Food and Gold Delivery in Return for commodities is weak

[oepuanna]

I want to ask if you developers consider a increase of the Food and Gold deliveries one gets for commodities. I'm in EA and never use those shipments because they give almost nothing in return. I have to spend 9 trade goods like metal and get 10,000 gold in Return. That's so inbalance. I can hold 18 in my store, so that's 50% of my trade good if my store is full. For the shipment I get gold which is worth like hunting 3 bunnies. Animal blessing only needs 3 Metal and 1 Diamond and I get Tons of bunnies to Hunt. Consider that an Update costs millions of Gold you See the inbalance. Does anybody use shipments in the Late ages? It seems like you developers have forgotten to increase it for higher ages. Like Animal hunting Matches well with the age. But those shipments are still like you were in medieval or Even Classical age.

 

[EternalRookie]

Yep..shipments are currently so grossly unbalanced to the point of being pointless.

 

[dbukalski]

Past the point of being pointless. The time u spend clicking the necessary buttons and harvest the shipment ur losing gold better spent raiding or farming animals

 

[Tipek]

I don't think they're meant to be anything other than a 'sink' for excess trade goods in the later ages, not be an efficient way to sell them. Trade goods are designed to be used on mercenaries and blessings.

 

[Jaysus]

I don't think they're meant to be anything other than a 'sink' for excess trade goods in the later ages, not be an efficient way to sell them. Trade goods are designed to be used on mercenaries and blessings.

Really shouldn't be an option if it is so ridiculously worthless.

 

[Tipek]

What I mean is, for instance, say you have maxed out capacity on metal, on both mercenaries/blessings that use metal, but you also want to collect from both of your gold mines. You can sell some of your metals for food before mining more metal that you don't have capacity for. It's not intended to be a way to make more resources instead of using mercenaries/blessings.

 

[firedancer]

Maybe they should increase the trade goods capacity.

 

[Jaysus]

What I mean is, for instance, say you have maxed out capacity on metal, on both mercenaries/blessings that use metal, but you also want to collect from both of your gold mines. You can sell some of your metals for food before mining more metal that you don't have capacity for. It's not intended to be a way to make more resources instead of using mercenaries/blessings.

But it IS intended to make more resources. There are even quests in place to get more shipments. You can still collect from mines with maxed out metal. Having a place just to waste resources makes zero sense. Their entire economy is flawed in a bad way. The shipments, caravans, and farms are super expensive to upgrade, yet give you literally nothing in return.

 

[Nathan Win]

Devs should give us the ability to trade goods with our alliance members. That would be another option than to buy gold/food with excess trade goods.

 

[Redgar]

I think it'd be nice exclusive feature for greeks to request goods or even some resources from alliance. They could donate more troops for that.

 

[Redgar]

And Germans could send them twice more lol )))

 

[Eddie F1]

And for more added realism, the Greek workers could retire after 8 weeks playing time, stay in their houses on pensions of 200% of what the roads & caravans generate.

 

[Redgar]

Yea, and whenever they do a revolution, they come back to Greece in 1 week ))) could be even free lol.

 

[Eddie F1]

Anyway, back to the OP, the shipments from mills, markets and storehouse are one of a few petty annoyances in this game (I've got a list... )
To complete a Timed Quest I once made the mistake of spending 10 crowns to get trade goods, thinking a few diamonds would be useful, what did I get.. 2 leather and 1 fur. Never again.