Originally Posted by
bergman2021
Prices would be "SET" by the market, which is exactly the way it is now. Everything has a certain price that a majority of people buy and sell at, 1 for water, 8 for coal, 10 for beer, etc. Are there always people online selling these things at different prices?? Of course, however, it usually doesn't take to long to find at least one person selling at the price the market has "SET".
The issue i think you're missing is this: (using water as the example again) the trade market would have a page for buying and selling water...there are tons of people in the game who sell water at 1 coin per stack, therefore when you go to buy water, you look at the page and see a bunch of people selling at 1 coin per stack, say you buy every stack for sale at 1 coin (assuming you have both the coins and the storage to do so) and you then try to turn around and post ON THE SAME PAGE, that you are now selling all the water you just bought at 2 gold coins. This only works if everyone who is willing to sell at 1 gold coin is completely out of water to sell, otherwise people look at the market page/tab/section for water and see offers of water for sale at 1 coin and water for sale at 2 coins, which do you think they are going to choose??? So therefore, it is IMPOSSIBLE, for someone to "make a mint" if there was a revamped market allowing for perpetual trades and multiple trades!! It is actually only possible in the present setup for a mint to be made, because as it is now, you have to hope someone is online and the one trade that they want to post is for the thing you are looking for at the "SET" price, instead of being forced to pay an inflated price because there isn't anyone online who sells at the lower price.