Subdueing new acquisitions

[Skott]

As an added note even after doing all that has been suggested (which is great advice) Warsaw takes a while to settle down so expect to keep an army there and ready to deal with rebellion because it will take years. Before the last patch Warsaw was slow to pacify and since the patch it takes even longer now. The Poles are stubborn people in this game.

[Rowan]

I think most of us who have played the older TW games just need to realize that Red Face = Instant Rebellion = Lose the province = Bad does not apply in E:TW as it did in previous games. And you don't have to turn off the taxes to avoid it.

In my 1.2 Prussian campaign I took Warsaw first and trying to garrison it took all of my recruitment for several turns and dropped my profits to 0. And it was still -8 or something due to the initial -30 occupied by foreign power malus. But after putting down the rebellion the situation is much brighter: foreign power occupation modifier has dropped to ~ -25 (1/turn for 3 turns waiting for rebellion + 2 turns crushing it down), additional military crackdown bonus of +6 and all the extra dragoons plus repairs repress the rest (along with all the stuff above about churches and unis). And all the while I can keep taxing the province to offset the costs of garrisoning at least a bit.

Took Wien next, but didn't think I could keep it and burned down all of the improvements. ouch. That's when I realized unrest isn't as serious in this game as it was in previous ones.

Next stop: Munich.

[LuxIrae]

Semi relevant (at least) question: Any idea what the most cost effective garrison troops are as particularly on the harder difficulty level maintenance can become a major issue? I know that grenadiers and dragoons are effective, but they are also expensive (and often urgently needed on the frontlines rather than for pacification duty). Conscripts on the other hand while cheap seem to be about useless. Any suggestions?

[Babblearossa]

dragoons get a bonus for policing so their cost can be considered at least 1/2 of what it actually is ( they have at least 2x effect ) which makes them actually cheaper than militia for policing.