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Author Topic: [40d10] - One very slow trading wagon  (Read 2026 times)

Zhukov5

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[40d10] - One very slow trading wagon
« on: March 22, 2009, 07:43:46 pm »

On my first trading session in d10 the wagons swiftly came to my trading post as usual, but one was loaded down with three anvils and armor, moving at a crawl.  I almost lost the trading session because of it.

I have not seen one wagon moving at a different speed than the others before.  Maybe like an untrained hauler carrying gold ore it was not strong enough to handle the load.

Has anyone else seen this or have an explanation or fix?
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Hyndis

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Re: [40d10] - One very slow trading wagon
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2009, 07:50:32 pm »

It happens sometimes if the traders decide to load everything heavy onto a single wagon or pack animal.
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Noble Digger

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Re: [40d10] - One very slow trading wagon
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2009, 04:25:27 pm »

This happens periodically, sometimes you get one that's so ridiculously slow that the traders leave by the time it's moved 4-6 tiles onto your map, and you are left saying :|

If this does occur, you can try building a new trade depot as close as possible to the offending Lagon and dismantle the old trade depot to hope they'll migrate over to the new one and trade normally :O

I forget how it all works but this method can result in the merchants abandoning their goods and leaving your fort (you won't "get away with it" though, the home civ will 'know' that you 'stole' their stuff)
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Re: [40d10] - One very slow trading wagon
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2009, 11:33:03 pm »

But you can trade it all back to them at a loss though can't you?
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