Getting CB's when locked away

[Soex]

Hey,

I'm currently playing a game as scotland and after annexing the Irish I can't find a way to further expand. England and Danemark are too strong to really fight, with some luck I could take Orkney from Dan. but that's it.
Is there a way I can get a CB on maybe some HRE states like Utrecht (Without CB Austria joins) ? I don't feel like waiting for 100 years until ENG/DAN become weak .
I'm going to colonize, but also would like to expand a bit in Europa because I have no AE.

 

[wingzero890]

East Frisia is a OPM that's not in the HRE, if they haven't been annexed you could try a no CB war on them and see what happens.

 

[Schmoekoeksklok]

Hey,

I'm currently playing a game as scotland and after annexing the Irish I can't find a way to further expand. England and Danemark are too strong to really fight, with some luck I could take Orkney from Dan. but that's it.
Is there a way I can get a CB on maybe some HRE states like Utrecht (Without CB Austria joins) ? I don't feel like waiting for 100 years until ENG/DAN become weak .
I'm going to colonize, but also would like to expand a bit in Europa because I have no AE.

Austria is going to join when you attack an HRE nation with a CB as well, so getting a CB wouldn't really allow you to do much regardless.

The main CB for countries you can't fabricate claims on, is fabricating a trade conflict instead. You can get that on anyone provided they have enough power in a trade node and you have enough light ships to briefly get enough power in that node as well. It does require WoN though, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[grumphie]

ally wiht people sure to get into wars. occupy some stuff, then peace out seperately. or just go no-cb - it sounds far worse than it is if you don;t make a habit of it.

 

[Thrake]

No CB Brittany; you can vassalize or annex in 1 war. Or if you really want a starting point for expansion, somewhere in the mediterranea is good; there are lot of opportunities there. Otherwise, justify trade conflict.

 

[kente]

if you want attack the HRE without the Austria intervention, you should wait when some big power (France, Danish, Ottoman) are in a war with Austria. If Austria is loosing hard, probably it will not join, but you should anyway wait until the right time to declare war

 

[Rey]

-Get allies in the area you want to expand.
-Guarantee a country who is likely to be attacked by your target.
-Some events, missions and ideas give you casus belli.
-Use 'enforce peace'.

In the old days you could loan money to your target, who would never pay back, and thus grant you a repay debts casus belli.

 

[Soex]

The East Frisia thing is a huge help, thanks for that =)
And you usually can attack the HRE with a cb if you are allied with Austria, it's just a problem when you have none =)
Trade conflict doesnt work, because most OPMs dont have enough trade power, warning etc. didnt seem to work, because the region got into a long peace period after I did that .
Btw, does the AI ever accept Loans?
Anyways, thanks for the help =)