Pauly7
Magus
Just a general discussion point.... If this is a tired old topic feel free to tell me to shut up.
What do you consider to be ACTUAL fair trading? My opinion is that the game's star ratings only really make sense if it's trading within the same tier.
The game tells us that for a tier 1 to tier 3 trade, 16 times the amount is a 2 star trade, but for me 100 gems for 1600 marble is an awful trade deserving of zero stars. I know that people set their cities up differently, but I can't imagine a world in which you are producing 16 times as much marble as you are gems, thus making this trade actually a worthwhile proposition.
The thing I see every single day, which just makes me laugh, is people setting up trades for, let's say, 1,000 gems for 15,990 marble, which the game then says is a 3 star trade.
I have my own star rating in my head which works like this:
Tier 3 to tier 2 trading - 3 times = a two star trade. 2 times = a three star trade
Tier 3 to tier 1 trading - 5 times = a two star trade. 4 times = a three star trade
The same levels work for me trading back in the other direction which, of course, the game will call all of them zero star trades.
It isn't a complaint. I'm of the opinion that people can trade whatever they want at whatever level they want and good luck to them. So many people seem to base their trading, however, on what the game tells them is a fair trade, which for my money is way off.
What do you consider to be ACTUAL fair trading? My opinion is that the game's star ratings only really make sense if it's trading within the same tier.
The game tells us that for a tier 1 to tier 3 trade, 16 times the amount is a 2 star trade, but for me 100 gems for 1600 marble is an awful trade deserving of zero stars. I know that people set their cities up differently, but I can't imagine a world in which you are producing 16 times as much marble as you are gems, thus making this trade actually a worthwhile proposition.
The thing I see every single day, which just makes me laugh, is people setting up trades for, let's say, 1,000 gems for 15,990 marble, which the game then says is a 3 star trade.
I have my own star rating in my head which works like this:
Tier 3 to tier 2 trading - 3 times = a two star trade. 2 times = a three star trade
Tier 3 to tier 1 trading - 5 times = a two star trade. 4 times = a three star trade
The same levels work for me trading back in the other direction which, of course, the game will call all of them zero star trades.
It isn't a complaint. I'm of the opinion that people can trade whatever they want at whatever level they want and good luck to them. So many people seem to base their trading, however, on what the game tells them is a fair trade, which for my money is way off.