EUIV - Quick Questions / Quick Answers

[MerlinaWizzard]

Hello again,

Actually, I just pulled of a marriage with Burgundy, even though I had them rivalled. At first I was close to getting enough relation improvement for a marriage,
but then Burgundy turned hostile (wanted Brabant from me). So that was a -1000 malus. So I gave up on that,
Now, a few years later, I noticed that I had not yet embargoed them. So I did, only to see the -- instead of the flame symbol for their relation indicator:
they had switched back to neutral. I revoked the embargo a month later, send a diplomat the next month for a bit of opinion improvement, and just now
asked for a royal marriage. So yes. You CAN pull of a royal marriage with a rival, as long as they have not rivaled you. (Or that must be buggy too)

So, I already havea claim on Gent. Time to declare war!

BTW. I'm a he, not a she. I understand the mistake: merlina wizzard sounds viable.
But it's actually merlin a wizzard. (and yes, the double z is fully intentional)

 

[Threshold]

BTW. I'm a he, not a she. I understand the mistake: merlina wizzard sounds viable.
But it's actually merlin a wizzard. (and yes, the double z is fully intentional)

The one time I don't default to "he" for an unconfirmed gender!
My apologies. In this one singular case, it might have been better to capitalize the A (despite the fact that articles are not normally capitalized).

Good to know, and glad you pulled it off. Good luck with your war!

 

[Heindrich]

I am spamming Manufactories before 1650 to maximise the probability that I get the point of origin for the institution... but is there any way I can check how many I have, and more importantly, how many AI nations have? Manufactories cost me 425 ducats each and my current threshold for building in a province is 0.50 ducat/m, which gives me return on investment in 70 years. I will stop the construction boom (and focus on Light Ships instead) if I already have a decisive edge over AI rivals, but I have no idea how to check, or if it's even possible to check.

 

[Rhand]

Playing as Fetishist Kuba, having the opportunity through a decission to change my nation's religion to Catholicism. Should I go for it?
I doubt I'll be leaving Africa, it's already 1605 and I don't even have a navy yet.

Feitishist gives me as advantages: Tolerance of Heathens +2, Diplomatic Reputation +1 and Local Missionary Strength +2%
Catholicism gives me only: Tolerance of True Faith +1, Tolerance of Heretics -1.

I don't have Rights of Man dlc.
I'm leaning heavily towards "don't change", but not sure if that's strategically the best option? Planning to play until 1821.

 

[tppytel]

When I hover over a sea zone under Terra Incognita, the tooltip says I need a fleet of 3 Lights and 3 Heavies in order to explore. However, a single Light with an Explorer seems to work just fine. Is the tooltip just outdated? Am I missing something? Maybe it refers to a rule from a DLC I'm not using? I have Art of War, Common Sense, and Conquest of Paradise enabled.

 

[Sadino]

When I hover over a sea zone under Terra Incognita, the tooltip says I need a fleet of 3 Lights and 3 Heavies in order to explore. However, a single Light with an Explorer seems to work just fine. Is the tooltip just outdated? Am I missing something? Maybe it refers to a rule from a DLC I'm not using? I have Art of War, Common Sense, and Conquest of Paradise enabled.

It's an El Dorado thing, so yes, it's just a DLC you're not using

 

[Republic of Mercury]

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

No, I meant if another nation marries them while you're at war with them. I'm sure it's impossible to arrange a marriage with a nation that you're at war with.

 

[MerlinaWizzard]

Erm. Just curious I guess, but what happens if I as emperor decide to switch to reformed when that is possible?
Concluded the Burgundy war. Sadly, no inheritance fired: the ruler was not a general. But, England declared on Burgundy fairly soon thereafter: Perhaps they can trigger it(doubtful, as they are also involved as an ally of Brittany in a war against Provence and France.) Still, I got Gent out of it, and also made them release Flanders. (forgot to humiliate them though :O )

 

[Threshold]

I doubt I'll be leaving Africa, it's already 1605 and I don't even have a navy yet.

Unless you want to go for PUs or Emperor, non-European Catholicism doesn't gain you much. And in either of those two cases, a different denomination of Christianity could be more useful/interesting.

No, I meant if another nation marries them while you're at war with them. I'm sure it's impossible to arrange a marriage with a nation that you're at war with.

Ah, gotcha. Yeah, that can throw a wrench in the works.
So am I, but now I want to go test...be right back...

Concluded the Burgundy war. Sadly, no inheritance fired: the ruler was not a general. But, England declared on Burgundy fairly soon thereafter: Perhaps they can trigger it(doubtful, as they are also involved as an ally of Brittany in a war against Provence and France.) Still, I got Gent out of it, and also made them release Flanders. (forgot to humiliate them though :O )

So instead of sitting on Burgundy to force the BI to trigger, guaranteeing you the (non-French) lands because you're Emperor and RM partner, you...1) took land costing you AE and 2) released a nation that you can no longer use to get a stab-hit-free war with Burgundy and that has land you would have gotten for free if you hadn't released them and 3) forgot to humiliate???
I'm speechless.

 

[Republic of Mercury]

Erm. Just curious I guess, but what happens if I as emperor decide to switch to reformed when that is possible?

Depends. If the peace of westphalia has been declared, or if the reform "proclaim erbatkaisertum" has been passed, nothing. Otherwise if Catholic or Protestant are the dominant/official faith then a new emperor is elected.

Concluded the Burgundy war. Sadly, no inheritance fired: the ruler was not a general. But, England declared on Burgundy fairly soon thereafter: Perhaps they can trigger it(doubtful, as they are also involved as an ally of Brittany in a war against Provence and France.) Still, I got Gent out of it, and also made them release Flanders. (forgot to humiliate them though :O )

Their ruler doesn't need to be a general for the inheritance to fire, that just makes it more likely.

 

[MerlinaWizzard]

So instead of sitting on Burgundy to force the BI to trigger, guaranteeing you the (non-French) lands because you're Emperor and RM partner, you...1) took land costing you AE and 2) released a nation that you can no longer use to get a stab-hit-free war with Burgundy and that has land you would have gotten for free if you hadn't released them and 3) forgot to humiliate???
I'm speechless.

Well, I never implied I was good at this game, right? But, well, there were reasons:
1) I had amassed a number of loans by the end of the war. War exhaustion wasn't exactly skyrocketing, but it was becoming a factor. Since I didn't think that the BI could trigger if the ruler didn't die in the war somehow (in my defense, I have seen it trigger plenty of times, but always when the ruler died in a battle somewhere), I figured I lost out.
2) By the time truce would end, it would be 1497 already. Not a huge window left before 1500 then, right? Anyway, I doubt that's going to factor in, since my ruler is now a senior. I doubt he'll see the end of this truce, and with him my royal marriage dies as well. Finally, and not unimportantly, England was attacking Burgundy when I peaced out. And they had staked a claim on Flanders. I hoped to keep them out of the war by making them independent. I'd much rather attack an OPM than England, after all. Of course, I didn't take into account that they would ally Burgundy back (even while they were at war), and start fighting England back.
3) Yeah, dumb. I was speechless too.

Soooo. Ok, bad move. Well, At least it allowed me a bit of peace now to repay my loans. And start colonizing. And who knows? England could still trigger BI then, I reckon. Let's just call it a learning moment for me, add a +12 Shame modifier to my name, and move on

 

[tppytel]

It's an El Dorado thing, so yes, it's just a DLC you're not using

Thanks!

 

[Rascar Capac]

Think I ran into bug. Improving relations doesn't work with some nations. Is this known issue?

 

[londoner247]

Think I ran into bug. Improving relations doesn't work with some nations. Is this known issue?

I searched the Bug Reports sub forum for the word "Improve" and found three threads. Do these answer your question:

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...rove-relations-with-vassals-or-rivals.985110/
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...ove-relations-does-not-gets-out-of-94.986962/
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...-19-2-improve-relations-not-improving.988073/

 

[Rascar Capac]

I searched the Bug Reports sub forum for the word "Improve" and found three threads.

First and third seem very similar. And going by the anwer on the first thread, seems devs are aware of it. Thanks!

 

[Threshold]

1) I had amassed a number of loans by the end of the war.

If the game isn't telling me that I can't take any more loans, I don't have enough loans.

2) By the time truce would end, it would be 1497 already.

Which is why I was advocating sitting on them, rather than peacing out. But...

Since I didn't think that the BI could trigger if the ruler didn't die in the war somehow (in my defense, I have seen it trigger plenty of times, but always when the ruler died in a battle somewhere), I figured I lost out.

We live, and we learn. Now you know.

And they had staked a claim on Flanders. I hoped to keep them out of the war by making them independent. I'd much rather attack an OPM than England, after all. Of course, I didn't take into account that they would ally Burgundy back (even while they were at war), and start fighting England back.

I'm not sure whether the Flanders AI was extremely stupid, or knows something we don't. But either way, that's hilarious.
Given that Flanders is not HRE, you could have taken both provinces and eliminated them entirely without AE being excessive-but England's claim on the province would remain, and they might have targeted you next.

 

[Chocolatnave]

Does the difference between dice rolls affect the damage done/taken? Is a 9 - 1 roll the same as a 9 - 8 roll?

 

[Ironside121]

Does the difference between dice rolls affect the damage done/taken? Is a 9 - 1 roll the same as a 9 - 8 roll?

Rolls effect your kills/deaths and morale damage dealt/taken. I'm not sure what you're asking about the numbers. But all the numbers shown add up and then effect the damage.

 

[Chocolatnave]

Rolls effect your kills/deaths and morale damage dealt/taken. I'm not sure what you're asking about the numbers. But all the numbers shown add up and then effect the damage.

You roll anywhere from 0 to 9 every phase. I was asking whether there's any difference between rolling a 9 while they roll a 0, and rolling a 9 while they roll a 8.

 

[blue emu]

Playing Ming in a 1444 start. I only own a few of the DLC, and the one that lets you change your "Home Trade Node" isn't one of them.

Ming's trade network seems a bit sub-optimal. I've juggled my two merchants around to bucket-brigade the trade through Hangzhou => Xi'an => collect at Beijing. Can later add a third merchant at Canton, to extend the chain.

Would the trade situation improve if I moved my capital to a different province? Is there any way to dominate trade from both China and the Spice Islands?... perhaps by conquering into eastern India and moving my capital there?