CAN'T DEMAND ANNEXATION

[gr33kp1mp777]

ARGGHHHHH


this is sooooooo frustrating


i finally reached 200 relations and 10 years

the diplo annex was set into motion


they reject


i ask my other vassal


they reject


i go broke gifting them with money


THEY STILL REJECT


theres no point to expanding if i cant ever annex

i should have annexed them right away screw the vassal junk


HELPPPP

[William the Bastard]

Persistence can become a virtue in this situation. All you can do is send them gifts to get your relations back up to 190+ (what you need before a Diplo-annex is allowed). The ways of making it more likely is to wait for another 20 years (30 years vassalised all together) and then they are more likely to accept o wait to get a leader/monarch who has a really good diplomacy skill. I only ever attempt Diplo-annexation when I have a "Maybe" chance of success.

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Or if you are really impatient you can save beforehand and then reload until successful. I am not too much of a fan of doing this as it spoils the game. Desperate times take desperate measures though.

[Woad-Warrier]

Start again and when you go to war annex them right after you've beaten em.

[phucahwa]

Start again and when you go to war annex them right after you've beaten em.

Umm...how do you do that. I played EU2 years ago and just started playing again. Anyway, i remember back then, when i conquer a province from a nation, i could pretty much annex that province within 6 months (if my memory serves me right). Now, when i capture a province, click on the diplomatic window, the annex option is not selectable. Please help.

[sapi]

Umm...how do you do that. I played EU2 years ago and just started playing again. Anyway, i remember back then, when i conquer a province from a nation, i could pretty much annex that province within 6 months (if my memory serves me right). Now, when i capture a province, click on the diplomatic window, the annex option is not selectable. Please help.

You need to gain the provinces through a peace treaty.

You can only annex single province states.

[Slaxx Hatmen]

You need to gain the provinces through a peace treaty.

You can only annex single province states.

Actually, I think you can diplo-annex multi-province states. However, you can only "conquer"(annex through peace-treaty) single-province states. I know this since I've seen Aragon diplo-annex Sicily and I think Novgorod did it to another Russian minor that had around three or four provinces.

[William the Bastard]

You can only "conquer"(annex through peace-treaty) single-province states.

You can Annex an entire nation in peace negotiations if they are pagan. I have done this a few times against the Aztecs and especially the Maya. If you control every single one of their territories (don't seize them either ) then by choosing "Annex" you will get a lower BB than you would otherwise and their capital.

[gr33kp1mp777]

but then i get BB points which defeats the purpose of the game

[Woad-Warrier]

Whats your max limit? I've just annexed all of Ireland (4 independent states) and.. yeah I have a bad reputation but it will get better in time.

Forget the BB's, your only annexing 1 or 2 states so it shouldn't matter. Just play nice with the Ottomans and they'll leave you alone.

[Arakorn]

If wanting to conquer the Aztecs, it's often better to just take a few provinces of them, and demand gold. (I got 375, could've gotten 400 but they didn't accept my offer at that time... )

[Carach]

u just have to get relations up and offer annex several times before they accept usually..