Merchants: Suggested tactic's and deployment area's

[Shahed]

This is all too complicated and time consuming for me. I played entire games making tons of cash without ever using merchants.

Unless I have a quick access to Timbuktu, I don't use merchants at all. And even when you control the entire Timbuktu/Arguin region with skilled(but not maxed) merchants on every resources, it only generates the same amount of money as one good large city.

Using ONE merchant on all of the most profitable resources can net you well in excess of 15K/turn, and more.

Arguin/Timbuktu have net me about 10k/turn. If you dominate the most profitable resources it pays.
Not just arg/tim resources but all, amber, silk, spices etc.



Anyone get that joke ? It's your merchant IN TIMBUKTU !!!!