Hello Folks,
I thought there might be a few things which could improve the players commercial experiences by adding to the Trade Office
1) Ability to list Adventure Loot Spots.
At the moment these are being traded through the trade channel, which is fine, but I think adding this functionality to the TO would be a great improvement.
2) Show Trade History for specific materials.
I'm sure that BB's servers record all activity on the Trade Office. If they aren't doing this, you may want to add logging all trades. Assuming trades are being logged, would it be possible to alter the TO front end so a player could query Marble Trades and get the last 10/20 buys and sells? I think this is a far better method than the current "PC Marble" cry on the Trade Channel. Often Trade Channel is helpful and you get corroboration. But sometimes no-one is about or you get wildly differing opinions. Past, actual sales are a much better guide to future prices.
3) Ability to list multiple trades at one time.
I don't do this, but I know there are players who like using the TO a lot. I will do a buy/sell maybe once every couple of days but some people do serious business on the TO. If they want to list ten times 10,000 Pinewood rather than one offer of 100,000. Of course this will not be a free service. It is up to BB how they want to price this to prevent abuse of the TO. But I think it would be a popular and useful addition.
I'm sure there are other ideas on improving the trade experience of The Settlers Online so do feel free to post any comments on my ideas or your own pet projects.
Best Regards
Apu