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| Re: Master Trader- game proposal |
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| BlueTurbit |
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| m.a@stars wrote on Mon, 11 April 2011 05:05 |
| BlueTurbit wrote on Sun, 10 April 2011 00:01 |
Have to play it by ear, as we go. This is a first attempt at this kind of game, and things will be learned.
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May I suggest you could use a somewhat simpler approach for the 1st experiment? Like, do it the way the MT does it: no auction, just a fixed price. 
Prices could vary depending on what's being offered and the amount of races wanting it. Or perhaps you could serve 1st those who offered surpluses, much like the MT gives bonuses too. 
You'd thus have market forces, with a simpler management. Also, to better realize each tech's potential, the playing ground should allow enough room, so I wouldn't try this in a small galaxy. 
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Why would that be simpler? What can be simpler than selling to the highest bidders? I don't have to make a price list and keep track of prices, bonuses, etc. Neither does anyone else. Just: "I bid x minerals on this item."
The highest bidders already includes "those who offered surpluses", they offered more than the others and get it first.
Price fixing? The Master Trader doesn't fix prices. He only believes in trade. No minimum or maximum bids. The highest bidders get the items first. They gave more, so they get more.
The Master Trader is not the MT. Different marketing strategy. Different products. And you don't have to wait more than 40 years to get them. In the first few years you can already get some fast pen scouts and freighters, and more. Faster expansion right from the beginning. And you can buy some tech scraps and boost research much earlier even than trading with allies.
And if you want, you can trade with others earlier, as you will have more to trade than is usually the case in early years.
IF, you win the bids on the items. There's the catch. You have to be one of the top bidders to get advanced items.
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