When you buy resources as cheap as you can find them and use warehouses as a production hub to sell in faraway places, esp if you put in the effort to make even somewhat of a monopoly, you can make absurd profits off even 1 warehouse.
Even with oil, which is not the best resource to trade by any means, you can buy olives for around 10-15 and sell the oil it produces for 300+ depending on how monopolized the market is. Those are huge margins that even compare to traditional merc/warlord playthroughs and smithing.
The downside is that for some reason your trade skill doesn't level when selling goods your workshops produce if you pick them up from the warehouse. As far as I can tell this doesn't count toward any skill, which seems like an oversight. Imo, this should level your trade skill at more than the standard rate, as it is a pretty advanced way to trade esp if you're building monopolies. It's kinda the monolith for a trader playthrough.
Bug? Oversight? Intended? I do love this game and can say that trading is definitely improved from what it was in EA, as I couldn't really stand it at the time and am now thoroughly enjoying it. Hope to see this count toward something in the future.
Even with oil, which is not the best resource to trade by any means, you can buy olives for around 10-15 and sell the oil it produces for 300+ depending on how monopolized the market is. Those are huge margins that even compare to traditional merc/warlord playthroughs and smithing.
The downside is that for some reason your trade skill doesn't level when selling goods your workshops produce if you pick them up from the warehouse. As far as I can tell this doesn't count toward any skill, which seems like an oversight. Imo, this should level your trade skill at more than the standard rate, as it is a pretty advanced way to trade esp if you're building monopolies. It's kinda the monolith for a trader playthrough.
Bug? Oversight? Intended? I do love this game and can say that trading is definitely improved from what it was in EA, as I couldn't really stand it at the time and am now thoroughly enjoying it. Hope to see this count toward something in the future.