Has luck been accidentally nerfed...

[Twan]

... by the last patch. Or is it just an impression ?

I currently play a game with luck 3 / turmoil 2 / magic 3 / growth 3 scales. I have a rather big empire (30+ provinces, about 3/4 with my luck scale).

The ten turns before the patch I never had less than 3 events a turn, with a large majority of gems events and occasionnal gold (including a 3000gp) and only two time militias in 35 turns.

Compared to that, the turns played since the last patch seem exceptionally crappy : I had 2 turns with only 2 events and even a turn with only one, and got in total only one gem event and only one (200) gold event, 2 times the new "lowborn warriors" event, 2 times a flagellant event, a merchants prosperity decreasing faith in a province, and all other events were bandits (3 times in 5 turns, really strange with luck 3).

May the events table or luck mechanics have been altered by the addition of the new ones or is it just exceptionnal real bad luck ? Has someone else find luck behavior strange in 3.14 ?

[Endoperez]

Are you sure your luck is still up in all of your provinces? Scales reportedly disappear strangely...

[Omnirizon]

I have to concur with the OP. It may be my imagination, but since the last patch luck doesn't seem what it used to be. I sometimes like to play Pangaea with 3 turmoil 3 luck, where I depend on the income from good events to fill in my armies of freespawn and summoned troops (gotten with all the gems).

Since the patch, I RARELY get income events, and have NEVER gotten the 3k+magic item event. I still get a fair amount of gems, and it seems like the 'zealous followers' event happens more often. And yes, it seems like I get fewer events. Not only since 3.14 but even since 3.10.

Then again, we are talking about something that happens by chance, so it is hard to say for sure. But I can't help but indulge a feeling that luck has been nerfed.

but then again, when you can go 3 turmoil 3 luck and come out ahead of 3 order 3 misfortune; I suppose it maybe needed to be nerfed. It does, however, make turmoil-luck scales something I just can't see taking anymore though.

[Maraxus]

I had the impression that under 3.14 the misfortune events are more mean then before.

It's probably just impressions.

[Twan]

My scales look normal.

[Tequilich]

I agree with Twain luck does seem nerfed.

[Lingchih]

My impression of 3.14:

Misfortune does seem much worse than last patch. I the one MP game where I am taking misfortune, I have had a horrible event every turn, including one province being repeatably attacked by indie knights. I'm posting a defensive force there for when it happens again.

As far as Luck, I don't know. I have several luck games going, and have been getting very good events, including the 3000 gold + magic item event in one.

[Sir_Dr_D]

Or has it been modified, so you need order to get the money making events?

[JZ]

Yup yup, unluck is much worse now.
I NEVER take unluck 3 anymore - at least one indie attack per turn is guaranteed, when 20+ provinces it becomes 2-3.

[Kristoffer O]

Luck/misfortune has not been changed. I something has happened it is probably a secondary result from a fixed bug and WAD.

Edit: unless there is now too many positive events that are restricted to a specific nation.