Trade Ship ?'s

[Fisherking]

It is interesting that some of you report 17 and 15 per ship.

Every time I have checked I am still getting 20 and 13.

It may be a very specific thing down to a single trade spot in a particular theater or it may be faction specific.

Perhaps it is the minor factions, which are usually AI controlled, that I have not yet played.

I guess we just need more examples.

[Ishmael]

It is interesting that some of you report 17 and 15 per ship.

Every time I have checked I am still getting 20 and 13.

It may be a very specific thing down to a single trade spot in a particular theater or it may be faction specific.

Perhaps it is the minor factions, which are usually AI controlled, that I have not yet played.

I guess we just need more examples.

Has anybody checked whether the number of current trade partners matters?

[anweRU]

As I mentioned before it depends on several factors, monopoly, difficulty level and some theaters are better than others. As Slaists said, for some rason Madagascar is better than Ivory Coast - you get one additional bale per ship after the first ship in MS vs IC.

PS: Corrections
I just loaded up a VH game and an H game. Here is what I found:
Madagascar Straits: Gives 15 bales per additional ship beyond first, regardless of difficulty level or monopoly status.
East Indies: Gives 17 bales per additional ship beyond first, regardless of difficulty level or monopoly status.

@ Ishmael: # of trade partners does not affect output. However, it does indirectly affect prices - i.e. the population that can buy your goods.