Price of magic items

[13lackGu4rd]

Originally Posted by zegc-ben

I am a newbie and I was thinking of doing some intensive trade of magic item as middle age Vanheim but I have no idea of the prices I should ask.

I think the answer should depend several factor mostly :
importance of a single item (low for generic thug items, relatively hight for early game god SC gear, very hight for path bosters whicht enlock a path, ...)
ability for the buyer nation to make the item on his own

I woulb be expecially interested by the price of a dwarven hammer before turn 10.

like everything else in economics, it's all about supply and demand. in this case your limiting factors are gems and mage turns. the demand varies between the different nations, game settings, stage of the game(early, mid, late), etc. so basically a good price to ask is composed of the following: the item's cost(before or after hammer, don't include other bonuses, they're pure profit for you)+the value of your mage turns(pretty subjective and relative)+how important the item is to whoever you're trading it for(again, subjective and relative)+basic profit you want to make. so there's no way to come up with a magic item, but this should be your starting guideline, and with experience you'll have a better idea on how to evaluate these subjective values.

[zegc-ben]

I enderstand perfectly well that price are given by the link between offer and demand, but since I seems difficult to organize an auction I have to offer a price. So I would reform my question as : depending on your nation, ... what would be the maximum price you would accept to pay for a magic item (excluding very situatianal need in the first time). In other word I want to have an idea of the demand.

[13lackGu4rd]

Originally Posted by zegc-ben

I enderstand perfectly well that price are given by the link between offer and demand, but since I seems difficult to organize an auction I have to offer a price. So I would reform my question as : depending on your nation, ... what would be the maximum price you would accept to pay for a magic item (excluding very situatianal need in the first time). In other word I want to have an idea of the demand.

the thing is that the demand is very relative to the game you're in, your nation, your opponents, the stage of the game(early, mid, late) and more. so I can't just tell you, "Helheim should pay max 40A gems for a Staff of Storms" or something along those lines... there are just too many variables to tell you what the demand is going to be, just like in real life... supply and demand are ever fluctuating... I did try to give you the basic formula on which to insert the different variables(once you know them), and that's the most I can do to help you outside of a specific situation...