I don't know if you talked about this before but with claims could we use spies to fabricate claims on enemy cities and use that to either annex a city and start a war or maybe support an independence movement of that city so that it becomes a city state if there is room enough in terms of players not being maxed out. You could pull a Russia and have Crimea go independent and then annex it down the road.
Maybe a Casus Belli addition to this could work maybe a just war could significantly decrease warmongering penalties or even garner praise from AI nations.
Just a thought. What do you guys think?
I don't know if you talked about this before but with claims could we use spies to fabricate claims on enemy cities and use that to either annex a city and start a war or maybe support an independence movement of that city so that it becomes a city state if there is room enough in terms of players not being maxed out. You could pull a Russia and have Crimea go independent and then annex it down the road.
Maybe a Casus Belli addition to this could work maybe a just war could significantly decrease warmongering penalties or even garner praise from AI nations.
Just a thought. What do you guys think?
Cant wait to try it all out!
I am not sure if I got any free request tokens left after the fort-colonies but since you ask
Ever when trade no longer existed in ExCEx I was kind of bummed out boring little Netherlands did not get any change after all. I was wondering if it makes sense giving them an economical boost (really could be anything, maybe even just GM points) for settling colonies, which in turn receive fewer citizens when settled. I am sure the reasoning behind this mechanic is clear.
Also maybe it makes sense that the amount of colonies in your empire increases the change of an extra traderoute slot. I like it for historical reasons since colonial empires from classical to modern times always have had a large focus on their trade traffic. But gameplay wise it is also just nice to have some hands free to develop far away colonies this way, either by inland traderoutes or using the money on the infrastrucure that you have to buy. Mostly I see it being benificial as a potential little push for people that don't like the idea of this mod resticting them (blasphemous!). I see a lot of people have a negative look on settling a colony instead of a city. Accompanying a (perceived) restriction with an addition stops people from thinking they are doing a step backwards I hope.
I do find it odd that there is such a negative outlook on colonies. I mean, you get all the benefits of a puppet (no policy cost increases, no worrying about building order, no national wonder issues, extra starting buildings/pop/tiles, etc.), whilst still retaining some control with the ability to purchase in them. What are people expecting from colonies if not for them to be restricted in some way? Or perhaps people do not like their playstyles challenged?
