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How Do You Embrace Institutions Faster?
Im getting fairly annoyed that somehow every single european country except mine embraces new institution decades faster then mine. It doesnt matter where i start or what i do. I can start next to the country who started it and still be the last one to get it. Im clearly doing something wrong so will someone explain why -.-
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Vladimiś Dec 30, 2017 @ 5:16am 
Develop your land, stack institution spread moddifiers, take land from people who already have it in their provinces
Zorlond Dec 30, 2017 @ 5:18am 
There's a few factors that affect institution spread. The primary would probably be the development level of your counties. More developed areas spread new ideas faster, and spending power points to develop an area also gives a flat boost to their institution spread (assuming it has started and that county has the previous institutions already).
Omniconda Dec 30, 2017 @ 5:42am 
trying to get spread modifers and or developing land if points are available will get it to you pretty fast but if your struggling in europe its likly you just dont have the ducats available to embrace.

you only need 10% of your development to have it present and for most small to mid size nations that only 1-2 provinces after which you can pay gold to embrace it fully. it wont come up as an option untill you have the required amount of gold saved so check on the institution screen often
Save up your ducats dude. You probably spend all your gold on other things and could have embraced the institution long ago if a country right next to you had it first.
The Shadow Rose Dec 30, 2017 @ 8:21am 
Originally posted by Omnious:
trying to get spread modifers and or developing land if points are available will get it to you pretty fast but if your struggling in europe its likly you just dont have the ducats available to embrace.

you only need 10% of your development to have it present and for most small to mid size nations that only 1-2 provinces after which you can pay gold to embrace it fully. it wont come up as an option untill you have the required amount of gold saved so check on the institution screen often


Originally posted by Admod, the Capricorn:
Save up your ducats dude. You probably spend all your gold on other things and could have embraced the institution long ago if a country right next to you had it first.

I war so much i usually have a treasury even as a small nation of 500 - 1000 ducats after 20 or 30 years so money wasnt the problem. Its just the spread rate for some reason unless i start the institution never gets even close to 10% unless i conquer someone. In most cases it doesnt even start in my nation unless i force it in some way -.-
Molybdane Dec 30, 2017 @ 8:22am 
The AI simply buy themselves into an institution (as well as building tons of manufactories) at a rate that feels like cheating. However I've also seen AI's go into debt to afford this lifestyle.
Arsonium Dec 30, 2017 @ 8:34am 
Originally posted by The Shadow Rose:
I war so much i usually have a treasury even as a small nation of 500 - 1000 ducats after 20 or 30 years so money wasnt the problem. Its just the spread rate for some reason unless i start the institution never gets even close to 10% unless i conquer someone. In most cases it doesnt even start in my nation unless i force it in some way -.-
Some institutions spread much faster through lands of neighbours with friendly relations or not at all if you are at hostile relations. That might be your problem. I was able to block off rival England from embracing Colonialism that way by controlling all mainland coast and they had to wait until it spread all the way around from danish islands.
Last edited by Arsonium; Dec 30, 2017 @ 8:39am
Medicles Dec 30, 2017 @ 10:22am 
As european nation, its enough to develope your capital to at least 20 to get some institutional spread going. For everyone else in the world, you need to develope a province to about 40 to get the institution instant in that province and getting the spread started for your nation.

Just look at the instituonal window at one of your province, you will see what weill enhance the spread. Printing Press for example, gets a boni if your province is Protestant.
Last edited by Medicles; Dec 30, 2017 @ 10:25am
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