improvements to the trade deals system - some thoughts

[Max Blackoak]

I love the fact that with the city system we get to use trade deals and I make use of them on a daily basis (in my case the 5ssi one) - in fact my templates and suits absolutely rely on them.

I believe the system could be improved to be more efficient and user friendly while at the same time allowing for the RP community to play their role of governor/citizen without having to care about city funds too much.

Here are some of my suggestions to improve the current system:

Instead of having the governor choose a specific trade deal, let the citizens choose between all available trade deals every 24 hours.

This allows you to stay loyal to one city and if you need to switch from 5 ssi to fc1 for example you won't have to wait for an entire week (during which you can't use any trade deals at all!).

Furthermore this allows an entire guild to pledge allegiance to the same city, regardless of their templates and the respective trade deal they require. Having entire guilds back the governors also makes maintaining the funds needed a lot easier and takes weight off their shoulders.
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In case the above still has governors struggeling to maintain the trade deals because of the enormous costs involved I think it would only be fair to have those who use the trade deals pay for them. Every time you activate the trade deal of your choice a set ammount is taken from your bank account (say 50k?)

The system would still work as a gold sink but instead of draining single player's pockets it would actually take gold out of a much larger number of players.​

What do you think?
Could we get the community behind this and petition Mesanna to implement these changes (or other, possibly even better solutions)?

 

[Blind Otto]

I like it. It can't hurt to ask.
Although, having said that, Mesanna was here the other day talking about some sort of shard-based mass player-death button, so maybe it can hurt to ask!

 

[Creeger]

If there are any changes made, I'd like to see the buff last 23 hours, instead of 24. The time that I can activate my trade deal "creeps" later and later in the day. My play time doesn't...

 

[Max Blackoak]

If there are any changes made, I'd like to see the buff last 23 hours, instead of 24. The time that I can activate my trade deal "creeps" later and later in the day. My play time doesn't...

good point
I rarely play every day of the week so usually it will "reset" after a couple of days but I admit I had the same problem occasinally.

 

[Blind Otto]

I'm sure those who do BoDs regularly feel the same.
"You can get another order in 10 minutes" must have the most patient scribe wanting to stab someone with a sharpened quill.and treat them to the death of a thousand paper cuts.

 

[Arradin]

Hm. Wouldnt it completely remove the purpose of the system itself, and just make EVERYONE tied to the same Town?

 

[Max Blackoak]

not necessarily. there are always people who didn't care about the trade deal and were more interested in the roleplay aspects of the system.

with the current system for those who need the trade deal it was the trade deal that decided what city they became a citizen of. with the suggested system you could freely choose between all towns and pick the one you really like for one reason or another.

for example people who loathe VvV could simply join New Magincia or Vesper and be safe from accidental flagging.

 

[Ol'Rac Nnod]

I'm all for your proposal, as long as I can pay my daily use in trade runs as opposed to 50k a day outta pocket