Vassals don't pay tribute

[Naja]

I'm playing as Romans, and I subjugated the Kypchaks and made them my vassals.

Shouldn't I get annual tribute? I get tribute when I have vassals in vanilla MTW2.

[TMK]

They should do.
Maybe their bankrupt so they can't give you anything as a vassals tribute is half their income.

[Naja]

They should do.
Maybe their bankrupt so they can't give you anything as a vassals tribute is half their income.

Good point, I hadn't considered that. I did pretty much annihilate most of their armies, and most of their cities that I take over I exterminated and destroyed most of their buildings for cash. So if I gave them back their regions, they're probably trying to re-build and that's putting them in the red.

that's one thing i wanted to point out.i'm pretty sure that make another faction your vassal in BC is the most difficult thing. although, if your enemy has one maybe 2 regions and block all of his ports and put some stacks in these regions so as to burn the surrounding area, you do make him vassal.In BC you have to utterly defeat your enemies to drive them to that situation,but in that point it's impossible for them to gain income and alawys they are in red.so what's the use of vassals?

PS: one use of the vassals (only works with the 2 seljuks and the kypchaks) is to ressurect them by giving settlements and use them against your far enemies.
e.g. romans vs abbasids/ghurids (seljuks of rum as vassals with regions around mesopotamia and azerbaijan)

It actually wasn't that difficult. I destroyed effectively most of the Kypchaks' armies, and took all but 4 of their provinces. My diplomat had about a 6-7 skill level. I did beat them up pretty effectively, but I didn't have to blockade any ports or devastate their countryside.

I think the biggest reason why they accepted vassalage was because I offered to give them back most of the territories I had taken from them.

I think next time I want to make another faction my vassal, I won't exterminate their cities or destroy their buildings. That way they won't waste so much money re-building, which means they can dedicate more money to paying me tribute.

[zburanuki]

that's one thing i wanted to point out.i'm pretty sure that make another faction your vassal in BC is the most difficult thing.although, if your enemy has one maybe 2 regions and block all of his ports and put some stacks in these regions so as to burn the surrounding area, you do make him vassal.In BC you have to utterly defeat your enemies to drive them to that situation,but in that point it's impossible for them to gain income and alawys they are in red.so what's the use of vassals?

PS: one use of the vassals (only works with the 2 seljuks and the kypchaks) is to ressurect them by giving settlements and use them against your far enemies.
e.g. romans vs abbasids/ghurids (seljuks of rum as vassals with regions around mesopotamia and azerbaijan)

[k/t]

You're getting money anyway - either by selling their buildings or by receiving tribute. The tribute from a faction receiving a lot of money through a script will probably be greater in the long run than the money you will earn by selling their buildings.