Imperial authority decay?

[Trytols]

As title said. I was Austria with 31 IA.

After a year, with no wars, no call to arms, no annexation by external nations... A year of peace in the Empire. My IA drop to 30.

There are 7 electors and according to WIKI (http://www.eu4wiki.com/Holy_Roman_Empire#Imperial_authority)
IA should decay if there are less than 7 electors (Ive PU with Bohemia dunno if it counts).

Is this a BUG or WAD? if its WAD where i can see the decay ratio?

 

[unmerged(88013)]

I had the same problem. I've been haemorrhaging IA ever since I PU'd Bohemia right at the start. It's making it tough to pass any reforms. That and the fact that I'm no longer the war leader when someone attacks a HRE member.

You can see the decay if you hover over the middle of the HRE screen where it lists what effects IA. It calls it controlling electors I think.

 

[Mztr44]

As title said. I was Austria with 31 IA.

After a year, with no wars, no call to arms, no annexation by external nations... A year of peace in the Empire. My IA drop to 30.

There are 7 electors and according to WIKI (http://www.eu4wiki.com/Holy_Roman_Empire#Imperial_authority)


IA should decay if there are less than 7 electors (Ive PU with Bohemia dunno if it counts).

Is this a BUG or WAD? if its WAD where i can see the decay ratio?

I don't remember off hand where the tooltip is. Does anyone have electors vassalized? That will cause IA to decay as well if more than two or three are vassals and outweigh the passive IA gain.

 

[Trytols]

I saw why. On the HRE panel, in the Imperial autority just read last row of text

"1 elector is a subject so IA decay of 0.10 each month"

0.10 each month is QUITE A LOT cosidering that relasing states give 2/3 IA... :sad:

 

[RobRoy3]

I saw why. On the HRE panel, in the Imperial autority just read last row of text

"1 elector is a subject so IA decay of 0.10 each month"

0.10 each month is QUITE A LOT cosidering that relasing states give 2/3 IA... :sad:

Huh. I don't remember that. Is that a 1.8 addition? Mentioned ahead of time? Stealth?

 

[Panzerschiffe]

I hope there is a "release elector" cb much like you can force a nation to release another.

 

[unmerged(88013)]

God knows how much you'd lose if you needed to vassalise three electors to become emperor. I think that basically nerfs any possibility of an outsider becoming HRE.

 

[Mztr44]

God knows how much you'd lose if you needed to vassalise three electors to become emperor. I think that basically nerfs any possibility of an outsider becoming HRE.

Actually it increases the ability for outsiders to steal the HRE. By causing IA decay, you are decreasing how much the other electors support the current HRE since IA gives a relation bonus to the HRE with all princes. It's also useful for stalling the HRE from completing the last 3 HRE reforms since the only really effective way for them to gain IA at that point is through defensive wars and passive IA gain.

 

[Illianor123]

Once you are emperor just add your lands to the HRE to make yourself a valid choice for the electors. I managed to pass a reform with 2 vassal electors before converting (bb>prussia), but then the religious wars kicked off and the Protestants won, and elected me Emperor meaning i then chose new protestant allies, and granted them electorates.

 

[durvas]

I hope there is a "release elector" cb much like you can force a nation to release another.

There is, if you're the emperor. You can see it in 1620 versus the Commonwealth.