How to increase public loyalty?

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

what does it mean when the little icons in the settlement details are greyed out? some are grey and some are clear.

The greyed out icons are effects that will occur in the future due to building constructions. The greyed out icons can be very useful in deciding which is the best building out of a set to build, especially when considering constructing trading/farming buildings which do not provide a fixed income. Simply place the building on the que, remove all other buildings from the production line, and hover your mouse over the grey icons. You then can gain the ability to foresee the effects of the building in question. Hope this helps, cheers!

[Test112345]

its seems the egyptians are notoriously bad for revolting...so every time i conquer an egyptian city i slaughter them, lol.

[Kralizec]

its seems the egyptians are notoriously bad for revolting...so every time i conquer an egyptian city i slaughter them, lol.

That's because you have the usual cultural penalties combined with high squalor levels, as the Egyptian starting cities have insanely high growth rates.

I recall that possessing the Pyramid wonders in Egypt removes all Egyptian culture penalties across the map - something to consider.

[Test112345]

Well i just got that way after i got all the other cities because when i starting conquering the Brutii already had the pyramid.

how can i remedy corruption?

oh, what would happen if the the Senate (i forgot the name of the office that does it) actually checks your accounting for correctness (they threatened to do that to me lol)?

thanks

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

how can i remedy corruption?

Buildings which boost law, are your resolution to corruption! They may never completely destroy this horrible R:TW statistic, but they still can drastically reduce it under most circumstances. Also moving the capital closer to your corrupt settlements can also reduce the statistic, but may, if not centralised, inspire others to become corrupt further away.

oh, what would happen if the the Senate (i forgot the name of the office that does it) actually checks your accounting for correctness (they threatened to do that to me lol)?

It's just a simply fine of either 5,000 or 10,000 denarii. According to the text files it can't go any higher than that. However, the text files aren't always perfectly accurate sources, so, unfortunately, I may be wrong.

However, since the not-so-wise senate is now challenging your supremacy in this way, it may be a good idea to fortify your borders against the other Romans, should the senate demand your faction leader commits suicide and you wish to tell them no (resulting in exile and civil war - the other Romans always support the senate).

Hope this helps you, cheers!

[Test112345]

Oh i didnt know they would ask me to have my leader commit suicide, havent seen that one.

they fined be ~85000 denarii lol.

Once i got my army close to rome all the other roman factions seemed like they were getting ready for war everywhere.

[Motep]

The Advice i would have given has already been said. (wah... )