Newbie Question: Neutal Races

[Grandpa Kim]

Originally posted by Arkcon:

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Originally posted by tbontob:

For example, if I my empire produces 3 times the resources of the neutral (say 60,000 vs 20,000)have a trade treaty with a Neutral and it reaches 20%, then the benefit I recieve is only 4,000 (20%x20,000) vs the benefit the neutal recieves of 12,000 (20%x60,000).

Hmm ... as I understood the manual, the trade alliance worked differently. You got 20 % of YOUR production. It wasn't trade with the AI per say, it's ment to reflect a boost to your production caused by the trade. I think that's how I've seen trade income reported in the empire window as well.

So in your example, the 20 % bonus would be 12,000 for you, 4,000 for the neutral.

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Sorry Arkcon, I'm quite sure tbontob has it right. The easy proof is that the trade amounts you get from your allies vary widely. If you were getting an amount based on your own production, you would get exactly the same amount from each ally-- at least once they all reached the 20% plateau.

Kim

[ August 17, 2002, 16:17: Message edited by: Grandpakim ]