Subject of this thread is the trade of workers to gain slaves.
Just as it does not belong to a single rival, I thought we'd post all relevant info here rather then in the embassy threads.
We should discuss timing, numbers and trading partners here.
worker tasks and efficiency
Here's some numbers on the effeciency of workers and slaves.
Trading Rules
To trade workers, both trading partners have to have towns on a common landmass.
The workers to trade have to be in the trading partners' capitals.
Does it work if neither capital is on the shared landmass?
Timing
This is a judgement call.
The timing should be determined from the balance between the necessities to perform urgent worker tasks and to save unit support costs.
And of course we should have a trading partner.
The timing also involves the time to bring workers to the capital and slaves to the operational area. This is obviously minimized when the land is railed.
Just as it does not belong to a single rival, I thought we'd post all relevant info here rather then in the embassy threads.
We should discuss timing, numbers and trading partners here.
worker tasks and efficiency
Here's some numbers on the effeciency of workers and slaves.
Spoiler :
The numbers are the base numbers which are exactly the movement costs of slaves. Our workers get those costs devided by two. Add there are no odd numbers, slaves are for us exactly half as efficient as our native workers.
Job BWT
road - 6
Irrigate - 8
Mine - 12
Fortress - 16
Barricade - 16
Railroad - 12
Plant forest - 18
Clear forest - 4
Clear wetlands - 16
Clear damage - 24
Job BWT
road - 6
Irrigate - 8
Mine - 12
Fortress - 16
Barricade - 16
Railroad - 12
Plant forest - 18
Clear forest - 4
Clear wetlands - 16
Clear damage - 24
Trading Rules
To trade workers, both trading partners have to have towns on a common landmass.
The workers to trade have to be in the trading partners' capitals.
Does it work if neither capital is on the shared landmass?
Timing
This is a judgement call.
The timing should be determined from the balance between the necessities to perform urgent worker tasks and to save unit support costs.
And of course we should have a trading partner.
The timing also involves the time to bring workers to the capital and slaves to the operational area. This is obviously minimized when the land is railed.