Strategus Tease - v2.0

[Tholgar]

more info when i feel bored again

Damn, I guess chadz changed his mind

[Camaris]

Cool stuff. Can´t wait to get into Strategus ;) Joined HRE for that some weeks ago and then strategus stopped ;)

[Leiknir]

Is there a way to see how "profitable" a caravan is from the robbers point of view? Or do you need to shoot into the dark, hoping for a lucky catch?

[Tetris]

This sounds good so far.

[Devilize]

- caravans = players
- you can either send people off with the resources,
- or set in the fiefs an auto trader (a bit like in the anno games): "sell wood for 40 gold per item, minimum storage: 200", "buy iron for 80 gold per item, maximum storage: 150", so any person coming along can buy/sell stuff to your fief
- goods slow players (aka caravans) down, so they are easy prey

cool i guessed right, this will give non clan members and mercenaries something to do, defend caravans and such. sounds like fun.

[Havoco]

So can you raid the auto traders and the battle be auto calced or something? Or is the auto trader invulnerable to attack?

[Whoracle]

epic!

[Sultan Eren]

more info!!

[Leiknir]

So can you raid the auto traders and the battle be auto calced or something? Or is the auto trader invulnerable to attack?

the autotrader is no entity on the map. Its no person. You can just set your fief to buy resource x until it has y of it, or sell resource x as long as it has more than y. Like in the good old trading simulations.

[Havoco]

Edit: deleted because it is probably another stupid question, lol

[Tristan]

the autotrader is no entity on the map. Its no person. You can just set your fief to buy resource x until it has y of it, or sell resource x as long as it has more than y. Like in the good old trading simulations.

a lot of us, myself included, read it like you could transport goods automaticly. However obvious you can't from the wording...

[Leiknir]

If I raid a village, what stops the defender from just moving his whole army to me while we wait 24h for the battle, to crush me right after I burned down his houses?


@Aemelius

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", so any person coming along can buy/sell stuff to your fief

This one makes me thing the autotrader is stationary ;)

[Topsnus]

If I raid a village, what stops the defender from just moving his whole army to me while we wait 24h for the battle, to crush me right after I burned down his houses?

This is a good question and is the fundamental issue with the 24 hour prep time. It will likely be fixed by severly slowing down all movement speed.

[BD_Guard_Bane]

Sounds good!

Except for all the uncivilized barbarians so eager to raid caravans...

It'll be interesting to see the immediate results of the caravans feature - everyone raids them because of the novelty, so no-one sends them = economy collapses

And one more thing - players willing to raid caravans should be ashamed of themselves. All those poor, humble merchants trying only to stimulate their local economy, sending money back home to their relatives in their home village, taking desperately needed goods to market in another town, and some jerk comes along and steals it. Shocking!

If anyone feels that this is a disgusting state of affairs, feel free to join the Union of Independent Small Businessmen and Camel Owners (UISBCO). The Caravan Guild will be setting this up as soon as Strategus comes back. It's still in early planning stages, contact me for more details. For now, look at it as an organised system of protection for your investments. 

[Beans]

So what exactly does 'raiding' a place do? I guess you make off with the items and loot and shit?