Is it worth it to move my capital?

[HydroAC]

I'm playing as the Mamluks with the new patch and have enjoyed the new mechanics. I've never played the Mamluks before.

I started taking territory down the eastern coast of Africa to start a Trading Company for the extra merchant. But...I can't. A bit of research shows that you can't create a trading company on the same continent as your capital.

Well, that that is an unwelcome lesson in game mechanics.

Changing my capital to Constantinople will cost me 700 admin. Even generating 13 admin a month this will take 4.5 years. Ouch.

Is worth it to move my capital? I'd get 3 African Trade Companies for my investment, and Constantinople is a good area for a capital for institution spread.

Advice?

 

[Aepdneds]

If you are going to expand into India I would say yes. Haven't played since the new patch though...

 

[bly08]

Are you sure it'll take 700 adm? Did you develop your capital?

 

[HydroAC]

Yes, it will take 700 admin to move my capital to Constantinople. I did develop Cairo to work on printing press. I have had quite a bit extra of military MP to dump in the last 10 years (1560), so right now Cairo has 53 development vs Constantinople with 30.

I have 1 TC in western India, and it has made a huge difference at my home trade node in Constantinople.

 

[bly08]

Spend all your mil/dip into developing Constantinople to decrease the admin cost of moving; preferably after another institution has spawned and before you've embraced.

The cost vs. dev difference for moving capitals is listed here:

https://eu4.paradoxwikis.com/Capital

 

[Parapluman]

That's 233 mana per merchant.
Still cheaper than if you had taken the trade idea group.

 

[HydroAC]

bly08 - that is an awesome idea!

Printing Press institution spawned in Italy and has just spread to the Balkans, so investing surplus in MP in Constantinople is a net plus for the institution spread and for lowering the admin cost of moving my capital.

Plus, my Sultan about ready to "Promote Greeks in Government", lowering all Power costs by 5% for a year. I'll queue this up for coring, tech (as necessary), and investing MPs and DPs in development in Constantinople.

Para - you are right, of course. With TCs I've cooled considerably on Trade ideas. I can get TC merchants petty steadily in Africa and India and eventually Indonesia with TCs alone, and more merchants still with colonies. My next Idea group will be Exploration (currently have Admin, Quantity, and Humanist) so I can grab colonies in Indonesia, Africa, and later the Americas.

 

[AnssiA]

You can also exploit Cairo's development once, saves another ~50 mana. You even get some nice stuff back!

 

[Badesumofu]

Be aware that TC merchants are buggy currently. You won't actually get the merchant if you own any downstream TCs that don't themselves have merchants.

Still better to have capital in Europe because 0 LA land from TCs is super-OP.

 

[thecryptile]

I'd move.

 

[atwix]

yes, move.

expanding into spice isles/india and settin up trade chain from malacca to india to basra into aleppo and constantinople is just crazy boomdollar, manpower etc thanks to trade companies.

 

[atwix]

yes, move.

expanding into spice isles/india and settin up trade chain from malacca to india to basra into aleppo and constantinople is just crazy boomdollar, manpower etc thanks to trade companies.