How to deal with mass corruption?

**lirumlarum** · February 27, 2015, 07:13 PM

Is it a bug or am i missing something? Yesterday I had 20k+ every round and today I conquered some settlements and my corruption went up to 65% and im losing 2k every turn wtf?

**GussieFinkNottle** · February 27, 2015, 07:50 PM

Yeah this is something they need to fix, on Rome II the tax levels made a big difference in cash that could compensate, but in Attila they barely make any (e.g. raising my tax from normal to high as WRE raised my income from 13000 to only 16000).

**DeliCiousTZM** · February 27, 2015, 08:45 PM

West Roman empire starts with 80% corruption, so suck on that. Governeors,spies,technology and politics is what you need to lower corruption. Also a civil war should help.

**lirumlarum** · February 28, 2015, 05:15 AM

Originally Posted by DeliCiousTZM

West Roman empire starts with 80% corruption, so suck on that. Governeors,spies,technology and politics is what you need to lower corruption. Also a civil war should help.

Yeah but all theese options give me only a coupke percent and if my empire gets bigger so will the corruption. In other words I will lose money with every settlement I capture. Does it mean I can't conquer the world like in the previous total war games?

**crowe15** · February 28, 2015, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by lirumlarum

Yeah but all theese options give me only a coupke percent and if my empire gets bigger so will the corruption. In other words I will lose money with every settlement I capture. Does it mean I can't conquer the world like in the previous total war games?

that would be retarded

**lirumlarum** · March 01, 2015, 09:47 PM

yes indeed it is thanks for your help friend.

**Ashu-Siralis** · March 01, 2015, 11:48 PM

Basically, subjugate or raze, don't capture. Once your corruption is at ~50%, don't take many more settlements, unless they have very valuable trade goods.

**Aeratus** · March 02, 2015, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by Ashu-Siralis

Basically, subjugate or raze, don't capture. Once your corruption is at ~50%, don't take many more settlements, unless they have very valuable trade goods.

This, basically. The time period isn't one for empire-building. Instead, it is to help western europe transition into the dark ages. So burn everything to the ground!

**crowe15** · March 07, 2015, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by Aeratus

This, basically. The time period isn't one for empire-building. Instead, it is to help western europe transition into the dark ages. So burn everything to the ground!

Well that's a lie because in the victory conditions, even the smallest factions (for example the Franks) have to control at least 100 regions to achieve a Divine Triumph.

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**RMSN NIKE** · March 07, 2015, 06:47 PM

Control means, from description, "through tributary states and military allies." If it's similar to Rome 2, then it have to say "hold" to mean only your own regions to full fill the requirement. You win even if you have 1 city, but have 99 cities "through tributary states and military allies".

**crowe15** · March 07, 2015, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by RMSN NIKE

Control means, from description, "through tributary states and military allies." If it's similar to Rome 2, then it have to say "hold" to mean only your own regions to full fill the requirement. You win even if you have 1 city, but have 99 cities "through tributary states and military allies".

Technically, yes. In practice, no, doesn't work.

Good luck surviving Atilla with 1 settlement, and watching him rape your allies.

**lirumlarum** · March 08, 2015, 08:50 AM

Originally Posted by RMSN NIKE

Control means, from description, "through tributary states and military allies." If it's similar to Rome 2, then it have to say "hold" to mean only your own regions to full fill the requirement. You win even if you have 1 city, but have 99 cities "through tributary states and military allies".

Yeah but it does not work if everyone hates you and everything ist razed.

**RMSN NIKE** · March 08, 2015, 03:33 PM

Well, you missed my point, my post was only to elaborate what the "control" means, and the rest is just an example, bad one at that. Better example, you can have 50 settlements, and 50 "through tributary states and military allies". Happy now?

**justfun** · March 08, 2015, 06:45 PM

It is possible to have a large empire with >90% corruption, you just have to manage your empire very tightly and cut down on the military. I was able to field three and a half stacks with the ERE and get around 30.000/turn with a corruption of 95%. It just got weird when my Emperor got the miser trait then which adds 10% to corruption - every province apart from the spy managed ones made no income at all. He led a nice and brave attack quickly afterwards resulting in his early death.