siege tax question

Merry Jolkar · #1 July 22nd, 2004, 05:30 PM

I get a big chunk of gold from taxes while sieging an enemy province. Does my opponent? I can set tax rate, so I suppose I could set it to 200% tax rate, and get a lot of money, no? What is the downside?

Thanks, Merry

Arryn · #2 July 22nd, 2004, 05:34 PM

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Originally posted by Merry Jolkar:
I can set tax rate, so I suppose I could set it to 200% tax rate, and get a lot of money, no? What is the downside?

You'd hike up the unrest level even more so than what will be caused by the siege itself. Not necessarily what you'd want to have to deal with once the dust settles. Unless you're just raiding.

tinkthank · #3 July 22nd, 2004, 05:36 PM

I think your opponent gets a bit of the gold too, but I can't figure out what and if.
If you want to take the castle and use it afterwards, however, you will have to get rid of all that unrest if you want to recruit yourself....

Gandalf Parker · #4 July 22nd, 2004, 05:47 PM

If you drive the unrest over 100 then even if he gets the castle back he cant make troops until it goes down. So when I seige I always tax 200% and capture blood slaves. Pillaging nearby provinces is good also. When it looks like I might actually TAKE it soon then I might backoff but initially I drive it as high as I can as fast as I can.

Arryn · #5 July 22nd, 2004, 06:15 PM

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
If you drive the unrest over 100 then even if he gets the castle back he cant make troops until it goes down. So when I seige I always tax 200% and capture blood slaves. Pillaging nearby provinces is good also. When it looks like I might actually TAKE it soon then I might backoff but initially I drive it as high as I can as fast as I can.

That sword cuts both ways, and tends to hurt you worse than your foe. After all, it's *you* that's trying to end up with the province, not him. He can't make troops while under siege anyway, and you wouldn't/shouldn't be attacking if you didn't plan to win. I only tax at 200% when raiding, not when attacking for conquest.

Boron · #6 July 25th, 2004, 02:45 PM

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Originally posted by Arryn:

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
If you drive the unrest over 100 then even if he gets the castle back he cant make troops until it goes down. So when I seige I always tax 200% and capture blood slaves. Pillaging nearby provinces is good also. When it looks like I might actually TAKE it soon then I might backoff but initially I drive it as high as I can as fast as I can.

That sword cuts both ways, and tends to hurt you worse than your foe. After all, it's *you* that's trying to end up with the province, not him. He can't make troops while under siege anyway, and you wouldn't/shouldn't be attacking if you didn't plan to win. I only tax at 200% when raiding, not when attacking for conquest.

not necessary

especially when being ermor / pan cw you don't care about the population anyway.
so even if you don't conquer the province you do serious harm to your opponent .
but unless you are 100% sure you conquer the province it is always a good idea .
you have slightly reduced income / population later and to patrol or lower taxes for the following turns if you conquer the castle but that's not a bad deal for the nice extra money you get and the trouble your enemy gets through taxing .
gandalf you are a genie when playing nasty