Glorious Great Game - a PoN MP AAR

[Betonov]

The way I had strikes was, that as soon as one province stopped another flamed up. So I suggest we wait so I can see if a strike will stop and if another one will begin.

When it comes to option 2, I'd rather give smaller nations with large resource locations some private capital and mfg goods, to start building sites to infuse the market with goods.

[Respenus]

Originally Posted by Betonov

Here's a question: are strikes predetermined in lenght, maybe the contentment raise worked but strikes need to last at least (x) turns and would eventually stop.

As far as I know (or as far as the manual explains things), each social contentment modifier (positive or negative) is linked to the contentment level, meaning that technically strikes can last forever if contentment is too low. This is also the reason why I proposed raising it in the first place, as it did not occur to me that other in-game mechanisms might be linked it to. It is also for this reason that I proposed giving luxury goods, as I know their sale on the national market increases contentment.

Originally Posted by Betonov

When it comes to option 2, I'd rather give smaller nations with large resource locations some private capital and mfg goods, to start building sites to infuse the market with goods.

You are far too optimistic when it comes to the AI of smaller nations. China could be the world's silk exporter (despite its civil war), but it does not do anything. I also think that behaviour is to a certain extent scripted; plus in order to simulate interests of powerful states, local resources are not fully exploited so that European countries plus USA can build their plantations/mines there. Adding the buildings themselves might be more useful, but that does not differ much from just giving troubled nations luxury goods for sale.

[Betonov]

Oh look, all those soldiers and I can't send them to restore riots

[Oberon]

They probably are the riots.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Oberon

They probably are the riots.

If 200+ regiments went rioting then it would look like an asteroid fell on Europe.

[Respenus]

Your soldiers could do something about those riots, if you did not keep all of them massed in Milan and Venice. Sardinia-Piedmont is in no position to threaten Austria and right now, keeping things under control is more important than fighting some imagined conflict.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Respenus

Your soldiers could do something about those riots, if you did not keep all of them massed in Milan and Venice. Sardinia-Piedmont is in no position to threaten Austria and right now, keeping things under control is more important than fighting some imagined conflict.

I know about the police value in units, but I have 3 Gendarmerie units plus a cavalry brigade parked in Wien and nothing has been done there.

Maybe I'll park a corps in Maribor and see what happens