Most tempting offer ever? (Nothing to do with schoolgirls)

[aimlesswanderer]

As Prussia the only problem with taking Rhineland was the incredibly annoying incessant offers to trade it away from Spain, France and the UP, at least 1 per turn.

Eventually I swapped it with Spain for Lombardy (borders my Venice and protectorate Italian States), Cuba and New Mexico. Cuba gave me an impregnable foothold in the Americas which, since I had no navy and was at war with GB, was a big boost. Gave New Mex to eventual enemies Poland to waste money on in exchange for $. Next turn I took back Rhineland and wiped out the French, then knocked off the 3 Iberian provinces. Couldn't be bothered to build a navy to get to Sardinia so got peace with Spain for Hispaniola and $.

So far the only swaps I have done are extracting them for peace or swapping and then taking back what I swapped away. With no reputation system it's full steam ahead for swapping and taking back next turn! I have tried a few times to buy a province for 120k but got rejected each time.

I really wish the AI would stop spamming me with really stupid offers of 1 tech for a 10k province or 1 crappy province for 3 good ones of mine. I am actually worried that in my haste to get rid of them I will accidentally press Accept!

[Dayve]

As Prussia the only problem with taking Rhineland was the incredibly annoying incessant offers to trade it away from Spain, France and the UP, at least 1 per turn.

Eventually I swapped it with Spain for Lombardy (borders my Venice and protectorate Italian States), Cuba and New Mexico. Cuba gave me an impregnable foothold in the Americas which, since I had no navy and was at war with GB, was a big boost. Gave New Mex to eventual enemies Poland to waste money on in exchange for $. Next turn I took back Rhineland and wiped out the French, then knocked off the 3 Iberian provinces. Couldn't be bothered to build a navy to get to Sardinia so got peace with Spain for Hispaniola and $.

So far the only swaps I have done are extracting them for peace or swapping and then taking back what I swapped away. With no reputation system it's full steam ahead for swapping and taking back next turn! I have tried a few times to buy a province for 120k but got rejected each time.

I really wish the AI would stop spamming me with really stupid offers of 1 tech for a 10k province or 1 crappy province for 3 good ones of mine. I am actually worried that in my haste to get rid of them I will accidentally press Accept!

I've done that twice. When you decline those offers you have to press X, and then the check button to exit the screen. Playing as Russia i had taken that city on the Baltic(?) from Sweden, the one which they start off with a ship building port in, a military one.

They'd been offering technology and money to me for ages but i needed it for trade. Anyway, one turn they offered me empiricism and one other enlightenment tech for it and i declined, as usual, or at least i thought i did.

About 5 turns later i noticed that part of the map was no longer green and Sweden were holding it... bastards. I know it was Empiricism and Physiocracy they traded for it because i never research or buy any enlightenment technology when i play as Russia. I also didn't keep a garrison in that place because i was trying to tempt Sweden into another war so i never got a message saying "Tactical Retreat" to warn me i had lost the province.