East India Trade Route problem

[apocriphaA]

I have tried to get the in game bonus for the East Indian trade route, beating the whole Johore straights region out of Aceh, but I still don't have the bonus.
France has taken lower Sindh, and all the other regions are maritime.
Any thing I am missing to get that delicious +20% worldwide?

 

[Premu]

You also must have:
- The idea "Quest for the new world"
- Discovered the cape of good hope
- A maximum mercantilism of 35

Perhaps one of these is the reason you don't get this effect? You can check this in the triggered modifier screen, too.

 

[dionysus81]

Have you fullfilled all requirements?

East Indian Trade Route
Potential:
Number of ports is at least 1.
Capital scope: Has continent Europe.

Requirements:
Has discovered Cape of Good Hope.
Number of ports is at least 4.
NOT: Mercantilism is at least 0.3.
Has idea Quest For The New World.
Has technology group Western.
Capital scope: Has continent Europe.
Any active trade node: OR:
Province Straits of Johore.
Province Ganges Delta.
Province Lower Sind.
Province Comorin Cape.

Effect:
Global trade income modifier 0.2.

edit: argh .. ninja'ed

 

[hauptman]

There are two east india company modifiers.

The first one, requires holding land in the east indies... I like Sunda. That gives you extra trade power and a merchant.

The second, requires all listed above, with the exception that mercantilism cannot be over 30... By placing a merchant in ceylon, you gain an extra 20% income bonus, no biggie when your already at 120% from techs. I prefer more mercantilsm and not wasting a idea set on exploration myself.

 

[apocriphaA]

There are two east india company modifiers.

The first one, requires holding land in the east indies... I like Sunda. That gives you extra trade power and a merchant.

The second, requires all listed above, with the exception that mercantilism cannot be over 30... By placing a merchant in ceylon, you gain an extra 20% income bonus, no biggie when your already at 120% from techs. I prefer more mercantilsm and not wasting a idea set on exploration myself.

I fulfil all the criteria, except the merchant. Now I get it, I thought that I needed to own the provinces, all I needed to do was drop a merchant rather than bring fire and steel to Malaysians...
Thanks to all.

 

[Profane]

I fulfil all the criteria, except the merchant. Now I get it, I thought that I needed to own the provinces, all I needed to do was drop a merchant rather than bring fire and steel to Malaysians...
Thanks to all.

... idly wonders how many people have died throughout history because of slight misunderstandings like that

 

[Dupleix]

Hi all,
I'm trying to get that East India Trade bonus.
I still have to send a merchant to the right trade center, but the tooltip tells that I must own 4 ports ; that is the french translation, which is pretty poor, so I don't know if I really need ports (whatever that is... or only cosatal provinces.
But I'm owning 3 costal provinces in Europe, and many more (colonized) coastal provinces outside Europe, which should be far more that 4 in total.
So what do I really need to own to trigger that part of the event ?

thanks