Imperial events: how do they work?

[AngelRay]

Hi,

I'm playing Prussia (you can find my save there: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...t-the-same-time-with-bug-report-tool.1421288/ ) and the "king of prussia" event popped.

Here is what i saw:
7 ~ /54 voted for the first option (which makes me a proper kingdom), and this option was favored by the Emperor
38 ~ /54 voted for the second (which let me use the title of king only)
the rest /54 voted for the "foolish prussian" option.

So, I expected option 1 or 2 to happen (1 because Emperor favored, 2 because numbers of voters).

In game?

Option 3 happened.

So... i do not understand those incidents at all.

Can someone give some help? explain what happens?

How change the vote of some? some of the voters for 2 are my allies, and some are countries with which I boosted opinion up to +100...

 

[schaedel]

LOL, I had the exact same Problem

Up to then I was mistaken and thought, that for all Imperial Incidents there would be a majority-vote. This is not the case at all! The Emperor, and only him decides which result will be taken. Of Course, if the Emperor goes against the majority (especially the Prince Electors) he will suffer a mahjor loss in Relations and Prestige, so he will usually try to avoid that.
In my case with Prussia I had just beaten the crap out of Austria and was rivalled to them, so naturally they "screwed me over". Next time I will know better, if possible, you should be friends with Austria before this Incident kicks in.