In what Trade Company Investment should one spend his ducats?

[Frekles]

What's your strategy for Trade Company Investment?
How do you usually spend your ducats?

What are the investments that don't worth it (in any/most case)?
And which ones really matter?

In the ones that really matter:
What are the necessary conditions that a province must have?
(like: produce a particular product, have a certain amount of manpower, of trade value or of trade power)


Thanks in advance

[Tasty Bunny]

Well, the investment that increases trade power is quite usefull, especially when trade power competition is fierce and your 50% status is in danger.

One of 1000 investment which gives you +0.2 mil tradition is must have investment if you have some spare money.

Personally, any other investment isn't worth the money

[Mr.M]

Originally posted by Tasty Bunny:

Personally, any other investment isn't worth the money

Nah.

Number 1 for early on when you just reached India is the trade power one, since it gives a flat trade power for each province of a state and basically turns them all into trade centers.

Number 2 for money is the one that gives +50% Prod and +0.3 trade goods - should be obvious why. Once you control most of each trade company this ones is the most important for income.

Number 3 is the unique one that gives 0.1 army tradition (not 0.2) and +10% trade value.


Tho you should only build them in best OR largest states for maximum efficiency.

[corisai]

Depending on area - +50% tax income can be nice too.

[Tasty Bunny]

Originally posted by MrMonokel2000:

Number 2 for money is the one that gives +50% Prod and +0.3 trade goods - should be obvious why. Once you control most of each trade company this ones is the most important for income.

Usually I don't care about that much because it need too much time to return me base investment, like, far more than one hundred year in severe case. So I often neglect it until I'm literally sit on pile of gold and decide random investment everywhere just for fun.

Originally posted by MrMonokel2000:

Number 3 is the unique one that gives 0.1 army tradition (not 0.2) and +10% trade value.

Lol I thought it's 0.2. Guess I should re-evaluate it then. Thx for notice

[Mr.M]

Originally posted by Tasty Bunny:

Originally posted by MrMonokel2000:

Number 2 for money is the one that gives +50% Prod and +0.3 trade goods - should be obvious why. Once you control most of each trade company this ones is the most important for income.

Usually I don't care about that much because it need too much time to return me base investment, like, far more than one hundred year in severe case. So I often neglect it until I'm literally sit on pile of gold and decide random investment everywhere just for fun.

Manufactories: 500 gold, +1 trade good
Workshop: 100 gold, +50% Production

Together 600 gold. In a state with 4 provinces you get a total of 1.2 trade goods and 200% production (since its in 4 provinces) for the same price of 1 manufactory and 1 workshop. Of course, this doesnt necessarily makes it better since the +0.3 trade goods will get spread out over different trade goods whereas the manufactory concentrates it in 1 (which can make a decent difference with 2.00 vs 4.00 price), you still get rather easily the same amount of gold for the same amount spent tho.

On top of that the Trade Company investment is instant whereas the manufactory has an (relatively) absurd building time.

Originally posted by corisai:

Depending on area - +50% tax income can be nice too.

The gain is significantly less than with the +0.3 trade goods/ +50% prod tho. At the point where you have built all the important trade company investments in your provinces you basically dont need the gold anymore to build the + tax one too.

[Tasty Bunny]

Originally posted by MrMonokel2000:

Manufactories: 500 gold, +1 trade good
Workshop: 100 gold, +50% Production

Together 600 gold. In a state with 4 provinces you get a total of 1.2 trade goods and 200% production (since its in 4 provinces) for the same price of 1 manufactory and 1 workshop. Of course, this doesnt necessarily makes it better since the +0.3 trade goods will get spread out over different trade goods whereas the manufactory concentrates it in 1 (which can make a decent difference with 2.00 vs 4.00 price), you still get rather easily the same amount of gold for the same amount spent tho.

On top of that the Trade Company investment is instant whereas the manufactory has an (relatively) absurd building time.

You are right.

I found out I had completely messed up info about this TC investment.
For some reason I didn't even remember that 0.3 good produces bonus of broker brance :P