Toxicman007
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So I recently gave in to my nostalgia kick and started up a Napoleonic Wars Conquest as Spain. After many poor Spaniards died, I finally captured Gibraltar to kick off my planned Iberian war. But then I noticed something odd.
If Gibraltar expands enough culture, the resource Ivory will be within its borders. But as the resource is in Africa, I will be unable to connect it. After scouring the map I noticed that all 3 sources of Ivory are in North Africa. Now, this makes sense to me, as we don't have elephants running around Europe, but at the same time I became rather confused.
Why even have the Ivory resource if nobody can access it? Settlers cannot be built, and even with a colony you will have to connect it to a harbour in North Africa.
A similar situation is with Incense, there are also 3 sources of this luxury, 2 of which are again in North Africa and unobtainable. The third is in the Ottoman Empire, but as there is only 1, the AI would almost never trade it away.
So the Incense I am not really complaining about, because if I really REALLY wanted it I could just go to the other side of the map and take it by force. But why even have Ivory if it is quite literally useless? Is it purely for aesthetic purposes? Or is there actually a way to gain access to it (if there is, please share <3 )
If Gibraltar expands enough culture, the resource Ivory will be within its borders. But as the resource is in Africa, I will be unable to connect it. After scouring the map I noticed that all 3 sources of Ivory are in North Africa. Now, this makes sense to me, as we don't have elephants running around Europe, but at the same time I became rather confused.
Why even have the Ivory resource if nobody can access it? Settlers cannot be built, and even with a colony you will have to connect it to a harbour in North Africa.
A similar situation is with Incense, there are also 3 sources of this luxury, 2 of which are again in North Africa and unobtainable. The third is in the Ottoman Empire, but as there is only 1, the AI would almost never trade it away.
So the Incense I am not really complaining about, because if I really REALLY wanted it I could just go to the other side of the map and take it by force. But why even have Ivory if it is quite literally useless? Is it purely for aesthetic purposes? Or is there actually a way to gain access to it (if there is, please share <3 )