Integrating PU Junior that despises me?

[calvinhobbeslik]

I'm playing Austria, and I managed to get a PU over an Aragon that hates me (~400 AE against me) by beating Hugary (+Aragon, France, and some others) in a succession war. Unfortunately, they hate me so much that even with +200 from Improving Relations, I still won't get above -200, so I can't integrate them. Is there any way to make the AE go away? If not, I guess I should DOW them when they break free, and take their provinces instead?

 

[Xinkc]

If I remember correctly, the AE will go away in 30 years. Hopefully your leader is very young.

 

[calvinhobbeslik]

If I remember correctly, the AE will go away in 30 years. Hopefully your leader is very young.

Even if there's a lot of AE?

 

[atwix]

If I remember correctly, the AE will go away in 30 years. Hopefully your leader is very young.

400ae vanishing in 30 years? How?

400 ae.... PU will Always break, period. But, you can just force them back in PU status and take 40% worth of provinces with each "reinstall PU" war.

 

[Rudolph]

Release a vassal.

 

[calvinhobbeslik]

Release a vassal.

How much AE does that lose?

 

[Xinkc]

400ae vanishing in 30 years? How?

400 ae.... PU will Always break, period. But, you can just force them back in PU status and take 40% worth of provinces with each "reinstall PU" war.

It is my understanding that any amount of AE will vanish after existing for 30 years without having any added to it.

 

[Rudolph]

How much AE does that lose?

Everything, its a bug.

 

[calvinhobbeslik]

Everything, its a bug.

So if I release a single vassal, all my subjects lose all their AE against me?

 

[EvilFuzzyDoom]

With -400 AE, you've clearly given up on the diplo route already. Just keep eating everything and when the PU breaks, eat them too.

 

[calvinhobbeslik]

With -400 AE, you've clearly given up on the diplo route already. Just keep eating everything and when the PU breaks, eat them too.

Oh well. At least it gave me a chance to eat France and Hungary thrice in a row even with truces...