Is there a "danger zone" for amassing too large a treasury?

[PhoenixFury23]

In Rome, once your treasury reached a certain size and stayed above it, your family members would start to get corruption traits and eat away at your income.

Is there such a ceiling in M2TW, and if so what is it?

I am at a point where I've got so much money rolling in each turn that I don't know what to do with it, but I'm worried if I don't start spending it that it will start penalizing me.

The main reason I would want to save up is so that I can go on a dollar diplomacy spree, buying friends, armies, and towns en mass.

[Lysimachus]

Yes. Your governors will get corrupt and extravagant. Do NOT set your taxes on to very high or you'll definately get those traits. The only bonus you can get from an extravagant ruler is that they don't spare anything on making their daughters look good (they end up with some charm ancillaries).

[Temeraire]

Not so much triggered in an automatic sense, but certainly more probable depending on how much money you have.

This link takes you to a list of all traits and their triggers. Seach the word "treasury" to get what you're looking for.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/dos...e/931592/50116

[DJ_JasonX]

50K is the danger level for governers getting traits like extravagant. it's worth keeping the treasury below that level if you're worried about bad traits.

[Leonidas_I]

50K is the danger level for governers getting traits like extravagant. it's worth keeping the treasury below that level if you're worried about bad traits.

Iv had over 80k and didn't have a problem.:hmmm:

[richmagpies]

In the campaign I'm playing I've got over 600k in the treasury and god knows how many armies all over the place, am building everything and I just keep making more money every turn. Just about to set sail for the new world with merchants so this is gonna get even worse! lol

[D.B. Cooper]

I put taxes at maximum because it stunts population growth and gives my leaders good management traits. You can always gift money away to your allies if you want to get rid of money, but I don't like my all my cities turning into booming metropolises too early.

[Mikiez]

Never build farms that solves the problem of having too much pop.

[Callawyn]

Tax what you like, grow your population how you like, point here is to spend what you earn as you earn it. Over 50k in treasury (amount varies depending on the version you play) can get the majority of your generals some nasty traits. Worse, traits like Expensivetastes (appears as Extravagant on General's info panel) self-perpetuate, so once you get lvl 1 of the trait line it will advance on its own over time. This trait makes Construction more expensive if this General is governor when you queue up buildings and reduces tax income in settlements he governs. It also reduces squalor, which is a good thing.

There are also some mods where you start losing a percentage of your profits each turn if you end turn with >x florins in treasury. Not sure if this is an issue in Vanilla or not. This is in addition to the normal corruption losses in your cities.

[Old Geezer]

Having much money left over at the end of a turn is like putting it under your mattress. Invest in ports and roads and farms. When the Black Death comes is the one time you need a lot of cash - say 150k to see you through so you can blitz all the bankrupt factions after it passes. It is helpful too have a fistful on hand to spam troops to fight the Mongols and Timurids.

[A Freaky Name]

If you're able to reach over fifty thousand florins while also buying up everything you can and maintain a good army I doubt that there'd really be a problem if your generals and governors started to get a little extravagant or greedy in their own right. So you lose ten percent per settlement with an corrupt governor, and buildings will cost ten percent more with an extravagant one. Pull them out of the city and see if the city makes more money without them, if it does then you've just found a new field general.