Foederatus
Most important factor in Settlement happiness
What do you guys think is the single most important factor in maintaining a good mood in the population of a settlement? I have been playing RTW for quite some time, but would like to hear your guys opinions on what you think is most important to keeping a settlement happy(temples, low taxes, etc...).
Ordinarius
Re: Most important factor in Settlement happiness
Squalor.
The only way to combat it is to micro every city's population growth, or exterminate every couple of turns.
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Campidoctor
Re: Most important factor in Settlement happiness
Population
As you asked for the most important factor - it's definitely population - not squalor nor distance to
capital or buildings or culture - after exterminating a settlements population there will be peace.
Recruiting soldiers = decreasing the population will help you aswell for a while.
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Semisalis
Re: Most important factor in Settlement happiness
Peasants!!!!.
They reduce your population and for some reason your city's tend to be happier with an army of men with no armor carrying a dagger there to protect them from there enemies then an army of men in heavy armor with spears and swords.
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Praeses
Re: Most important factor in Settlement happiness
a garrison can provide a good bonus to happines, but eventuallly squalor will take over, and you have no option but to exterminate them
Campidoctor
Re: Most important factor in Settlement happiness
They won't make a difference wether it's 240 peasants per unit (huge scale) or 240 town watch
just that the peasants are the cheaper ones and thus will cost less denarii.
At the end both are going to decrease the population.
@existence - yeah as i said "for a while"
:edit - btw - ever had a spy infected by the "plague"?
The "plague" can be a feature aswell instead of a pain - just send
him into a settlement of your own but move out your generals or whatever
named characters before doing so.
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Last edited by Chris Death; September 26, 2011 at 01:14 PM.
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Decanus
Re: Most important factor in Settlement happiness
Important factor in settlement happiness? Well we're talking about HAPPINESS. Squalor is a negative attribute. It is therefore removed.
Most important to settlement happiness is usually the presence of a garrison to make the town feel safe. Or taxes. They both largely effect town happiness.
Foederatus
Re: Most important factor in Settlement happiness
Okay, thanks for the replies, it seems that squalor and the number of soldiers in the settlement are the most important factors to keep a settlement from rioting.
Foederatus
Re: Most important factor in Settlement happiness
Also low taxes.
Civis
Re: Most important factor in Settlement happiness
Distance from Capitals a bit of a problem do but no where near as bad as squalor.Originally Posted by romanlegion
Tiro
Re: Most important factor in Settlement happiness
Culture penalty and squalor are the two major factors in settlement happiness... Also, make garrisons of peasants (A lot of men and small upkeep) and make you're capital in the center of you're empire !
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