How on earth do you start a trade route?

[ReichLivesMatter]

In Endless Space you had to do something like not be at war and have discovered a system owned by the other player/AI (so you know where to trade to) in order for an open trade route to go there.

In Endless Legend I have 2 free trade routes and stumbled upon one of the AI's cities. I have no trade route going and there is no option to negotiate a trade route (only war, close borders, compliment, etc) nor do I see the option on the research tree.

How do you get them going?

[meiam]

I think you need to be at peace and they need to have road to your city.

[Ekko Tek]

Research Imperial Roads in the 2nd Era and then add Right of Way to the build queue of each city you want on the trade route.

[ReichLivesMatter]

Ah ha. Ok that makes more sense.

No way I would have figured that out anytime soon.

Thanks

[Cat]

The other faction needs that technology and Right of Way built too in order for cross faction trade to occur so it's very random. Rely on your own provinces trading with one another.

[Boardwalker]

More information about trade routes is here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=316741234

[FergieJ]

Originally posted by Night Cat:

The other faction needs that technology and Right of Way built too in order for cross faction trade to occur so it's very random. Rely on your own provinces trading with one another.

They really should fix this, maybe if you only have the road you get 50-75% of what it sould be.... it is really hard to setup a good trade network when all of the AI do very little to actully expand their cities....

how many times have you walked up to an AI capital and seen them have 1 burrow added?