Should I have lots of crownland or no crownland at all ? Should I max the priviliges ? I really don't know. Any tips ?
Tips about the new estates
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In the early game, you generally want to have many priviliges, because the minus absolutism doesn't matter.
The monarch points priviliges are great, if you're conquering a lot of different faith land then the interfaith dialog privilige is amazing. Minus advisor cost is always nice, etc..
Having a lot of priviliges also allows you to keep your estates above 60% in loyalty and influence, which gives good passive bonuses. You want your crownland to be 30-40, becasue at that level you don't get any maluses. Having high crownland doesn't give you much before the age of absolutsim.
After the age of absolutism, you want to get high crownland (iirc above 60) for more max absolutism, and repeal the unimportant priviliges until your max absolutism is above 100.
The monarch points priviliges are great, if you're conquering a lot of different faith land then the interfaith dialog privilige is amazing. Minus advisor cost is always nice, etc..
Having a lot of priviliges also allows you to keep your estates above 60% in loyalty and influence, which gives good passive bonuses. You want your crownland to be 30-40, becasue at that level you don't get any maluses. Having high crownland doesn't give you much before the age of absolutsim.
After the age of absolutism, you want to get high crownland (iirc above 60) for more max absolutism, and repeal the unimportant priviliges until your max absolutism is above 100.
The Dhimmi estate has a privilege that basically removes religious unity penalties and they give a research bonus at high loyalty. You can easily get -10% tech cost just by taking their privileges and keeping some non-muslims around.
Similarly the cossack estate provides some sweet free military bonuses.
Monopolies on resources you don't depend on for production income can net you easy mercantilism.
You always want the noble privilege that gives a loyalty bonus to all estates. This alone basically garuntees over 60% loyalty.
One of the strongest privileges comes from the nobles, giving you +2 diplomatic relations. Another favorite of mine is the religious one that gives a bonus to whatever resource your religion uses (pope points for catholics, or even better, free patriarch authority for orthodox).
Finally, you want to take land basically as much as you can. You'll often lose crown land as you conquer. Just keep taking it so you are ready for the age of absolutism and so estate influence doesn't get out of control.
Similarly the cossack estate provides some sweet free military bonuses.
Monopolies on resources you don't depend on for production income can net you easy mercantilism.
You always want the noble privilege that gives a loyalty bonus to all estates. This alone basically garuntees over 60% loyalty.
One of the strongest privileges comes from the nobles, giving you +2 diplomatic relations. Another favorite of mine is the religious one that gives a bonus to whatever resource your religion uses (pope points for catholics, or even better, free patriarch authority for orthodox).
Finally, you want to take land basically as much as you can. You'll often lose crown land as you conquer. Just keep taking it so you are ready for the age of absolutism and so estate influence doesn't get out of control.
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Having higher crownland will never hurt you (Give you hefty bonuses including +maximum absolutism) so in addition to capitalising on the privileges, always revoke land from the estates whenever they have high loyalty. As estates will have influence if you use too many privileges, your crownland Ratio will fall whenever you conquer New land. (New land will be split between The crown and estates based on the current influence of estates and crownland) Revoke estate land frequently to sustain your land Ratio.
Revoke all non-critical privileges that lowers maximum absolutism as your absolutism nears it's maximum limit.
Revoke all non-critical privileges that lowers maximum absolutism as your absolutism nears it's maximum limit.