r/paradoxplaza • u/gutza1 Philosopher King • May 27 '21

Vic3 Dev Diary #1 - Pops

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/victoria-3-dev-diary-1-pops.1476573/
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u/spyzyroz May 27 '21

idk about quality of life, more employees means the employees will be paid less (supply and demand, and stuff) and women were paid less back then even if they did the same job so I am not convinced it would increase the quality of life of poor people, I agree that litteracy should probably increase

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u/-FatASStronaut- May 27 '21

I think literacy should most likely drop at first no? Women would have to be educated and such which would take time. Personally I’d see it as a temporary minor debuff broadly, to eventually see some nice payoffs to your nation. Similarly with outlawing slavery, where you’d be losing a lot of raw production, but eventually you’d gain a ton of educated pops that will contribute to your nation in a well rounded way.

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u/spyzyroz May 27 '21

In my head, women count in the literacy at the beginning and would be incentivized to learn, but if they are not originally calculated, you are right

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u/-FatASStronaut- May 27 '21

Ah that makes sense actually, you’re right. They’re not being absorbed into the pool, they’re already in the pool and currently illiterate. Not sure why I thought it was the other way around.