Having some economic issues

[Renegade122]

Hey guys.  I'm in England trying to get my empire up and running, and I just recently obtained a town, two castles and village for fiefs.  They were doing alright at first, especially my town(stirling), but their income has dropped tremendously.  Stirling, which idealy would be raking in 15000 a week, is now bringing in a mere 4000 something, and the other fiefs are no better.  I tried looking into ways to kickstart my economy, but nothings worked--I thought about something like our contemporary stimulus packages...but then I realized it was pretty much the dumbest idea ever. 

Any ideas on how to get things running a little smoother?

Ps.  If any of you guys want help with historical research let me know.  I'm a history major so I'll probably be doing both of us a favor. 

 

[Piipe]

Maybe you can try to get better relations with the town you own.. And also keep in mind the number of caravans and bandits that are nearby.

 

[othr]

Villages around the town getting attacked, village travelers getting attacked, caravans attacked.  War is bad for towns in general.

 

[ntb_15]

If i remember correctly, there was a feature in warband where the first few incomes were high and then it goes back to normal amount

 

[twi41]

Talk to a guildmaster and invest in a private enterprise.  It will generate income for you each week.

Your income from each of these will vary depending on what is demand at the town at the time.

 

[Swagger]

add patrols to patrol around your cities to kill off any bandits and such

 

[ntb_15]

add patrols to patrol around your cities to kill off any bandits and such

How to add patrols?

 

[UghUghUgh]

If you have atleast one castle or town you get the option to employ three guys, one for politics, one for economics a chamberlain and one for your army a constable. Talk to the constable and there is your option.
And you won't be able to dramatically increase the town's income. If there are bandits kill them yourself and most of the time the number of patrols from nearby fiefs of other lords will keep the number of bandits low. Your fief might just be in the wrong place, for example wales and bandits spawn there and there's nothing you can do about it.

And finally, there is sufficient income. I played pre8 extensivelly and had four town, two castles and three villages in the end. Add to this several enterprises, tournaments and the fighting and I could field an all elite 140 men army, but I kept the garrison of fiefs, which were far away from the enemy only at 30 men. I assume that I had about 750-1000 men under my command. Now keep in mind that garrisoned troops get only half the pay.

 

[ntb_15]

I just checked with the constable, there's no option to start patrols for me, i am the lord of a castle only, do we have to be the lord of a town to start patrols?

 

[othr]

Patrols are started automatically but only when you own at least 1 city.