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I think a section on ministers would have been really good here, if you get yourself like a 10 star treasury secretary, you'll be adding an insane amount of wealth per turn.

this totally makes sense. if the population is exploding with lower taxes, the next time you increase it then there will be so much people to pay 😂 really good video

In my exsperience keeping lower classes low is the best idea. I saw this in my Prussia playthrough where i kept the lower class tax low but my economy still exsploded as i was able to build alot of industry and trade ports in my regions.

Your guide videos make play ETW much more fun; which is the goal. Especially, grand coping with the pickies forcing us to stay home. Total War games are crack for nerds!

Gonna say I really appreciate this. There isn't enough content for pre Rome 2 Total Wars. I mean maybe there are enough let's plays of older Total Wars, but let's plays have never been my cup of tea do I have a hard time learning from them.

Man I started playing empire this month and I had booted it up probably 3 or 4 times previously but not continued playing because I couldn't figure shit out, but youve been my savior, everything I look up im getting videos made by you for my answers haha, awesome work, youre carrying my empire knowledge

as all other tw games, i always prioritize economy and development than rapid expansion. however; empire total war is not ck3. you need to invest in military and expansion as well. if you play as maratha and prussian or UP the game won't allow you to play TALL. also as Ottomans/Turks you will be surrounded by enemies from all sides in a few turn so you etiher defend or blitz before being attacked. i think empire tw is a perfect game that force you to BALANCE economic development and military upgrades. if you don't have security based issues like above nations, you can play TALL. appoint best ministers alternative, upgrade econ buildings and farming. then you will definitely have a boost. the one tip i can give is that some farm or building upgrades don't return same amount of money. so always upgrade wealtyh/prosperous region buildings and the farms-estates that give more money than other regions' farms-estates. second tip would be about ministers. i always appoint best minister to justice even he might be better for treasury. cuz once you get public order green or yellow at least, taxes keep coming and you don't have to worry about recruting unnecessary garrison units. so better justice minister better off than better treasure minister. third tip, never forget selling tech to friendly-indifferent nations. minor nations are always eager to buy tech.. always push for maximum cash. they give 3000-8000 gold for the mid-game level techs (depending on which difficulty you playing)

Great video! One thing which I've always wondered: Once all the small villages and fising-villages have been automatically upgraded to slots you can actually build buildings in, is there any need for population growth in this province? I think growing the lower classes doesn't generate taxable wealth, AFAIK. It's a nice touch that recruiting troops does actually diminish a city's population. A curious situation at 7:11: Is Prussia actually owning Tunisia?!? ... H-how? O_o

Holy shit man! I think I played you on online 2 weeks ago. I was the crappy guy with the United States 😂

I don't know if the math lines up with my strategy but during early game, I keep my taxes as low as possible, then one turn before a building gets done, I switch everything to very high the back to very low when the building is done. I do so so that I have enough money for the next building project and only lose growth for a turn in exchange for money the next turn. This has been my strat since Rome 1.

no taxes at the biggining till the province is have no new cities. ports first you have fishing ports to grow the population than you do trade ports for more $$$ researching military at the start is a waist of time, research farming and education so you can research faster concentrate the all university in the capital so you can start a revolution and then you have one nice public order so you don't need an army to keep order and the most important is the trade ships and ports over 50% of your income will come from there sure will affect you at the start but then you r booming later on ...

On a small Side Note, ALL ports and small towns in Empire have a "prosperity level". Prosperity goes: Very poor, poor, growing, wealthy, prosperous. This effects how much wealth you get from building a Port or Industrial building in that town. I want to say this also effects the Wealth per turn but i don't recall if thats true or not, i know it effects the Flat wealth value you gain.

keep the videos coming!!

How do you do this as the ottomans? To me it seems impossible to grow before being eaten alive.

Thanksss, man. Greetings from Brazil.

This help me ALOT and your other videos as well !!

I was today years old when i finally figured out that putting a gentleman or scholar in one of your schools or universities will actually DOUBLE the technology research rate.

I disagree with setting taxes to low entirely. By setting taxes to low, you'll have more gold and population later on, but you sacrifice income in the early game. The thing is, an advantage in early game is way more impactful than an advantage in late game bc they stack with each other. An advantage increases the chance of getting another advantage. I'd rather have more money early game to invest in trade ships and armies than hoping that some day the investment into growth will pay off (It wont). As with all TW games (actually every strategy game), a good early game is absolutely vital for a good overall game. I remember Shogun 2 where the absolute best economy tactic is to toggle between moderate and very high taxes in order to gain maximum income early-mid game. Sure you sacrifice 100% of late game growth income but this is nothing compared to having loads of cash from very early on. Also, it seams that population in ETW doesnt directly impact taxes, it seems population is mainly for growing towns. Once thats done, there is basically no more benefit to growing population (bigger towns are harder to convert and you get more town watch, according to wiki, but these are minor benefits).

When would you say is roughly the proper time to lower the taxes for the lower/middle class and the upper classes (As in should they be done right away or mid-game)?

So you explained how I get money growth, but not exactly how much that effects my income? So if my taxes are 33% lets say and the growth is 3 per round. Does that mean I get 1 extra income per round effectivly? That cant be worth it can it

i ever do this when i play Prussia with hardest difficult, i have no enough money to raise army against enemy from every direction. It's really hard challenge. i ever played on normal tax only to end hardest difficult with Prussia.

I hate how you say population but God damn I love your videos!

I believe you are incorrect on the Education growth in Town Wealth. It comes from the Cultural building in the region Capitol, not from the Enlightenment Techs researched. On the details of how the economic engine works - great explanation. However, I argue that your conclusions are dead wrong. Reason is that the pay-back period, the length of time to recoup just the direct cost (ignoring opportunity cost) of the necessary investment is horrendously long. Typically its about 20 turns for a level 2, 40 turns for level 3, and 80 turns for level 4, building and infrastructure. I used to play the way you are doing it here; and slowly realized that the less I did I invested in infrastructure relative to military, the faster both my empire, and consequently my economy, grew. Like you I only play VH/VH Vanilla, but now can conquer the entire World by the mid 1740's as nearly any faction, and recently completed that in 1733 as France last fall. (Factions with starting access to the Americas have a big step up relative those without.) As it happens I started a Swedish campaign last week and am now, Winter 1712, holding everything from Hungary-Silesia-West Prussia to Bashkira, allied with Russia ensconced in Don Voisko and Astrakhan as my buffer against Dagestan/Georgia, and with Courland as protectorate.

If I destroy a cotton weaver town, the growth per turn till now also gone? or is it only the turn income? And thank you the tutorial helped me to understand

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How to use the trade ships?

I’m playing as spain, own half of europe and about 80% of all trade nodes, and i’m making a GRAND total of 2500 gold per turn. Im just laughing at how this can be possible. This game can be really ridiculous.

This was just so rambling

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