brandon749
Warlord
It seems like the option of trading workers shows up sporadically and randomly. What circumbstances govern the availability of this trade option?
When can I trade workers?
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DaDoo
Prince
you can only trade workers that are inside the capital. So when that option is available to trade worker from AI, that means they got a worker standing in the capital.
farting bob
ThEy MaDe Me Do iT.
i thought it was in any city, not just capital. oh well, l@@ks like ive been proven wrong........ again.
MajorFallout
Battalion-Command
Captured workers:
You could move all captured workers to your capital and trade them to who ever wants them, rather than losing your own workers. Afterall, captored workers only work at 50% speed, and so they're quite worthless.
You could move all captured workers to your capital and trade them to who ever wants them, rather than losing your own workers. Afterall, captored workers only work at 50% speed, and so they're quite worthless.
satchel
Prince
Well, Major, they aren't quite worthless; they work for free, after all, so if you stack captured workers together they are every bit as effective as your own workers, at no upkeep cost. Many would say that this makes them more valuable than your own workers.
I rarely trade away workers at all, either captured or otherwise, and only do so when I find that offering a worker in a deal is the only way to push the AI over the line to acceptance. However, in vanill Civ III, I bought foreign workers at every opportunity, especially in the early game, because they were so cheap and they were a great opportunity to improve my infrastructure while slowing down my opponents' development. In PTW, however, the AI's valuation of workers has increased quite a bit, so it's more of a wash.
I rarely trade away workers at all, either captured or otherwise, and only do so when I find that offering a worker in a deal is the only way to push the AI over the line to acceptance. However, in vanill Civ III, I bought foreign workers at every opportunity, especially in the early game, because they were so cheap and they were a great opportunity to improve my infrastructure while slowing down my opponents' development. In PTW, however, the AI's valuation of workers has increased quite a bit, so it's more of a wash.
