Embrace the Counter Reformation

[MasterYi]

I've got 4 queries but i guess i'll include them all here instead of making 4 separate discussions.
The national decision "embrace the counter reformation"; can i pass the decision then convert to protestant and still keep these bonuses?

Cores of lost nations: how to check the cores of a country that no longer exists? I am thinking of having a vassal since the year is 1548 and the only things holding me back are overextension and diplomatic points for demanding provinces i don't have a claim on.

The Navigator: i'm thinking of getting some achievements and the portuguese achievements seem quite easy. However to achieve "the navigator" where u have to own provinces in africa, india and indonesia before 1500, are you still able to play normally? Do you have the luxury of spending admin and diplo points for conquests? Or must you horde your monarch points and speed 5 afk colonise?

Missions: Atm i have a mission to establish colonial nation in columbia, would i still get this mission in the future if i cancel it whilst having completed 3 colonies in columbia and reselect the mission later once i have 4 colonies? Since it takes forever to colonise and i would really like to complete shorter missions.
To get new missions to spawn, must you select a mission then cancel it, or will a new mission spawn on its own?

[Lord Kraken]

To answer only your questions re missions: There is no guarantee that the Columbia Colonial Nation mission will be available after you cancel it. My experience says that the odds are very much against it. New missions will sometimes appear to replace an existing mission, without selecting and cancelling one. Most often happens when there is a significant change in your player situation, but can happen at any time as a result of changes in the overall gane situation. I hope this helps a little.

[tonypa]

https://eu4.paradoxwikis.com/List_of_decision_lists#cite_note-4
"The modifier “Counter-Reformation” is removed by the following events:
‘The Counter-Reformation Ends’, if the country is not Catholic anymore.
‘The Counter-Reformation Ends’, if the Protestant religion exist longer than 150 years.
‘The Counter-Reformation Ends’, if France has the idea ‘Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité’.
‘The Counter-Reformation Ends’, if the country has the idea ‘Ecumenism’.
‘The King of the Jesuits’ – option “Religious Freedom won the day”."
So, if you convert ot Protestant (or any other non-catholic religion), you will lose the modifier


Cores of lost nations - not sure I understand the question. Any province will show cores of the nations even if that country does not exist yet/anymore. Some are permanent and never expire, some only stay for certain time. You can free vassal (or conquer one) and then feed them any land they can core (Art of War DLC >> transfer occupation), they do not need to have claims


Navigator - most such achievements require special play where you ignore everything else and quit as soon you got the prize.

[MasterYi]

I mean how do i view all the cores a country has without going by each province and checking them one by one?

[Malvastor]

Originally posted by MasterYi:

I mean how do i view all the cores a country has without going by each province and checking them one by one?

You could open their diplomacy screen, which shows you which countries they have a CB against. If they have cores that are owned by another nation, they'll have a Reconquest CB against that nation.

[tonypa]

I find it easiest to get view about cores other countries have by swapping to the Diplomacy mapmode (the one with dove icon). Make sure you have first closed Diplomacy tab, then swap to the Diplomacy mapmode and left click on any land belonging to other country. Green hatches mark cores they have that belong to other countries, yellow hatches mark their claims on other countries.

[Lord Kraken]

OP (originally) was asking about cores for nations that no longer exist. I'm pretty sure diplo screen would not give that info. ( :

[tonypa]

True, if country does not exist then you can not click on it either :)

[Darth Squirrel]

one question? does a proper reformation even spawn in your current games? in my latest games it was uneblievable weak and the reformed faith didnt even spawn

[tonypa]

No, Reformed faith has not spawned in my games using latest version.

Even Protestants fail to create any centers sometimes, in other games they get 1 or 2, very rarely all 3.

It has been reported multiple times to Paradox that Reformation is bugged.

[MasterYi]

So is thereno way for me to see all the provinces of countries that do not exist apart from painstakingly going through each province manually?
Anyways, at what year do you guys usually sacrifice a diplo slot for a vassal instead of an ally? I always had the habit of maintaining 4/4 allies.

[tonypa]

Sorry, I do not know any other way to check cores of countries that do not exist.

When to have vasals and when allies depends on the game and which country you playing. If I am expanding fast I tend to run out of admin points fast so having a vassal who does the coring and then diplo annex them is good idea. Then again, sometimes you stuck between strong enemies and not many paths to expand, no point keeping a vassal instead of ally. Their contribution to actual warfare is usually low compared to proper allies.

It is a bit personal playstyle too, some people love their vassals and others simply can't be bothered with them.