Does it?

**MoKus** · 09-30-2018, 00:40

Hi everybody,

Does loyalty has any effect on income? Does it worth to build watch tower at the first turn for sake of economy? Or should I concentrate on 20% farmland improvement? Or should I concentrate on building fort for sake of military evasion first? Which one do you play and why?

Thanks.
MoKuS.

**MoKus** · 09-30-2018, 01:48

Ok. I just check that watch tower does not affect the economy. It however improves loyalty. It seems that loyalty doesn't affect economy!

**MoKus** · 09-30-2018, 02:06

It seems that acumen also doesn't affect economy.

**Gilrandir** · 09-30-2018, 12:49

Originally Posted by MoKus

It seems that acumen also doesn't affect economy.

The acumen of the governor affects the income the province generates. Try to have governors with 4+ acumen (and a couple of dread to keep the province more loyal). It is ecpecially important for high-income provinces (Flanders, Egypt, Constantinople, Venice).

**Stazi** · 09-30-2018, 14:52

Originally Posted by MoKus

It seems that acumen also doesn't affect economy.

The only situation acumen of the governor doesn't affect the economy is when he has 3 acumen which means he's mediocre. If he has less than 3 acumen you'll get less and if more than 3 you'll get more income from a province.

**MoKus** · 09-30-2018, 18:20

Originally Posted by Stazi

The only situation acumen of the governor doesn't affect the economy is when he has 3 acumen which means he's mediocre. If he has less than 3 acumen you'll get less and if more than 3 you'll get more income from a province.

I move governor with different acumen and the income does't change!

**MoKus** · 09-30-2018, 18:26

I am playing on easy difficulty. Could this be because of that?

**MoKus** · 09-30-2018, 18:43

Yes. I start a campaign with hard difficulty and realize that acumen and dread affect the income and the loyalty of the province.

**Stazi** · 09-30-2018, 22:52

Originally Posted by MoKus

I move governor with different acumen and the income does't change!

You just give a title to a commander which makes him governor and it affects province immediately, no matter of distance. It works on any difficulty.

**drone** · 09-30-2018, 13:26

Originally Posted by MoKus

Ok. I just check that watch tower does not affect the economy. It however improves loyalty. It seems that loyalty doesn't affect economy!

Indirectly, it does. The more loyal the province, the higher you can raise the taxes. You generally want to keep province loyalty above 120%, there are many different ways to affect province loyalty and lowering taxes is one big way to do it. But that comes at an economic cost.

Watchtowers give +20% loyalty, forts give a bonus as well but I'm not sure how big it is.

**Goalum** · 01-24-2019, 18:50

Originally Posted by drone

Indirectly, it does. The more loyal the province, the higher you can raise the taxes. You generally want to keep province loyalty above 120%, there are many different ways to affect province loyalty and lowering taxes is one big way to do it. But that comes at an economic cost.

Watchtowers give +20% loyalty, forts give a bonus as well but I'm not sure how big it is.

watchtowers and border forts iirc give cumulatively +50%[+20% and +30%].. after that its the town watch that gives some iirc and then its the church/mosque..

Acumen of the governor increases/decreases the province's wealth, and acumen of the King is applied to the whole kingdom income if memory serves..

If you keep the governor within the province while you make improvements to it - instead of him being away - he'll get traits from the improvements you build further adding to province productivity/wealth..