"Normal" Tax Rates

[Eldargard]

My character is running taxes at 14% currently. I have not been lord of many regions of late and can not claim to know what is average, but I suspect that 10% is a little low.

[Solari]

I thought I answered this pretty thoroughly in another thread.

Median Tax Rates

By continent
EC: 15
AT: 14
BT: 14
Col: 12
FEI: 14.5
Dwi: 14

By region type
City: 15
Town: 13
Stronghold: 15
Rural: 14
Woodland: 13.5
Badland: 13

For every region in the game: 14

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The averages are even lower. There is very little variation in these numbers within realms or even between realms. Takeaway: Your neighbor does not have some critical advantage that you are missing out on because you aren't committed enough. People need to stop treating the game like a simulator, attempting to squeeze every last ounce out of it. Do the tasks expected of your character's role and go battle/diplomacize/convert/trade something or someone.

[Lorgan]

Interesting.

I followed that quote to it's original thread and read something I really really need to comment on. So here are my apologies for mixing threads.

I've seen wars lost, or not started, because of lords running taxes too high and having to remain in their region to keep them under control.

The entire point of having gold is to make war. I would find very little satisfaction in sitting in my region all day, heaping up gold and having nothing to spend it on. Don't blame the lords who like the region management game, blame the lords who don't share their gold for the greater good, i.e. war.
Then kick the bastards out.

[Penchant]

Interesting.

I followed that quote to it's original thread and read something I really really need to comment on. So here are my apologies for mixing threads.

The entire point of having gold is to make war. I would find very little satisfaction in sitting in my region all day, heaping up gold and having nothing to spend it on. Don't blame the lords who like the region management game, blame the lords who don't share their gold for the greater good, i.e. war.
Then kick the bastards out.

And yet those who like region management also tend to be the ones too greedy to share, ipso facto the region management ones are the ones needing to be blamed.

[Lorgan]

And yet those who like region management also tend to be the ones too greedy to share, ipso facto the region management ones are the ones needing to be blamed.

Looks like I missed the memo on that one. Best stop sharing right away.

[Penchant]

Looks like I missed the memo on that one. Best stop sharing right away.

I said they tend to be, not that all are. The logic, being those who won't share are greedy and those who like region management are generally liking it only for the gold as they like to maximize their income.