Old World: Noble Families Guide
Every time you settle or capture a city in Old World, you'll be required to assign one of your empire's prominent families to oversee it. Depending on the type of family assigned, a city will receive specific bonuses that can help direct its growth. Showing too much favor to one family is bound to make the others jealous, however.
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An empire that keeps the nobility pleased and plays to their strengths can expect mighty armies, a robust economy, and rapid progress. Let's take a look at each family type and how best to put them to work for the good of your empire.
Artisan families are ideal for building large, developed cities that produce lots of resources. Their cities generate an additional four Culture every year, helping them reach higher levels of development and unlock better buildings. As the game progresses, they become able shipwrights and engineers, with naval and siege units built in Artisan cities gaining the Ingenuity promotion for free.
Artisans are a great choice for your capital, as the first city given to them gets a free Worker. That city also takes fewer turns to build urban improvements, making it easier to increase the family seat's Culture output and keep Discontent under control.
The Artisans don't neglect rural tiles, either - their Mines and Lumbermills get a twenty-percent production bonus, letting them equip the armies of the more militant houses in your empire.
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Champions are the families to go to if you want impressive armies with which to go forth and conquer. Champion nobles tend to make excellent Generals and their cities are well-defended. All Champion cities get a fifty-percent defense bonus
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