Giving up a claim?

[Yolanda Bottom Bitch]

At my current state im trying to vassalise a nation but the relation is a bit in the way because i got a claim on one of their provinces.
Is there any way to give up that claim, as i dont need it and it's kinda in the way?

[Kagemin]

Other than waiting for the claim to fade away I don't think there's any way to just give it up.

Did you already try everything else to get their relations up? Gift, military access, enemy of an enemy etc.

[Yolanda Bottom Bitch]

yea, and just waited it out...
but then i got hit with the "base tax compared to" any idea on how to get around that one?

[Xandurz]

Increase your base tax.

[Lembley42]

also dont forget that you can send them money gifts (+25) and give them military acess (i think +10) and guarantee their indepence (+10)

[Largoswag]

if they are too large a nation then sometimes you get the base tax pop up...how many regions do they have?

[Yolanda Bottom Bitch]

they got six, and i dont have any problem with the reputation anymore so the only problem is the negative score from "base tax".

[Xander Tyrann]

Base tax penalty is the main restriction. colonising and building temples etc. are good ways to get base tax up without war.
also if their army happens to get wiped out in a war or against rebels, it improves your military rating by comparison quite a bit, it removes any negative penalties and adds a positive one, often adding up to 30 or so points. i found diplo annexing to be quite the opportunistic endeavour, so try and keep your relations close to 190 so you dont miss out.

[Xandurz]

Originally posted by Xander Tyrann:

Base tax penalty is the main restriction. colonising and building temples etc. are good ways to get base tax up without war.
also if their army happens to get wiped out in a war or against rebels, it improves your military rating by comparison quite a bit, it removes any negative penalties and adds a positive one, often adding up to 30 or so points. i found diplo annexing to be quite the opportunistic endeavour, so try and keep your relations close to 190 so you dont miss out.

And remember to watch out, since you join on the side of your vassal in any wars he is in to defend him, so the army that wiped his forces out and let you vassalize him might poke you in the eye with a sharp stick (or something)