How to make a vassal

[Shahed]

I have'nt got any answers to your questions I'm afraid but just wanted to say welcome aboard and THAT is a GREAT post !

[TeutonicKnight]

Can you hand them 1000 florins at a time, repeatedly, as a gift to get them to be more favorable to you? Then ask for vassalage? I haven't tried it, but that might work. Same thing we do with the Pope to make him happy.

On the flip side, I love it when I'm starting out and my arch-nemesis demands I become their vassal. "Ten turns of you staying off my back so I can rearm and start another war? Sure thing, mate!" :)

[Alex The Great]

Well in a campaign with spain i wasnt so lucky. Im using lightmod and 1.1 and well i was kicking the frecnh asses im not insulting no1 so then they got 3 more provinces then i offered vassalage for 450000 and they accepeted they gave me 70k of tributes per turn but it was not cheap i didnt cheat

[Omisan]

I think I'll just go back to medium campaign difficulty for my next game. It's the only way to get reasonable diplomacy.

[Jong]

Can you hand them 1000 florins at a time, repeatedly, as a gift to get them to be more favorable to you? Then ask for vassalage? I haven't tried it, but that might work. Same thing we do with the Pope to make him happy.

It seems that when they hate you, they will refuse pure money bribes. Region gifts combined with money were the only thing I got them to accept.

[zstajerski]

Take their Capital, and offer it back to them for vassalage!!!

Works almost every time( sometimes you need some money though)

[sapi]

I don't think storming the capital is the best way to get a faction to like you