comatosedragon
Emperor
So, the Netherlands UA is East India Company, which allows us to trade luxuries, and not lose them. I am wondering if maybe this may be a bit OP. One of the many strategies used right now is to sell off a luxury as soon as possible in the early game for a quick $240. Now, I am thinking what if you are playing a small Pangaea map with standard settings. It is not too difficult to meet the other 5 civilizations fairly quickly, and now you can sell that one luxury for $1200. That's two settlers, plus change. Later in the game this is not quite so powerful (but still very nice), but early on (like between turns 25-40), it almost seems like an instant win, and surely more OP than El Dorado, which everyone already complains about.
Should there be (or is there likely already, and we don't know about it yet) some mechanic to prevent early abuse of this? Maybe the UA doesn't become active until Economics, or something, I don't know.
And yes, I realize there is nothing forcing you to sell to every civilization early on, but that is beside the point. Kind of.
Should there be (or is there likely already, and we don't know about it yet) some mechanic to prevent early abuse of this? Maybe the UA doesn't become active until Economics, or something, I don't know.
And yes, I realize there is nothing forcing you to sell to every civilization early on, but that is beside the point. Kind of.