Just a peaceful Trader: 20 BILLION!

by **Lil Lola** » Thu Jan 05, 2023 2:45 pm

Sure it shows the profit, but it sure doesn't show where the profits get eaten, aside from the millions in upgrades in warehouses and the hideout, resources, and GB for the plantations, replacing and repairing ships over and over, how the cost of one captain is about the size of a phone number (country and area code if your Feniks), then if you're a King like Pro, tossing a boatload of money in multi ports. Not to mention any loans or if you're a banker and you have loans that don't get paid back because some countries only cover partial losses. And ships tax and daily tax. And then when you're raided, not only do you lose a day's pay, you lose ships, and gold bars if you're a goldsmith, gold smithing eats your profits too because it doesn't pay off till level 15 or something. I think it's a like a third of your cash on hand. Cash on hand too. That gets BM’d if you get a fat payment from the treasury sometimes. Or is lost when raided.

by **Stan Rogers** » Thu Jan 05, 2023 2:50 pm

So, take your total profit figure and subtract what you currently have in GC and there, you have your expenses and net profit ! Simple !

by **Lil Lola** » Thu Jan 05, 2023 2:53 pm

Lol negative 2.8B lol

by **Scraps** » Thu Jan 05, 2023 4:11 pm

All time: -3,352,008,416 7.54B 2.84B 7.02B

by **Shadowood** » Thu Jan 05, 2023 8:22 pm

Stan Rogers wrote: the General Trade Report.

Thank you. This is what I was asking for.

by **Lil Lola** » Thu Jan 05, 2023 8:39 pm

Stan Rogers wrote:Your quite welcome Dez.
I thought I would explain what numbers were that Lods was posting in response to Shadow's question.
If you want to see yours, click on your in hand treasury and then the General Trade Report.

So, the numbers show Lods with 11 bil trade profit and Shadow with 20 bil.
GB used to be a decent trade income but limited in daily profit to forge output and market pricing.

But Stan I think that is just the one fleet belonging to Shadowwood (Unless that is the only trade fleet he has) not his total profits.

by **Most Lee Harmless** » Thu Jan 05, 2023 8:49 pm

Yep... but Shadowoods does not reflect the cost of making the GB s that he traded : that cost is accounted for under the second column : Warehouse and is generally a negative figure for most ( unless you run an awful lot of party cards).

Fleet profits only accumulate as long as that particular fleet exists : lose the fleet and you lose the ranking. In past times you used to lose the same amount off the accumulated fleet profits too but that was changed and now it stays valid as a historic total regardless of any particular fleets continued existence.

For older players it means our first years of play tend not to be included in current totals : likewise party profits were also not counted until the chsnges were made.

by **Lil Lola** » Thu Jan 05, 2023 8:54 pm

So then older players have no idea what their profits were/are unless they happen to be accountants/bankers or whatever irl and keep track of all that just because that's their jam.

Also shadowood I think has 21 plantations.