Does claiming another nations throne really do anything? Honestly, it seems like just a waste of like 500 ducats.
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Yeah, it's a waste. Get a casus belli to avoid -2 stability, then -1 for breaking RM, -1 for good relations -ducats for the claim 
The only good use is with a nation you want to attack, have a RM with, have neutral relations with, some ducats, a large nation with stability issues, and that RM is about to expire (So the CB lasts after the RM expires), oh, and NO other RMs or you break them all! In that wildly unlikely case, a royal claim is useful.
The only good use is with a nation you want to attack, have a RM with, have neutral relations with, some ducats, a large nation with stability issues, and that RM is about to expire (So the CB lasts after the RM expires), oh, and NO other RMs or you break them all! In that wildly unlikely case, a royal claim is useful.
Your other RMs aren't broken if you claim a throne, your relations with the nations you have RMs with just deteriorate a lot. So when you claim a throne make sure to have no RMs with nations with whom you want to keep relations good.Wtbrg said:Yeah, it's a waste. Get a casus belli to avoid -2 stability, then -1 for breaking RM, -1 for good relations -ducats for the claim
The only good use is with a nation you want to attack, have a RM with, have neutral relations with, some ducats, a large nation with stability issues, and that RM is about to expire (So the CB lasts after the RM expires), oh, and NO other RMs or you break them all! In that wildly unlikely case, a royal claim is useful.
I actually use this method to gain a CB quite often. Usually I have more than enough money to spare, and stability isn't much of an issue. Anyway, attacking without CB will cost you more stability, AND more BB. You need to remember that you don't necessarily have to claim the throne of the nation you want to attack. Often you can also claim the throne of some small ally of them (which is much cheaper) and then DoW that ally.
Yeah, it's a waste. Get a casus belli to avoid -2 stability, then -1 for breaking RM, -1 for good relations -ducats for the claim
The only good use is with a nation you want to attack, have a RM with, have neutral relations with, some ducats, a large nation with stability issues, and that RM is about to expire (So the CB lasts after the RM expires), oh, and NO other RMs or you break them all! In that wildly unlikely case, a royal claim is useful.
How can you see when a RM is about to expire?
You hover the mouse over the little crown in the diplomatic screen (Next to "Royal marriage with ..."
I'm not sure if that works in EU2. I think that is one of the perks of FtG.
no it does work (just tried it). Although it says "this alliance will expire automatically in..."
RM is for 25 years