Current state of trading and economy

[WhatTheDuck]

Hi guys,

i've read the patchnotes and saw the economical changes. As far as i know ai based auto trading didnt worked very well, is this still true? I mean like setting up a shop counter in your base and incoming caravans which should buy stuff from it and also player owned shops in cities from where the citizens can buy from.

Are there any relevant changes since my last game (i think i played last 8 months ago)?


Greetings from germany

[swillo]

Location, location, location as they say. I never had trouble when I had a base or shop in the right location. If I was just off into the wilds someplace far from the main roads then no, no one came by. But I set up a base near a Shek town and everyone from town came to visit. in fact I couldn't get them to go home until I set the building to private.
And caravan's that traveled down the road always stopped.

Also note that towns people only seem to have a limited amount of money. And once their inv is full or they are out of money they can't buy anything anymore. Need to reset the money and inventory for them over night so that they come back and buy more.

but I don't know if they made any changes to have them stop by if you are off the main roads.

[WhatTheDuck]

ok this sounds good for me, i will try it again with my next town

[PerfectDeath]

I set up a shop in The Hub and no one came to shop. =[

But that could just be the HUB being weird. Havn't tested it near proper cities yet.

[swillo]

Yeah the residents of The Hub don't have money to spend in shops. Need a town where people have excess income.

[WhatTheDuck]

My new town was a hugh success, i built near the hub and got raided from a dust bandit group und hungry bandits at the same time. Because of some bugs or pathfinding issues they didnt left after looting, they just walked around my base and killed everyone who tried to stand up . Everyone is dead now.

I hope i can give it a new try today.

[swillo]

Actually new feature. When bandits raid your base, they will keep if for their own. You have to force them out.

[WhatTheDuck]

Actually new feature. When bandits raid your base, they will keep if for their own. You have to force them out.

Is this really a feature or a bug?

[Hatsune_Neko]

Feature.
You can read it in the patch note's.