[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#12266) patch: supporting variable numbers of trade routes

["Benoit Hudson" <bh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=12266 >

On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 04:33:36PM -0800, Jason Short wrote:
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> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=12266 >
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> Christian Knoke wrote:
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> > I don't. I think trade routes have some interesting aspects. I take them as
> > a reward for building big cities and good infrastructure.
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> You could get an equivalent reward (minus the one-time gold bonus) with 
> a building that gave +100% trade and took 200 shields to construct.

Under the current rules, the one-time bonus is about equal to the value
of the long-term trade, if you're establishing a new trade route between
nearby cities.  If you're replacing an old one, or establishing a new
route between distant cities, the one-time bonus dwarfs the trade
benefit.  Also, caravans are the only way to convert production into
bulbs.

        -- Benoît