Expand Economy and add more products

[Audacious]

@admin Here is an example why we need more depth to economy and why NA is not there yet. Taken from a book "Six Frigates'. It contains extreme details.

 

Edited February 13, 2019 by Pirate78

[Macjimm]

That type of writing creates a delicious urge to start up NA and do some trading.  Thanks for sharing lad.

[van Veen]

We need expanded economy and more depth to economy. But I doubt we need more products. There are already plenty and it's more than enough imho. 

Make towns dynamic, make towns pillageable, give clans control over town economy, make NPC traders and players matter for town economy. 

 

[Potemkin]

Six frigates was an excellent read. Agreed with OP on econ diversity. Idk how much can really be done as far as crafting econ goes considering how much its swung back and forth over the last few years between more and less in-depth but something should be done about trade goods being funneled to a few player through contracts. A wealthy player (with alts) can utterly dry up whole regions of any worthwhile trade goods. I hope upcoming trade changes on the agenda address this, perhaps eliminating buy contracts for trade goods entirely.

Edited February 13, 2019 by Potemkin

[BallsOfSteel]

Tried the testbed?

[Hethwill, the Red Duke]

2 minutes ago, BallsOfSteel said:

Tried the testbed?

 

[van Veen]

19 hours ago, Wraith said:

there should be deeper ties between NPC traders and port-production, e.g. traders sunk outside enemy ports would lower port production in meaningful ways, etc. Right now, this is all theater and there's no way for PvE'ers to actually influence the war effort against another nation

^^ agree to this 100%.