Large Empire Tax - It will eat your children.

[Sphere]

I've ran into LET, and I must say, well done dev team.

With my naivite I thought owning all Greece and Anatolia would make me set for monnies indefinitely. However, such childish notions have been crushed without mercy. To my astonishment, I cannot afford to build every building I want, rather I have to prioritize. Supporting two good stacks is ...gasp ... still difficult. Hiring Merc's is a tough decision. The threat of losing trade rights/revenue due to war actually looms over my plans of conqest. In short my economy still matters past the early game.

Thank you for crushing my Total War ego.

[Pat89]

You're welcome

[Makrell]

what is large empire tax?

[Pat89]

Lets just say it should keep the late campaign a bit more challenging than usually is the case in TW games

[DukeCanada]

Yes sir, not easy.

[Makrell]

so it is a removing money froim player script or an ai moneygain script

[DukeCanada]

I suppose its a "removing money from player" script. It doesnt work that way though, its very calculated and we take into account how far into the campaign you are. We target trade and tax revenue, and make sure to simulate the effects on corruption in your kingdom.

[Pat89]

It definitely is not scripted! Using scripts to solve the "the late campaign is easy"-issue would be unbalanced and like a cheating way to hide (ie, not solve) the problem. This is a system that builds up very slowly as you start expanding (already if you take your second region, starting as city state) and becomes more noticeable when you get ever bigger. It really only is clever coding in the EDB that makes all of this happen, which also makes it much more dynamic and controllable. There's not a single line of script involved.

[Maurits]

And, if I'm correct, using a larger script for this would increase the loading times a lot.

[Heinz Guderian]

God damn it you guys are good. I want to kiss each member of the RTR Dev team on the lips. ON THE LIPS. None of this "oh come here and give me a manly hug". I want to hold your heads with both my hands so our foreheads touch and then look into your eyes and carefully kiss you without breaking eye contact. So you know it means something. Dont care if you're weirded out. Eye contact is important during the whole process.

[DukeCanada]

God damn it you guys are good. I want to kiss each member of the RTR Dev team on the lips. ON THE LIPS. None of this "oh come here and give me a manly hug". I want to hold your heads with both my hands so our foreheads touch and then look into your eyes and carefully kiss you without breaking eye contact. So you know it means something. Dont care if you're weirded out. Eye contact is important during the whole process.

. Ok, but you have to be gentle. Not with Tony though, he can be quite scary when he gets into it

[MasterOfThessus]

God damn it you guys are good. I want to kiss each member of the RTR Dev team on the lips. ON THE LIPS. None of this "oh come here and give me a manly hug". I want to hold your heads with both my hands so our foreheads touch and then look into your eyes and carefully kiss you without breaking eye contact. So you know it means something. Dont care if you're weirded out. Eye contact is important during the whole process.

I'd think my girlfriend would mind

[Spartan198]

Don't all taxes do something along those lines?

I'd think my girlfriend would mind

Don't worry, I can keep her busy long enough for you two to hook up.

[MasterOfThessus]

Don't all taxes do something along those lines?


Don't worry, I can keep her busy long enough for you two to hook up.

You wish

[Spartan198]

You wish

For taxes to eat children or me hooking up with your girl and her sister?

[AngryTitusPullo]

God damn it you guys are good. I want to kiss each member of the RTR Dev team on the lips. ON THE LIPS. None of this "oh come here and give me a manly hug". I want to hold your heads with both my hands so our foreheads touch and then look into your eyes and carefully kiss you without breaking eye contact. So you know it means something. Dont care if you're weirded out. Eye contact is important during the whole process.

Masyallah !!!

[Maurits]

I would prefer not to react on that *cough* statement *cough*, sir.

[Pat89]

Ughum, uhm, thanks ... I think... Uhm... I live really far away though, so maybe another time?