Newbie question

[Talquin]

just a few quick questions for you guys.

Playing as brazil to get a grasp of the game.

1) just finished a war in which i won again peru and columbia. i was exporting a lot and when the war finished my exports dropped by 20. Why is this?

2) I tried revolutions and when i start as brazil i am making no money. in vanilla i can make 10-20 a day no problem. so what changed in Ricky?

hope this hasn't been asked to many times before.

 

[th3freakie]

From newbie to newbie:

1) just finished a war in which i won again peru and columbia. i was exporting a lot and when the war finished my exports dropped by 20. Why is this?

You mean in value?
Well, if you didn't change any POPs around, perhabs it's just a case of one of your major exports (at that stage those beeing fruit/catle/sugar iirc) seeing it's price drop at the world market. Maybe some other big producer got those juicy +320% efficiency inventions.

2) I tried revolutions and when i start as brazil i am making no money. in vanilla i can make 10-20 a day no problem. so what changed in Ricky

My guess is the capis are now buying less goverment bonds. It's not so bad though, they're saving it up to build nice goodies for you.

 

[Talquin]

after the war i was exporting less than during the war.

 

[noddysseus]

after the war i was exporting less than during the war.

War exhaustion OR war deaths.
War exhaustion takes a while to disappear.

 

[Talquin]

ohh.... well 13% war exhaustion could do that. What does war exhaustion cause? and how long does it take it to dissapear?

 

[unmerged(106891)]

Unsure on how long that will last... depends on a few things by all accounts.

From VickyWiki:

"War Exhaustion

This represents the fatigue level of a country towards its current war. This value, a percentage, is calculated based on the number of troops the country has lost in a war. It also has something to do with the ferocity of the war in general, including whose land is being taken, but the calculations have always remained a bit shady. What is for certain is that the longer a war drags on, the higher War Exhaustion goes. This can lead to eventual revolts of the population in the home country. Note that war exhaustion rises much faster in countries with smaller populations.

Another factor to keep in mind when analyzing War Exhaustion is that, in a war between a civilized and an uncivilized country, the civilized country tends not to develop much, if any, War Exhaustion, while the uncivilized country is subject to the normal calculations."

 

[noddysseus]

ohh.... well 13% war exhaustion could do that. What does war exhaustion cause? and how long does it take it to dissapear?

Well it can cause your population to revolt, but revolts wouldn't be very noticeable with 13% war exhaustion.
It also decreases production efficiency. Probably does other stuff too, but I cannot tell you.

As for how long it takes to go away, that is also something I am vague on.

 

[Talquin]

I am thinking i am just taking a temp hit to production efficiency.

 

[noddysseus]

I am thinking i am just taking a temp hit to production efficiency.

Most likely, yes.
I wouldn't be too worried about this sort of thing. Just split, split, split and expand, expand, expand.

 

[Talquin]

split, split, split and expand, expand, expand?

i'm just playing vanilla right now so i can't split pop's.

 

[noddysseus]

split, split, split and expand, expand, expand?

i'm just playing vanilla right now so i can't split pop's.

In that case, expand, expand, expand, expand, expand.... and don't stop expanding!

I hope you are playing 1.03c vanilla.

 

[Talquin]

downloaded the patches and off i play. Early first game so i am like two tec's before industry. Other than steel what are other solid industries to start with? I am thinking lumber because im going to be making a lot of railroads. THat or paper.

any tips?

 

[Dysken]

after the war i was exporting less than during the war.

If you used mobilization craftsmen working in factories might have reverted back to farmers or labourers again.