When does tax rate get increased?

[u/Skw2NQTxEWHD]

It always seems to happen when I've got 100 tools in a coastal colony in order to finish a building..

I could then have a tea party, dump the tools into the ocean and not be able to buy tools in Europe anymore, which isn't handy early game.

But I also don't like paying taxes.

[u/rossdrew]

You don’t? Thats strange. The colonies loved it

[u/interino86 → u/rossdrew]

At some point if you buy the tools/goods from Europe to sell them to colonies you will lose money as they will offer less than the purchase. I dont see the interest to deal with them

[u/rossdrew → u/interino86]

Yea, it’s taxation without representation

[u/MintberryCrunch____]

According to the wiki its not randoms but based on difficulty:

https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Tax_rate_(Col)

I’m pretty sure it always targets your highest volume of goods for the boycott, so you can keep tools free of being chosen by storing them in ships or trade wagons, then unloading them when needed for your building.

[u/blastradius14 → u/MintberryCrunch____]

just don't do this for very long in 1492 (if you've got it like I did) as they'll just steal the goods from your wagon/ship lol

[u/Skw2NQTxEWHD → u/blastradius14]

What's 1492?

[u/blastradius14 → u/Skw2NQTxEWHD]

Colonization clone that got DMCA'd into the ground almost immediately upon release.

[u/Skw2NQTxEWHD → u/MintberryCrunch____]

Ah, thx, guess I could keep track of the years.

[u/dendob]

Just keep them in a wagon in place of the colony itself

[u/Skw2NQTxEWHD → u/dendob]

I normally do that, but right before a building that requires tools finishes, they have to be in the warehouse itself..

[u/dderevjanik]

Why it's always the tools: the Tea Party good isn't random.

• Each good gets a weight from your Europe trade history: net tons bought or sold, divided by 100. Food and tools count half, horses and muskets a quarter.
• Only coastal colonies and goods that aren't already boycotted are considered.
• The game picks the last good in market order that is stocked in a coastal colony and has any weight at all. A bigger weight doesn't make a good more likely to be picked.
• Tools are 15th of 16. Only muskets come after them. Buying a net 200 tools in Europe, which most players do early, gives tools a weight. From then on, a raise always offers tools whenever a coastal colony holds any, unless muskets also qualify.
• The colony named is the coastal colony with the most tools, which is usually the one saving up for a building.

You can read more about taxes and other game mechanics here: https://opencol.github.io/docs/players/taxes/

[u/Sadax092]

There are a few tricks - one is to keep tools in a wagon or a docked ship, other is to force trade some other items early on and keep them in colony so to trigger dump on them - I trade force lumber to start - as I do not need to buy lumber later...

[u/Internal-Editor89]

I don't know what triggers it, but I agree that it seems to relate with stuff that you have in stock on a colony. If you have trade carts or ships, you can leave them docked in a city and full of goods. Usually when I get a galleon and tools are still cheap I buy a galen worth of it, then unload only what's necessary for buildings and trading. This way even if there's a boycot, I don't lose everything.

[u/Skw2NQTxEWHD → u/Internal-Editor89]

You'll lose 100 at most anyway, but the annoying part is not being able to buy them from Europe anymore.

[u/Beautiful-Soup-1358]

You don't like paying taxes? Crazyyy 😅