Quick question

[Fantomen]

No, patrolling does not affect dominion at all. Patrolling decreases unrest (while killing some population in the process) and has a chance to find hidden units.

So patrolling is useful to get rid of general unrest (from events or spies etc), to find hidden enemies and to keep unrest down while bloodhunting or overtaxing.

To counter any form of attack on your dominion (Blood sac or other dompush strat, hidden enemy priests or prophet, heretics and melancholia) you have to build temples, preach and/or get rid of the source of the problem, by killing the enemy unit/nation in question or herd your heretic units into a dedicated province.

[JonBrave]

Originally Posted by Fantomen

So patrolling is useful to get rid of general unrest (from events or spies etc), to find hidden enemies and to keep unrest down while bloodhunting or overtaxing.

Overtaxing? I'm a newb, and I've never taxed above 100%, though I still patrol. I wondered what (more) the point of patrolling was once most provinces settle down to 0 unrest......

Umm, is it "ethical" to overtax? I don't think my minions would like it!

[sansanjuan]

Originally Posted by JonBrave

Umm, is it "ethical" to overtax?

That's a can of worms.

ssj

[Benly]

Originally Posted by JonBrave

Umm, is it "ethical" to overtax? I don't think my minions would like it!

As a general rule, Pretender Gods are rarely concerned with ethical issues in and of themselves and only worry about it when it's something which will come back around to bite them. Massive blood sacrifice, unshackling the mad dead gods of earlier ages, and unleashing horrors from realms beyond madness are all SOP, so worrying about the actual ethics of overtaxing is a bit pointless.