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<p>Conducting trade runs between towns as a merchant has always been one of the most fun and profitable activities for players in our games. Bannerlord’s trade system improved on this aspect of the game in many ways, by displaying trade rumours on the inventory screen, tracking player profits, awarding trade XP accordingly to characters, etc. which makes playing as a merchant much more fun and rewarding.</p></br> [/parsehtml]Read more at: http://www.taleworlds.com/en/Games/Bannerlord/Blog/107
Dev Blog 25/04/19
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Rodrigo Ribaldo said:
If TW were unconcerned by a large gap between completion of the multiplayer and singleplayer games, they would have organised MP early access in 2016/17 - an idea they clearly flirted with. Given they changed their minds (seeing sense in my opinion), the upcoming MP beta suggests the gap between MP and SP completion is closing. I find that encouraging.
Breezy Tee said:Did someone said Economy and Trade?!
Halmar is well known for being the centre of interplanetary trade with the core sectors.
Garedyr said:Breezy Tee said:Did someone said Economy and Trade?!
What happened bro lol
I didn't know they were producing and selling nuclear weapons in Halmar. Damn Khergits.
I've "stolen" the image from Reddit. Basically it's an old bug in WB (of which I've encountered myself more than once) regarding pricing of items. Basically some X item value drops into negative values and it glitches the price, and we get these REDECULOUS amounts of money from tariffs. Once I've had Bread jump from 3 value up to 30k+ in a game hahaha
Tomorrow could be a wonderful day for you to share with us information about the Campaign Map part 2 and that big stuff; apart from commenting something related to Gamescom 2019. 
I liked what I read in this blog. Having a deeper economic system for the player to exploit is going to make the game better.
But.
What is the point in being a merchant?
Can we actually make progress in our character's "career" by buying and selling goods, owning caravans, owning shops and production sites?
Is it just a way of funding bigger armies so you can gain military reputation and become a landed lord through serving a Faction in war? Or can we work our way into the political arena purely through our wealth and influence gained by our merchant activities?
If we can't buy political influence with the wealth and contacts we accumulate through trading, then the whole system is a gimmick, a sideshow, a Role-playing extra.
There's no information in this blog about whether/how the mercantile gameplay connects with the over-arching career progression of our character.
But.
What is the point in being a merchant?
Can we actually make progress in our character's "career" by buying and selling goods, owning caravans, owning shops and production sites?
Is it just a way of funding bigger armies so you can gain military reputation and become a landed lord through serving a Faction in war? Or can we work our way into the political arena purely through our wealth and influence gained by our merchant activities?
If we can't buy political influence with the wealth and contacts we accumulate through trading, then the whole system is a gimmick, a sideshow, a Role-playing extra.
There's no information in this blog about whether/how the mercantile gameplay connects with the over-arching career progression of our character.
KhergitLancer80
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I also hope for a blog to reveal some secrets.
Not everything end up reaching to my expectations nowadays.
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Let's not post spoilers to major TV shows in the Devblog. --Orion
Not everything end up reaching to my expectations nowadays.
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Let's not post spoilers to major TV shows in the Devblog. --Orion
Revverie
It was literally on a spoiler tag bro
Rodrigo Ribaldo said:
I thought you didn't read the blogs
Blog is up on steam hub
https://steamcommunity.com/games/261550/announcements/detail/1602629624657105514
John C said:
That's a good quote, thank you!
I hope the persuasion system extends to making the transition from independent adventurer/trader/soldier of fortune to becoming a landed vassal. M warband, you had work as a mercenary Captain before you could join an existing faction.
In Bannerlord, I'm really hoping there are other ways into that world, because all the new fief management and political gameplay requires your clan to be aligned to faction first. If you can get yourself into a position of political power by using the mercantile route or the criminal underworld route, it'll make different play-thoughs much more diverse and interesting.
It's also off-topic, so people wouldn't know what to expect when opening it here. There's an appropriate place on the forum for discussing TV shows.Oswald III said:
havardio
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Everything sounds great, but as has been said by others, I think the idea of buying multiples for individually increasing costs only makes partial sense.
There should be a function where you can buy a specific quantity or all/max for the current price.
So if there are 7x loaves of bread available for purchase and their price is 20 denars each, you should be able to purchase 5x for 100 denars (20 each) Once that transaction is complete, there will be 2 loaves of bread remaining and the new cost would be higher e.g. 28 denars each.
You could do this by designing the trade interface as a list with their quantities next to each purchasable/sellable item, like the trading screen in games like Patrician
OR
You could do this with the same trading window as M&BII, but you select all the items you intend to buy and then click a "Confirm Trade" button, rather than each click being it's own transaction.
Looking forward to the game and thanks for the regular updates.
There should be a function where you can buy a specific quantity or all/max for the current price.
So if there are 7x loaves of bread available for purchase and their price is 20 denars each, you should be able to purchase 5x for 100 denars (20 each) Once that transaction is complete, there will be 2 loaves of bread remaining and the new cost would be higher e.g. 28 denars each.
You could do this by designing the trade interface as a list with their quantities next to each purchasable/sellable item, like the trading screen in games like Patrician
OR
You could do this with the same trading window as M&BII, but you select all the items you intend to buy and then click a "Confirm Trade" button, rather than each click being it's own transaction.
Looking forward to the game and thanks for the regular updates.
