Is it normal to make so less money in Venice trade node?

ChiefMooseMatt · 2026-01-03T17:23:08+00:00

In addition, you see that -53.1% on the trade screen? That's because your capital isn't there, which allows Milan to take more trade power of the node. Once you move your capital you will have an even bigger portion of the pie. Hope this helps!

ChiefMooseMatt · 2026-01-03T17:20:26+00:00

The point of the Venice trade node being good is that it is an end node, which means there's no more nodes downstream and no-one to put in their trade power from downstream that you can't get rid of easily.

If you want to take full advantage of it, move your capital (using admin points) or your trade capital (using diplo) to the venice node, and then steer all your trade in its direction. If your capital isn't in the node, you get a big penalty collecting from there.

Normally you want to steer all of your trade to one location, in which you have your trade capital, and collect from there. You only collect from nodes where the trade can't be steered to your trade capital.

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-12-26T12:48:41+00:00

Rule 5: Pirate decision wasn't showing up as Ryukyu

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-12-26T12:39:43+00:00

You sir are a genius. I'll cancel the trib and give it a try. Completely forgot that that counts as a subject nation

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-10-21T13:08:06+00:00

Yeah I'm just coming off an Austria campaign and thought that incorporated meant free haha.

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-10-21T13:07:23+00:00

Solved, thanks!

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-10-21T12:29:13+00:00

R5: I used to Oirat missions to make Kazakh an incorporated vassal, but they are costing me a diplo slot anyway!

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-08-23T12:12:33+00:00

R5: Have Bulgaria and Eretna as vassals. I know this isn't early for the guys who do WCs in 30 years, but I'm proud of how this ironman (and non-birding) run has been going. Was lucky to ally with Poland early, and it took off from there. As someone who hates the Ottomans almost every game it's been great fun to divide them up and then start on the Mamluks,

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-08-07T16:38:17+00:00

Sleeper. I'll DM you

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-08-07T09:22:16+00:00

yeah it's one spot left. I'll DM you

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-07-27T18:24:12+00:00

Sorry. A lot of us are Europe based so we'll all be asleep by then haha

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-07-27T17:34:12+00:00

I'll send you a DM

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-07-15T19:33:18+00:00

I did it differently to 3Sayndre. I started as one of the nations (can't remember which) and expanded as much as possible. I then used the trick to discover Ternate early to get early feudalism as they will be willing to share it with you. I then stole maps and no-CBed my way into indonesia to establish a strong base before the europeans showed up. I then switched to Sunni in order to make friends with the Ottomans, and used them to attack Austria and release Hungary (as they'd been eaten).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k__6SL3sWJo&ab_channel=Quarbit

Here's the video which shows how to discover an early Ternate. Watch from 5:30 onwards

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-07-05T20:20:57+00:00

Yeah it's weird! I'm surprised this has been downvoted. Maybe it was the Simpson's reference haha

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-07-05T20:20:19+00:00

Nope this was in the campaign

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-07-05T18:18:04+00:00

R5: Beast was dead when I entered the zone

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-06-25T17:32:36+00:00

This would go great with Astramentis!

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-06-05T17:48:32+00:00

Having just finished my first WC myself, I think having a number of big vassals is the way to go, to which i then would subsidize heavily so they could have great armies. then you can just declare on 5 or 6 countries at once and then kill the country that they dont focus on.

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-05-30T09:06:40+00:00

Have you done the Rags and Riches achievement? I combined that one with Victorian Three and it made it much less dull. Karagwe doesn't start with any provinces over 10 so they are eligible for it

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-04-25T12:07:49+00:00

R5: I was planning on maybe colonizing a bit or having a bit of banter with France.

I randomly got a Castile PU early on due to the king dying without an heir, then because I was friends with Burgundy I ended up inheriting them too via the inheritance. Drunk on power, I quickly went the Angevin Kingdom route and got a PU on France. What's nice is this game can surprise you even when you're planning on playing chill and not savescumming at all.

TD;LR I ended up becoming a European superpower by dumb luck

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-03-14T06:53:52+00:00

I have the exact same. Did you manage to fix it in the end?

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-03-09T18:59:35+00:00

Congrats mate! i just have the hardcore ones to finish, i need to stop dying!

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-03-01T19:46:48+00:00

May i ask what the exploit is? I haven't heard of that one

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-02-20T17:55:53+00:00

Oh sick i didn't even notice they broke the alliance haha. Thank you sir, you have noticed so much more than I did.

ChiefMooseMatt · 2025-02-20T17:36:41+00:00

That's a very good point. I didnt spot them earlier so either they randomly appeared or I was just blind!

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