About trade: merchant in home node

[iShurik]

Hi!

What's the point in having a merchant in your home node? You even lose the bonuses from transferig trade from other nodes. But the AI uses a Merchant in their home nodes.

 

[DKinator]

Using a merchant to collect increases the trade income in that node by 10%. It's typically worth collecting over steering early even in nodes that aren't your home.

 

[iShurik]

Ah I see, thank you. But I was suprised, that you lose your bonuses, from transfering trade from other nodes (0-10% per node), when you have a merchant in the home node. Is this WAD?

 

[Schmoekoeksklok]

Ah I see, thank you. But I was suprised, that you lose your bonuses, from transfering trade from other nodes (0-10% per node), when you have a merchant in the home node. Is this WAD?

Yes, it is, though I don't really see a reason for it.