EEK! We Have No Gold! Tax Rate Question...

[Ben Kenobi]

None of the above-

20 tax 60 science 20 luxuries should be fine if we do not need WLtHD to grow.

I would suggest 'filling' Capitol, and Avila either through Elvii instigating a celebration, or through food caravans from our burgeoning camel crop. New workers always help.

We might also research Theology to get Bach's. Fewer unhappy people will help.

[JCP]

Why only two cities may benefit of WLTPD ?
We need rushbuy aqueducs and sewer plans in more cities to grow under WLTPD !

[Hydey]

Originally posted by JCP
Why only two cities may benefit of WLTPD ?
We need rushbuy aqueducs and sewer plans in more cities to grow under WLTPD !

These actions are already on the way.

Although our new pres may push for a diferent tact.

[cavebear]

Originally posted by JCP
Why only two cities may benefit of WLTPD ?
We need rushbuy aqueducs and sewer plans in more cities to grow under WLTPD !

At the moment, only Avila and CAPITOL have as many or more Happy than Content Citizens (and no Unhappies), AND are Size 5+. Lack of Aquaducts and Sewer Systems isn't what is holding cities back from celebrating. They simply must become happier!

[Messer Niccolò]

Let's do as in real life.
Set high tax rate then create a tax heaven accessible only to rich people...
(so the average tax rate should be 20%.... )

[H Tower]

i'm a big fan of keeping the tax rate down and science up. i'd say as long as we keep making a small profit every turn, we don't need to raise the rate. especially when we keep getting the pay out from loads of caravans. put those extra percentages into science

[Ben Kenobi]

Two questions:

How many marketplaces do we have? Do the cities that are not celebrating have marketplaces?

Secondly, can we crank the luxuries rate to increase happiness? I'm not afraid of 70 percent lux if that is what it takes to grow those cities. The loss of science is replenished through increased trade/workers.

With Cavebear's revelations, I will change my position to a 20 tax 30 science and 50 lux in order to extend WLtPD. 50 percent should be enough to put an empire this size into WLtPD.

to hear WLtPD stop so quickly.

[cavebear]

Originally posted by obiwan18
Two questions:

How many marketplaces do we have? Do the cities that are not celebrating have marketplaces?

Secondly, can we crank the luxuries rate to increase happiness? I'm not afraid of 70 percent lux if that is what it takes to grow those cities. The loss of science is replenished through increased trade/workers.

With Cavebear's revelations, I will change my position to a 20 tax 30 science and 50 lux in order to extend WLtPD. 50 percent should be enough to put an empire this size into WLtPD.

to hear WLtPD stop so quickly.

We currently have Marketplaces in 16 of our 29 cities (but 6 of those cities are quite new), and 1 being built. At 50% Luxuries, we would still only have 6 cities. Unless we go on a Colosseum building binge, WLTPD has come to the end of the line for the moment. We've gotten all we can from it for now (and that was a LOT)!

[BruceTheStupid]

Originally posted by Hydey
You mean incremental rush buying, I was going diplo, catapult, caravan.

It is a great saving on a straight rushbuy.

Great, just wanted to make sure we're hoarding all our precious gold