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Chase

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Economy Concerns
« on: June 17, 2016, 11:14:39 pm »
Toady mentioned "economy" will be implemented, what exactly does that mean?
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Re: Economy Concerns
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2016, 02:57:33 am »
Basic economic functions, like currency, rent, purchase and barter of goods within the fortress between dwarves, that sort of thing. Last time it was implemented was.... oh, about 6 years ago, prior to DF2010. It was a complete and total, utterly broken mess that caused a lot more pain than it did fun (or even !!FUN!!, it was just frustrating a lot of the time), which is why it got axed.
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Re: Economy Concerns
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2016, 03:45:30 am »
ahh, so this is what toady was talking about with gambling.. will it effect the entire world gen and stuff outside the fortress.. even with other races?? this sounds pretty neato.
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Re: Economy Concerns
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2016, 05:32:41 pm »
Quote from: Megaman3321 on June 18, 2016, 02:57:33 am
Basic economic functions, like currency, rent, purchase and barter of goods within the fortress between dwarves, that sort of thing. Last time it was implemented was.... oh, about 6 years ago, prior to DF2010. It was a complete and total, utterly broken mess that caused a lot more pain than it did fun (or even !!FUN!!, it was just frustrating a lot of the time), which is why it got axed.
It will be a worldwide economy this time. Wars will be fought over land, peasants will starve in the fields, merchants will travel. Players can be merchants. Will, in all likelihood be completely different from df2010.

And is last of the features on the "short-term"' list. Which means it's several years from implementation probably

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