Contract Shipping - possible game expansion

[William Pitt]

BUMP!


This is needed. It's been ages....reopen the discussion.

[William one eye]

Most of the primary objectives for this suggestion were accomplished with the open market system.

This being ability to get goods and sell goods in various places even if you did not have the fleet reasources or did but did not wish to commit the opportunity cost from trade route deviation to do so.



However their are many things that could improve the current system.
A few off the top of my head include

Ability of nations to tax or subsidize specific goods in their markets by port. Even better if this could he applied by nation to nation political status. Perhaps even player to nation status tied to honor or hostillity. Voted in as laws by council.

Ability for players to place purchase requests and offer a set buy price for goods being delivered or produced in port.
For example if you are in need of a good and are willing to encourage delivery by paying better than market rate.


Shipping companies could be added to this.
Shipping companies would allow a route for moving cargo for other players using collective reasources of warehouses and ships of the company. Players could invest in companies by finance, warehouse space, and or ship commitment.
Those invested in a company would share its profits or misfortunes.

[Shadowood]

I would very much like to place and "Fill Order" in a port at a price I specify. (i.e. Contract)

Next, a money hungry trader can see the open "Fill Order" and accept it. They then get paid once the order is complete.

Money for the order is held in a "trust" so to speak, so buy can't back out once the contract is excepted.

I don't mind the system as it is now, but I do wish I could place an order for what I am willing to pay.

Got the idea from Haron. This would be sorta of like how the Credit Market works now but Port and Resource specific.