Quote Originally posted by favedave:

3. The Auto Tax is broken. Or adjusted or something. It used to put all your provinces on the highest tax that it could as long as the loyalty stayed over 100%. Now the level seems to be around 150%. Anything less and it lowers the tax.


This is the only annoying change I've found. I have to manually set everything for maximum taxes now. A minor annoyance.
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From other threads I have read in the forums, I think this is a sensible change. The 100% limit made you vulnerable to rebellions should some adverse event happen during the turn resolution phase (loose your king, get him cut off from your empire, get excommunicated etc).

I personally always aim for about 140% loyalty for safety.

The main thing I have discovered from the patch is that it fixes the CTD I was experiencing during the turn resolution phase after abot 100 yrs play. Hopefully I will be able to complete some campaigns now. This was really my only gripe with what was otherwise a fantastic game, so I am currently a very happy Maelstrom.

Of course, I have not ventured into MP yet....