In theory, you could time your demands so they fall right before a big sale or right after you spend a lot of money so that you take advantage of the sliding scale. Once your economy is thriving - you have Nobles and plenty of money (>12,500) - this is what Demanding Honor looks like: (If you have less than 5,000, you can't buy it.) The medium and small gifts are one-half and one-fourth of what the Generous gift would currently cost you, respectively (so you can never buy any of them if you have less than 1,250, the minimum divided by 4). The price for the large Generous gift is all of your current balance, with a maximum of 12,500 gold and a minimum of 5,000 gold. Thus, if you make a small Modest honor demand when Patricians are your highest class, you will get 37 honor (150/4, rounded down). The medium-sized Appropriate gift gets you half the Honor shown above for the large Generous gift for each population class, and the small Modest gift gets you a fourth (rounded down).
The amount of honor you can buy depends on the highest class of Occidental population that you have: All in all, the larger the gift you can buy, the better. On the surface, it looks like you get the same amount of honor per gold for all three choices, but because the small gift is capped at 75% success, it is not as good a deal. To Demand Honor, activate Diplomacy (F7), click on their portraits, and then click on the hand dropping money. Lord Northburgh and Grand Vizier Al Zahir are identical in this respect (but separate you can demand from them both at the same time). Many are hard to quantify, but two can be readily compared:ĭemanding Honor through diplomacy is fairly straightforward you buy honor with money.
There's no cooldown you can blow through several levels in one big sale. Both the amount of trade required and the amount of honor earned grow through use. Hover the mouse over it and a tool tip shows how much trading is needed for an honor boost (buy or sell). If you select their building to start trading, there is a thin bar below their portrait.