The Papal State investing way too much Papal Influence?

[Destaloss]

Yo, do you guys have trouble with becoming the Pope in 1.33 beta?
I started several games and somehow the Papal State manages to invest around 100 Papal Influence in the first few years.
It's a bug, right?

 

[Zaddy]

I was able to become Pope a few times as Spain in the beta, but I was also regularly investing 50-100 PI per election.

 

[merilessj]

The Pope also has papal influence invested every time some other country invests papal influence

 

[watchout86]

Yo, do you guys have trouble with becoming the Pope in 1.33 beta?
I started several games and somehow the Papal State manages to invest around 100 Papal Influence in the first few years.
It's a bug, right?

They get papal investment every time they manually appoint a cardinal (which gives a truce and opinion buff with the receiving nation). I'm assuming that's why they get so much invested in the first couple years.

 

[PDXJon]

Yo, do you guys have trouble with becoming the Pope in 1.33 beta?
I started several games and somehow the Papal State manages to invest around 100 Papal Influence in the first few years.
It's a bug, right?

The Papal States actually doesn’t invest. It’s done automatically and I am not sure how it is calculated.

 

[Mirochi]

The Papal States actually doesn’t invest. It’s done automatically and I am not sure how it is calculated.

Yes, it is done automatically by the game. As far as I know, it is calculated as same as other Catholic countries:

1. base incrase, it is +0.5 per month
2. devoutness idea from religious idea set, +2 per month
3. number of controlled cardinals by Papal State, +1 per month per cardinal (yes, Papacy can have cardinals)

4. They get papal investment every time they manually appoint a cardinal (which gives a truce and opinion buff with the receiving nation)

When these are combined together, Papal State can build up influence pretty quickly