Trade agreements, diplomacy issues

[Fanest]

Trade agreements are practically impossible to get u can be deep in green relations and still not possible, seems that diplomacy is suffering same issues as RTW2 at the beginning. Apart from non-aggression pact i found that small nations (1 province) cant expect to get anything else no matter their relations.

Another thing are sea trade routes. Why for example ERE which has trade ports in Red Sea cant trade with that desert nation in southern Egypt and why Sassanids can? CA should really look into these issues i think.

[RGA]

People should stop thinking trade agreements as free money. They are ways to control strategically important resources. Having a trade agreement with you means they have to share their resources, allowing you to build certain buildings that increase your power.

Once you get bigger, you often automatically acquire more resources. Now the deal is more profitable for them and they are thus more inclined.

[craziii]

People should stop thinking trade agreements as free money. They are ways to control strategically important resources. Having a trade agreement with you means they have to share their resources, allowing you to build certain buildings that increase your power.

Once you get bigger, you often automatically acquire more resources. Now the deal is more profitable for them and they are thus more inclined.

the trade agreements should exclude the resources consideration. as it is a natural progression of good diplomatic relations. strategic resources should have their own trade sub menu in the diplomacy screen. voila, easily added more depth to the trade/diplomacy part of the game.

[Aeratus]

Having a trade agreement with you means they have to share their resources, allowing you to build certain buildings that increase your power.

I don't think this is correct. You have to own the resource yourself in order to meet the requirements for the high end buildings. Having a trade partner with the resource does not seem to count.

[Fanest]

I agree trade should eventually be revamped current state is just so unnatural.

[Bramborough]

I can see RGA's point, and I don't get overly annoyed when I get rebuffed on trade when I don't have any resources to offer. It is irritating, however, when I do acquire a couple of resources and neutral/friendly nations still adamantly refuse to trade, even when such agreement would obviously be to mutual benefit or even to their advantage.

[Fashbinder]

As ERE, subjugate dacia(gepids) for its iron node. Cant establish trade route

[Generaal Van Heutsz]

It's probably because the cai is programmed to first thwart the player instead on considering its own interest first