I was recently LANing with 3 of my friends and we had all pretty much started on our own continent. I started expanding and had around 3 sheep, 3 fish, as well as other repeating resources. As a result my cities were starting to get unhealthy because the resources were not stacking. I rushed to caravels so I could trade with my friends, but when I finally got there, I couldn't trade any resources at all. How do you trade over oceans?
Question About Trade
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Efexeye
Silly Donkey
What boats you can build has nothing to do with trade. Are you using civics that cut off foreign trade? Are your harbor cities connected to your capital, and your friends to theirs?
Well I was rushing for caravels because I hadn't even met their civ yet, so I needed to that before I could do any kind of trading. I wasn't using any civics that affect foreign trade. The entire ocean trading thing kind of confuses me, I don't understand how to connect our cities to be able to trade through ocean routes.
MrCynical
Deity
No, open borders aren't necessary for trade.
_alphaBeta_
King
Well, open borders isn't needed if you want to trade resources and technology, right? It's still needed to establish trade routes for commerce isn't it?MrCynical said:
Woodgar
Chieftain
That's right.
The trade routes that show up on the city screen as additional income need open borders to work, otherwise they will only connect and "trade" with your own cities.
However, I'm not sure, but I *think* that you still need Astronomy before you can get the city trade routes with a civ across ocean tiles.
The trade routes that show up on the city screen as additional income need open borders to work, otherwise they will only connect and "trade" with your own cities.
However, I'm not sure, but I *think* that you still need Astronomy before you can get the city trade routes with a civ across ocean tiles.
MrCynical
Deity
Astronomy is necessary for any trading over ocean, whether diplomatic, or city trade routes. In my previous post I was referring to diplomatic trade, rather than trade routes since that was the subject of the discussion. For city trade routes it is necessary, except possibly after the UN free trade resolution.
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