Optimal early game?

[sher]

Each stack of troops takes 1 item of loot.

Where does this nonsense originate from? New players just keep repeating it. Wiki or something?

Wrong interpretation of game mechanics. Player character gets 10 shares of loot, each companion gets 3 shares and EACH TROOP gets 1 share of loot. Plus all the attacker party strength vs defender party strength stuff...

I think there should be a source of disinformation like forum thread or wiki because nothing in the game can push to such wrong conclusions, it would be simply STUPID loot system if you think about it, yet they just keep repeating it and it's widespread.

 

[Harding Grim]

It's only recently been figured out, at least outside of Russia. If not for Leonion being bilingual we'd still have no idea. Plus, noosers had a few years to have it sink in.

Heckani, thanks for putting together such a comprehensive trading guide. I'm starting to try and incorporate a few trading routes. I'm starting to incorporate this route: Nal-Tar (spice) -> Singal (date fruit) -> Javiksholm (linen and flax) -> Senderfall (iron and tools). I think you are right that this enhances the roleplaying side of the mod. For the players who've been with PoP a long time, this is a way to get more depth and keep it fresh.