The basic idea was that traders are more useful than lords doing trading, due to their wider range and ability to broker deals.
As it stands so far, it doesn't work out. So we will add more incentives to include traders. One idea I have is adding fees for lords who complete (but not publish) deals. So basically, for a lord it should be cheaper to put up a "buying 500 food for 100 gold" deal next to the already existing "selling 500 food for 100 gold" one than it is to simply accept it. In fact, it should be so much cheaper that he's willing to put up a "buying 500 for 105" so traders can make a profit.
Which means the fee should be around 10% or so.
So does that mean we will be paying 5% more when we post our buy offers?
