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[CoconutKid]

Thanks for the reply. 

[Albereth]

Okay question for the night/weekend 

I was going over a post that MaxBeta made on Page 3 of his strategy guide.   In it he mentions 2 trade routes for auto-trading.   I figured what the hell and wrote down the into in the 2 routes and was running them manually.   What I have been finding is the prices he quotes for buying the items is much lower than what you can actually get them for in the game.   About the only one I can find and the price is timber but nothing else.   The prices in the game range from 5 to 50+ his prices.   I was thinking about raising the buy to a more reasonable number and upping the sell to maintain a decent profit.   Do you think this would be a good idea or what would you suggest?  It is just very difficult to make money when you can not do anything.

[pad11]

when it come sto autotradiing, I'm a bit of a blank slate as the only time I use it is to supply my businesses...I'm a bit of a micromanager so I like to earn all my money manually w/ my ships!

later,
pat!

[Albereth]

Actually, I don't use autotrading except for the stationary at my home town.   And the manager sucks at purchasing things at the prices I told him to.   He can sell but doesn't like buying.   Then he wanted a raise due to all the trading he had down. . . .

I have been using my ships for manual trading but with the prices it is a royal PITA.   To autotrade you have to have a good captain and mine died while I was out in my heavily armed snaikka and Beneke found me.   That is when I found out the 3 on the front of the pirate meant there were 3 pirates there.   Needless to say, the snaikka went to DJs locker real fast, but not before I had 1 ship down to 26 hit points left.

Look ma, no questions  :)

[Albereth]

Arggh!!  Where is Max when ya need him ??   

Was having trouble with my office administrator never buying anything, even when the prices were clearly below the value I set.   I figured it out when I read that when buying you have to fill in how many to buy up too the price you set.   Now I have a warehouse filling up with good items like iron goods and really good prices and am making money again.   Just bought my third ship and it is going to be a floating warehouse for now.   I also have a trade office in Stockholm and Riga has given me permission to build a third there.   I think I will hold off on that one and work on getting my rep in Gdansk up to where they give me permission.

If you happen to see MaxBeta floating around, tell him he has to check in here from time to time to give up newbs some answers since he is the autotrader god 

[BlackLibrary]

Was having trouble with my office administrator never buying anything, even when the prices were clearly below the value I set.   . . .    I also have a trade office in Stockholm and Riga has given me permission to build a third there.    I think I will hold off on that one and work on getting my rep in Gdansk up to where they give me permission. 

I've been playing Patrician 3 for many years as well.   Still a great game.   

When you build a trading office in any city in the Hanse, you are expected to contribute to that city directly in some fashion.   Taxes, sieges, improvements, etc.   That can get expensive.   For instance, depending on your level of wealth, if and when the city expands the size of its walls, expanding the area size of the city, you are expected to pay a large tax on it.   That could easily cost you 100K to 200K.   

This is not even including the operating expenses of a trading office.   Administrator, security, guilds, politics, etc.

You have joined the local guild, right?

Therefore, be careful expanding the number of trading offices.   Build only when you need it strategically, have a plan. . . and can over afford it.