A must to exterminate now and then?

**yezhanquan85** · 01-24-2007, 14:17

Have heard several vets claiming that in M2, you need to let your cities rebel, then reenter to exterminate the pop and restore public order. Strongly disagree.

1) Squalor cap is 80%
2) Distance to capital is variable.

So, barring unrest caused by spies and religious ones, you should be able to keep order even with a small garrison and high/v. high taxes NEAR your capital. Obviously, for faraway cities, you'll have to maintain normal taxes and to build churches to stop a revolt.

Comments?

**zverzver** · 01-24-2007, 14:23

100% Agree

**yezhanquan85** · 01-24-2007, 15:09

Originally Posted by zverzver

100% Agree

Er.. do you agree with me or the other vets?

**danfda** · 01-24-2007, 15:13

Most vets I've seen discussing this topic joyously praise the change to squalor that now means you do not have to butcher your own people (unless you want to).

So yeah, you're right. This aspect is so much better than RTW...

**yezhanquan85** · 01-24-2007, 15:21

Can't imagine squalor with no cap...It's scary.

**zverzver** · 01-24-2007, 15:41

Agree with you. Not once did I exterminate my own people. I atively encourage them to grow by setting lower taxes to get more taxpayers for the future.

**Aaron A Aardvark** · 01-25-2007, 09:22

It's just poor management to let public order get out of control. I haven't had one city rebel in M2TW.

**FactionHeir** · 01-25-2007, 11:17

I only ever have problems with 3 cities in M2TW:
Jerusalem
Alexandria
Cairo

Those always have really low PO when you play a catholic or moor faction. Sometimes keeping a full stack of spear militia isn't enough to keep taxes at very high (my standard level as this reduces growth and lets me control pop)
I actually needed chivalry generals to keep em from revolting.