Improving the trading mechanic.

[Wesley]

One catch with trading is that you have got to make it possible for the AI in a game to do. Something that works for a player but not for the AI breaks the game. If I remember correctly AoE2 did/ allowed trader spam because it was the only way for the AI to get income late because the AI was worse at finding and securing remote mineable resources than a human player. I forget where I read that though. 

 

[DarcReaver]

AI coding is something you shouldn't consider. If the AI can't use it just make a small workaround. I.e. make AI receive +50 silver/minute on their resources (or more depending on difficulty) when they have build a market. It's easy and does not affect "real" players.

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

On 23/11/2015 at 3:31 AM, wraitii said:

EDIT: trac ticket.

 

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I think these ideas need to be followed up and then develop the idea in depth.

[Thalatta]

8 minutes ago, Nicolaus_von_Kues said:

I think these ideas need to be followed up and then develop the idea in depth.

Regarding "construction of 100-traders long "lines" of caravans", "just looks bad": totally agree, and have proposed solutions a couple of times.

Regarding "markets now generate income at a fixed rate": I was thinking about it to emulate "local trade".

The "logarithmic" idea is interesting, quite different from what I was in principle thinking for a new system, while I don't agree much with "garrison workers in your markets to leverage full efficiency", it seems a waste of units.

 

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

37 minutes ago, Thalatta said:

Regarding "construction of 100-traders long "lines" of caravans", "just looks bad": totally agree, and have proposed solutions a couple of times.

Regarding "markets now generate income at a fixed rate": I was thinking about it to emulate "local trade".

The "logarithmic" idea is interesting, quite different from what I was in principle thinking for a new system, while I don't agree much with "garrison workers in your markets to leverage full efficiency", it seems a waste of units.

 

The other important thing about another post is getting rid of surplus units.

The units could also return to normal civilian status.