TRADE - resources

Panag · February 17, 2002, 14:21

Hello ,

should cattle and wheat become a "trade" resource like in Civ2 ,
including to other civ's and should you not be able to select the city it goes to ?

Example in real life , the UsA sell's to RussiA

have a nice day/night

The Andy-Man · February 17, 2002, 18:17

yeah, there was a topic bout this in strategy a while ago. i think surplus food shol be spread around, i mean, surely arizona isnt a nicley irrigate land that can feed itself....

Panag · February 28, 2002, 15:55

should it also not be an option as wheter or not to give a certain unit , lets say a spearman to you allies , but letssay with or without the tech ,in this case iron working , like in civ 2 , only there if you would give a unit , by default the would get the tech

have a nice day , while playing civ

Optimizer · February 28, 2002, 16:04

I had got an idea that cities connected by rail should have a shared food storage.

Panag · February 28, 2002, 16:07

Quote:

Originally posted by Optimizer
I had got an idea that cities connected by rail should have a shared food storage.

NOW , that is an idea !!!

hmmm , like in civ 2 , kind of ?

have a nice day

challenge · March 6, 2002, 15:38

Frankly, any empire with surplus food on one end that couldn't send it to the less capable growing regions -- Such as Rome or Egypt would not grow to Empire status. I haven't found where this has been addressed, but it needs to be.

Panag · April 8, 2002, 07:00

Quote:

Originally posted by challenge
Frankly, any empire with surplus food on one end that couldn't send it to the less capable growing regions -- Such as Rome or Egypt would not grow to Empire status. I haven't found where this has been addressed, but it needs to be.

hi ,

TRUE

on top , one should decide up to a limit where food goes !

tried to make it a stategic resource but forget it , no possible , grrrrrr .

have a nice day

Optimizer · July 22, 2002, 19:10

Food is bulky and fragile. Transporting it across an empire should require an advanced transportation network.

N. Machiavelli · July 22, 2002, 19:59

Yes, but Rome, the largest Empire for many centuries, handled it beautifully. The Meditteranean was it's secret. Rome had massive 'super-tanker' food transports that were the largest vessels on earth until the trans-atlantic steamers of the 19th century. Imagine thousands of these ships entering and leaving the harbors each day.