Potential patch idea....

[Jambo]

Yes, in the late game there really isn't any point in occupying or enslaving the population. Plus the best option then also gives you the best financial reward - hardly a difficult decision. If the financial rewards were reversed then this would help towards making this decision a little more challenging..

E.g.
Occupying:
High financial reward + difficult to control high population town.

OR

Exterminating:
Low financial reward + small, easy to control profitable town.

[CBR]

Does trade income have anything to do with population? IMO it should. You should get lots of money if you loot and pillage a city but the income from it should be low afterwards.


CBR

[Kraxis]

Yeah... it doesn't make sense that a small population can trade as much as a very large one. I mean how much can they buy, how much can they sell and how much can they produce? Apparently quite a lot. And then it is strange that their effectiveness falls as the population grows.