Population drop

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Here I am playing a game ot Dread Lords, me vs. computer, when with horror I noticed that the populations of my colonies had plunged to near zero.  My home world went from 12 billion to 1.25.  What happened?  I don't remember seeing any messages about any dire events.  I wasn't at war with anyone, in fact the Drengin wasn't envolved in this game.  How do you recover from this?

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I think populations drop for various reasons:

1) Casualties fighting off an invasion,

2) Excessive draw-down to supply colony ships and troop transports,

3) Low approval rate.

IIRC, population growth rate can be increased by selected racial traits (race set-up), anomalies (growth increased x%), certain research topics, and certain built improvements. 

However, the base growth rate is directly tied to approval. I have seen specific #s but am unsure if I recall them correctly.  Increasing tax rates soon lead to lower than 100% approval.  The highest pop increase rate is when approval is 100%, and some races double their growth rate then (Thalian?).  I think 71% is one approval point, and 44% is another.  I can't recall the details, but they are probably be in the wicki

My guess is you pushed up the tax rate and held it there, the approval rate dropped low, and you are in Imperial Gov't and did not get any revolts despite your low approval rate.  Change gov'ts to get the bonuses and you will have revolts and defections at low approval levels, but not at Imperial, IIRC.  You can also lose elections, with various consequences.  In Imperial, your folk just emigrate or die of starvation or despair at the taxes!

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

If the approval rating is below 20%, you lose a percentage of the population each turn. This is on a planet by planet basis, not your empire average approval.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Is it identical in DL, DA, and TA?

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting WIllythemailboy, reply 2
If the approval rating is below 20%, you lose a percentage of the population each turn. This is on a planet by planet basis, not your empire average approval.

 

That's good information to have , but a really strange dynamic.  What do they do, hijack invisible ships and fly away, or drink the poison kool-aid?

Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Actually, they just renounce their citizenship in your empire, according to the manual.  So they still live there, but they don't pay taxes or otherwise do you any good!

Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

You could have also gotten that plague that sometimes pops up, you need to research Xeno Medicine and then disease cure.

 

But as the other stated once the approval drops below 20 percent people start leaving. Its always good to keep it at 50 to 45 percent. Of course higher is better :)

Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I think you probably missed the event where the plaugue hits everyone.... That is the only thing I can think of that would make your homeworld drop from 12 b to 1.25 b without getting attacked aside from having very low approval rating.

Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Hi!

My home world went from 12 billion to 1.25. What happened?

You should provide more data. But my guess is too much troops recruiting or lifting pop for new colonies.

...having very low approval rating.

With low pop approval should go up to 100% in no time, esp. on a HW with a morale bonus from Capital. You can also check what wiki has to say on approval.

How do you recover from this?

Just lower the taxes to get approval on your HW to 100% and wait your pop to grow back.  Depending on growth bonuses your race has you should get 1B new pop every 4-6 turns.

EDIT sorry for ressurecting a "deceased" post. I missed the OP is almost 2 months old.

BR,  Iztok