Nope. Just the villages listed on the town's tooltip. If the prosperity tooltip says "Settlement Issues," it is referring to (certain) unsolved issues of notables in the town, and if it says "Bound Village Issues," it is referring to (certain) unsolved issues of notables in the villages directly bound to the town.
Is it possible that the negation from village issues is a daily tick kind of thing so if you complete quests it wont go down until the next day? Because i have also run into the negation being more than number of quests available at the connected villages. It was sibir and its three villages only had 1 quest but a negative value above 1 (want to say 5 but my memory is hazy, enough for me to go to each of the villages to check for quests). I chalked it up to it not updating until the daily tick, but maybe there is more to it than that.
Nope. Just the villages listed on the town's tooltip. If the prosperity tooltip says "Settlement Issues," it is referring to (certain) unsolved issues of notables in the town, and if it says "Bound Village Issues," it is referring to (certain) unsolved issues of notables in the villages directly bound to the town.
In a sense, this system works as a bit of an equalizer for towns with many bound villages. Towns with 4 bound villages such as Sanala, have twice the potential for negative issue effects (like prosperity) as towns with only two bound villages, such as Diathma. So while Sanala has an overall higher ceiling for total prosperity, it must also combat more negative issue effects, which will slow its growth.
which is weird since I had a -5 for village issues and checked the villages and they had no quests, not sure how to explain thatNope. Just the villages listed on the town's tooltip. If the prosperity tooltip says "Settlement Issues," it is referring to (certain) unsolved issues of notables in the town, and if it says "Bound Village Issues," it is referring to (certain) unsolved issues of notables in the villages directly bound to the town.
In a sense, this system works as a bit of an equalizer for towns with many bound villages. Towns with 4 bound villages such as Sanala, have twice the potential for negative issue effects (like prosperity) as towns with only two bound villages, such as Diathma. So while Sanala has an overall higher ceiling for total prosperity, it must also combat more negative issue effects, which will slow its growth.
So what's going on here is that each issue has a small list of various effects of various magnitudes. Not all issues affect prosperity, and of those issues that do, not all of them have a magnitude of -1. Also, some effects can be positive, as is the case with Army of Poachers. Here is a table of the issues that affect prosperity (this doesn't mean it is the only effect of the issue):
| Issue | Magnitude |
|---|---|
| Inn and Out | -0.5 |
| The Spy Party | -1 |
| Artisan Can't Sell Products | -1 |
| Artisan Overpriced Goods | -1 |
| Caravan Ambush | -2 |
| Escort Caravan | -1 |
| Extortion By Deserters | -1 |
| Headman Needs Grain | -1 |
| Herd Needs Delivered | -1 |
| Landlord Needs Manual Laborers | -1 |
| Lord Needs Tutor | -1 |
| Army of Poachers | +2 |
| Notable Needs Help with Looters | -5 |
| Nearby Bandit Base | -1 |
****ing looters...... this must of been the quest.
It does. Not all issue effects are negative. Some have both negative and positive effects to create decisions about which ones to solve.
Just to make sure im understanding correctly, you'll get positive prosperity as long as the quest isn't complete correct? So if we want more prosperity we should let the quest be unlike the others who diminish prosperity when they exist?
Yes, it only applies while the issue remains unsolved (including after the quest has been accepted). For Army of Poachers, it also carries with it -2 to Security and -1 to Owner Power, so there are drawbacks to leaving it unsolved as well. Issues will also expire after a time. For instance, AoP expires after roughly 30 days (one of the longer standing issues). Clan leader npcs also have a 10% chance to "solve" issues in their own settlements by entering them.
Got it, thanks! I'm interested to see if quests are still an issue once all the notable fixes are actually implemented. Only clan leaders doing quests makes me wonder if opening it up to all members would be an issue or not. Also nice catch making sure a few of those issues were actually fixed or not.
pl that makes perect sense, and also explains why when I couldnt find the -1 anywhere when I noticed it left I saw the non gangleader quest was gone
That might give npcs an unfair advantage, as they would probably be able to solve their settlements' issues quicker than the player is able to, thus suffering fewer effects overall. Although that would also give companion parties more utility if they get the ability to complete issues as well.
No problem! Also something to keep in mind is that the devs have adjusted some of the issue effects in the past, so they will almost certainly continue to balance the effects as they progress.
Yeah i can see that being an issue, but also could you not just increase the spawn rate of issues to balance it back out?
I like this idea, village issues can remain the main source of quests while establishing a governor can have an bigger impact.
