Establishing a trade posts costs a settler...?!

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I considered this to be normal behaviour until I read in Oranje's FAQ that 'If you have few available settlers, you should consider establishing trade posts instead'.
This seems to suggest that establishing a trade post should not use up an available settler.

Is this as it should be?

 

[Emperor of Europe]

What he meant is that it is a better way to use the limited resource, settlers, since the chance of success is greater when building a tradepost.

Regards,

EoE

 

[Dark Knight]

Trading Posts do use a settler, but they usually have a higher success rate than establishing colonies. Also, trading posts cost far less, so they are a good way to conserve money.