How is levy maintenance cost calculated?

[NewbieOne]

As per title. I'm somehow under impression it can't really be based only on troop numbers from what I see. Are there some percentile ratios involved?

 

[Kimberly]

As per title. I'm somehow under impression it can't really be based only on troop numbers from what I see. Are there some percentile ratios involved?

This is a bit of a hunch, but I think it depends on the type of troops you have in your levies. For retinues, the cost of reinforcement is based on how much of the retinue cap a regiment takes up (1 gold per 500 retinue cap usage, if I recall correctly), and how much of the retinue cap is used up depends on the troops in the regiment--heavy cavalry takes up more than light infantry. Perhaps levies are governed similarly? Try and calculate whether your more powerful levies (in terms of troops) cost proportionally more.

 

[NewbieOne]

This is a bit of a hunch, but I think it depends on the type of troops you have in your levies. For retinues, the cost of reinforcement is based on how much of the retinue cap a regiment takes up (1 gold per 500 retinue cap usage, if I recall correctly), and how much of the retinue cap is used up depends on the troops in the regiment--heavy cavalry takes up more than light infantry. Perhaps levies are governed similarly? Try and calculate whether your more powerful levies (in terms of troops) cost proportionally more.

I'm worried because less than 10K levies can easily cost me like 10 gold/month as a small country. I vaguely remember or at least imagine the costs being more forgiving when I was playing big.

 

[Tycat]

When you were larger were you raising your own levies or your vassals?