Radicals - Don't know what to do.

[DaniTheHero]

I'm new to the game, tried watching a few videos too yet I have no idea how to deal with radicals.

No matter what I do, how well my economy is, how I lower "basic" goods, the living standards for Laborers and Peasants doesn't seem to cut it, and they get more and more radical till they are a large portion of the population.

[Strifeboy]

I think there is an issue with the local goods and the market cause im getting the same, people just don't want grain outside there state.

[DaniTheHero]

Originally posted by Chappie:

This game is a waste of time, so many hidden mechanics that I can't access, the UI is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ I don't get it.

..I’m guessing I’m not the only one not understanding the endless radicals accumulation.

[PacificCloud]

It's honestly frustrating, I can understand why the game has mixed review.

[DaniTheHero]

Originally posted by PacificCloud:

It's honestly frustrating, I can understand why the game has mixed review.

The problem is that I don't actually know if we/I am doing something wrong, or the game is actually broken.

[Alex]

The game's UI would be so much better if all reports were bundled up by "advisors". Need an overview on internal politics? Here are all the numbers. Instead, I have to crawl through a labyrinthine mess of numbers and graphics. The tooltips don't explain it well, either. No wonder the game has mixed reviews, indeed.

[DaniTheHero]

Originally posted by Alex:

The game's UI would be so much better if all reports were bundled up by "advisors". Need an overview on internal politics? Here are all the numbers. Instead, I have to crawl through a labyrinthine mess of numbers and graphics. The tooltips don't explain it well, either. No wonder the game has mixed reviews, indeed.

It is quite the mess, yeah :/

[Tea Time]

Check if you have unemployed pops, they usually sink into starvation. If you have standard of living problems - implement welfare and\or minimum wage laws, change taxation from per capita to income tax and so on.

[Sverd]

Originally posted by DaniTheHero:

I'm new to the game, tried watching a few videos too yet I have no idea how to deal with radicals.

No matter what I do, how well my economy is, how I lower "basic" goods, the living standards for Laborers and Peasants doesn't seem to cut it, and they get more and more radical till they are a large portion of the population.

I'm pretty sure it's just broken. As Germany, after successfully enacting Poor Laws and having the second biggest economy in the world by 1870, after over a decade of putting taxes to the minimum value while modernizing the economy and growing colonies with major war reparations.... I had 8 million radicals and 500k loyalists. While the actual radicals screen showed me a total of 400k radicals, the vast majority from rural folk after passing colonial laws. No movement had any support above low. Radicals just seem to constantly be skyrocketing regardless of if the economy is strong or weak.

[[FuFo] Mortucus]

had the same in my first 3 games and havent played since
im a vet at parradox games watched vids and spent all my time frustrated with the game and its play style

all it has over their older titles is looks, ill give it a few more try's to decide what i rate it but im not impressed so far

[The Dexter Morgan]

if you hover over the number it will tell you why, it can be like law changes, low legitimacy, low standard of living etc.

[DaniTheHero]

Originally posted by Tea Time:

Check if you have unemployed pops, they usually sink into starvation. If you have standard of living problems - implement welfare and\or minimum wage laws, change taxation from per capita to income tax and so on.

In my latest run it was indeed laborers being unemployed and starving.
Their jobs are getting replaced by modernization I guess but what are you supposed to do with them? There’s millions of them.

[Dummkopf]

Radicals are pretty hard to get rid of it seems. I'd advise never choosing any event that gives you radicals and always choose the ones that give you loyalists. Maintain high government legitimacy. Of course none of that matters if radicals are being caused by mass unemployment.

[Kimlin]

Keep taxes at medium then when you start compiling radicals drop it. The sudden change in SoL reduces the radicalism. Once things cool off slowly raise taxes back up. SoL seems to be the reason most of the time. If you have open jobs and unemployment its likely a qualification issue. Increase education and add universities to combat that. Pass laws that make the majority happy and ignore the minority demands if it pisses off the majority. If you have a lot of income subsidize as much as you can easily do, that would also increase wages.

Edited to add eliminate as much discrimination as you can as slowly/quickly as it is safe to do.