Speeding up tech development / increasing prosperity

[Bolkonskij]

Hi there,

I'm totally new to CK and Deus Vult, but coming from EU II/III and HOI II/III I figured I'd easily get used to it. Well, that assumption proved to be wrong. I have to admit, at the beginning I was extremely unimpressed by the whole manage-your-family-instead-of-a-realm idea. However, after several hours of gameplay I begin to see the interesting point in this.

Anyway, one thing I couldn't figure out yet is how to speed up the development of new technology? It seems pretty random to me what technology (and when!) spreads to my lands. Sure, I can focus on a certain group of tech (e.g. shortbow) in the menu but there isn't a status bars or else. I may be a bit spoiled from the EU / HOI series, but is there really nothing I can do about it?

My second question is: How can I increase prosperity in my realm? To me it seems like my realm is randomly degenerating (and sometimes going back to normal). I've already lowered tolls & taxes in order to stimulate trade and built improvements (e.g. roads, royal post, forestry, ..) but my lands still are marked as "poor". So what triggers it?

Thanks in advance, guys

 

[jordarkelf]

Research and tech spread are mostly random.
There are a few factors which can slightly increase research or spread, but it's really not worthwhile doing so... at best you can decrease the MTTH a little, but it still can take years before you discover a tech... or just a few days.
Set your research to a tech that seems useful, and then just ignore it until it spreads to your capital or is discovered.

Province wealth is event driven. If your income is positive and there is no rebellion or disease in your province, eventually you will get an event that can raise the province wealth. Building advancements (buildings) in the province that raise the income like forestries, fisheries, stone pits can also increase the likelyhood of it firing.

 

[Bolkonskij]

Thanks jordarkelf!

So if I get you right the prosperity is determined by the income of the province? Low taxes do nothing to improve the economic situation but instead worsen the situation? Who ever came up with that?

 

[jordarkelf]

No, that's not what I meant.
Province prosperity is a property of the province. If a province is poor, your income from that province is lower -- if a province is rich, your income (from that province ) is higher.

Prosperity is set by event, and in general having lower taxes and good income (across your realm) makes it more likely that a province will become richer, while heavily taxing it or having a negative realm income makes it more likely the province will become poor.
But there are also random events which shift it one way or the other, which may fire because of other reasons.