AWdeV said:Yep, trading. That's also what the "asses trade prices is for", to see what's cheap in the city you're in and where you can sell it for the best prices. Pretty nifty, it's just too bad it takes ages to get anywhere with a nice load of furs.
Fighting enough sea raiders to make 3k would take far longer then trading items across the map. It would probably take less game days but it would still take allot more of your actual time to do it. Besides I use the tournaments as the basis for where I trade so if there is a tournament going on in Ichamar for instance I would go there for the tournament, which usually means making over 3500 profit from that alone, and then while I'm in the area I would buy cheap products and sell them somewheres else, perhaps where another tournament is being held. So you aren't traveling around the map purely for trade but doing trade while going out to the tournaments.Corvus Corax said:I traded a lot before I discovered the secret to making denars in M&B: Kill sea raiders, deserters, looters, etc. Currently, I'm spending all my time on the north coast training a siege force of Nord huscarls and Vaegir marksmen. I operate a small force of about 30 troops (my character, 8 heroes and 20 or so trainees at various levels). I get cash rewards for killing bad guys, plus I can sell their stuff.....all the while getting xp for my party. When I get a few promoted to huscarl and marksman, I drop them off at my army-storage castle and add a few recruits. No more running all over the map for a thousand worth of profit (if I'm lucky). I've made thousands and thousands of denars killing off the ever-spawining bad guys.
Virmin said:
). The assess system only tells you what you should buy; in many cases the recommended goods are either not available or exist only in such miniscule quantities that hauling them clear across the map is simply not worth it. Sometimes, I'd make a big killing in iron, fur, velvet or spices....but not frequently enough. 
