Thoughts on Gem Trading Price for Magic Items

DonCorazon · #1 March 31st, 2008, 12:39 AM

Thanks, I just had no clue what the standard was so I had no idea how to determine what was cheap or expensive.

vfb · #2 March 31st, 2008, 12:53 AM

If no-one is accepting your trade offers, then your prices are too expensive. It depends on the game, what you can forge, if anyone else can forge it, who needs it, and how badly they think they need it.

Generally, between friendly nations (or for a nation I desire friendly relations with) I'll forge at cost, or a few gems over if the other nation will get a large benefit from the forging. I don't play earth nations all that much, so I rarely have more than two or three hammers.

If you are selling items at base+5 gems and people are buying them, then it's not too much. I'd pay 15 gems for a Fire Brand (if I couldn't forge it) or even 20 for a Skull of Fire (depending on the circumstances).

DonCorazon · #3 March 31st, 2008, 01:35 AM

Thanks for the input.

I have only traded items for gems a couple of times and those were in noob games. I always admitted to not really knowing what was fair and being open to alternative offers, but never had a trade rejected..

Just now getting to the point where I am starting to leave the "noob" zone, so now appreciate the value of gems, which is why I started to wonder if those prices might be high.

I do think trading at cost is somewhat cheap since you are losing some research but I guess if you need the gems in question then it is a good deal. Otherwise, cost plus a gem or two sounds reasonable in most cases.