Competition between traders / new "sell to port" mechanic

[Snowy McScruff]

This is a Great. I've been finding the trading a bit stale myself and making it more complexity and realistic will add more depth.

It also puts warehouse back into being the middle man of storage for all trade like they are actual used for.

[Most Lee Harmless]

It seems rather complex in action whilst addressing a valid point.

I always thought the same principal as is used to price gold bars should apply to all goods. The more that is sold into a port the lower the price offered. The less then the higher the price stays. Equaly, the more the port sells of its production, the higher its selling price climbs as stocks reduce. Such dynamic pricing at both ends could lead to the lazy trader soon racking up losses on a poorly chosen or monitored route.

I do think it would need to be much less volatile in action than the gold bar pricing is.

It would have the advantage of simplicity, over-trade goods into or out of a port and watch your margins fall whilst margins to other ports may rise. The observant and active trader will gain, the click and forget, log in three days later will find themselves with a self-emptied purse and mayhaps a lack of ships as Ye Pyrates feast..