Why should I produce my own barrels? (broken economy)

[Heinz234]

Producing a barrel will cost me 4 planks, 1 tool and 1 iron.
Selling 4 planks and 1 tool will give me 7 gold.
Buying 1 barrel will cost me 6 gold.
Profit 1 gold, and i have 1 iron to spare to make more tools and I don't need no pay upkeep for the building.

The economy and resource requirements for construction feel completely unbalanced.
(a hedge requiring 4 times the amount of wood as a defensive wooden wall?)

EDIT: Title.

[Phytoseiulus Persimilis]

Because with all the alcoholics in this game importing barrels will not be enough once you have a big city or army.

[Heinz234]

Originally posted by Phytoseiulus Persimilis:

Because with all the alcoholics in this game importing barrels will not be enough once you have a big city or army.

That's why they should drink beer and berrybrew. Those require no barrels.

[Phytoseiulus Persimilis]

Then... why do you want to import barrels if you don't need wine ?

[bennett]

Originally posted by Heinz234:

Producing a barrel will cost me 4 planks, 1 tool and 1 iron.
Selling 4 planks and 1 tool will give me 7 gold.
Buying 1 barrel will cost me 6 gold.
Profit 1 gold, and i have 1 iron to spare to make more tools and I don't need no pay upkeep for the building.

The economy and resource requirements for construction feel completely unbalanced.
(a hedge requiring 4 times the amount of wood as a defensive wooden wall?)

What even is the use of barrels? I never found out

[Heinz234]

Originally posted by Phytoseiulus Persimilis:

Then... why do you want to import barrels if you don't need wine ?

As an extra option for those who don't like beer or berrybrew?

But, this post is not so much about just barrels, but about the whole unbalanced economy that realy could use some serious rebalancing.

[Wuik]

Originally posted by bennett:

Originally posted by Heinz234:

Producing a barrel will cost me 4 planks, 1 tool and 1 iron.
Selling 4 planks and 1 tool will give me 7 gold.
Buying 1 barrel will cost me 6 gold.
Profit 1 gold, and i have 1 iron to spare to make more tools and I don't need no pay upkeep for the building.

The economy and resource requirements for construction feel completely unbalanced.
(a hedge requiring 4 times the amount of wood as a defensive wooden wall?)

What even is the use of barrels? I never found out

Hi,
that is necessary to the monks / nuns to make the wine .
And wine was an ingredient for a monastic recipe...

[Pico 22]

I made my first Foundation cooperage years ago, found the production too extensive, tore it down and started importing barrels.
I made my second Foundation cooperage in 1.0 to see if anything has changed. Nothing has. Importing again.

[Heinz234]

It's a shame really that after at least 8 years of development the economy is still as unbalanced as it is.

[Rome-Fu]

I think to earn taxes, a person has to be employed. Taken another way, even if you lose money buying the resources to craft something, you get the taxes for employing the person. In the case of citizens, its a huge difference.

In short, you don't make money by processing imported materials for trade. You make money by employing people who then need to clear their inventory to continue working. So, you trade what you don't need to keep the system flowing.

[NanoGrrl]

Originally posted by Rome-Fu:

I think to earn taxes, a person has to be employed. Taken another way, even if you lose money buying the resources to craft something, you get the taxes for employing the person. In the case of citizens, its a huge difference.

In short, you don't make money by processing imported materials for trade. You make money by employing people who then need to clear their inventory to continue working. So, you trade what you don't need to keep the system flowing.

This makes a great deal of sense. Thank you!