Hey all!
I recently replayed the campaign both peaceful and dangerous. Self-imposed rules:
-very hard
-no debt allowed (and no rescue funds obviously)
-no personal funds allowed
That's not very impressive to this forum, but it was an accomplishment for me!
I then decided to try a "no-trade" challenge in Caesarea (City Construction Kit) which is a "trivial" assignment with low Roman wages. I plunged into debt (broke my rule), and eventually passed my 5k credit limit down to -7000Dn, and gradually clawed my way back into the black as my patrician houses developed. I eventually had a roaring tax income and built a huge city. Folks on this forum would probably argue that I failed the challenge, but I had fun.
I'd like to redo the "no-trade" challenge without going into debt, but I wanted to ask this forum if that's even possible on VERY HARD. Any tips? I read up on some of the "no trade" threads here and it seems that people leverage the god blessings a lot.
Consider for the sake of argument:
-very hard
-no trade
-god effects on, but no "exalted" status allowed (no blessings allowed)
-no festivals
Is that even possible?
Some back-of-the-envelope math for Very Hard:
Maps without vines or without olives limit you to Grand Insulae (or worse) which according tothis, one building would produce:
0.005 * 3 * 7 * 84 = 8.82 dn = 8 dn (rounded down)
Tax per year = 12 * 8 = 96 dn
For 40% being workers (not sure if that is right), 33.6 workers at 10% wage rule (also not sure if that is right) = 100.8 dn
So with Grand Insulae, we're looking at -4 dn/year.
EDIT: redoing the math with +8 wages, 18% tax, and ~0% unemployment, (which I think would balance city mood) brings the balance to +136 dn/year. Maybe I'll give this a shot!
I recently replayed the campaign both peaceful and dangerous. Self-imposed rules:
-very hard
-no debt allowed (and no rescue funds obviously)
-no personal funds allowed
That's not very impressive to this forum, but it was an accomplishment for me!
I then decided to try a "no-trade" challenge in Caesarea (City Construction Kit) which is a "trivial" assignment with low Roman wages. I plunged into debt (broke my rule), and eventually passed my 5k credit limit down to -7000Dn, and gradually clawed my way back into the black as my patrician houses developed. I eventually had a roaring tax income and built a huge city. Folks on this forum would probably argue that I failed the challenge, but I had fun.
I'd like to redo the "no-trade" challenge without going into debt, but I wanted to ask this forum if that's even possible on VERY HARD. Any tips? I read up on some of the "no trade" threads here and it seems that people leverage the god blessings a lot.
Consider for the sake of argument:
-very hard
-no trade
-god effects on, but no "exalted" status allowed (no blessings allowed)
-no festivals
Is that even possible?
Some back-of-the-envelope math for Very Hard:
Maps without vines or without olives limit you to Grand Insulae (or worse) which according to
0.005 * 3 * 7 * 84 = 8.82 dn = 8 dn (rounded down)
Tax per year = 12 * 8 = 96 dn
For 40% being workers (not sure if that is right), 33.6 workers at 10% wage rule (also not sure if that is right) = 100.8 dn
So with Grand Insulae, we're looking at -4 dn/year.
EDIT: redoing the math with +8 wages, 18% tax, and ~0% unemployment, (which I think would balance city mood) brings the balance to +136 dn/year. Maybe I'll give this a shot!
[This message has been edited by Ace Gladiator (edited 01-24-2019 @ 08:10 PM).]