oh guys, whats occurin? anyway ive been playing EU3 now since my mate gifted it to me over steam, in my current campaign i seem to be loosing money hand over fist and i have no idea why basically im playing as france, and the year is 1542, im not in any wars nor am being blocked from centres of trade, infact im dominating quite a few of them. ive got over-sea's colonies but they are all self sustaining, and most are now cores but whenever they turn core i seem to lose more money. its become such a problem that ive disbanded most of my armies (leaving vunrable to burgundy) its stopped me losing quite as much money but im still losing alot. also for some reason the national treasury slider in the reseach funding tab cant be adjusted (is greyed out and nothing happens when i click on it) so i cant save money that way any help or advice would be apreciated
well, the minting slider can't be adjusted when you are already investing in research or increasing your stability. Lower those and you should automatically be able to mint more money. You could try declaring war on some insignificant nation to collect war taxes. Also, are you converting any provinces or do you have low stability? That costs a lot of money. Also, it isn't really necessary to disband armies, you can just lower their salaries to zero in peacetime. If you're going to war you can just increase them again and have them up to full morale in a few months.
ive got amazing stability, but damns i shouldnt've disbanded them, im not converting because i cant seem to get a single missionary and thanks for telling me how to adjust that slider
i have another question, how do i make money from my over sea's posessions? even though they are self sustaining and have cores most of the time they make me no money and strangely as they become self sustaining and core i lose more money
You're right that overseas provinces make very little money in taxation. They make up for that in tariffs. You need a large navy however, or else this income won't reach you. Your navy doesn't even have to be overseas, it just has to exist.
that really really helps. thanks il start increasing me navy, is there any kind of proportion i need to have between the size of my navy and how many colonies i have?
I'm fairly sure that your amount of colonies has to equal your amount of ships, regardless of type. If you have less ships, you will recieve your tariffs less efficiently, but some of it will still go through.
To receive tariff income you have to keep your shores free of Blockades which include pirates, so have a navy that can destroy pirates.
ok so ive got tarriffs up massively, but im still losing way too much money, i still cant adjust the treasury button and ive massively decreased milliatry funding although on the plus side i highly doubt burgandy is going to a threat anytime soon these days
so at what level is your treasury slider?CLick the slider itself to unlock it in case it's locked. All you have to do is adjust the other sliders and it will go up automatically.
Get national bank and mint like crazy every 25 or so years for about 2 years. If you have good centralization, a good master of mint and good NIs, you can easily burn off the inflation with relative ease. I used this tactic in my Spain play-through and ended up being something like 5 techs ahead of everybody else and having tens of thousands of ducats. Gold mines really help, too. If you want to be desperate for money, go ahead and subjugate every OPM near you. OPMs like Aachen and minors like Holland will boost your economy and also stall enemies on your flanks in wars. Be careful which province you decide to colonize. Go for Mexico/south-east states like Florida and the Caribbeans so you can get delicious cotton, gold mines, etc. Do not colonize shitty provinces like the ones in Canada that are dirt poor and make fish, they'll end up putting a strain on your economy eventually. In the late game, take a province in India and set up East India Company for a stupid boost to your economy. The only real time that you need to dominate trade centers is in the early game and you have no other means of income. It is only really beneficial to nations like Holland. As you rack up territories, make enemies and infamy you will always drop out of trade centers. Don't dedicate too much time to trade centers, merchants cost money. Keep your army under the support limit, but never disband more than you need to. Keep upkeep at 25% or 0%. Always keep your prestige high or at least positive. Remember your legitimacy, too.
If you want to get your full tarif income you need 1 ship for every overseas province. Transports do not count, and i believe the ships also have to be relativly modern, so destroying your old ships and replacing them with new ones is a must. If you are still having trouble with your money you could post a screenshot of your treasury tab.
I can confirm that you locked the slider, and you will have to click it first before being able to move it. Either that or every other slider is locked, just unlock all of them to be sure.
my problem have been fixed, after i was given a loan i built a centre of trade in america, which actually brought in a tonne of dosh, and at 1570 my treasury slider unlocked it self (woohhoo, and btw before i couldnt unlock it like you guys said) and im now rolling in it, also help that Savoy and burgandy paid me a little bit of money so i wouldnt kill them after my most recent war btw im thinking of starting an AAR on this, thoughts?
