I'm playing VIP Ricky with the latest hotfixes. But these problems apply to vanillicky too.
First of all, industrialization is way, way too quick, both in regards to railroading and factory building. The amount of craftsmen and clerks that are reached in some countries before 1850 wasn't really reached until after the first world war in Western Europe. Not to mention state of the art railroad networks stretching from Warsaw to Kamchatka in 1870 and spanning the deep jungles of the Amazon.
Possible Solution: What I'm thinking of doing is increasing the cost both for building manually and especially for capitalists. This would slow down expansion in the beginning, and by adding capitalist income bonuses to more commerce techs would accurately reflect that not only was the technical knowhow but also robust financial institutions an important basis for industrialization. Factories are precious things, the capital of a nation, don't lose them. This might also force people to move into the negative tariffs (IE subsidies area) to get their capis to build.
Second of all; National debts. They never occur unless you are either really poor and have to force industralize your nation to bring in higher export incomes OR if you engage in crazy wars.
Possible solution: Make it more necessary (see above problem) & more tempting. By cutting initial interest rates in half (20% to 10%) and reducing interest rates more incrementally (IE 1% instead of 2% for Ad-hoc money bill printing).
A small gripe I have with the "X/Y replaces natural X/Y" inventions are that they are tied to a tech which some producers never get. Dyes in India are a good example.
Solution: Why not tie it to a tech that everyone has? Perhaps "No standard" that way it will trigger when it should.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on this before I sit down and mod me a new vicky.
First of all, industrialization is way, way too quick, both in regards to railroading and factory building. The amount of craftsmen and clerks that are reached in some countries before 1850 wasn't really reached until after the first world war in Western Europe. Not to mention state of the art railroad networks stretching from Warsaw to Kamchatka in 1870 and spanning the deep jungles of the Amazon.
Possible Solution: What I'm thinking of doing is increasing the cost both for building manually and especially for capitalists. This would slow down expansion in the beginning, and by adding capitalist income bonuses to more commerce techs would accurately reflect that not only was the technical knowhow but also robust financial institutions an important basis for industrialization. Factories are precious things, the capital of a nation, don't lose them. This might also force people to move into the negative tariffs (IE subsidies area) to get their capis to build.
Second of all; National debts. They never occur unless you are either really poor and have to force industralize your nation to bring in higher export incomes OR if you engage in crazy wars.
Possible solution: Make it more necessary (see above problem) & more tempting. By cutting initial interest rates in half (20% to 10%) and reducing interest rates more incrementally (IE 1% instead of 2% for Ad-hoc money bill printing).
A small gripe I have with the "X/Y replaces natural X/Y" inventions are that they are tied to a tech which some producers never get. Dyes in India are a good example.
Solution: Why not tie it to a tech that everyone has? Perhaps "No standard" that way it will trigger when it should.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on this before I sit down and mod me a new vicky.