Advisors are really expensive

[ehoudijk]

I like the new system of advisors where better advisors are exponantionally more expensive, but the montly cost of an advisor is just far to high. A level 2 advisor is almost as expensive as the tax Portugal get every month. Seems a bit wierd that the national tax per month goes straight to one advisors income.

 

[Garothian]

Advisors are meant to be luxuries that large, rich nations can afford. They're meant to cover a current ruler's shortcomings, and are by no means consistently required.

 

[BoleslavLev]

With every nation in the demo, I was able to have between 2000 and 4000 ducats at the end of the game. Everything costs ruler points, but almost nothing needs money, so you have a tons of them. Transfering money into points is obviously very useful, so it has to be expensive. You can also (later) build universities which makes your tech cheaper - another way how to transfer money into points.

 

[Peter Ebbesen]

Advisers are optional. What would be the point of having different skill levels of advisers if everybody could afford the best, or even afford them at all?

Their pricing has nothing whatsoever to do with any "realism"; Their pricing is balanced on the basis of the impact that the effect they provide have on the game.

A significant part of the challenge when balancing your budget is to decide on just how large a portion you are willing to allocate to advisers to increase your monarch point income and hiring advisers based on that, based on your goals, and based on the strengths and shortcomings of your monarch.

 

[Buladelu]

I like the new system of advisors where better advisors are exponantionally more expensive, but the montly cost of an advisor is just far to high. A level 2 advisor is almost as expensive as the tax Portugal get every month. Seems a bit wierd that the national tax per month goes straight to one advisors income.

You don't just pay for one man. You finance his stuff, reforms and all ventures. Advisors is a big beuracratic apparate that enhances state efficiency enourmously, of course he costs so much.