Widespread Debt and Bankruptcy in Mod

[Vladith]

Sorry, I didn't realize that there was.

Reaving needs to be buffed. Ironborn rulers may go plundering about once a year, but there's little payoff or risk. Reaving never brings in more than 60 gold, which is less than it usually costs to educate a child. In addition, salt wives are only taken about a third of the time, which I find unlikely. From what the book describes, a single reaving can yield enormous riches and multiple salt wives or thralls. This isn't at all the case in-game.

 

[ramblymanguthri]

You can go reaving yourself as well. And I'm not sure why you think 60 gold is the limit.

 

[CommonData]

To quote a maester of Reaving itself,

Boats n' Hoes.

 

[Pokonic]

Reaving is very profitable, even if you have to take the time to avoid Westeros's shores. The Free Cities might as well be made of golden towers and sixteen year old girls.

"Oh hi Lys, that's a nice island you got there."

 

[Rationalsanity]

Reaving is very profitable, even if you have to take the time to avoid Westeros's shores. The Free Cities might as well be made of golden towers and sixteen year old girls.

"Oh hi Lys, that's a nice island you got there."

That's manual raiding though, not the reaving by event. And a vassal Ironborn Lord can't go raiding unless as megawar is on.

 

[Vladith]

That's manual raiding though, not the reaving by event. And a vassal Ironborn Lord can't go raiding unless as megawar is on.

Correct. Raiding, like in CK2 vanilla, is annoyingly only possible during civil wars, and is incredibly expensive. Reaving happens through decisions, and is disappointingly unprofitbale in gold, thralls, salt wives, or even prestige. And a character may only go one on reaving per year.