The Agenda Of the Master(?) Merchant, OutOfNames

[HardRice]

I've decided, that I will go on my own agenda in strat, which is being the best fucking merchant since the FPF god Mandible himself.

To achieve this immaculate dream, I can't have petty faction relations issues getting into the way of my routes. So, therefore I am hereby independent from the Free Companies of Calradia and forming my own, prominent merchant guild, the United Merchants' Guild.
Any merchants who wish to join this faction are welcome with open arms, and will (hopefully) be considered neutral by most factions.

I ask any faction that opposes me entering their lands (I will notify you before I head towards your territory, I won't just waltz in.) please PM me or post it here.


TL;DR: I'm on my own now trying to be like mandible was and amass a fortune with greater length and width than Berenger's schlong.



E: Also, I will be able to pay a fee for any of you who LURRRV their precious S&D. (Fee being some gear from my travels, gold, goods(?) etc etc.)

[Keshian]

This makes me a sad panda

[Lemmy_Winks]

As far as i know there is literally no benefit at all to allowing someone to trade in your fiefs. Taxes do not even come close to compensating for the lost revenue that comes from someone coming and using up even a small portion of your S&D. If taxes could be raised to 40-50% levels then yes, but they cant 1-3% tax is nothing.

[Auphilia]

Good luck. I admire anyone who aspires to lead their own faction.

Hopefully something is implemented to compensate clans for letting traders roam freely. I'd love to offer protection to traders in the Shogunate's land but as previously mentioned there is no benefit and it is expensive.

I've already given free passage to a few traders who have asked, but there's only so many that can be helped before a faction is leeched dry lol.

[HardRice]

Good luck. I admire anyone who aspires to lead their own faction.

Hopefully something is implemented to compensate clans for letting traders roam freely. I'd love to offer protection to traders in the Shogunate's land but as previously mentioned there is no benefit and it is expensive.

I've already given free passage to a few traders who have asked, but there's only so many that can be helped before a faction is leeched dry lol.

Yeah, new system bones the free traders due to clans wanting to conserve S&D and keeping traders out.

[BaleOhay]

BS declares war on 187 just because

[HardRice]

BS declares war on 187 just because

Good luck finding me at the other end of the world, Bale. 

[BaleOhay]

As the song mentions... Its a small world after all....

[HardRice]

As the song mentions... Its a small world after all....

187_MURDERSTREET has my back man, good luck.

E: Shady dealings with shady Companies.

[mandible/splinteryourjaw]

LOL  Good luck on your travels.  I'm not playing right now so it's all yours. 

I'm still trying to dig Berenger's schlong out from under all my now useless strat 3 gold, goods, and supplies; I hope to get it out soon; the smell is something terrible 

I had a lot of help from a lot of clans or I would have been squashed like a bug early on.  I won't mention them because of confidentiality stuff, but I appreciate all they did.

If you really want extra crap to read:

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Best advice I can give; make friends with all and don't forget the EU guys.  Hetman and Nebun are both very good guys. Even after the un-enevitable EU/NA fall-out I still consider them friends.  Heck Nebun had me surrounded by several UIF armies just after the Nebun/Vovka line was drawn and all treaties abolished, he still treated me more than fairly. 

Keshian also takes a lot of flak for being a troll, but he has never screwed me and even went to great lengths to fix a situation with another BRD. 

There is some real hate among some players, don't let it become yours...and whatever you do don't deal goods from one to the other (for ex. keep all BRD deals you do between FCC and allies, likewise when dealing with UIF only sell to their allies............never sell weapons bought from FCC to the UIF and vice versa.)

If you can broker treaties between your trading partners, do it.  Even if you have to drop some gold/supplies/goods to make it happen, strengthening smaller clans is always the right thing to do...just make it happen quietly.

My only regret was I never sold back any strat gold in time.  Even after all the gold and weapons I gifted others, I still lost 10-15 MW items.

Thanks for the compliment