Trade Company Nations

[Morian]

Is there a way to allow country that doesn't get the ability to make trade companies, to actually make trade companies? I was having a lot of fun playing as the Mamluks in the new expansion, but I was disappointed to find out I can't make trade companies. I had finally gotten to east African trade region and found my goal of making the Mamluks a huge trade nation was never going to happen.

 

[Lysenko]

You can't make trade companies in regions on the same continent as you. You'll be able to make trade companies in Asian trade company regions. Alternatively, move your capital to Europe to have access to all the trade company regions.

 

[gigau]

I think the "connection to capital" limit is one you can't circumvent.

Try giving away province(s) to break that connection ?

 

[Morian]

I will check it out then. Thanks for your replies. I didn't bother trying to move into Asia when I saw I couldn't do anything in east Africa.

 

[Badesumofu]

I think the "connection to capital" limit is one you can't circumvent.

Try giving away province(s) to break that connection ?

I don't believe there is any such limit for making TCs. You just can't make them on your home continent. In my last WC as France I was still making TCs and adding land to them well after I got a direct land connection into India and China (in order to tank Ming's mandate).

I'd advise you to move your capital into Europe (I hear Constantinople makes a good capital, EU4 treats Anatolia as Europe). I'd also say you should look to conquer as much of India as you can ASAP because that land is super-rich and you shouldn't have any trouble directing all the trade value back to your home node.

 

[iquabakaner]

I'm playing as Mamluks as well. You can easily move your capital to 'Europe' to start making TCs since Anatolia is counted as Europe. I developed Icel and moved capital there.

 

[Balkri]

Without leaving Cairo, the only companies you can't form are the ones from africa. If you move to Anatolia, or even better take Constantinople for yourself (you have to deal with the ottomans at some point any way) you can form all the trade companies.

I was extremly confused at first triying to create the zanzibar trade company to get the extra merchant, and all the post in redit I found where over a year old and with no definitive answer... but eventually got the information of "you can't create trade companies in your the same continent your capital is in"...
Info like that could be easier to find...

By the way, even If you don't colect trade there, that company in zanzibar really help to preven the europeans to steal your trade money from Aden and even malacca

 

[iquabakaner]

Zanzibar is just so lucrative. You can easily get 100% if you dominate South Africa before the Europeans get there.

 

[Parapluman]

Move your capital to Europe (to Constantinople for example) and you will be able to make trade companies in Africa and Asia.

 

[gigau]

I don't believe there is any such limit for making TCs. You just can't make them on your home continent. In my last WC as France I was still making TCs and adding land to them well after I got a direct land connection into India and China (in order to tank Ming's mandate).

Right, had the trigger mixed up.