davespil
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I was thinking about a way to trade horses without having to rely on the Green-Yellow-Red system that Bannerlord uses. I don't like it and have seen instances of it contradicting itself. So, I thought if I can capture price data from the game and make a formula I can make a price list. This would tell me what prices I should buy horses at and what prices I should sell them at. Here is my plan:
I get one of each horse in my inventory and hit up every city on the map and as many caravans as I can, though I may scratch the caravan idea and just focus on cities. I record the amount each city will pay for one horse.
With those numbers I can do some number crunching in Excel. First, I get the lowest and highest price for each horse. Subtract the lowest from the highest and get the range of prices. I'm thinking I want to buy horses at the lowest 25% and sell above the highest 50%. that way I ensure that I always make a profit. So lets pretend the lowest price is 50 and the highest price is 250. The range will be 200. 25% of 200 is 50 and 50+50 = 100. So I will not buy horses that cost more than 100. 50% of 200 is 100, 100 -250 is 150. So I will not sell a horse unless its 150 or over.
If I do that for each horse I will have a range for when to buy and sell that specific horse, ensuring that it doesn't matter where I bough the horse I will always make a profit. Here is an example of what the list will look like:
Name.......Max Buy....Min Sell
Aserai.......900............1200
Steppe......100.............175
So, using that list I wouldn't buy a Steppe horse for more than 100 and would never sell them for less than 175. This way I always know that I am buying cheap and selling for a profit.
How does this sound? It's not perfect at all, but dummy proof. And that's what I'm going for. This process could also be used for every other traded commodity, too.
I get one of each horse in my inventory and hit up every city on the map and as many caravans as I can, though I may scratch the caravan idea and just focus on cities. I record the amount each city will pay for one horse.
With those numbers I can do some number crunching in Excel. First, I get the lowest and highest price for each horse. Subtract the lowest from the highest and get the range of prices. I'm thinking I want to buy horses at the lowest 25% and sell above the highest 50%. that way I ensure that I always make a profit. So lets pretend the lowest price is 50 and the highest price is 250. The range will be 200. 25% of 200 is 50 and 50+50 = 100. So I will not buy horses that cost more than 100. 50% of 200 is 100, 100 -250 is 150. So I will not sell a horse unless its 150 or over.
If I do that for each horse I will have a range for when to buy and sell that specific horse, ensuring that it doesn't matter where I bough the horse I will always make a profit. Here is an example of what the list will look like:
Name.......Max Buy....Min Sell
Aserai.......900............1200
Steppe......100.............175
So, using that list I wouldn't buy a Steppe horse for more than 100 and would never sell them for less than 175. This way I always know that I am buying cheap and selling for a profit.
How does this sound? It's not perfect at all, but dummy proof. And that's what I'm going for. This process could also be used for every other traded commodity, too.
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