Enslave, occupy, or exterminate?

[ethan340]

what are the benefits of each choice? i usually enslave, but i'm trying out other stuff and don't notice a huge difference

[chaplain118]

occupy - keep all the population in the city, more tax income, more people to recruit troops from, higher amount of discontent citizens
enslave - a sizeable portion of the city is moved away into other cities with governors in them, less tax income, less people to recruit troops from, lower amount of discontent citizens
exterminate - a sizeable portion of the city is killed off, less tax income (despite what the city income may say), very few people to recruit troops from, very low amount of discontent citizens

Usually, it's better to enslave at the very beginning of a campaign, as this allows you to increase the number of people in your settlements as well as helping your generals/governors acquire a "Slave trader" ancillary as well as placing a "slaves" resource by the city, which increases trade. And as these early settlements tend to be similar to your culture, the public order factor isn't that important.

However, as you expand further and further, the tendency is to begin exterminating newly conquered territory. This is largely out of practicality since the distance to capital, cultural penalties, and unrest will be at a near unmanageable level that you may even be forced to bring in well developed governors from your core cities just to keep the public order. Of course, this then also triggers the issue of lowering the income from your core cities...

[ethan340]

occupy - keep all the population in the city, more tax income, more people to recruit troops from, higher amount of discontent citizens
enslave - a sizeable portion of the city is moved away into other cities with governors in them, less tax income, less people to recruit troops from, lower amount of discontent citizens
exterminate - a sizeable portion of the city is killed off, less tax income (despite what the city income may say), very few people to recruit troops from, very low amount of discontent citizens

Usually, it's better to enslave at the very beginning of a campaign, as this allows you to increase the number of people in your settlements as well as helping your generals/governors acquire a "Slave trader" ancillary as well as placing a "slaves" resource by the city, which increases trade. And as these early settlements tend to be similar to your culture, the public order factor isn't that important.

However, as you expand further and further, the tendency is to begin exterminating newly conquered territory. This is largely out of practicality since the distance to capital, cultural penalties, and unrest will be at a near unmanageable level that you may even be forced to bring in well developed governors from your core cities just to keep the public order. Of course, this then also triggers the issue of lowering the income from your core cities...

great answer. thanks man

[chris10]

How to manage effectively your empire and especially settlements can be read in this priceless

CITY MANAGEMENT GUIDE TO ROME:TOTAL WAR by MarekBrutuus
version 2.0

http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/589390-ro...war/faqs/39338

And for everybody interested I upload the corresponding files to this article
Attachment 147330

Remember the figures are all refering to vanilla RTW but the mechanics and multipliers of hardcoded values do all work for RSII too

[|Sith|Galvanized Iron]

what are the benefits of each choice? i usually enslave, but i'm trying out other stuff and don't notice a huge difference

What would Jesus do?

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Exterminate!

[Populus Romanus]

What would Jesus do?

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Exterminate!

Nonsense! Jesus would enslave!

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*gets struck by random bolt of lighting*

[|Sith|Galvanized Iron]

Nonsense! Jesus would enslave!

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

*gets struck by random bolt of lighting*

Nope God is no n00b, his campaign guide is quite clear on this issue:

20:16But of the cities of these peoples, that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes; 20:17but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Yahweh your God has commanded you...

Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

Sounds like a plan!

He even set the example himself by exterminating Sodom and Gomorrah.

[Ferdiad]

No good sirah, Jesus loves all human beings and he loves you too.In a Special kind of way

[a-woowie.doowie]

Lol, lame and off topic disrespect of religion.

[ethan340]

Lol, lame and off topic disrespect of religion.

this kid is hilarious. all he does is complain about other posts. i actually thought it was kinda funny.

(he'll probably say the same thing back to me, but i contribute to discussions too)

[xsithspawnx]

Enslave, occupy, or exterminate? I say all three in that order. Enslave the young and healthy to increase your labor force, occupy, and then exterminate all who oppose your glorious rule! It's all in Tyrannical Dictators 101.

[Fallen Angel Ezekiel]

Ocupy early in game and once the empire has grown enough let the extermination of the barbarians begin...............

[chris10]

Ocupy early in game and once the empire has grown enough let the extermination of the barbarians begin...............

yup...however I only occupy in the early beginning (taking from free people) but only with settlements under 4000 people or there will be unrest problems with native population

[Marcus Licinius]

you have to do a mixture of all

[Hellhound1]

I always exterminate.

[Ferdiad]

I always exterminate.

Always?Thats counter-productive in the Early game.

Also Dudes why you ing?TD is for spamming

[mudang]

IMHO enslave is very useful in the early game at least, because it both reduces the population of the captured city but it also increases the population of cities with governors.

Basically by managing where you put your governors you can increase the population of the cities where you want high population (generally your core cities), which let's them advance faster up the tiers (ie. more advanced buildings sooner) while also increasing your manpower and income. Your core cities are also the happiest, so they won't rebel because of high populations.

Once you get to the point where your cities can't support any more population, ie. your growth goes to zero or negative, then exterminate is the better option.

Occupy I've only ever used on cities that are below 3-4k since halving the population at that level is just counterproductive.

[Hellhound1]

Always?Thats counter-productive in the Early game.

Capture carthage in first few turns by jumping across bottom of italy, while ignoring hannibal, makes him run like a sissy girl back to Carthage, sink his ship on the way across = WIN!

My point being that you need to exterminate Carthage.

[chris10]

Capture carthage in first few turns by jumping across bottom of italy, while ignoring hannibal, makes him run like a sissy girl back to Carthage, sink his ship on the way across = WIN!

This is officially:





Try that in Five Good Emperors...I dare you !....

[Hellhound1]

This is officially:





Try that in Five Good Emperors...I dare you !....

Ahh im no good at one turn