Is there a way to change this? I could swear there was a file or something we could change.
Provinces might join the HRE if the emperor has great relations with the country owning that province and if the HRE has low infamy.
Except if player is the emperor. No-one will join HRE if player is the emperor.
Since the beta patches. It's been around for a while, I think it was introduced in either the first or second one.Since when? In the last game I played where I was the emperor and had a positive relations with everybody and no infamy, many provinces joined the HRE.
But I've never seen Italian minors join, Poland, France, etc, they just have too high an opinion of themselves![]()
Before the patch with the human vs AI check I frequently saw all of Europe join except for a few cities in Russia.