages though. From the way you phrase it, I reckon a marriage partner has the highest chance of inheritance, rather than the emperor? (it makes sense). In that case, should I wait for the current ruler to die and then immediately attack, if able? Or do marriages arranged during the war also count for the inheritance?

If they have marriage partners who are also HRE members, they have a high chance of getting the inheritance, and yes, marriages arranged during the war are still eligible. All the checks for who can inherit are done when the event fires. Doesn't matter how or when nation X got the marriage.

ADDENDUM: I might still have a shot: I rivalled Burgundy, but they didn't rival me back: Their opinion of me is neutral. So I am now(after securing enough support from electors to remain emperor should my current 40+ ruler die) improving my relation with them. AFAIK, my own attitude towards Burgundy should not be a factor for a royal marriage, right? I tried to find some info, but came up short...

I don't think you can offer royal marriages to your rivals. I might be wrong though.

 

[Heindrich]

I have two questions regarding the following screencap:

1. Why does it take my colonist nearly 700 days to reach Guachichil? The typical travel time for colonists from Ming to Mexico is ~400 days, but some provinces take ~300 days longer even though my colonial nation has cores right up to the border.
2. Is there any way I can take Mixe from Portuguese Mexico without war? Ideally I want all of his colony, which includes two gold mines, but I don't want to fight him (and more importantly his many allies) any time soon, so I'd settle for just linking up my Mexico holdings for now.

 

[grommile]

1. Colonial routing is bizarre and probably buggy. When you encounter an unreasonable-seeming case like this, you should probably treat it as a bug and file a bug report.
2. Only if Ming Mexico has a claim on the province, in which case you can try using Threaten War.

 

[Heindrich]

2. Only if Ming Mexico has a claim on the province, in which case you can try using Threaten War.

Is there anything I can do to encourage Ming Mexico to fabricate that claim? I currently have all of Mexico tagged as "Provinces of Vital Interest". Should I only choose that one province to encourage Ming Mexico to fabricate there first? Actually I am not sure that even works... my subject nation tends to make pretty random claims so far.

 

[Threshold]

Nope, that was the question really. Remember, it was my war of indepence: It starts of with me getting a new monarch. Right now, said monarch just hit 40 and became the emperor. So no, I had to get my legitimacy boost during the war... I'm pretty sure it happened when I married the emperor Austria, during this war. Hence my question, is this WAD?

Bugged.

And the act of vassalizing them before? Through war, that is? Will that give imperial malus?

From memory, diplo-vassalizing an HRE member actually has a malus (but oddly, one I can't find in the wiki or the files). However, there is no additional opinion malus for force-vassalizing an HRE member.

If they have marriage partners who are also HRE members, they have a high chance of getting the inheritance, and yes, marriages arranged during the war are still eligible. All the checks for who can inherit are done when the event fires. Doesn't matter how or when nation X got the marriage.

Whoa. I hadn't actually tried marrying them during the war. Does that work???

I don't think you can offer royal marriages to your rivals. I might be wrong though.

That was why I suspected her his chances were 0%, yeah.