"raising ost ?"

[Vince75]

So, I disbanded my ships. How can I have them back "for free" ? Like in CKII ?

 

[Haggan]

So, I disbanded my ships. How can I have them back "for free" ? Like in CKII ?

Sorry dude, but there are no levies in this game. You have to have everything raised, bu you can lower the maintenance in the economy view

 

[tinholt]

In Europa Universalis you have standing armies. Because the lords figured out in the centuries before that it was quite unhandy to have baronies and provinces with their own armies.. As they could easily turn against you if the enemy proposed a better deal to them. The dark ages are over.

If you really want to know "why" just read any Machiavelli's The Prince or The Art of War.

 

[Vince75]

Okay, so you have to let them always raised ?

Damn, I just lost 20 ships, and they're so expensive.

Thanks !

 

[Fishman786]

Okay, so you have to let them always raised ?

Damn, I just lost 20 ships, and they're so expensive.

Thanks !

Go to the economy screen and reduce the maintenance expenditure, that should clear up most of the cost.

 

[Illanair]

Go to the economy screen and reduce the maintenance expenditure, that should clear up most of the cost.

Reducing naval maintenance is a seriously bad career choice if you have any standing navies - Unlike your land armies, they are much more vulnerable to open ocean attrition and such.

 

[Fishman786]

Reducing naval maintenance is a seriously bad career choice if you have any standing navies - Unlike your land armies, they are much more vulnerable to open ocean attrition and such.

They should be in port if the maintenance is low, as they can't defend themselves.

 

[dvallance]

also you trade money drops for your ships on trade missions

 

[Illanair]

They should be in port if the maintenance is low, as they can't defend themselves.

You're doing more harm than good though - No trade fleets? Lose more money.

also you trade money drops for your ships on trade missions

And this - You should always keep your fleets well maintained if you are serious about trade or preparing for a war. It's better to keep your fleets small than large and decrepit. It's easier to reduce land army spending.

 

[Peter Ebbesen]

They should be in port if the maintenance is low, as they can't defend themselves.

This is wrong.

0% naval maintenance means 0 bonus morale and -50% light ship trade power.
100% naval maintenance means +2.0 bonus morale.

While it is strongly advisable to fight naval wars at 100% naval maintenance, running at minimal maintenance does not mean that a fleet is defenseless and doomed in combat unless its base morale is zero. The earlier in the game you are, the lower base morale your fleets will have and the more important the bonus morale from running high maintenance will be, but just as with armies, navies will fight and do their level best to win regardless of maintenance settings. Select the level of maintenance that strikes a balance between what morale you find you need at minimum in battle in case of a surprise war, what level of trade power from ships you feel you need, and the expenses you have to pay each month and you are set.

(Of course, if a significant amount of your income comes from trade due to your use of light ships, you have a very good reason for running 100% maintenance at all times, and if you do not use light ships for trade at all your navy should probably stay in port, but that is another matter.)

 

[TheFreak_97]

Standing armies are cool, I hate the "levies" system in CK2.

 

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Standing armies are cool, I hate the "levies" system in CK2.

Well, standing armies wouldn't make sense in CK2, while ost wouldn't make sense in EU IV.