Trade routes: Determining the best planet to set from.

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Does the planet you send the freighter out from have anything to do with the value of the route?  I know the distance, and I believe the target world affect the total route value.  In other words, do I want to send a freighter out from my best production worlds, or my best econ worlds.  I specialize, so my econ worlds have all stock markets on them. They have no social production.  Thanks.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I think the size of the planet and the distance between planets is what matters the most in calculating trade revenue. You could check out the manual, maybe there's a more complete explanation there.

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

When you say size, do you mean PQ, or population?  Population makes sense to me actually.  More people to "trade" with?

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I mean planet quality. It's very possible that population might also be a factor. Also, I believe a route becomes more profitable as more time passes since its establishment. I might be wrong. Read the manual.

A good rule of thumb is to just send all your freighters from your home planet, which has a good population and a decent PQ. Then you can build many economic starbases around it which will help its production and trade income, and they all stack up.

Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

If I produce a freighter at another planet can I send the freighter to my home world first so the trade route is established from there instead of where I built the ship?

 

EDIT - I'll answer myself since I found the answer in the next thread I looked at:

https://forums.galciv2.com/140375

 

So unless it has changed, the trade route will always be from where the freighter was built.   This disadvantages the super trader unfortunately since they can build trade ships from the start, but want to be building colony ships in the capital. 

Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Quoting Grashopa, reply 5
This disadvantages the super trader unfortunately since they can build trade ships from the start, but want to be building colony ships in the capital. 

Usually by the time you discover some good planets to trade with, the colonizable planets are already taken anyway, so don't pity the Korx.