Bro do you even trade?

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No I don’t I find it so vastly underpowered I never utilize it. While I don’t have a civilization built around trade I hate the fact that the monetary outcomes are so abysmally low that even in the start of the game it simply isn’t worth building trade ships. I feel trade should be buffed to the point from where the only factor it pertains to is relationships into a viable way to make a small but noticeable amount of coin. 

 

I would be curious to hear other players experinces on this topic. 

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Like any income in this game, trade needs time to build up, the longer the route is active the bigger the return. 15+ Trade routes pumping out 20+ cr per turn each adds up. BUT that been said, trade vs any other income, with the current state of the game, is a minimal return. And since the AI are the only ones that really use trade atm, its only hurting them. (I fixed this imbalance in my mod)

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

simple test:

I built 6 trade routes and by turn 100 I've got maybe 10 total routes (mine and theirs ) for maybe 100GP total coming in

the rest of economy brings in about the same at 50% tax rate at that time except for

TOURISM! which has me in the 1-2k range, depending on map size, etc.

 

Without tourism, trade would be a useful add.  in the presence of tourism, shouldn't really be a consideration

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Trade affects diplomacy, especially if they have a trade route with you, and they declare war on you. It affects how other players see them.

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

True, trade provides benefits just beyond income.

For a first order game balance what I'd suggest is that tourism revenue be hard capped to be no more than, say 100% of all other income- which would then incentivize adding more trade routes to bump up the tourism revenues.

Additionally, and maybe this is just me, but I think making at least one trade route between civs a prerequisite for any treaties or alliances.

Reply #5 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

doing a bit of research, while both Nevada and Florida bring in almost $60B each in tourism income their GDP's respectively are $160B and $960B each. Hard to see any government where tourism is 1000% more than the rest of the economy

 

Reply #6 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Yeah, I agree with the op. True, it needs time to build up, and certainly early game the player should not get a huge income easily.

 

But personally I'd like trade to be somewhat better, tourism otoh somewhat weaker in generating money. As things are now it is not a huge problem for me, but it feels always kinda imbalanced.