Quote Originally Posted by Prodigal View Post
Something about trade routes.

Still finding my feet so haven't tried this on H/H or higher yet, but in the first turn send all your ships out to the trade routes, while building indiamen in port, by turn 3 you should be able to disperse your fleet & take up alot of the trade route ports, then steadily replace them with indiamen freeing up your original navy. In the early stages grabbing as many slots as you can without having to attack anyone helps the cash flow.
I have done that. I own most trade spots on the Ivory coast and Madagascar and some on the other trade theaters. I never put twenty ships on a spot because after a certain time or amount of Indiamen the world prices were beginning to drop. Now they are up again and since I am stinking rich (around 1750) I don't need those extra ships.