Keep fleet maintenance at 100%

[R1ob7]

This is something I found playing the demo, I know everyone is used to keep fleet maintenance at 0% even in war but if you are a major trade power it will cripple your trade fleets, so don't touch that fleet slider unless your not a trader.

 

[BobbyDylan]

This is something I found playing the demo, I know everyone is used to keep fleet maintenance at 0% even in war but if you are a major trade power it will cripple your trade fleets, so don't touch that fleet slider unless your not a trader.

Yeah, the trade power Light ships contribute is a factor of the fleet maintenance. It says this in one of the loading screens.

 

[brifbates]

This is something I found playing the demo, I know everyone is used to keep fleet maintenance at 0% even in war but if you are a major trade power it will cripple your trade fleets, so don't touch that fleet slider unless your not a trader.

Aye, I discovered this as well. The first time I lowered it and saw -x% trade power for light ships it was, ok, not that bar...ever. It's probably not a bad thing though since fleets are basically immune to any ill-effects from lowered maintenance otherwise. I suppose they could have done something like reducing their patrol radius with the maintenance slider but that could get pretty mathy so this is probably a better answer to the issue of no one ever maintaining their fleets (in single player, I suspect multi-player was a bit different).

 

[Hootieleece]

I always kept my Fleet Maintenance up to 100% when Exploring in EU3 as a Naval/Colonizer. After everything has been found and Ships had been placed in ports for Piraye Suppression. I'd Drop it 50%. Never lower because My Colonial Squadrons would be needed to delay AI amphibious landings. (and morale regen is slow)

I will probably do something similar in EUIV, but probably make Naval Maintenance the last thing to lower when balancing the budget. Until we can set Maintenance on individual Fleets and Armies.