"You has been banned from the market place"

[recklessfire]

What gives? Don't know how this started to happen but I can't trade/buy units anymore and all I see is an event for being banned

[Taisen]

are you talking about in game? it sounds like a commerical embargo

[Sekhriat]

If you have the Roving Clan as an enemy faction in your game, they most have used their Marketban ability on you. You must start negotiation with them to cancel it.

[Cassilda]

Roving Clans can manipulate the market and ban you from it. That is probably what happened.

And just so you know, Drakkens can force diplomatic actions on others.

[recklessfire]

Ah thanks, that was it!

[Cylis]

ya it's the Roving Clans messing with you like a campaign donor messes with an elected official

[Martial.Lore]

The ban was lifted (in return for some dust) but I still couldn't access the market. And then the next turn I was banned again!

[100% Recycled Awesome]

Originally posted by =(eG)= Martial.Lore:

The ban was lifted (in return for some dust) but I still couldn't access the market. And then the next turn I was banned again!

This is a big complaint I have. Agreements should be for at least ten turns. When the AI agrees to something and then turns around the next turn after you paid for something, it's annoying.

[Died]

It's kind of annoying, I had similar things happen... I wanted to explore a ruin in a neighbours territory, bribed him to open borders.. and he immediately (not even 1 turn, instantly) re-closed borders. So I declared war and eliminated him.

[Crai-Crai]

Bribes are one of the many things in this game I just don't bother with because they're broken.

[Lady Crimson (RIP)]

You can force it off with 100 influence (no trading, but they're keeping doing it).. I would say maybe compliments might slow them.. but probably just murdering them.. mercilessly.. works best on factions like that (they do it to everyone, hence why I remove that trait from all factions I play with ).

[Lady Crimson (RIP)]

Bribes aren't that broken, they can work quite well under certain circumstances if you have the influence.. but.. they do work best with other players.

[Zion_Shall-Fall]

Originally posted by 100% Recycled Awesome:

Originally posted by =(eG)= Martial.Lore:

The ban was lifted (in return for some dust) but I still couldn't access the market. And then the next turn I was banned again!

This is a big complaint I have. Agreements should be for at least ten turns. When the AI agrees to something and then turns around the next turn after you paid for something, it's annoying.

+1

[mardavrio]

Pisses me off ,I gave away National Museum research skill and 10 adamantium to reopen the market as I desperately needed a new hero to avoid a city being overwhelmed...clicked next turn and the scroll icon appears ...banned again .I 100% agree with the commenter above ,negotions should last a set limit of turns .
It's been a while since I swore so vehemently at my screen !

[100% Recycled Awesome]

Originally posted by mardavrio:

Pisses me off ,I gave away National Museum research skill and 10 adamantium to reopen the market as I desperately needed a new hero to avoid a city being overwhelmed...clicked next turn and the scroll icon appears ...banned again .I 100% agree with the commenter above ,negotions should last a set limit of turns .
It's been a while since I swore so vehemently at my screen !

If a truce can last in excess of 30 turns...why doesn't everything (barring war) do that as well?

[mardavrio]

Yes it's annoying but I guess that now I know what the Roving Clans have up their sleeve ,I will just have to eliminate them as early as possible... in my current (mid-late)game I am just not in that position ,there are three empires left including me and the map is almost equally shared ..but the Rovers are cut off by closed borders so I need to go toe to toe with a major empire and with no market access .
I guess it's all part of the strategy ? ..154 turns in to learn this lesson !