[00:20] <naivuud>I sent gold to people, since it's easier then me asking who needs what resource
[00:22] <naivuud>to exchange that
into resources, just put up 1-1 offers in the marketplace (open up
marketplace, go to the tab labeled 'New' and set offers to Buy r
amount for a type of resource for x amount gold
[00:23] <naivuud>I recommend 1-1
offers for resources, but if you'd like to buy advanced or input a
better deal, you would be well advised to check the 'Available' tab
first and input an offer that beats the current ones
[00:23] <naivuud>this should mean a pretty quick deal, especially if people are speculating (which I encourage for this reason)
[00:25] <naivuud>for buying
resources, it doesn't matter what size your caravans are, only how many
you have and how fast they go, since one caravan can carry any amount of
gold
[00:25] <naivuud>how much a caravan can carry only matters for selling resources
[00:46] <naivuud>also, it helps to
request multiples of 3000, for example 102000 food for 102000 gold (or
120000 gold if you want to reward people for selling in bulk)
[00:48] <naivuud>because caravan
size is from largest to smallest 3000, 1500, 1000, 600, and 300 if I
remember correctly. 3000 can be divided by them all evenly
except for 600 I'm fairly certain
[00:50] <naivuud>Also, the max
size people can ship with a 20 marketplace using all their caravans is
120000. I'd recommend omething slightly smaller in case they want to use
a couple caravans for their own buy orders
[00:50] <naivuud>hope all that info helped
One more thing that I've been doing that may not be a bad idea if you have the time and patience to do it: I generally put up only a couple offers for 102000 resources and use the rest of my caravans to do a variety of offers, as small as 3000r=3000g or even a few 300r=300g. This is to allow smaller players who maybe eyeing that 102000 offer wistfully to participate in trading their excess resources for some much needed gold.
I also recommend possibly rewarding players for selling in bulk, as it uses up the majority of their caravans to sell 102000 at a time. To this end I usually pay 120000g for 102000r and do a 1-1 exchange rate for smaller orders.