About Base farming level

[Anonymous II]

Hi!

I took Ajaccio just now, and checked the base farming level (I'm always interested in that). It was 1,5. Then I decided to turn the castle into a city, and the farming level became 2. Is this supposed to happen?

[Stoneface]

Yes, castles have only 70% of the farming output if compared to cities.

From desc_settlement_mechanics.xml

<factor name="SPF_FARMING_LEVEL">
<pip_modifier value="1.0"/>
<castle_modifier value="0.7"/>
</factor>

[Anonymous II]

OK, thank you! :yes:

[TevashSzat]

That is done to make sure that cities have a higher pop growth than castles on average

[Darius]

Otherwise, you'd get a citadel waaay too fast, and just thinking about having to take citadel after citadel in the late game makes the mind boggle.:dizzy2: