Speed up ship traffic in outpost scenario?

[zapow]

Does the arrival of ships to trade seem way too slow for anyone else? I've had three ships come to trade in a year.

Also, would it be possible to have ships move on when you've depleted their funds?

[esculapio]

You can call a ship.

[Bastard Emperor]

Originally posted by esculapio:

You can call a ship.

You can but it doesn't make it come any quicker. I had to wait 1 entire season after calling a trade ship I could sell raw produce to.

[zapow]

Originally posted by esculapio:

You can call a ship.

Calling it doesn't mean it comes any faster.

[esculapio]

It's probably random then.

[Demolition Man]

It's a system based on rng and cooldown timers that I'm not 100% on, but I think calling a ship can surely make it come faster because I have had them instantly show up, and then another right after.

There's a main "trade" cooldown but that's not very long, just prevents double ships etc. Then the factions have their own cooldown, like 15 days, or 30 days, smuggler might be lowest. Combined this makes 3-4 ships a year the norm. I believe calling a ship has a lower trade cooldown. When the cooldown is over it checks randomly and a ship should come pretty quick.

Also, when you call a ship there's some rng that no ship will come, it checks for 2 days or so, then it stops (without telling you!) so check the beacon now and then and make a new call.
This is what i gathered from some light modding anyway.

My best tip for some pure trade-play is to mod the trade ships loot-tables instead, which is also quite rng both in types of slots and amount. The scenarios are quite rogue-like by design - the game flaunts basebuilding and endgame stuff but you're really just supposed to leave asap. It does come with easy modding so there's that :)