Planet building limits and commerce building queries

[BlakesSanctum]

Hey guys,

After not playing IG2 for 15yrs I'm really rusty on a few things and could use some help lol

1. After playing a whole lot of IG1 lately I'm rather shocked to come into IG2 & see that heaps of the buildings don't get locked/greyed out no matter how many I build! Are there actually any limits on any of the buildings or is it basically build as many as your pop & planet space will allow?
Because I'm already picturing making planets with like 20 meason guns & fortresses lmao!!!

2. Is there any benefit to building more than one trade centre, trade depot, and bank? Surely their bonuses dont stack/multiply otherwise you could build like 20 trade centres and make a epic load of cash lol.

3. I've been reading FAQ guides for exact building specs and have seen some weird differences on the trade depot. Some guides say that they just give you access to the trade purchase screen and nothing more (but then what would be the point in building more than 1 for your entire empire?). While another just says +100% revenue (implying its twice as good as a bank??). Then another says it attracts more trade ships to your colonies. No one seems to be saying the same thing lol so what the hell does this building actually do lmao?

[ucmlost]

1. You can build as much as you have money, energy, and space for.
2. One brings the traders in and the other provides a bonus for each trader. I believe the port is the larger one and you only need one. The trade centre gives bonus credits for each trader visit.
3. Build a single port and as many centres as you can afford. If you have 5 centres you get 25k per vist and if you ahve 10 centres you get 50k per visit.
It's been a long time since I really played, so I can't remember that much about the bank and how it affects everything else. It states it will increase the per vist fee by 50%. I just don't know if it stacks with the per fee visit. You'll have to test it out.

[BlakesSanctum]

Thanks man. Wow.. lots of extra trade centres here we come lol

[Pleb]

Trade centres does not stack...

[BlakesSanctum]

lol great it's like reading the faq's and walkthroughs all over again. Which one of you all is right lol??

I've doubled a couple of trade centres but my empire is so huge now I can't tell any difference.

[Pleb]

i have played about 100 in steam version this is what i know=
-No building limit / pop limit
-Trade centres DOES NOT STACK
-Planetary guns are not useful , best planetary defense are ground units(so no one can invade planet)
-Bank gives a little bonus to TAX and increases trade reveune by %50
-Trade ports lets you buy different race ships , which even can have superweapons like destructor ray + it says to be attracts trade ships , but nope i am pretty sure its not effects trade ships , i had a trade port in main planet , but most of the trade ships were going to new-colonized planets

[priamossz]

by the way trade centres do stack, i played a lot of shinari and i build as many trade centres as i can with a bank and a spaceport and I rarely ever collected tax at all, 99% of the time tax were on 0 and relied on trade revenue only with 10m+ available credit.

[Pleb]

let me test it mate , and will soon write here as SOLARIAN

[Pleb]

My whole life has been a lie............
my god it stacks , and all that hard dificult against krahen rap-e.... i want to cry

[priamossz]

:P you're welcome

[BlakesSanctum]

good thing i hadn't destroyed those extra centers yet haha.. thanks guys.

[Pleb]

thanks to priamossz

[Professional Gamer]

I might have to reinstall IG2 in light of this new information. Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.

Banks don't stack though do they?

[Pleb]

i just started a new game have putted 4 trade center , first 30 min profit of 200k credit , I dont think that banks stack , but trade centers stacks... ez win..