Nurturing Generals who are far from Battle

[Procrustes]

I like to do this. Some provinces are inherently more rebellious than others - Livonia, Latvia and Portugal come to mind. Give them a bad govenor, get rid of the watchtowers and any spies, then reduce the garrison - presto - rebels! Kill the rebels after you defeat them and your gov will start to get even worse vices - more rebellions!

It's a fun way to train up generals and keep yourself fighting during the slow years. And you can make money at it, too. The more times a province rebels, the bigger the rebellions tend to get. Also, any additional tech your province has seems to get you better rebels. The last time I did this with Latvia the rebels were apearring with stacks of feudal nights by the end - far cry from the stacks of peasants, spearmen or archers they started out with.

(If you get sick of it, replace the gov with a better one and up the garrison.)

Have fun,

P.

[NodachiSam]

I think scottland, switzerland and also probably ireland are on the rebellious side too.

When I have most of europe in my possession (maybe after minor victory (If I ever again choose to play past that point)) I barely can be bothered to be concerned about some bad vices, it is just too much work. Only the big money makers get my concern.
I just make sure something is always being built, even if it is useless (like 80% upgrade to arabia) and it seems to help. I only do that when I have tons of money of course.

[ah_dut]

I like to do this. Some provinces are inherently more rebellious than others - Livonia, Latvia and Portugal come to mind. Give them a bad govenor, get rid of the watchtowers and any spies, then reduce the garrison - presto - rebels! Kill the rebels after you defeat them and your gov will start to get even worse vices - more rebellions!

It's a fun way to train up generals and keep yourself fighting during the slow years. And you can make money at it, too. The more times a province rebels, the bigger the rebellions tend to get. Also, any additional tech your province has seems to get you better rebels. The last time I did this with Latvia the rebels were apearring with stacks of feudal nights by the end - far cry from the stacks of peasants, spearmen or archers they started out with.

(If you get sick of it, replace the gov with a better one and up the garrison.)

Have fun,

P.

yes, the rinse and repeat plan for rebellions. Obviously though...you might get unlucky with the rebel stack...

[Procrustes]

yes, the rinse and repeat plan for rebellions. Obviously though...you might get unlucky with the rebel stack...

I love the variety and the unpredictability. I find they get better and better, and bigger and bigger, the more times you repeat. I don't build the happiness buildings, but I do build any military buildings I can - the rebels seem to get more teched the more of them I have. You can end up with massive rebellions in your backyard while you are trying to hold your borders against some invader.

Also, if you can get the Swiss or the Burgundians to revolt late in the game you end up with a whole new faction to fight....