Which is Better

[Electric Mango]

OPTION 1

Aluminum, Coal, Fish, Furs, Iron, Lead, Lumber, Marble, Oil, Rubber, Water, Wheat

Bonus: Steel, Auto's, Beer, Asphalt, Construction, Scholars

OPTION 2

Aluminum Cattle Fish Iron Lumber Marble Pigs Spices Sugar Uranium Water Wheat

Bonus: Fast Food, Construction, Beer

I'm trying to convince someone to drop their trade circle for mine. I won't tell who's is who's until there is a winner.

Thanks,

Electric Mango

[ArgonV]

Eh.. Depends, what are you trying to do? Grow fast or cut costs or what?

I'm partial to #2, because that's what I've got

[myruler]

OPTION DOS(2)

[SFBlade]

I'm gonna have to go with option 2 even though I have more of option 1.

[Mirreille]

Those two sets have 7 resources and 2 bonus resources in common. You are really asking which is better of the two subsets:

1) Oil,rubber,lead,fur,coal and

2) cattle,pigs,sugar,spices,uranium

When I looked at the total happy + $$ bonuses for both those sets, they equal out at base +$19.50 gross each. The first set has some interesting bonuses, and a bit more infra cost/maintenace then the second, but the second has +11% population. In my opinion, the second set is a bit better. If the nations in question are nuclear powers, then I think the second set is definitely better.

[Kaiser]

Not really a point in making a poll for this as you'll only have ignorant people voting.

Option 2 is better.

[o ya baby]

Second set is better.

[tehfrr]

If you do all the math and account for population growth (rather than just taxes per citizen) the Fast Food, Construction, Beer set is superior. Not to mention with the increased population you will get your improvements faster which will lead to an even bigger advantage.

[Veritas]

Second option is better but not by much. Why do you have first in the first option though.

-Veritas

[commander thrawn]

well depends on what you have to start with.

And what you are trying to do.

[Syzygy]

set 2 is better, clearly.

Set 1 includes lead and furs, but even if you would exchange these for cattle and uranium/sugar (the best addons for the 5BG set), Set2 would STILL be better. Furs is only useful if you go for an FJ/AP setting, and lead is almost never useful, compared to other resources.

[Viluin]

Set 2 is better, but depending on your starting resources set 1 might be the only option.

Edited April 9, 2008 by Viluin

[Thorr]

I like my way of using option 2. I drop alum and marble and get gems and wine boosting my cash then I drop gems and wine for one day to get alum and marble and buy a ton of infra thus getting the savings on the infra purchasing then going back to gems and wine. The alum does give beer but beer doesn't compete with gems and wine. Marble gives only infra reduction thus only useful if you are buying infra.

So option 2 can give you basically 14 trades instead of just 12.

Edited April 11, 2008 by Thorr

[Gen Lee]

stealing members of trade circles is dishonorable....therefore null vote from me >:/

find your own trades!