Scout Bloodhunting Nerf - New Numbers?

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Stormbinder:
Up until now I was using 7-8 scouts per province for bloodhunting (even with blood nations) - that would allow me to have zero tax and close to zero unrest without patrolling. I don'tlike patrolling my blodhunting sites, since it kills a lot of people and patrols cost money to maintain. Is it efficient tactic or do most people patrol their bloodhunting provinces? If so how heavely?

I tend to patrol my provinces as Mictlan: Even under patrolled hunting, with growth scale, the population will get larger. One advantage is that Mictlan can patrol with slaves, which are free of upkeep and can be raised by Tribal and Priest Kings free of charge: Tribal Kings have the approximate upkeep value of a scout, being $40, but sacred. Thus Mictlan can afford to hunt without giving up tax income or paying exhorbitant sums in patrollers: I find that a ratio of two priests per full Tribal King makes a good hunting ratio for patrolled hunts.