Peasants

[Lanemerkel1]

i think it says in the manual somewhere that provinces become less loyal if their governor is absent. i don't know if the effect of his stats and V&Vs becomes reduced or negated though. on many of them it says '+20% zeal if governing' or whatever, but that doesn't mean he has to physically be there...

that's what I don't like in RTW.


you have to have a family memeber physically in the stupid settlement to run it.


in MTW you just give the bastard a piece of paper and your done with it

[elbasto]

that's what I don't like in RTW.


you have to have a family memeber physically in the stupid settlement to run it.


in MTW you just give the bastard a piece of paper and your done with it

Actually, you can uncheck an option square that should allow you to run every single settlement without the need of a family member.

[Ciaran]

He probably means you only get the governor boni if the fellow is actually inside the settlement, as opposed to MTW, where it´s enough the guy has that tiny scroll icon on his unit card, no matter whether he´s in the province or is governing Egypt from Scotland.

[Legorreto]

He probably means you only get the governor boni if the fellow is actually inside the settlement, as opposed to MTW, where it´s enough the guy has that tiny scroll icon on his unit card, no matter whether he´s in the province or is governing Egypt from Scotland.

Regarding this last comment, I have experienced more profit and development on provinces where the governor actually stays than those where the governor is out fighting.

This is why I am amaze of how high the acumen is in Peasant units and they are really cheap. My actual question is, If I increase the number of Peasants in the province, Would it increase income or it doesn't matter as long as the first Peasant Unit has a good acumen?

Leave that to the experts

[Ludens]

Regarding this last comment, I have experienced more profit and development on provinces where the governor actually stays than those where the governor is out fighting.

That shouldn't happen, unles of course it is caused by the fact the governor's builder and farmer virtues go the general of the stack he is in.

My actual question is, If I increase the number of Peasants in the province, Would it increase income or it doesn't matter as long as the first Peasant Unit has a good acumen?

I am not sure whether I understand your question correctly. A province can have only one governor, and only his acumen (and that of the King) matter. Even if you have a high-acumen leader in said province, if he isn't the governor it won't help you one bit. Building more peasants will only increase loyalty, and the amount of florins you have to spend on army upkeep.

[ajaxfetish]

The only way adding more garrison peasants will increase revenue is if the added loyalty allows you to raise taxes. Otherwise the only economic effect will be increasing upkeep costs, as Ludens said.

Ajax

[Yoyoma1910]

Occasionally I find myself birthing a five Accumen Peasant. Usually, if not always, because of virtues they are born with.

I believe one reason for their high accumen would be because of their basic cunning. Many accounts have told of how the peasant, having had to work his whole life to even survive, out witted his "supperiors" with his wyles and fast talking. But then again, often in stories the peasant who strives to much to overcome his station is brought down by his ambition and vices. A prime example would be Stendal's Red and the Black (a croincle of 1830).

I think that's why I like V&Vs. If someone is staying home and politicing, social climbing, and chasing his friends' wives (or in some cases sons) they get more vices than someone who is out buisying his mind with war and survival.