Re: How big is your trade fleet?

**Turbo** · 04-06-2008, 11:22 PM

Dont feel bad Iron I only have 5. But I am new so I am trying not to expand to fast.

**UnDeaD** · 04-06-2008, 11:23 PM

I've been rolling with 18 for a couple weeks.

**Tarenth** · 04-07-2008, 05:45 AM

This isn't really an 'e-peen meter' per say, but a gauge of how much inter-colony commerce you do.

Example: I'm constantly shipping 3000 wood from my 'inactive pillaging colony' to my marble colony to dump all that wood into the quarry for upgrading. That's 10 ships a trip and 4 more to send 600 wine to my marble and wine colonies with another 4 to send 600 marble from my marble to the wine and crystal. Of my 25 ships 18 at constantly at sea with 7 full of goods from the inactive I pillage on my island.

25 ships vanish so fast. -.-

**Skylark** · 04-15-2008, 07:13 PM

21. I just buy new ones when I've got zero left.

**206 Wolfpack** · 04-15-2008, 07:43 PM

I got 1.. Havent really understood the point of having them yet (beginner), I dont have any colonies yet and just got my town leveled up to 4 where all the resources are starting to come into play.. My thoughts are that Imma try and get a colony on a wine island, just have good trade within my 2 cities trading with only TGA members for marble and sulfur. This sound like a good plan? My island has crystal on it and so far im stable enough for resources but happyness isnt good..

Edit: just updated it to 5, still havent used a single one yet though..

**Augustus Gloop** · 04-15-2008, 07:46 PM

I have 23 ships, and when I run two pillage operations at once, 14 of them disappear. If I add a third, they're all gone. I need more but they cost so much!

**Sarcoma** · 04-15-2008, 08:38 PM

I have 10 and it is not enough. I think 20-25 would be better but i cant afford'em.

Sarcoma

**Switch** · 04-15-2008, 09:48 PM

It's not the size of your trade fleet, its the motion in the ocean.

**El_Gringo_Grande** · 04-16-2008, 12:05 AM

I have 19 on the .org server. I did fine with 12 for a long time. But then I had to start redistributing the goods because my warehouses where running out. And of course the wine had to be distributed constantly.

On the .com server I have 13. That only came about because I created a colony and that used up the 7, found a good deal on crystal and had to by 4 then had to transport some wine so had to by a couple more. Usually I only need about 9 at any one time except in emergencies.

**KillDaddy** · 04-16-2008, 12:45 AM

25 on both .com and .org now.

**Tarenth** · 04-16-2008, 12:51 AM

I have 30 now and when I see someone selling 5000 marble 6 islands away with my trading post for 10g each that number seems insufficient too when you factor in pillages and inter-colonial trade of staples. -.-;

**Nero** · 04-16-2008, 05:54 AM

Originally Posted by Fenian420

I got 1.. Havent really understood the point of having them yet (beginner), I dont have any colonies yet and just got my town leveled up to 4 where all the resources are starting to come into play.. My thoughts are that Imma try and get a colony on a wine island, just have good trade within my 2 cities trading with only TGA members for marble and sulfur. This sound like a good plan? My island has crystal on it and so far im stable enough for resources but happyness isnt good..

Edit: just updated it to 5, still havent used a single one yet though..

THIS is what you should be doing with 'em. It looks like I'm on some big war rampage, but most of these are inactives, and the others are fools with 0 military score.

**Rincewind** · 04-16-2008, 04:06 PM

I have 28 and it seems like they're always gone.

**MDFubar** · 04-16-2008, 04:11 PM

LOL, I have 199 combat reports in the last 10 days, my 24 cargo ships are almost always moving.

**FYAH29** · 04-17-2008, 12:14 AM

Bought my 20th today when I noticed that swapping stuff between my colonies, and undergoing a buying spree trying to upgrade my palace took all 19.

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