Russian Bankruuptcy, or "Why Can't I go Broke?"

[wildwolf]

So I'm playing as Russia these last few days. After the annexation of Pskov, Kazan, and the Golden Horde in about 15 years, well, let's just say I am not well liked in my area. Pol-Lit goes to war and takes Pskov and Badjurat or something. So after that, I wait until peace is up, and rebuild my army, aimed at taking Pskov and Tula at least. I borrow a total of 1,000D, hoping to go bankrupt soon so I can get more loans again. At this point remember, my infantry only costs 2D, and since those guys are the most common losses, I don't need to worry much about the costs yet. But here's the thing, I can't friggin go bankrupt! I can have 0D in my treasury, and an expected income of -22.whatever, yet I never seem to actually be able to go broke. Any ideas people? I'm running the USv1.08 on a W2K machine, maybe that could be part of it...

 

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Mmmm, I think I should be wary, I'm currently playing Russia and by 1505 I *also* annexed Astrakhan...
(t'was funny, Vassili just arrived in time to lead the assault on Astrakhan, truly a sign of God )

Pol Lit didn't move yet, but I really don't worry much, as I can levy 40K troops + for around 100D, and have a 300D+ yearly income - Thanks Golden Horde Gold, Novgorod and also Venice where I established a strong merchant base !

How did you managed to go broke ? Pol Lit war ?

 

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Originally posted by wildwolf
So I'm playing as Russia these last few days. After the annexation of Pskov, Kazan, and the Golden Horde in about 15 years, well, let's just say I am not well liked in my area. Pol-Lit goes to war and takes Pskov and Badjurat or something. So after that, I wait until peace is up, and rebuild my army, aimed at taking Pskov and Tula at least. I borrow a total of 1,000D, hoping to go bankrupt soon so I can get more loans again. At this point remember, my infantry only costs 2D, and since those guys are the most common losses, I don't need to worry much about the costs yet. But here's the thing, I can't friggin go bankrupt! I can have 0D in my treasury, and an expected income of -22.whatever, yet I never seem to actually be able to go broke. Any ideas people? I'm running the USv1.08 on a W2K machine, maybe that could be part of it...

The AI is cutting back on your expenditures (troop maintainance, research etc). You have to go futher down into the gutter to go bankrupt.

Anyway, why would you like to do this ?

 

[wildwolf]

PDF: I went broke preparing for my second war against Pol-Lit. I used most of the money for guns and cavalry.

Huszics: I want to go broke fast, to keep the interest payments down. It would take me many years to pay off the debts, constantly extending them. Thus my monthly interest rates skyrocket. I believed that if I could go bankrupt faster, the long term benefits would out-weigh the short term penalties.

 

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HAHA! With the new patch, each time you go belly-up, you GAIN inflation! That, combined with all the disadvantages makes the bankruptcy cheat pretty useless.

Who are you to insinuate that Russia can possibly go bankrupt? Historically all those loan defaults were just a matter of cultural taste

 

[Oski]

Originally posted by PDF
Mmmm, I think I should be wary, I'm currently playing Russia and by 1505 I *also* annexed Astrakhan...

Heh, in my first GC as Russia, I had that AND Crimea (they started the war with me so I didn't take a stability hit for it) by...oh, around 1510-1512 or so IIRC. Then Persia, Pol-Lit, Spain, Sweden, Sibir and the Teutonic Order declared war on me (an Spain DID trudge all the way across Europe to meet me too...allied with Pol-Lit)...

...Anyways, that was the end of *that* GC...