How is "most valuable trade node" calculated?

[Karabas1543]

Hey guys,

I have the biggest trade node by "total" value on the ledger and it's a few years before 1600, but the institutions menu is showing that my trade node is NOT the most valuable in the world.

So how is this "most valuable" label calculated? Is it by total value? Or total minus outgoing? Or something else.

I have 9 ducats outgoing, so that might be the reason.

 

[tnlyons]

I believe total retained by the node. So if you're leaking some or some is being transferred out it won't be the richest despite possibly having the highest gross income. I'm a trade newb though so that's just from everything I've seen during my playthroughs.

 

[Ironside121]

It's the current value of the node, incoming and outcoming taken into account, but oddly enough the Institutions screen seems to be wrong quite often. I've observed that it will always be the one with the highest value. I just use the trade mapmode to check values.

 

[heliostellar]

Well, it's in China about half the time for me... annoying.

 

[Bouchart]

A lot depends on how effective the colonizers are. If a lot of the new world is colonized it'll probably show up in Genoa.

 

[makaramus]

A lot depends on how effective the colonizers are. If a lot of the new world is colonized it'll probably show up in Genoa.

england is colonizer too so in your case its english trade node

 

[Bouchart]

england is colonizer too so in your case its english trade node

England often colonizes the Northeast Atlantic area, which isn't valuable. Iberians go for the Ivory Coast and Caribbean areas. Those bring in a lot of money.

 

[SantoshKashyap]

Well, it's in China about half the time for me... annoying.

(1.24) And Constantinople half of the other half......

 

[Karabas1543]

Thanks guys. London got it in my game, which is consistent with the total minus outgoing formula. I had the top overall, but not with the outgoing trade. Those darn Bengalis stealing from my Malacca trade.

 

[heliostellar]

(1.24) And Constantinople half of the other half......

LOL:

 

[stnylan]

In my game (albeit under 1.22) I have had it spawn in Lubeck, which I thought quite fun.