Trade Caravans

[Nicktaylor]

I've seen many posts about traders / shop counter interaction, but none lately. I'm running the latest steam version and have tried multiple times to crate new outposts / towns but no matter what I do, I cannot get traders to visit and buy weapons etc. I have the town set to public and the 'Shop' set to public too. I have tried large and small shop counters with lots of self made items (Weapons, Armour, steel Rum ETC).

Please can someone tell me if this is still broken as lots of people claim to have this working.

Thanks

[Hatsune_Neko]

you can't sell weapons yet in your counters.
the trade is bugged so it doesn't always work.

[rowe6969]

Ye they are severly bugged, however...

I built a settlement and researched and built the nessary requirements in order to sell goods to merchants, thought I had a good location but decided to change my mind.

while in the process of scouting out trade caravans and finding NONE anywhere

one came out of his way to my shop.

bought Water, bred and rum but wouldn't leave.....

and I found a bug at the same time, if you talk to him while hes in your shop and offer to guide him to next town, he instantly rewards you with 2000 cats because your town is his next top, cannot duplicate as no other traders have come to town. but I could repeat this "quest" over and over again.

[Aku]

I think that bug has been reported. So Far I have a adventurer trapped in my store as well.

[Hatsune_Neko]

yes
it is a known exploit of the trade mission.