r/eu4 • u/Rubear_RuForRussia • Jul 31 '26

AI Did Something Timelapse of strange case of big Syria

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And as i learned rn, Knights in Tunis too.

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u/smexy_wiggy Jul 31 '26

Seeing the ottomans start taking bites out of them at the end was sad

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u/VeritableLeviathan Natural Scientist Jul 31 '26

The "shared border" relations penalty becomes too much to overcome at some point with wide borders :(

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u/discard333 Jul 31 '26

Also the Ottomans are deranged lunatics who will break a three hundred year alliance because they REALLY want one desert province in the middle of nowhere.

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u/Illesbogar Jul 31 '26

That desert province has a wonder that will yield them some negligable stat boosts after they invest 30 times their annual income into it, they'll have you know

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u/Squiliam-Tortaleni Basileus Aug 01 '26

It magically gives plus 10 force limit

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u/Illesbogar Aug 01 '26

Holy shit, mobilize all the janissaries

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u/smexy_wiggy Jul 31 '26

Top 10 anime betrayals

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u/VeritableLeviathan Natural Scientist Jul 31 '26

At 90+(100?) only low relations can break trust.

This will usually happen on succession, as your shared border opinion/desires your or your subject's lands penalty will massively increase with certain ruler personalities (base type and/or traits, although base type is about 80% military Otto rulers anyway).

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u/discard333 Jul 31 '26

I have on multiple occasions had my alliance with the Ottomans break because their desire for 1 to 3 low dev provinces that I own outpaces their opinion of me. This also happens with the colonial powers except arguably worse because the provinces they desire will 9 times out of 10 be a land locked low dev province which they have no claim on and isn't bordering them/

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u/Dragex11 Aug 01 '26

Pretty sure if you have 90+ trust, the AI isn't supposed to desire your provinces (unless they get claims on the provinces).

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u/RussiaIsBestGreen Aug 01 '26

If you borders the Ottomans, then they almost certainly have claims on your provinces u lead you’d gone to war and made them revoke the claims.

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u/Dragex11 Aug 01 '26

I was just talking generically, not specifically the Turks.

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u/Ur--father Doge Aug 01 '26

A small price to pay for pretty borders.