Improving trade route costs 138 influence but max is 100.

[Ajundra]

Kinstone Abbey route lvl 6 costs 138 clergy influence. That's impossible to do.

[Feral Grumpicorn]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Level 2 25/13
Level 3 25/13
Level 4 62/31
Level 5 100/50
Level 6 275/138
Yet the other game I got to level 6 and it was only 68 or 69 cost.

The upgrade cost is proportional to the trade volume and the upgrade for lvl 3 should have been 50/25. So again the bug triggered for you, just earlier. If you had saved and loaded your game at that point you would have paid the correct value.

The other thing is I have not promoted my emissary to Prior in this new game.

While I suspect that it has something to do with the bailiff/emissary/courtier, I doubt its a promotion. My current theory is that is has something to do with building one of the offices or (re)assigning the job.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by Feral Grumpicorn:

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Level 2 25/13
Level 3 25/13
Level 4 62/31
Level 5 100/50
Level 6 275/138
Yet the other game I got to level 6 and it was only 68 or 69 cost.

The upgrade cost is proportional to the trade volume and the upgrade for lvl 3 should have been 50/25. So again the bug triggered for you, just earlier. If you had saved and loaded your game at that point you would have paid the correct value.

The other thing is I have not promoted my emissary to Prior in this new game.

While I suspect that it has something to do with the bailiff/emissary/courtier, I doubt its a promotion. My current theory is that is has something to do with building one of the offices or (re)assigning the job.

Well it was not a promotion, I just tried that a little bit ago.

However I did just notice something odd. I paid 350 bread to Northbury to upgrade the route level 7. The next time around it was only 250 bread for level 8 upgrade (just crossed 800 mark.) No special events, but I did spend more on labor splendor. since the last one, about 150 points worth......

..which that is the difference between this game and the last, I have not yet spent the 100+ splendor on the abattical church, and my emissary bonus for learning speed is way lower. So I am going to pump some splendor and see if that changes the cost.

[a*******ssetup]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Originally posted by Feral Grumpicorn:

The upgrade cost is proportional to the trade volume and the upgrade for lvl 3 should have been 50/25. So again the bug triggered for you, just earlier. If you had saved and loaded your game at that point you would have paid the correct value.


While I suspect that it has something to do with the bailiff/emissary/courtier, I doubt its a promotion. My current theory is that is has something to do with building one of the offices or (re)assigning the job.

Well it was not a promotion, I just tried that a little bit ago.

However I did just notice something odd. I paid 350 bread to Northbury to upgrade the route level 7. The next time around it was only 250 bread for level 8 upgrade (just crossed 800 mark.) No special events, but I did spend more on labor splendor. since the last one, about 150 points worth......

..which that is the difference between this game and the last, I have not yet spent the 100+ splendor on the abattical church, and my emissary bonus for learning speed is way lower. So I am going to pump some splendor and see if that changes the cost.

Good info Bored Peon. Let us know how it goes!

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by a*******ssetup:

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Well it was not a promotion, I just tried that a little bit ago.

However I did just notice something odd. I paid 350 bread to Northbury to upgrade the route level 7. The next time around it was only 250 bread for level 8 upgrade (just crossed 800 mark.) No special events, but I did spend more on labor splendor. since the last one, about 150 points worth......

..which that is the difference between this game and the last, I have not yet spent the 100+ splendor on the abattical church, and my emissary bonus for learning speed is way lower. So I am going to pump some splendor and see if that changes the cost.

Good info Bored Peon. Let us know how it goes!

Yeah I simply do not get it. like level 6 upgrade for one of the route was like 800 planks, then next thing I know it is only like 350 to upgrade.

It is almost like something trigger a cost reduction, and I think that cost reduction is happened early with Kinstone Abbey (since it showed the same cost twice in a row.)

This is what I have so far in levels and cost to next upgrade.
Northbury 8 (275 bread )
Myddle 6 (350 polished stone)
Davenport 7 (675 planks)
Trotbury 11 (450 tools)
Kinstone Abbey 5 (138 influence)
I did notice there seems to be a delay before a new upgrade offer is given.
Seems like a cost reduction hit at some point and it resets the costs depending on the current levels and why the costs are out of whack.
Like Northbury being lower than Davenport to upgrade and Trotbury being so cheap.

[Bored Peon]

So watching out for it today. I noticed the Kinstone Abbey level 5 upgrade costed 100(200) influence. Where the last game it was only 50(100) influence.

On a side note, the Castle Harbor upgrade was 63 (125) for the level 4 upgrade.

Which I am pretty sure there is some trigger for cost reduction in trade route upgrades. I have yet to figure out what that is exactly.