Vices and Virtues

[Jxrc]

-many of the governors get vices which reduce agricultural and trade income once your empire gets large. These vices include "Family above all", "Corrupt", "Outlaw" and so once. This can't be avoided, and it seems game is programmed that way. Even if you appoint a new governor, he will get some vice of this type soon. Also, I've noticed that these vices mostly affect newly appointed governors (governors of newly conquered provinces) more often than governors of your homelands you've appointed at the beginning of the campaign)

This is essentially due to the fact the there is a limit to the number of V&v one general can get so that your old govenors have no place left to get v&v such as "brigand and thief", "oultlaw", "gambler", "family favorite", etc.

-if you retreat (to be more precise, click "call of the attack" or "abandon the province") you may get "Retreats often" set of vices


-if your gen wins often when att/def he gets "good attacker"/"good defender"
-"weak attacker"/"weak defender" in a similar way )

You only get "retreat often" if you abandon the province. If you cancel an attack a few times (3 iirc) you get hesitant, vacillator, etc.

-if your general runs away several times, he gets "coward" vices)

You get penalised the first time youn run away and get "good runner". Gets worse everytime afterwards ("doubtful courage", "coward")

-if your gen wins often when att/def he gets "good attacker"/"good defender"
-"weak attacker"/"weak defender" in a similar way )

It is not really winning often (if you win often you merely get additional stars) but winning against the odds or with very little losses compared to those suffered by the opposing army.

For instance if the opposing army start to retreat as soon as the battle starts, you can try to catch some unit with your cavalry. You will get losses like 1 or 2 men, capture something like 60/80 mean and get the skilled attacker V&v.

Same thing for the opposite, you get "weak something" if you suffer way bigger losses than your enemy or if you lose a battle that you should have won.

For the rest, all I can add is:

- general that are the target of an unsuccesful assasination attempt get V&V that can be good (survivor, rough justice, hard to kill, invulnerable) or bad (recluse, nervous, very nervous)
- same for those tested by inquisitors, end result can be good (devout, born again, etc) or bad (atheist)
- IIRC, having your princes (or general ?) assassinated can get you king vices that are good initially but get bad if you overdo it. Ca remember for sure, have not murdered my sons for a while ...
- someone once wrote that giving and taking away titles on a regular basis could get you the "tyran" or "autocrat" v&v but I have never tested that.