Marco Polo

[Myomoto]

I recently earned Marco Polo in one of my games. I have got to say, he is probably the single most disappointing implementation of a great person in the game. As per the wiki:

Grants a free Trader unit in this city, and increases Trade Route capacity by 1. Foreign Trade Routes to this city provide +2 Gold to both cities

And the way you retire him is just to move him to one of your cities with a commercial hub.

Why on earth does he not have an ability like granting benefits based on retiring him in a foreign city, with greater benefits the further away that city is from your capital? Darwin and Gallieo both get to go on big science expeditions. Why is Marco Polo, the one guy famous for traveling, not expected to go somewhere far away?

 

[hhhhhh]

What do you think will be a good change?

How about - Activate in a foreign commercial hub, gain all luxuries of that city and +2 GPT for the player who activate it per luxury in that city permanently.

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

I agree. I think to make him more interesting maybe make it like this:
Activate in another civilization's Commercial Hub. Grants a free Trader unit in your capital, and increases your Trade Route capacity by 1. Foreign Trade Routes to the activated city provide +2 Gold to your cities and the city where he was activated.

 

[Myomoto]

What do you think will be a good change?

How about - Activate in a foreign commercial hub, gain all luxuries of that city and +2 GPT for the player who activate it per luxury in that city permanently.

I think he cannot actually enter a foreign district in peace time, so it would need to just be inside the border of the city. Although, rockbands can enter other Civ's districts, so the technology exists...

Maybe change it to just be a city center, and maybe give the recipient of Marco Polo a small buff as well?

I was thinking otherwise that at least he needs to visit a city of another Civ on another continent as well.