A Quick Strategic Map Guide & Primer to RTW

[General Tacticus]

OK, can someone please explain to me why, when I 'm disbanding a unit inside a settlement, the settlement loses income? With more citizens to tax, I should now be getting more, not less! Unless it gets back up next turn, which I haven't come round to figuring out yet...

Also, sometimes I see what looks like the old pre-patch Medieval bug, where a settlements' public order changes when you open its' pannel. Sometimes it happens after I place a unit or a building or two on the cue, sometimes when I simply click the info pannel... usually not at all.

Well? Is it a known bug?

[AntiochusIII]

Erm.. The "loss" of income is actually not a loss. The game distributes your expenses on settlements based on that settlement's population. It grows larger by the disbanded unit, thus, the "burden" of the expenses (building, training, upkeep, etc.) increases on that city alone. It will not reduce your income. Example: Carthage makes 10000 income a turn.. your overall payment is 50000. Carthage's population is 40% of all your land's populations. So the city has to pay 20000, making the number on the map(and details) -10000. If it population grows more negative number upon the city. While actually it is paying off for you more.

Don't worry, you get more tax income as usual. Forget the numbers. Just look at the overall numbers of your kingdom.

As for the bug, I don't know.

[General Tacticus]

Thanks, Antiochus... So it was so simple as that. Eh, I 've never been one for the math...

[Quietus]

Hi Everyone,

If you are reading this; this an older version of the Strategic Map Guide. Go to here: Quietus' Rome: Total War Guide for the latest version.

I will ask KukriMan to remove this Guide from this section at once.

Thx

[Craterus]

i didn't know what Devastation was and i've got loads of rebel armies hanging around my territories.. these must have a reallbad effect on my public order... i'll remove them at once, thanks for the info!

[Calmarac]

@ Craterus

The Devastation effect from rebel armies will hurt your income, rather than effecting public order. Still worth killing `em though

Now if only the frequency of rebel armies appearing was related to the settlement`s public order, it would make more sense and be easier to control their numbers.

@ Quietus

Thanks for a very helpful guide