Shadowood wrote:I am not 100% opposed to the "Influence by trading" idea. But being a simple trader myself I thought I would weigh in...
I currently trade in ports that aren't owned by my nation. I have no desire to gain influence in these ports and I would think other simple traders would have the same feelings. I am a sailor who doesn't like to rock the boat savvy? I don't think I am alone in this.
The influence gain from trading would be small. You would have to transport and sell Hundreds of Millions of cargo to have an impact. With the suggested conversion rate of cargo to influence, for the best rate you would have to sell 70M cargo to earn 1M influence.