Penalty for Trading from Ships?

[Öjevind Lång]

In the old game, if you traded with the natives from a ship, they offered much less lucrative deals, and after a while they refused to do trade deals with ships at all because the ships scared them. Is there any similar mechanism in Col II?

 

[Polobo]

Not that I've seen mentioned. If you really want to know send a wagon and a ship with the same load of goods and see what they will offer you. I highly doubt that the described mechanic was kept given the pervasive use of the Civ4 engine for diplomacy and trade.

 

[Öjevind Lång]

Not that I've seen mentioned. If you really want to know send a wagon and a ship with the same load of goods and see what they will offer you. I highly doubt that the described mechanic was kept given the pervasive use of the Civ4 engine for diplomacy and trade.

I suspect you are right. That's a pity; I remember how important it was to build a trade wagon early to maximize your trade deals with the Indians. Now, inestad, you let your scout ride across the map and discover gold treasures everywhere. I call that dumbing down the game.

 

[JanissaryRush]

I like it, it makes selling muskets/horses to natives on European settlements that you don't plan to conquer later on alot more feasible.