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Balanced Public Order

Miss the days of old when public order didn't manage itself completely?

Looking to increase the infrastructural complexity of your campaign?

Wondering why you have little incentive to use lords, heroes, skills and ancillaries that grant control and corruption bonuses?


Welcome to the simple mod that will provide more flavour and strategy to your campaigns.



WARNING: This mod is less forgiving than vanilla, particularly in the early game. Recruitment costs will get higher faster and maintaining order is more challenging. However, overcome this and thrive as you reap more equally powerful benefits with high control than in vanilla.

Compatibility:
-Should be conflict free with any mods that don't impact the public order scale directly.
-Difficulty related public order penalty alteration/removal mods should be compatible.
-Save game compatible (Can be removed/added mid campaign)
-If you find an unexpected conflict, please leave a comment and I will investigate it.

This mod aims to increase the threat of rebellions and present greater difficulty with rapid expansion, while also rewarding good planning and climate choices. Increasing the importance of previously underwhelming mechanics such as Queek claiming Karak Eight Peaks, risks associated with confederation (Excluding those pompous Bretonnians), rapid expansion, and wide empires facing the potential threat of collapse. Trading isolated and poor climate settlements with more appropriate allies may be the best course of action while you build greater faction-wide public order, enemy raiding cannot be so easily ignored; may your response be quick and decisive.

Ultimately meaning that having low control will be far less forgiving and rebellions are far more likely without careful planning. But reaching maximum control is also more achievable and more rewarding during your campaign.

Events that impact control, failing to maintain low grudges or a high food supply can now collapse a great empire without appropriate planning. Raiding, sacking and expansion into more habitable climates are now encouraged, if not essential to success.

Will you employ heroes to clear out / sow corruption prior to attempting to colonise, watch your own people rebel at your low imperial authority, continuously crush rebellions as you struggle to contain your extensive labour force, or struggle as your rats starve and look to each other as food. Control buildings are now viable choices for regular factions and Ghal Maraz giving: +1 Control isn't a meme anymore...

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Weak (-75 to -100)
Campaign line of sight: +0% for settlements
Growth: -25
Control +3
Recruitment cost: +25% (armies in province)

Wavering (-50 to -75)
Campaign line of sight: +2% for settlements
Growth: -15
Control +2
Recruitment cost: +10% (armies in province)

Insecure (-25 to -50)
Campaign line of sight: +5% for settlements
Growth: -10
Control +1
Recruitment cost: +5% (armies in province)

Steady (-25 to 25)
Campaign line of sight: +10% for settlements

Tightened (25 to 50)
Campaign line of sight: +25% for settlements
Growth: +10
Control -1
Recruitment cost: -5% (armies in province)

Strong (50 to 75)
Campaign line of sight: +50% for settlements
Growth: +15
Control -2
Recruitment cost: -10% (armies in province)

Absolute (75 to 100)
Campaign line of sight: +80% for settlements
Growth: +25
Control -3
Recruitment cost: -25% (armies in province)

Values above apply to all factions (Excluding unique cases, e.g. Chaos Dwarfs have no growth mechanic etc.)

Originally the recruitment cost change applied -5% at Absolute and +15% at Weak, the change to mirror this benefit more closely throughout the tiers while increasing the extremities encourages investing into control technologies and infrastructure, rather than it having a significant drop-off in value.


Weak (-75 to -100)
25% Labour loss per turn (minimum of 5)

Wavering (-50 to -75)
15% Labour loss per turn (minimum of 5)

Insecure (-25 to -50)
10% Labour loss per turn (minimum of 5)

Steady (-25 to 25)
5% Labour loss per turn (minimum of 5)

Tightened (25 to 50)
4% Labour loss per turn (minimum of 5)

Strong (50 to 75)
3% Labour loss per turn (minimum of 5)

Absolute (75 to 100)
2% Labour loss per turn (minimum of 5)



Weak (-75 to -100)
Slaves used by buildings: +50%

Wavering (-50 to -75)
Slaves used by buildings: +25%

Insecure (-25 to -50)
Slaves used by buildings: +10%

Steady (-25 to 25)


Tightened (25 to 50)
Slaves used by buildings: -10%

Strong (50 to 75)
Slaves used by buildings: -25%

Absolute (75 to 100)
Slaves used by buildings: -50%



Weak (-75 to -100)
Income from all buildings: -15%

Wavering (-50 to -75)
Income from all buildings: -10%

Insecure (-25 to -50)
Income from all buildings: -5%

Steady (-25 to 25)


Tightened (25 to 50)
Income from all buildings: +5%

Strong (50 to 75)
Income from all buildings: +10%

Absolute (75 to 100)
Income from all buildings: +15%
Local recruitment capacity: +1