[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [PATCH] correct the value of trade routes

["Mike Jing" <miky40@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tony Stuckey <stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm not going to disagree with your sources for the math, but I am
> going to disagree with your conclusion!  It is absolutely worth
> establishing trade routes!  2-3 trade income over 200 or more turns
> more than pays for the cost of building the caravan in the first place.
I am merely pointing out tha fact that hardly anybody would bother to do 
that, at least in games I have seen, and that the benefit is much smaller 
than I have seen in Civ2.
As for the sources, one of them can be found at:

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ2scrolls.shtml#Trade

I have also checked the Apolyton Civilization Site Forums.  It seems that 
the formula is not exact, but certainly close enough for the purpose of 
Freeciv, considering that we have ignored several other factors used in 
Civ2.  The upshot of all this is that the multipling factors are applied 
incorrectly in Freeciv.  And I think it's important to fix it.
Mike

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