Has anyone tried building one of the canals?

[Corvus_Alt1]

I'm curious to see what happens when you build one, how long it takes, etc. I want to bild one myself, but alas I'm playing Great Britain and it'll be a while before I acquire any of the territories necessary to build one. Sigh. I'm really kicking myself hard for selling Panama to my Mexican colony.

[Bandit17]

I'm currently building one in Holstien so I'll let you know how it goes. It will take about 10 years to finish and I have been getting events where I need to pay admin costs or accept the canal will take longer to finish.

[Corvus_Alt1]

Okay, I look forward to seeing the results of your hard labor! Also, since I happen to be sitting on a ton of cash and super-Denmark is my vassal, do you suppose that if I gave them 20000 ducats that they'll take the decision to start building the canal?

[izfariel]

I built the suez canal in my latest game as spain, it's a huge sink of gold and power. Was disapointed to watch random nations who I had no treaty with use my shiny new shortcut as if they we're an ally.
Also it doesn't add any extra gold (yeah lets build a huge canal then let everyone use it free of charge, even if we hate them). Still it's a whole lot shorter than sailing all the way around africa, would not spend the time and effort on the one in Holstien since it shaves only a few days/weeks off a journey.

[Bandit17]

Izfariel, I agree Holstein is not a smart investment but like Corvus917 I was sitting on a ton of cash and wanted to see how the new canal mechanics worked.

Corvus917, I doubt Denmark would build one but you never know. If you're super rich and don't want to wait until you integrate Denmark than it could be interesting to see if Denmark would build it or not.

[Corvus_Alt1]

Eh, worth a shot I suppose. I've got 52000 ducats in my treasury, so once Denmark has hit admin tech 26, I'll send them the biggest gift they've ever received. I just really hope they build it.

[Bandit17]

The events really get crazy and the expenses can really add up if the builder doesn't want to add build time to the canal. So if you can get Denmark to build it than that could save you a lot of headache in Monarch Power costs.

[Bandit17]

It took about 15 years but the Kiel Canal has been finished! The trade power in the province jumped from 7.7 to 48.3:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=267336214

[Aaelar]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Bandit17:

It took about 15 years but the Kiel Canal has been finished!

Have you tested the mechanics out? I'm assuming you can move ships through it, but can other nations as well? If so, then can they do so if you are at war with them?

[Bandit17]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Captain47:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Bandit17:

It took about 15 years but the Kiel Canal has been finished!

Have you tested the mechanics out? I'm assuming you can move ships through it, but can other nations as well? If so, then can they do so if you are at war with them?

I can move ships through but haven't seen any others pass through. I pretty much dominate the entire Baltic region so there are not too many foreign ships in the area anymore friendly or foe.

Izfariel above stated that he saw nuetral ships pass through his Suez Canal but I haven't heard about or seen enemy ships passing through yet.

[izfariel]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Bandit17:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Captain47:

Have you tested the mechanics out? I'm assuming you can move ships through it, but can other nations as well? If so, then can they do so if you are at war with them?

I can move ships through but haven't seen any others pass through. I pretty much dominate the entire Baltic region so there are not too many foreign ships in the area anymore friendly or foe.

Izfariel above stated that he saw nuetral ships pass through his Suez Canal but I haven't heard about or seen enemy ships passing through yet.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=267384090

Damn mamluks get your own canal.

[Aaelar]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=267384090 Damn mamluks get your own canal.

Do you know if the Mamluks could still use the canal if they were at war with you? I know that those were the features in Victoria 2, that anyone could use the canal unless they were at war with the controller, I'm just wondering if they're identical here.

[izfariel]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=267396074
*Deathstares canal controler*

[Bandit17]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von izfariel:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=267396074
*Deathstares canal controler*

Well that is a little unfair. Quick, line the canal with cannon!