Need workers...fast!

[Captain Penguin]

Hey all, been lurking for a while, thought I'd actually contribute something.

Started a sandbox game, with France as my default patron.  They chipped in plenty of captives, and my island was growing fine.  

Then found a French settlement and shipping lanes, the only ones so far, so cancelled the patronage and started the lootin' and plunderin'.  Of course, France now no longer chipped in "staff" for me to use in my establishments.

So I decided to get another patron, England.  And they haven't given me a darn soul.  What gives?  Do new patrons not chip in slaves/staff like the original?  Or am I missing something?  I've run out of workers, and raiding settlements for staffing is taking too long since the existing ones are starving to death!

Thanks.

[boomer]

Aren't you feeding them?

You might want to add a chuck tent or two, and a couple of corn farms to make sure your captives have enough to eat

[Coffeebean]

Yes, if you have starving captives you are not providing enough food. Once they start starving it can take along time to get corn farms and chuck tents supplying enough to meet their needs.

I'm not sure about the Patron thing, I thought a Patron did supply captives. Are you sure England is really a Patron? It can take a while before your relationship is good enough with a nation before you can make them a Patron.

Welcome to the forum Captain Penguin & Boomer.

[Captain Penguin]

There's plenty of farms (now) and chuck tents.  Have sent the edict for Britain patronage, and have been with them for about a year.  

[Rebel-Yell]

Patrons generally don't ship in captives in sandbox games.The only exception is the patron you start with at the lowest diffuculty setting.But I remember there's a script in the scenario section of this forum, called "random adventures"-it changes a lot of rules in the game, including the fact that patrons give captives.

[Captain Penguin]

Ahhh...so rule #1 - don't PO your patron until you have enough captives!

Thanks.