Modelling Core Gaining Events

[ConjurerDragon]

The only problem is that there's still a chance of gaining the core just after conquering it, and likewise you could lose it immediately too, I don't think it can really be done with offsets either because an offsetted is almost guaranteed to eventually happen. And really is it worth all the trouble anyway? I mean once you've conquered a territory having the core doesn't confer much benefit (only a tax bonus that you get with centralisation anyway). So from a purely gameplay perspective I'm not sure if it's worth the trouble. But if you can manage it go for it

You get a comparable bonus as from a core province only when you are very centralized:

from the economy FAQ
2.1- Census Taxes (yearly)
- Sum of all province Tax (see 1.1) multiplied by the census tax modification
- Does not appear in income summary as it is directly added to treasury on 1st of January.
- Census tax collection: minimum is 0, maximum is 1.

* Province is a core province +0.25
* Province has a tax collector +0.75
* Each step of centralization + 0.025

 

[Don_Quigleone]

I knew that but most people go max centralisation anyway as decentralisation has no bonuses in comparison