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Anonymous06/22/25, 21:53No.2074611Why does Slavery suck?
Slavery is a debuff or hinderance in every strategy/GSG/econ sim.
>Victoria
Untaxable pops
>Eu4
A literal trade good. Non existent mechanic.
>Stellaris
Unhappy pops
>Imperator
Very strong
>Civilization
A 1 pop trade for production. Considered overpowered.
>Kenshi
Slaves run away from you or you can be enslaved.
>Rimworld
Roleplay?
>Distant Worlds, Space Empires
???
How do we improve this mechanic?
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Anon06/22/25, 23:08No.2074669
Gee, it's almost like slavery works best when you haven't invented anything more complicated than the wheel.
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Anon06/23/25, 08:31No.2075043
don't mind me just forming the fundamental core of every single high-level strategy>considered overpowered
>considered
lmao
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Anon06/23/25, 08:40No.2075046
eh, it should be a trade off, not better, not worse
slavery decreases job upkeep but increases unemployment
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Anon06/23/25, 10:31No.2075109
Being a slave owner might be a win for an individual — who doesn't like passive income? — but it's a deadweight loss for the overall economy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt6_IaJVJ2oHow do we improve the mechanic that is realistically nothing but a malus?
Dunno, you can spice it up with events like Servile Wars, or add culling of the helots minigame, or just play Slave Maker.
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Anon06/23/25, 10:38No.2075112
>Slavery is a debuff or hinderance in every strategy/GSG/econ sim.
>Very strong
>Considered overpowered.
nice thread retard
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Anon06/23/25, 10:47No.2075117
>>Victoria
>Untaxable pops
but you get tax from aristocrats so it shouldnt matter
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Anon06/23/25, 12:40No.2075191
>Factorio
Sex slaves
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Anon06/23/25, 13:00No.2075205
>Play as Dark Elves in Total War Warhammer
>slavery is awesome
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Anon06/23/25, 18:58No.2075445
It should be good short term then eventually bad long term for a variety of reasons that could happen independentlt"I guess if i could think of some it could be something like.
>Unsupressed slaves lead mass rebellion, crashes economy>too many slaves means less innovation and reliance on unpaid labor and not real craftsmen or something and also crashes the economy
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Anon06/23/25, 19:56No.2075503
If you think about it, slaves only enrich the elite or slave owners since they don't have to pay wages. It doesn't help the overall economy that much. Since slaves can't really interact with the economy. I can only see it being useful for resource extraction.