here are a few questions about BI

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

The problem with hording is.. That when you take a city, it always loses money. So I Exterminate the Populace and take big cities lol.

No city does ever lose money - its the size of your army which is causing the cash drain. Although hordes do not demand payment when they have no settlement to call there own, the moment one is captured they request their wages which is an epic drain on any captured location.

Exterminating the populace is inadvisable unless the populace is seriously unhappy - the more people in the city, the more people there are to pay taxes to you and fund your remaining horde. Although the system makes out that larger cities contribute less to your economy than smaller cities, this is not the case - more military upkeep is deducted from large settlements before the figure is shown to you, often making its contribution look a lot smaller than it actually is.