Poll- new resources to add into the 5 unused resources slots

[Averroës]

We have 5 unused resource slots available to add new resources.

Tobacco
Chocolate
Camels
Elephants
Dogs

We need to choose resources to replace those above.

So far, we have the following possible resources:

Steel (suggested for Spain's monopoly resource)
Cattle (another possibility for Spain)
Leather
Alum
Oliveoil (possible monopoly for Sicily)
Fruit
Wax
Honey (possible monopoly for Kiev, freeing slaves for general use)
Glass
Horses
Incense (possible monopoly for Khwarezm)

So, we'll go with the top 5 of those for our new resources. If you have another suggested resource, pick other and post the idea here.

[kepper]

My vote go to :
Steel
Cattle
Leather
Horses
Oliveoil

[Pelican Man]

My vote definetely goes to:

Steel
Leather
Glass
Horses
Incense

[ciciocle]

i vote for cattle, wax, incense, glass, oliveoil

[Averroës]

Thanks all.

Keep those votescoming in, everyone. The more votes, the better the results. Everyone's vote counts.

And, please, if anyone has any ideas for other resources feel free to speak up.

[jetlee81]

wat about china tea pearls diamon gems ect??

[Averroës]

Good suggestions. They would pretty much all come down the Spice Road, though, except for gems.

Pearls and diamonds etc. could be condensed down into gems, and there is an existing graphic we might use from MTW1 and/or RTW - I think. Or are the MTW1 graphics not easily converted into the files for M2TW?

Tea could be one of the eastern faction Spice Road imports. In fact we could just use the existing tobacco graphics?

China would be porcelain? I'm not too certain if porcelain was traded much in the early eras. Once larger ships and thus more more easily cushioned cargos became available, the delicate imports like porcelain became popular. Porcelain doesn't travel well and so probably wasn't of much use to traders along the dangerous land routes. That's why things like silk and spices were so common on the trade routes - they could be transported in bulk and were worth many times their weight in gold at the end of the journey.

[acegogo]

gfx will not be a problem if they need to be new

[Averroës]

I'm leaning towards saving these extra 5 resource slots for us when new factions are added. That way we won't run out of options when several new factions appear in the game, and can simply replace the rebel province resources with new monopoly resources in the new factions' provinces.