Tax Offices?

[Vikes546]

The description for this "duchy building" improvement says it increases the amount of holding taxes for "All your holdings in the duchy".

I assume this means ONLY the holdings personally held by me and does not include holdings held by vassals? If so, that's pretty damn useless.

[Razorblade]

Strange assumption.

Even then, though, you could hold multiple fully upgraded castles and churches in a single province, depending on your religion.

[Yaldabaoth]

Originally posted by Vikes546:

The description for this "duchy building" improvement says it increases the amount of holding taxes for "All your holdings in the duchy".

I assume this means ONLY the holdings personally held by me and does not include holdings held by vassals? If so, that's pretty damn useless.

Considering you should really really really max out your capital duchy instead of holding one here and one there (except for maybe holy sites), it's not useless at all.

[Mansen]

It boosts all holdings in the duchy - Whether held by you directly or vassals. They will then pay their taxes to you as usual but slightly more.

[=яενєηąŋŧ=]

Just tried it, and it does give the 10% bonus to ALL holdings in the Duchy that are part of your Kingdom, not just your personal holdings. All the cities and Bishoprics got it. I could see it being pretty powerful in a duchy with a lot of counties and holdings like Mercia.

Since the bonuses work like that, I might actually consider building it in a Duchy I intend to give away, since I'll get an indirect bonus from it personally. Royal Armories and Marches could be useful in this way, too.

Still think the Military Academies are the most powerful though, followed by the ones that give troop bonuses. +6 Knights and +75% Knight Effectiveness is pretty awesome, and stacking +45% Archer/Cavalry Damage on top of all the additive modifiers from normal buildings could be absolutely insane at top levels.