I gor many to say, well i played this game many time....
firstly about items i got already posted all rare items and not only the crusader sword and armor are holy or the best of the best stuff, see for items rated as "*".
About figureheads, u donīt only need to denvelope the proper port, u also need luck!!!. luck is obtained by donate at least a 10% of your money, better say, of your total assets, so donate money too early in the game or too late. but always a 10% of the sum of the bank account, the cash, the ships, the items and the cargo. The ports were u can find good figureheads, i didnīt reseached them so i donīt know.
About ships, the best ship, for me, its at Bristol when industry denveloped to 1000. There are also good ships in some japanesse ports, like nagasaki. There are many oher ports were industry in 1000 will give u new desings, but BRISTOL IS THE BEST ONE, followed by japan and Antwerp.
About the best route, the game say that its the carpet(Istambul)-art(Athens) route. Ans its true this is the best early route. But i know about a better one, Silver from nagasaki and another good(i just donīt rember) from Lubek. The problem of this route its that its to long and only big and good(special ships only found in certains ports with 1000 industry) fleets can make it. The big difference with old Athens-Istambul route its that in this route u can make markert manypullation. :eeeeeh: Theat means that when u get in to Lucbek with the nagasaki silver, u can use a supply ship to purchase cargoes of 100 units of another "luxury"(if silver its a luxury, i didnīt remind if the game says that its a luxury or a precius or) to move the price index of luxury to 150 before sell a whole cargo of 5000 silver and also do that when buying. So buy with the price index of this type of good at 50% and sell with 150%. This trade route need a lot of money to be started but it can duplicate it in few voyages.
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