You make it sound like paying back debt is useless unless its in a 100% lump sum, and thats just not how things work.
Interest is, of course, by percentage
Therefore, lessening the base amount will still have the net positive effect of making less money owed next time
Chipping down debt, halving a debt, is a viable strategy for controlling debt.
So I will always be confused by any arguments on this kind of basis.
Vote will come if things aren't shut down by the time i get back from laundry
Well, the issue is that if we only repay our debt with 62 Dureks and do not pay any interest, then our debt total and interest will still grow rather than fall, even if one of the loans get smaller.
Outstanding Debts, if repaying 62 Dureks of the loan from Zedarsh before interest:
Previous Debts Owed By Syrokis: 358.5 Dureks (12% Monthly Interest) (43 Dureks)
Owed to the Axecavern Bank (Lortan Dwarves): 165 Dureks (10% Interest) (16.5 Dureks)*
Owed to the Redhammer Bank (Lortan Dwarves): 83.25 Dureks (11% Interest) (9.25 Dureks)
Owed to the Royal Bank of Zedarsh (Zedarsh): 50 Dureks (12% Interest) (6 Dureks)
Owed to Assorted Individual Wealthy Merchants/Etc based in Eaglecrest, Port Lest and Westcrown: 81 Dureks (8% Interest) (6.5 Dureks)
Owed to Assorted Individual Weathy Merchants Based in Zedarsh or Selissa: 111 Dureks (11% Interest) (12.25 Dureks)
Outstanding Debts, if repaying 62 Dureks of the loan from Zedarsh after interest:
Previous Debts Owed By Syrokis: 401.5 Dureks (12% Monthly Interest) (48 Dureks)
Owed to the Axecavern Bank (Lortan Dwarves): 181.5 Dureks (10% Interest) (18 Dureks)*
Owed to the Redhammer Bank (Lortan Dwarves): 92.5 Dureks (11% Interest) (10.25 Dureks)
Owed to the Royal Bank of Zedarsh (Zedarsh): 56 Dureks (12% Interest) (6.75 Dureks)
Owed to Assorted Individual Wealthy Merchants/Etc based in Eaglecrest, Port Lest and Westcrown: 87.5 Dureks (8% Interest) (7 Dureks)
Owed to Assorted Individual Weathy Merchants Based in Zedarsh or Selissa: 123.25 Dureks (11% Interest) (13.5 Dureks)
The interest would then be 93.5 Dureks and our debt total would grow from 910.75 Dureks to 942.25 Dureks and the interest will grow from 101 Dureks to 103.5 Dureks, so I would not say only paying 62 Dureks would have a net positive effect of making less money owed next time, so we should repay more than that, if we want the debt and interest to get smaller.
Wait, we have something like 100 duress of income per month?
That is WAY higher than I expected. So high thst I'm not actually very concerned about the debts anymore.
Well, that is before we deal with the interest of our debt, which at the moment is at 101 Dureks, so it will still be a while, before we have repay our debt.
@Kylia Quilor Thanks, that really helps.
I think we should plan our repayment according to our costs next Turn.
That's why I would reserve 40 Dureks, 35 for materials and 5 for another spy network or whatever else we think is important.
I don't like it but I think it would be better if we don't try to solve the currency contraction as well, we need the rest for the repayment.
We can probably afford to be picky about repayments again and only repay those with the highest interest rates.
[ ] Plan: Highest interest rates first (102 Dureks)
-[ ] Pay 51 Dureks to Royal Bank of Zedarsh
-[ ] Pay 51 Dureks to Previous Debts Owed By Syrokis
If we split it up between two parties, fewer will feel left out than if we only repaid Syrokis debt or Zedarsh.
This means our debt should at least remain at about the same level.
I disagree. Fixing the Currency Contraction will help bring in a bit more money with which to repay debts. The whole thing is a marathon, not a race.
When it comes to a debt repayment plan, then the high end of money we will need next turn is likely 55 Dureks, 35 for material, 5 for spy network and 15 for minting. If we kept 55 Dureks in the treasury, then we would have 87 Dureks to spend, though the question is, if we actually need to keep that much money in the treasury, since we will first need to spend it next turn, where we will also have access to that turns income.
If we kept 40 Dureks in the treasury, then we would likely still be able to spend 55 Dureks next turn, since we in the worst case scenario just would repay less debt next turn and we would have 102 Dureks to repay debt with this turn, though I would prefer to spend it all on repaying Zedarsh, rather than splitting it in two.
[ ] Plan: Repaying Zedarsh first (102 Dureks)
-[ ] Pay 102 Dureks to Royal Bank of Zedarsh
Outstanding Debts, if repaying 102 Dureks of the loan from Zedarsh before interest:
Previous Debts Owed By Syrokis: 358.5 Dureks (12% Monthly Interest) (43 Dureks)
Owed to the Axecavern Bank (Lortan Dwarves): 165 Dureks (10% Interest) (16.5 Dureks)*
Owed to the Redhammer Bank (Lortan Dwarves): 83.25 Dureks (11% Interest) (9.25 Dureks)
Owed to the Royal Bank of Zedarsh (Zedarsh): 10 Dureks (12% Interest) (1.25 Dureks)
Owed to Assorted Individual Wealthy Merchants/Etc based in Eaglecrest, Port Lest and Westcrown: 81 Dureks (8% Interest) (6.5 Dureks)
Owed to Assorted Individual Weathy Merchants Based in Zedarsh or Selissa: 111 Dureks (11% Interest) (12.25 Dureks)
Outstanding Debts, if repaying 102 Dureks of the loan from Zedarsh after interest:
Previous Debts Owed By Syrokis: 401.5 Dureks (12% Monthly Interest) (48 Dureks)
Owed to the Axecavern Bank (Lortan Dwarves): 181.5 Dureks (10% Interest) (18 Dureks)*
Owed to the Redhammer Bank (Lortan Dwarves): 92.5 Dureks (11% Interest) (10.25 Dureks)
Owed to the Royal Bank of Zedarsh (Zedarsh): 11.25 Dureks (12% Interest) (1.25 Dureks)
Owed to Assorted Individual Wealthy Merchants/Etc based in Eaglecrest, Port Lest and Westcrown: 87.5 Dureks (8% Interest) (7 Dureks)
Owed to Assorted Individual Weathy Merchants Based in Zedarsh or Selissa: 123.25 Dureks (11% Interest) (13.5 Dureks)
If we look at the effect of repaying 102 Dureks of debt to Zedarsh, then our debt would fall from 910.75 Dureks to 897.5 Dureks and the interest would fall from 101 Dureks to 98 Dureks, so it would help with our debt situation.