Trading is to hard to level up

[Macpower]

i just got the achievement "Fat Cat" -Make 1 million denars in trade profit.
i got this achievement from a single playthrough.
And i still have not reached 300 in trading..

i'm at 297 in trading and i think it takes waaaay to long to level up trading, so devs if you see this, please do something.

[Azunai]

Yeah it's pretty slow. I made it to 300 on one character and i don't think i'll ever do that again.

I guess it would be less annoying if you got passive XP from caravans and workshops. With a high enough skill cap you'd eventually max it without having to do so much boring busywork.

Or maybe they could add chunks of trade XP to trade related quests like fetching/selling specific stuff for various NPCs.

[Grizzly]

nah not really. you gain XP for the amount of money you make, buy more for better, trading will go up faster

i had a 300 units party when i did my trading and it went really fast cause of the amount i could buy/sell with that high carry weight

[Macpower]

that's actually a great idéa, making passive experience from caravans and workshops would make life alot easier

[Macpower]

Originally posted by Grizzly:

nah not really. you gain XP for the amount of money you make, buy more for better, trading will go up faster

i had a 300 units party when i did my trading and it went really fast cause of the amount i could buy/sell with that high carry weight

i currently have a 510-man party and i´m trading everything in every city i go to and i'm always going around buying trade-goods from towns, have been doing it since i started this playthrough. and no, trading is leveling way to slow.

[Action Man]

I've seen posts here that supposedly you get (small) amounts of xp from caravans/workshops in the 1.2 update. I cannot confirm this, but you could probably find the topic by searching.

Outside of that, there are mods that will give you trade xp for those things.

I imagine trading is supposed to be slow to level because it lets you 'win' the game (paint the map) without ever fighting a battle.

[lalala]

I recall trading going up quite fast when I did great trades with a lot of profit. Depends on profit. But it was before release over a year ago.

[Clovis Sangrail]

Put a family member in charge of a caravan. They will make it to 300 Trade before you do because they get Trade experience for running caravans, whereas your character does not.

Then retire and make that family member your heir.

TW will never make it easier for the player character to progress Trade because the battle fanbois would start ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about it being an exploit to get to buy and sell fiefs instead of fighting for them like god intended.

[lalala]

Originally posted by Clovis Sangrail:

TW will never make it easier for the player character to progress Trade because the battle fanbois would start ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about it being an exploit to get to buy and sell fiefs instead of fighting for them like god intended.

Do they also have problem with smithing? :D

[Clovis Sangrail]

Originally posted by lalala:

Originally posted by Clovis Sangrail:

TW will never make it easier for the player character to progress Trade because the battle fanbois would start ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about it being an exploit to get to buy and sell fiefs instead of fighting for them like god intended.

Do they also have problem with smithing? :D

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[Ruffio]

In Battania you can buy a lot of cheap wood. (from villages).... (like bellow 10pu). There is places that have buy orders easy in the 40+ range. .

Figure out where things get sold cheap and where to sell it with profit is just part of the game.. Bigger profit, faster you level.

[TruXurT]

How about this one:

1) Load up on cheap grain.
2) Siege a town and wait until it runs out of food (kind of helps with assault anyways as it drops garrison to 0)
3) Assault the town, plunder and what not and immediately after the battle sell them your grain with close to 10x profit.

[Ruffio]

Originally posted by TruXurT:

How about this one:

1) Load up on cheap grain.
2) Siege a town and wait until it runs out of food (kind of helps with assault anyways as it drops garrison to 0)
3) Assault the town, plunder and what not and immediately after the battle sell them your grain with close to 10x profit.

Don't need to siege a town either really. Just keep an eye out for where the AI is fighting and sieging towns. You can load up with plenty of stuff not just grain, a lot will be in demand.

[LKAI]

Originally posted by Action Man:

I've seen posts here that supposedly you get (small) amounts of xp from caravans/workshops in the 1.2 update. I cannot confirm this, but you could probably find the topic by searching.

Outside of that, there are mods that will give you trade xp for those things.

I imagine trading is supposed to be slow to level because it lets you 'win' the game (paint the map) without ever fighting a battle.

I get constant rogue xp from gang alleys so the caravans should really be giving trade xp as well.

[Mr. No]

Selling southern products in north and northern in south...It is quite easy if you do it at the beginning of the game.

[PKster]

Less talking, more raiding!