Megacorp subsidiary or specialization?

[[OCe]Kagari]

Which is better, and which specialization if the latter is better?

[Big mean bunny]

Subsidiary is generic but probably the best and least damaging for you. Specialised vassals can be useful only if they are fairly large and intact empires. They usually take a chunk of important production from you (like a big chunk of science for a prospectorium). If you are focusing into getting many vassals then the specialised ones are worth it once you have a few feeder basic (in this case subsidiary) vassals to fatten your economy. Out of specialised I would go for + science; once you can take the economy hit.

[[OCe]Kagari]

Originally posted by Big mean bunny:

Subsidiary is generic but probably the best and least damaging for you. Specialised vassals can be useful only if they are fairly large and intact empires. They usually take a chunk of important production from you (like a big chunk of science for a prospectorium). If you are focusing into getting many vassals then the specialised ones are worth it once you have a few feeder basic (in this case subsidiary) vassals to fatten your economy. Out of specialised I would go for + science; once you can take the economy hit.

I got a prospectorium and a bulwark from a subjugation war, what should I do with em? especially the prospectorium vassal, they dont want to be switched to anything else, should I let them be?

[CrUsHeR]

Subsidiary just seems the best vassal type in the game.

30% tax minimum + restrictive political conditions are mandatory. Also they default to supporting at least your defensive conflicts.


Sure it's nice to get the occasional special leader from a scholarium, though with the Paragon leader rework it just seems a sidegrade (if not downgrade?).
Getting all these base resources as tax means that practically your whole empire can dedicate to specialist, ruler and trade value jobs.


Best deal is to have your vassals all being part of a Trade League federation where you are the only non-subject empire to be perma-president and call all the shots. Because that way the vassals always must support your offensive wars as well, they have forced mutual commercial pacts and migration treaties, and you can build Gateways in any of their owned systems.

It's like the "Pax Megacorpia" for your Galaxy

[Big mean bunny]

They can be switched after a cool down period. Even if they have levelled up its still worth it if they are draining your economy, You want to keep them but specialisation needs to be your ultimate decision. As mentioned getting them in a trade league is a fantastic idea as it side steps/overrides the defensive pacts in the vassal agreement.