Gimme some help with some republic mechanics.
Im trying to play a republic game as a patrician but keep running into broken shit.
1.) Starting Orseolo patrician has a claim on Venice in 769, when I try to push the claim and win this turns venice into a feudal duchy. (???)
2.) Same guy is assassinated. Whatever, I try to do the rivalry CB on the patrician that assassinated my father only to find out that I can't seige his mansion holding. So im sat around in venice unable to get any warscore because he has nothing I can seige, also I have nothing he can seige.
Did paradox just not bother to apply this stuff properly or can I do something?
Posted Sep 16, 2017, 5:46 PM UTC
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You are doing it wrong.
To become the new doge you need to win the elections, it's in one of the upper left tabs. If you try to take the power by force it will be similar to a coup I guess.
Basically it's how I start as a Patrician:
build a trade post in the capital.
contract a debt with the jews.
build a military building in your manor.
as soon as it is finished, and when you have military superiority over 2 other patricians take their trading posts. Now keep in mind you can declare a war on any patricians (except for the doge) if the difference in trading posts between them and you is inferior than 4. So now why would you not wage war to a third patrician?
because actually you can somehow glitch/trick the limit mentionned before. Just wait for the patricians whom you were at war with to build their new trading posts. Now you declare war on the 3 other patricians at the same time (a second military building is greatly welcome), this will allow you get a total 6 trading posts when you can only build one.
with this you should have the advantage on the doge himself in terms of incomes. Thus making winning the elections much more easier. I also advice you to kill through plots your rivals in the elections.
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