Trade Routes

[naturalmwa]

I know I can get internal trade routes by connecting my own cities to my capital. I was wondering if I could get more by connecting either other major power's cities or a city state to my capital? Should I be building roads to all the cities to explode my trade income?

 

[Ahriman]

I know I can get internal trade routes by connecting my own cities to my capital. I was wondering if I could get more by connecting either other major power's cities or a city state to my capital? Should I be building roads to all the cities to explode my trade income?

Nope. Trade is only domestic now. Any international trade happens through the diplomacy engine.

Though sometimes you can get city state quests to connect them to your trade network.

 

[Resender]

allso from what i played so far on demo trade networks seem to just cover the cost off improvements

 

[Ahriman]

allso from what i played so far on demo trade networks seem to just cover the cost off improvements

Nope, trade routes can give *vast* incomes with large cities, far more than the cost of maintaining the roads.
Probably 1/3 of my income comes from trade in my current game.
Its based on the populations of the capital and the cities.

 

[naturalmwa]

Thanks for the fast reply! I was just about to start roading before you saved me.

 

[squadbroken]

Yeah, trade routes are definitely worth it. Just don't build roads all over the place.

 

[DalekDavros]

Though sometimes you can get city state quests to connect them to your trade network.

And if so, build as much of the road as possible within the borders of the city-state, as then they pay the maintenance for it. (I suppose you could also dodge the costs by removing the road after getting the influence bonus, but I haven't tried that.)

 

[Celevin]

Trade routes are based off of city size, so don't feel the need to fully connect them till size 3 or higher I find.

...Unless you're the Iroquois, whose bonus is insane with a larger empire. Mmmm, money.

 

[Gath]

Where does it list the amount of money each city is getting via the traderoute?

 

[smackthewise]

I wonder the reasoning for removing International trade routes? Seems a bit irrational (even fore gameplay or balance reasons).

Has anyone heard of Economic Globalisation? Apparently International trade plays a part in that

 

[Panzeh]

I wonder the reasoning for removing International trade routes? Seems a bit irrational (even fore gameplay or balance reasons).

Has anyone heard of Economic Globalisation? Apparently International trade plays a part in that

It'd be tough to handle it without vastly increasing the supply of gold in the game.