Dominion Influences and Shifts

[Immaculate]

I recently got the unrest and misfortune event in my capital in the very early game. Can i counter that faster by bringing up my dominion (ie- preaching in my capital)?

[brxbrx]

Yes.

[Korwin]

Only if he has luck scales I would think.

[brxbrx]

I don't believe so. Your dominion includes neutral scales.

[Squirrelloid]

if it has your candles, it will move toward your dominion, which will cancel the scale change.

You'll have to make the unrest go away the usual way.

Improving how many candles you have doesn't help with this afaik.

[Immaculate]

Thats what i wanted to know- thank you Squirrel.

[brxbrx]

No, one of the ingame tips says raising your dominion will lower your unrest

[Starbelly Geek]

No, one of the ingame tips says raising your dominion will lower your unrest

That's a usual way, but it's not terribly useful when your dominion is already over 4 in the province, as it's likely to be in your capital.
You get unrest in provinces you own that have enemy dominion. It has to be pretty strong dominion to be noticeable, but those are the places where preaching (or building temples) contribute most to keeping unrest under control, not provinces hit by unrest events and spells, nor in provinces with unrest-causing sites and stealth units. Patrolling is the go-to method for handling unrest, coupled with tax reductions.

Likewise, if your dominion is already strong, preaching isn't going to have an impact on shifting luck scales back from misfortune to whatever is normal for your dominion.

[Squirrelloid]

I'm pretty sure the hint is lying, you dominion does not auto reduce unrest, nor does a candle increase reduce unrest.

Having *NOT* your dominion can *generate* unrest, so in that sense increasing your dominion can 'reduce' unrest by preventing it...