Maximum trade route quantity should scale up on larger maps

Being limited to just (6) trade routes (mid-game) on an Insane map seems a bit anemic.  Those low trade route techs should probably give 1-3 routes based on map size, and the upper level trade route techs should give 2-4 routes based on map size, with a target of about 20-25 trade routes once all the techs and bonuses have been researched for the largest map.

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Scaling (for a lot of things, research, trade, etc) is in the works.

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On a similar note, does anyone know if the distance bonus granted to trade routes is based on the map size? I.e. can you get a higher distance bonus multiplier on huge maps compared to small maps? That would at least balance it out somewhat (but not completely). On an unrelated note, in my current game I'm making around 5,8k Trade Profit / turn with 12 Trade routes from my Capitol. Pretty effective income, especially since it is unaffected by changing your global production wheel and planetary focus.

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Quoting SlandeBande, reply 2

does anyone know if the distance bonus granted to trade routes is based on the map size?
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Sort of. You can have longer trade routes on larger maps, and longer trade routes have a larger distance bonus (up to a certain limit). The actual bonus you gain per tile of route length is unaffected, as far as I am aware.

Note that the distance bonus is flat, not a multiplier; a basic or slave trade route earns 0.025 credits per tile of route length (min 1, max 250), while a luxury trade route earns 0.05 credits per tile of route length (min 1, max 250). Note that the maximum value is essentially meaningless; the maximum distance between any two arbitrarily chosen points on any standard map size is about 761 tiles (maximum direct-route pathlength on an immense map; you might pick up a few extra tiles of distance going around some obstacles, but not enough to increase the pathlength to the 5000 tiles required to maximize the distance component of a luxury trade route or the 10000 tiles required to maximize the distance component of a basic or slave trade route).