aelf
Ashen One
It sounds like a useful feature, but so far I fail to see how it would be effective. Unless you are producing at an insane rate or have cities that are very far from each other, your wagons aren't going to transport goods at their full capacity in each trip. For the price of less flexibility in how you want to use your wagons, you get this inefficiency. The micro of controlling your wagons manually isn't all that bad compared to the micro in Civ4. You can afford to only have a few wagons if you manage them well, and I don't think your colony produces more than several main goods for export to warrant many more.
I guess it depends on how many cities you have. But what's the point of having many cities anyway? It adds to micro without really contributing to victory. Unless you just love to have a sprawling colony, a type of satisfaction that can be derived from other games including Civ4, why would you do it? I much prefer to run a small and efficient colony.
So, with all the talk about automating trade routes, how many people actually use them?
I guess it depends on how many cities you have. But what's the point of having many cities anyway? It adds to micro without really contributing to victory. Unless you just love to have a sprawling colony, a type of satisfaction that can be derived from other games including Civ4, why would you do it? I much prefer to run a small and efficient colony.
So, with all the talk about automating trade routes, how many people actually use them?