Update 29NOV10 - Trade v2 Part 2

Arya wrote: Don't rush yourself SC, seriously, take a holiday. /me cheers for tax free trading!

GM Stormcrow wrote: KeJoRo wrote: I love Trade v2 so far. It is by far easier to navigate than the old system and it is a lot easier to get what it is you're are looking for. For example, as a lowly cow farmer, I was resigned to searching the pages quite thoroughly to find someone willing to buy my (very high quality ) cows for a decent price and was constantly finding orders for "100 cows in exchange for my 20 horses", etc. This might be a little controversial, but I like the idea of the king taking taxes as well. I'm pretty sure this has been mentioned somewhere, but it'll stop wealthy players from buying everything on the market, then hiking the prices when they sell back and making a killing for very little effort. My only suggestion is something that may very well be in existence already that I haven't come across yet. That is for the person offering the trade having the ability to set multiple trades in one go. For example, if I wish to sell 100 cows, but seem to be having no luck, an option would be to sell five lots of 20 cows. Rather than post five seperate trade requests, it would be more beneficial if I could set a tally in the initial request as to how many lots of this trade I wish to sell, which also shows up in the trade screen. That way if player A likes my offer, but doesn't have a need for 100 cows and only wants, say, 40, they could buy two lots of my 20 cow offer, leaving the 60 left over for someone else to buy. Hi KeJoRo, The next set of enhancements to Trade v2, arriving very soon bring in all these concepts (and many more!). Taxation: town-to-town "excise" and trade hub taxation "faction tax" Also using a trade hub to buy or sell goods will allow the buyer or seller to choose the quantity the deal-acceptor wishes to buy or sell (and differs from town-to-town trade in this way)  This has to be at the trade hub level due to the "reserving of caravans to service a trade" that town-to-town trade requires. Regards, SC

Hi SC!

Thanks for your reply. That makes sense then in that case. The way I was thinking of was for the seller to reserve caravans for that purpose, as you said, but I suppose that makes a lot more sense. Hmm. Perhaps I should start working out trading strategies. My cows probably won't like what's coming next

Thanks again,

KeJoRo

I love Trade v2 so far. It is by far easier to navigate than the old system and it is a lot easier to get what it is you're are looking for.

For example, as a lowly cow farmer, I was resigned to searching the pages quite thoroughly to find someone willing to buy my (very high quality ) cows for a decent price and was constantly finding orders for "100 cows in exchange for my 20 horses", etc.

This might be a little controversial, but I like the idea of the king taking taxes as well. I'm pretty sure this has been mentioned somewhere, but it'll stop wealthy players from buying everything on the market, then hiking the prices when they sell back and making a killing for very little effort.

My only suggestion is something that may very well be in existence already that I haven't come across yet. That is for the person offering the trade having the ability to set multiple trades in one go. For example, if I wish to sell 100 cows, but seem to be having no luck, an option would be to sell five lots of 20 cows. Rather than post five seperate trade requests, it would be more beneficial if I could set a tally in the initial request as to how many lots of this trade I wish to sell, which also shows up in the trade screen. That way if player A likes my offer, but doesn't have a need for 100 cows and only wants, say, 40, they could buy two lots of my 20 cow offer, leaving the 60 left over for someone else to buy.

GM Stormcrow wrote: You can order by any column heading - just click on them...

The new trade screen is set up pretty much as a real order book looks like. When there are hubs set up and we get some decent volume then we should see the spreads between buyers and sellers tighten. With regards to "cornering" the Market, because there is an infinte amount of goods available, then no player can disrupt the supply curve. There may be opportunity for profiteering if one is in an area with a war going on of course.