Distance-To-Capital

[therother]

AFAIK, moving it only affects distance penalties. Nothing else. Since normally you're original capital provinces are both well-developed and firmly in your control (no culture penalties), shouldn't be too much of a problem to move.

It also affects corruption, where new family members appear, and where the Senate reward units will appear.

IMO corruption is the most important of these effects. Simply put, your capital has no corruption, but corruption starts to increase as you move away from your capital. So if your original regions are your main money making regions, then moving your capital away from the general vicinity will increase your overall corruption, and potentially lose you a fair bit of money. Of course, if your richest provinces are far away from you capital, you will make money!

There doesn't seem to be any tangible penalty for moving your capital, even if you do so many times in the same turn. So you can experiment to discover which settlement is the best balance between unrest/corruption.

[Tamur]

...why do so many people post wrong information?...

Because they aren't omniscient. Apparently there are quite a number around here who are...?

There doesn't seem to be any tangible penalty for moving your capital, even if you do so many times in the same turn. So you can experiment to discover which settlement is the best balance between unrest/corruption.

This is VERY nice to know. I haven't been brave enough to experiment!

[Dorkus]

Because they aren't omniscient. Apparently there are quite a number around here who are...?

There's a difference between posting your thoughts and opinions, that may or may not be true, and posting "information" purported to be "fact."

Too often you see people posting the former in the guise of the latter. That's just really bad form.

This board is better than most (twcenter and the ezboard are both terrible) because I think the community is a bit more mature, and because people seem to have a better empirical sense. But there's still way too much of it.

If you're going to state something factually, have the evidence to back it up.

[Tamur]

There's a difference between posting your thoughts and opinions, that may or may not be true, and posting "information" purported to be "fact."

Agreed, good reminder there (for me at least! I tend to post with only circumstantial evidence).

[Indylavi]

I never had any trouble in Greece myself. Egypt is really tough. Basically, I expect it to revolt. I find to keep the population under control I have to either give them the plague by moving people from a province that has it to there or pull out and let them rebel. Take the city back and then exterminate the population. That usually works for me. It’s dirty but it works Also, it seems if you send a family member to the region it helps to cut down on corruption. At least in my experience so I'm not sure if it is a feature of the game. I wish there was an option to appoint a regional governor instead of just a city one.

[Quietus]

I just noticed it too. I was looking for trends regarding corruption. Your capital seem to have a radius - the farther you go out the more you lose to corruption.

A better system would be to factor in the roads and port-size you have.

[Dorkus]

i actually meant that it affects nothing else in the order calculation.

but i didn't know about the corruption difference. thanks for the heads up.

It also affects corruption, where new family members appear, and where the Senate reward units will appear.

IMO corruption is the most important of these effects. Simply put, your capital has no corruption, but corruption starts to increase as you move away from your capital. So if your original regions are your main money making regions, then moving your capital away from the general vicinity will increase your overall corruption, and potentially lose you a fair bit of money. Of course, if your richest provinces are far away from you capital, you will make money!

There doesn't seem to be any tangible penalty for moving your capital, even if you do so many times in the same turn. So you can experiment to discover which settlement is the best balance between unrest/corruption.