Originally Posted by
Ginaz
Reviving an old thread but im still a bit confused about trade and would like some questions answered:
For simplicity lets assume im playing the British and I own all of north america.
#1
Lets say I have a trade port in america and one in england. I build an indiaman in each port.
I sail the indiamen to a trade node (to keep it simple lets say each ship on its own node, both in the same trade theatre).
Now, the trading lanes created by those ships... do both ship's trade lanes go directly to my home region (england) or the the lanes head back to the port the ship originates from?
#2
Does all trade flow only TO England (aka all trade nodes flow to england, none to americas).
#3
How do the trading ports work when it comes to trade?
I keep reading that the trade ports open trade slots for you to set trade agreements with other nations...well if i have more trade slots than there are other nations then the extra ports get wasted right? If this is so, then the best thing to do would be to build a few, well located trade ports to maximize the flow of goods.
Aka, just 1 trade port in england (goods from ireland and scotland are sent overland to england right?), 1 in boston, 1 in georgia, one in texas,1 in moose factory, 1 in each caribbean island (or else their trade goods are wasted since the goods arent ferried overland to the adjacent region port). That alone should cap out the trade slots and allow me to have a well controlled flow of goods.