Magic Scale Not Affecting Research?

[Peter Ebbesen]

Cainehill said:

Shouldn't the magic scale of a province affect mage's research, regardless of whether it's friendly dominion, hostile, or neutral?

Not according to the manual.

It states that positive scales from non-friendly dominion are not counted for: Order, Productivity, Fortune, Magic. That is, for all except growth and temperature.

Now, whether it should ideally be is a good question. I like it the way it is now, as it does not allow you to capitalise on somebody else's good scales, while forcing you to deal with their bad ones if you have low dominion. It is one of the many things encouraging you to have a strong dominion.