Fighting Pirates and Merchant festivals

[Vasquez]

What do these events actually achieve? I normally say yes to them when they pop up, but how do they benefit?

Thanks!

[Bacon!]

Trade Fair Information:

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;----------------------- Great Trade Fair ------------------------------
declare_counter had_fair
set_counter had_fair 0
monitor_event PreFactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
 set_event_counter great_fair_accepted = 0
 set_event_counter great_fair_declined = 0
 set_counter had_fair  1
end_monitor
monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
 and FactionBuildingExists > fairground
 and RandomPercent < 10
 historic_event great_fair true
end_monitor
 
monitor_conditions I_EventCounter great_fair_accepted = 1
 and I_CompareCounter had_fair = 1
 console_command add_money -2500
 set_counter had_fair 0
end_monitor

Traits file info on trade fair:

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;------------ Trade_Fairs ------------------
Trigger great_fair_accepted
    WhenToTest CharacterTurnEnd
    Condition CharacterIsLocal
 and DistanceCapital <= 50
 and I_EventCounter great_fair_accepted > 0
    Affects GoodTrader  2  Chance  50
    Affects GoodMerchant  1  Chance  50
;------------------------------------------
Trigger great_fair_refused
    WhenToTest CharacterTurnEnd
    Condition CharacterIsLocal
 and DistanceCapital <= 50
 and I_EventCounter great_fair_declined > 0
    Affects BadTrader  1  Chance  75
    Affects ServesSelfMerchant  1  Chance  75

In short if you accept you lose 2500 florins and your merchants have a 50 chance of gaining the goodmerchant and/or goodtrade trait, if you dont accept your dont lose any florins but your merchants have a 75 chance of gaining the badtrader and serves self merchant trait.

Pirates Information:

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;---------------------- Pirates ------------------------------
declare_counter had_pirates
set_counter had_pirates 0
monitor_event PreFactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
 set_event_counter great_pirates_accepted = 0
 set_event_counter great_pirates_declined = 0
 set_counter had_pirates  1
end_monitor
monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
 and Treasury > 75000
 and RandomPercent < 10
 historic_event pirates true
end_monitor
 
monitor_conditions I_EventCounter pirates_accepted = 1
 and I_CompareCounter had_pirates = 1
 console_command add_money -5000
 set_counter had_pirates 0
end_monitor
monitor_conditions I_EventCounter pirates_declined = 1
 and I_CompareCounter had_pirates = 1
 and RandomPercent < 51
 console_command add_money -12000
 set_counter had_pirates 0
end_monitor

From what i understand you would always be better to accept this event as you would lose more money if you declined. If you accept you only lose 5000 florins, im not sure about this but from what i understand if you decline you have a 51 chance (greater) of losing 12000 florins, more then double

Basicly your much better of accepting these events

[Vasquez]

GOLD! Cheers Bacon!

[Bacon!]

Your Welcome

[ginger_hammer]

of course if you have no merchants near your capital the trade fair is a waste of money

[Wolfgrin]

I'm not sure how to gauge distance on this map. What does "range 50" mean exactly? Is it 50 tiles, and if so, how big is a tile?

Say my capital is at Constantinople and I accept a trade fair. Roughly how much of the map would a "50" radius include -- from Rhodes to Bucharest and Adana to beyond Adrianople? Bigger than that? Smaller?