EA Abysia Heat Scales

[WerWulf]

Am I reading this right? They are a pop kill nation on everything except their forts?

[Imperialus]

Not really... I mean there is no reason you have to take heat. No more popkill than a nation like Nief.

[WerWulf]

Originally posted by TLFT Song of Roland:

Not really... I mean there is no reason you have to take heat. No more popkill than a nation like Nief.

I mean no heat scales Abysia seems kinda ass

[Uncle Al]

Extreme temperatures don't start killing population until they reach 4, and Abysia and Niefelheim have preferred temperature scales of heat/cold 3. At 3 you only get a little bit of pop death in summer (or winter for Niefelheim) when the seasonal variation pushes the scale to 4.

You CAN push your base national temperature to 4 if you want (as they have a 2 step modifier as part of the nation) but if you do you'll get pop death most of the year. You could also have them a little milder, and get no deaths at all. Doing either gets you 40 points for taking a negative scale, but you lose out on the heat/cold power and other advantages of having really extreme temp if you go with a slightly milder climate.

Certainly for Niefelheim, the extent it pushes cold on the borders of the national dominion depends on how cold those border provinces are, so super cold appears to have its own advantages.

Castles protecting against pop death is really just a nice bonus feature. It means going hard on your temperature scales will have a lessened effect.

They're not 'popkill nations' like Asphodel or Ermor where your population dies in droves.