Title:
Allow Traders to Carry Food
Summary:
With the use of carts (or a different paraphernalia) allow traders the ability to carry food around with them so that they can move food around the island.
Details:
Traders will be able to purchase carts, each cart having a certain limit to the amount of food it is able to carry. (Food rot still applying of course.) Then the trader will be able to move around the island and buy/sell food from/to various regions. At the moment the only thing a trader can do is broker trades which requires there to not only be a sell offer within range of a market place but also a buy offer. If those two offers are within a lord's trade range then the trader serves little to no purpose in that trade and can be bypassed. With the ability to carry food, the trader (and only a trader) will be able to move food beyond the limits of the single market place thus increasing the difference between a trader and a region lord. It should be noted that the trader could, in theory, do this by brokering a trade chain involving at least three different region lords but that is more time consuming and difficult to pull off.
Based upon my memory the ability to carry food is how it used to be and having it back would be beneficial; at least until a more robust overhaul to the trader class happens.
Benefits:
- More purpose to the trader class.
- Gives more purpose to the cart paraphernalia.
Possible Downsides/Exploits:
- Could negatively effect the economy of an island as the markets wouldn't be as isolated. This could be a potential benefit instead of a downside.
