Contrary to Mark ideas, these would certainly upset the balance of the game.
> 1) Trade makes too much money
>
> I would like to lessen the amount of money made by trade. For those
> traders who use ocean routes, I feel some of the profit should be removed.
> Since port cities should be naturally larger and have more commerce, I
> feel that they should buy lower and sell higher than inland cities.
> I think that each port city should set their prices to reduce the profit
> from the trade route by 25%. If your trade route uses one port city, you
> should make 1500 profit, while if it uses two port cities, you should only
> make around 1000 profit.
Altough your ideas are covered with logic, that is not the issue here. What
will you do to those players who have invested most of their times in creating
ocean trade routes and even the very choice of their place of settlement has
been with those goals in mind?
> Not all of these thoughts are complimentary to each other, and some
> certainly would take a lot of additional thought to put in to the game.
> I would like to see some show up in g2, preferably before I get killed. I
> realize that it is not easy to set up a working global economy.
I doubt you'll see them in g2. I for once strongly object and I am pretty
sure I am not alone. If they were there from the start of the game I would be
all for it, but not put in the middle of an ongoing game.
Best Regards,
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Rogerio