Can someone give me a good reason not to kill all natives in colonies?

[LordChrinox]

Don't attack them, they will add to the base tax if you will not kill them

 

[Fawr]

Not that I don't believe you but what you mind telling me where that information came from? I have always had natives cause their own extinction when I tried to play as a tolerant colonizing power. There are bonuses to not killing them that makes me want the option to exist; but my understanding is they force your hand like in EU3. I am glad to be wrong however if I am.

Its from here:
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum...IV-Developer-diary-34-Unit-Interface-and-more
"Attack Natives cost 5 MP, and is the only way to possibliy eliminate them, as defeating them in a normal uprising does not work anymore."

 

[Comradebot]

There wasn't much reason not to in EUIII. You'll get a slight boost to tax and manpower and the like, though with some provinces it was difficult to justify.

Still, I enjoyed (especially in my later games) trying to colonize as much as I could without killing the natives. It is a tad rewarding to snag all of Madagascar without killing the natives. Sure, it's a pain in the arse, but I eventually did it and reaped the rewards of the sizable starting population.

 

[unmerged(612669)]

Its from here:
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum...IV-Developer-diary-34-Unit-Interface-and-more
"Attack Natives cost 5 MP, and is the only way to possibliy eliminate them, as defeating them in a normal uprising does not work anymore."

Thank you, I don't know how I missed that I now look forward to a much more interesting colonizing game.

 

[Keinwyn]

- A large native presence increase the amount of trade a colony produces, offsetting costs..

Looking at how expensive colonies are, if they completely offset costs then definitely worth keeping.