Peaceful Gameplay

[SavvyPlayer]

Out of curiosity, I played an entire game the other day on Coward and Very Easy mode, just to see if I could convince a vassal to agree to a peaceful annexation. This was using the IGC. In 300 years, having spent literally tens of thousands of Ducats relationship building, I was unable to convince any of my 3 vassals to annex. This leaves me wondering whether there should be a setting somewhere to improve the probablity of a peaceful annexation.

 

[unmerged(5639)]

No problems?

It shouldnt be any problem I had did it many times
Some time you must wait between annexing so that you
can start a new alliance.
Look so that you have 190 and same religon and the rest.

 

[Emre Yigit]

Diplomacy rating and BB?

I am fairly sure the higher your Diplomacy Rating, the better the chances of annexation.

And maybe BB rating has an impact as well??

 

[ShrineGuard]

Well what countries were you trying to annex?
That has quite a big impact.

 

[unmerged(1302)]

Actually, sometimes you have to rush and make a proposal right after you gave them the money. Honestly, the whole thing with peaceful annexation is quite ahistorical and annoying.

 

[unmerged(366)]

This thread likely belongs somewhere else...

Just FYI, you also need numerical superiority in your armed forces... something like 3:1 to annex... or more, I forget, I forget again.
Their being destabilized by wars and such also helps greatly...

 

[SavvyPlayer]

I was the grey eminence behind the "Super Hansa", trying to annex Hannover, Saxony, and Kleves. In the end, I had a somewhat vast empire spanning the globe, controlling 3 CoTs.

I put the mesasge in this forum because it seemed to me that the diplo annex feature needs some attention.

 

[unmerged(3408)]

There's a sticky in the FAQ which will answer your questions about diplo annexing etc.