Looking for best trade faction!

[Raynor]

As the title says I'm looking for a trade faction. I'm not using any mods that change the factions starting bonuses.

[𝘼𝙢𝙢𝙤_𝙁𝙤𝙭]

Charthage, Massilia, and Baktria. All of which start out with commerce bonuses.

[LAG]

Originally posted by Ammo_Fox:

Charthage, Massilia, and Baktria. All of which start out with commerce bonuses.

carthage have the largest territory and most resources, but are spread out all over the place and is a moderatly hard faction to play.

massila is considerably easier but only starts out with one capital city.

bacteria got it's east flank covered, is easy to play as but is landlocked.

so make your pick.

[Raynor]

Thanks LAG for the info. :)

[bbolto]

Best bonuses or easiest to trade with? I can tell you that trading with Carthage and Bactria early on is a very limited proposition – Carthage because they don't share culture with anybody but their client states and don't have trading resources, Bactria because they're landlocked in the corner of the map – Bactria's commerce bonus serves to counterbalance their lack of trade more than it does to augment it.

Massilia has much better traits for trading: a diplomatic bonus, a port, and once you take over your home province, a resource to trade! This is what makes an early trading powerhouse. Pontus is also very good for trading early. To a lesser extent, Cimmeria and maybe Athens if you can grab Apollonia early. They don't have a diplomatic bonus but they are Greek with no maluses which is the next best thing. Galatia and the Arverni are also pretty good at establishing trade once they get a few settlements.

[Delacourt '27]

If you are looking for best trade income factions, previously suggested factions are good, and disregard the next sentence.

If you are looking for best trade victory factions, those are the worst factions.

[puupke]

Iceni, everyone wants to trade with iceni.