ROI on Economic Developments

[Didz]

I purchased the MTW Strategy Guide in the expectation that this would provide a full analysis of the economic development options.

But far from it.

In fact over half the guide is dedicated to battlefield tactics and troop statistics which considering MTW is not very combat oriented is an almost complete waste of printers ink in my opinion.

In the early days of STW I published a table on the .Org highlighting the various economic development options available to players in order of their expected Return On Investment (ROI).

This proved invaluable in helping ensure the financial stability of my clans in subsequent games and I wonder if anyone has done anything similar for MTW.

Didz

[Arkatreides]

Well, I disagree that MTW isn't very combat oriented, but yes, maybe a bit more on trade would have been useful.

Basically the Income for a given province is:

Base*(1+farmland)*(1+0.1*acumen)+mining+trade+other

This is modified by the tax rating.

other are things like Cathedrals (I haven't found anything else yet)

Now trade can be very large. There are 3 categories of goods, one at 10 florins, one at 15 and one at 20.

Local trade generated these plus a 20% bonus for each merchant upgrade.

The same amount is generated for each province you trade with by sea.

Again, this is modified by taxes.