Idea policies not working?

[herm]

I have maxed both the Defensive and Maritime ideas and they should give -10% shipbuilding time. But when I go and check the tooltip for how many days it takes to build ships in a province it only gives modifiers for drydock and tax income and stuff like that.

Have I misunderstood how they should work?

 

[ChildeR]

Have you enabled the policy from the decision screen?

 

[slv]

Have you activated the policy? You need to "add policy" in the missions and decisions tab. Note that policy consumes one monarch point per month

 

[herm]

Thanks!

I hadn't found that button...

Edit: Bummer, they cost points continually. Guess I haven't missed much then.

 

[BG256]

Bummer, they cost points continually. Guess I haven't missed much then.

I'm with you here. I value my monarch points too much to spend one a month on a policy.

 

[ranma100]

I'm with you here. I value my monarch points too much to spend one a month on a policy.

Some are worth it. Like the policy from influence that cuts 25% off the cost of diploannexing. It stacks with the 20% off from influence to give you 45% off which will save a lot of diplo points.

 

[Amroth]

Its something i rarely use before late 1700s when i couldn't really give a hoot about my points.

 

[Panzerschiffe]

If you're ahead in one category and are swimming in MP, they're useful.

I agree that the MP cost can be quite high but in the right circumstances they can be very useful. The +1 colonist policy and +10 settlers is one of those good ones but only if you're a colonizer.

 

[lordelenath]

I tend to be able to run 2-3 military ones later on, once I've finished 2-3 military idea groups and the discounts + continued level 3 advisors make sure I'm swimming in points. Early on you have to pick carefully though, that much is true.

 

[Meridian235]

Western nations in the HRE are swimming in points early.

Policies are far more useful for say, Tuscany than perhaps Japan.

 

[Metallord]

Indeed at the right times policies can be usefull, just be sure to remind yourself if you still need them every once in a while cause it can be a bummer if your ruler has low stats and you're using too much policies. Like when I play Poland and i'm still in elective monarchy setting extra yearly legitimacy can be useful, but once you abolish the Sejm, and it's up to 100, and your heirs all get strong claims it's not really usefull anymore.. also you'll be so strong it will be easy to stack up prestige by that time anyway :d

 

[BG256]

Some are worth it. Like the policy from influence that cuts 25% off the cost of diploannexing. It stacks with the 20% off from influence to give you 45% off which will save a lot of diplo points.

Don't start confusing me with your facts. I have to admit that it's more of a mental thing with me. Whenever I see a -1 on my monarch points I want to automatically fix it....be it that extra general, diplomatic relation or policy. I'm also the guy who gets pissed when his points cap and I have to scramble to find alternative ways to spend them down quickly. I'll have to be more liberal with policies in the late game.