Solution : Add domestic competition for colonization

[Niptium]

The best example of this is England's colonial efforts. Unlike Spain or Portugal, the colonial settlements were headed by different companies/individuals, the Crown and even by some cities (the example of London being in charge of the colonization of Londonderry in Ireland or Amsterdam being in charge of New Amstel on the South River (Delaware) springs up to mind).

I, of course, am excited at the prospect of having Portugal being added up to the roster, but Firaxis shouldn't resort to ahistorical players such as Russia or Germany like AOE3 did. We could see domestic colonization being added to the crop just like the English colonies on the eastern North American seabord were real life competitors. Not only those other players would trade on the same market, this way making competition much more fierce for goods value, but it would also mean a brand new ball game as far as migrations are concerned, depending on the situation of your colonies, you would get a certain type of migrants. You settled on wet, luxurious, fertile land, you would attract lots of indentured servants and slaves to work on your field. It would even means that competition in-between colonies for migrants would bring new strategies.

[AoA]

An interesting thought that could increase the number of factions....corporate England vs. state England.

However, I do NOT want to be flooded with the worst settlers (indentured and slaves) just because I found some fertile land. Let someone else get them...give me Specialists only. Your way would balance out the benefits of good colony sites.

[Niptium]

Well Virginia had a FLOOD of white unqualified immigrants while New England's colonies had a more religious/agricultural and wealthy migrants in much more limited numbers (we are talking about 120k in Virginia and only 30k in New England during the 17th century. Still, the climactic and health conditions in New England made it that by the end of the century, these colonies were more populous than Virginia... So depending on the economical conditions (Virginia, in the first few decades, being fueled by the tobacco cash crop, had a social mobility that New England colonies didn't have) migration was conditionned.

In that sense, I'm just thinking, a system representing health should also be implemented... so that settlers in subtropical and tropical conditions should have a hard time adapting.

[Niptium]

That being said, I,m sorry if I seem overactive, but this game, I really mean it, I've been waiting for a sequel for more than a decade.