When should you kiss the king's ring in Colonization? What happens if you refuse?
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2Is this the new remake based on Civilization 4, or the original?– Private PansyCommented Jan 4, 2014 at 13:15
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The new remake - sorry, should have specified– tog22Commented Jan 4, 2014 at 18:43
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If the king asks you to kiss his ring, maybe you should tell the Queen he is playing away from home.. oh wait thats another kind of question entirely– Marriott81Commented Apr 29, 2014 at 9:44
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Many factors play allong when choosing to kiss the royal pinky ring. The king comes up with a offer for tax, i have seen 1% increases to more then 10% increase. A 1, 2 or even 3 % increase is not something you should worry about at all and kiss the ring. When the tax increase is higher you might want to consider not kissing in certain conditions.
If you chose to not kiss the ring you cannot trade a specific type of goods anymore in Europe. So you need to be able to trade that with the natives or fellow Europeans. Other way around if you are in need of certain goods and your only good hope for enough of these at a good price is your port in Europe then you might need to consider kissing the ring anyway even for a high tax increase.
I usually get myself 2 or 3 scouts early on and save for a galleon to get all the gold home as soon as possible since the increase in tax will influence the profit from the treasures you find. Once you got a lot of treasures and money you also scouted out most of the map and know plenty of places where you can trade with the natives instead of Europe. So if any tax increase of 5%+ comes most of the time you don't have to kiss the ring. You will always have plenty of food and raw material, so when these are threatened to be boycotted that is ok.
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Thanks. Do you mean any tax increase that would take total tax above 5%, or any increase of 5 percentage points? Should you similarly refuse to hand over lump sums of cash when the king demands it? (Here, the penalty seems to be to anger the king - what does this do, and when should it be risked/avoided?)– tog22Commented Jan 4, 2014 at 18:46
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I'm just saying you have to weigh off the cost in the tax increase on each individual demand. When you scout sooner you have a lot of possible trade partners. I haven't been playing the new remake that much but angering the king probably results in a attack sooner or him getting more troops. Angering the king never been an issue for me playing the old version, early on you might be better off paying the demands. Later on, just make sure you are ready for the independence war when it comes.– MadmenyoCommented Jan 4, 2014 at 20:24