However, if I gave you 100 Bionics for 200 Asbestos I lose out. If I purely traded, the FTCs all say PE 2:1 CE, it seems reasonable at first glance. The footprint argument is off-track by the factot of the CE footprint. If I was in CE and self sufficient, I would have CE goods buildings of course but I would also have the PE goods to supply the needed goods to produce the CE goods. Who has not come across a player in EMA, HMA or LMA with a level 80+ Arc? I agree, that's right, as are the housing and road links. Thee calcs from then onwards have it wrong.įor example PE to CE the FTC says 2:1 if fair, I am saying it is ripping off the higher age player.Įveryone argues that the footprints of both ages are near enough the same. You choose which one suits you.įair Trade is a joke from ME onwards. They designed a system based on the criteria they felt was important and threw it out there with all others. I don't think INNO was attempting to be the fairest one of all. So which one is the fairest one of all 'calculator' or 2:1/1:2? The question has been asked on this very thread. No control is placed on the market other then those Inno needs to prevent outright market manipulation. Outside the Fair Trading system you are free to trade as you choose. Some guilds require adherence to Fair Trading so you must know what you are looking at when you select a guild. To my knowlege FOE does not promote, reward, penalize, or advocate the use of the Fair Trading system. The Fair Trading system is mostly used by guilds in an attempt to make trading prices consistant and uniform between all 80 of their members irregardless of market factors like demand.

Trading between eras after CA becomes more complex and you needs a calculator to compute amounts.

The Fair Trading system itself uses this method in the ages prior to CA.

This is certainly a popular and simple method. Most posts are advocating a 2:1/1:2 between ages/eras. It takes into account many variables and is best left to the FOE Wiki to desribe. Fair trade being a concept or ideal but no one has defined Fair Trading, the system, which most here are advocating against.I think it needs to be described here so all readers unfamiliar with Fair Trading will be able to put all the opposing posts in context.įair Trading is a trading system by the game designers where the value of goods is determined by their cost to manufacture. I see many posts here on what constitutes a fair trade.

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