Storefronts and Malls

[DeletedUser4027]

I think it would be very useful to individual cities to be able to have Storefronts or Malls available for fellowship members to exclusively trade with (Within World Limits) Storefronts could be used to sell Goods and Supplies for Coin. Malls could be used for Fellowship internal trades.

As Archmage, I have gotten complaints about my fellowship members needing goods during chat sessions and trades will be posted on the world trade market and are scooped up immediately before my fellowship can respond. You can almost call the Trader "Wall Street" in a sense. I want to help my fellowship grow just as much as any Archmage but my members seem to get discouraged when trades are lost to 1 star traders....you know who you are.

Another advantage to the exclusivity of a storefront or mall would be that these building or commerce centers would attract more visitation from nearby neighbors who could freely purchase items for a fair price and possibly help boost fellowships to capacity.

I would hope that the developers could design buildings for Archmages and Mages-IE:Storefronts and Malls and for Ambassadors - Malls. Also within the Storefronts would be an Realty area for Ambassadors and Fellows to purchase their new businesses...after all, whoever heard of a city without commerce and only trading. I also think that the Initial Storefronts should be offered to all Archmages of all fellowships at no cost to help promote this concept to each individual fellowship member.

 

[Ashrem]

This is a variation on a frequently requested "allow FS only trades" idea. It provides significant advantages to the largest most active fellowships, while making it even harder for those who aren't in one, and for that reason, I'm generally opposed.

If you have trouble stocking up smaller players, instead of offering three star trades, have them post 1 star trades for you to take.

 

[DeletedUser4027]

This is a variation on a frequently requested "allow FS only trades" idea. It provides significant advantages to the largest most active fellowships, while making it even harder for those who aren't in one, and for that reason, I'm generally opposed.

If you have trouble stocking up smaller players, instead of offering three star trades, have them post 1 star trades for you to take.

Good point...I'll try that. But I still think it would be a draw for players inside and outside the fellowship.

 

[DeletedUser]

No need to add another building to the city...all they have to do is add a little check box to the Trader menu where you make your trade offer. Check that box and your trade is available only to Fellowship members. This is the interface for the market we have in Forge of Empires:

Shouldn't be that hard for them to do here.

 

[DeletedUser4027]

No need to add another building to the city...all they have to do is add a little check box to the Trader menu where you make your trade offer. Check that box and your trade is available only to Fellowship members. This is the interface for the market we have in Forge of Empires:


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Shouldn't be that hard for them to do here.

That's what I'm talking about. That would work. Good suggestion.

 

[DeletedUser]

Thanks, but the real credit is yours.

 

[SoggyShorts]

No need to add another building to the city...all they have to do is add a little check box to the Trader menu where you make your trade offer. Check that box and your trade is available only to Fellowship members. This is the interface for the market we have in Forge of Empires:

The problem is that the game is full of dead cities, so there are far fewer traders available than there should be. If you can make trades FS only, that would further reduce the number of trades out there, discouraging new players, and anyone not in a FS.

 

[joboxo]

I prefer having trades always open to the world.