Trade Goods

[anofalye]

Simple question: When you trade a trade goods, you still have the benefit or you where dumb enought to trade all and keep none?

If you still have the benefit, can you multiple trade it? You alone to trade it? All can acquire from you?

I always try to get all races to trade me whatever trade goods they have, and give none of mine...should I change that?

Ano

[Finarfin]

You get to keep the benefit of those you build, but can also trade the benefit to others. You have exclusive distribution of it.

[Harry Seldon]

So if you trade it to a civ, they can't give it to their allies?

[stonewall]

Think of it like this:

You invent a new product - Ultra Spices. You then patent that product. Now nobody else is allowed to make Ultra Spices except you. However, for a fee, you will allow someone else to manufacture their own as long as they do not share it with anyone else.

For example, you trade Ultra Spices to the Arceans. They can now make their own and get the benefits but they are not allowed to trade it to anyone else - only you can trade it since you own the patent.

[Harry Seldon]

I never knew that. I could have bailed myself out of so many nasty situations if I wouldn't have been worried about enemy civs reaping the benefits of my minor civ trades.

[anofalye]

Thank you for clearing that point, I was so confused on this topic!

Ano

[muxec]

Originally posted by stonewall
Think of it like this:

You invent a new product - Ultra Spices. You then patent that product. Now nobody else is allowed to make Ultra Spices except you. However, for a fee, you will allow someone else to manufacture their own as long as they do not share it with anyone else.

For example, you trade Ultra Spices to the Arceans. They can now make their own and get the benefits but they are not allowed to trade it to anyone else - only you can trade it since you own the patent.

****ed up copyrighters... They still think, that everybody should obey copyright and should not copy GalCiv. Even an example added inside the game.