First off: thank you for this lovely guide: I've been meaning to try out the trading aspect of this mod.
As you can probably deduce from my question, I'm fairly new to this mod and I can already assume the answer I'm gonna get: are prices fixed for each city in this game?
Also: I was wondering how I could decide to buy or sell something in a city. I know you have some good pointers in your guide, but I'm more of a role-player in this game. So having a huge map of all cities, each marked with their goods and their prices seems a bit unrealistic to me. Trading is supposed to be risky. But, there should also be hints about what kind of goods I should be carrying around with me. So my questions are:
-Does the "Assess the local prices" feature actually do anything for me or is it just a dead feature reminiscent from Native?
-If I go around towns asking mayors what they produce and what they lack, do they tell me the truth? Can I trust them and buy/sell accordingly?
Also I'm open for any general trading advices. Thank you in advance.