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I went on holidays for 2 months and just came back a couple weeks ago. Before I left planks>bolts>tapes. Now that I am back I have seen a few posts asking for 1.5 planks and 2 tapes for 1 bolt. Now it could be that those posts were out of the order greedy guys but I had never seen that before. My question is has the value of barn items changed and if so what is the current tradable ratio on average.
Stay away from those trading threads! People who want to trade at different from 1:1 are just trying to rip you off. The real ratio of these items across the whole game is equal (therefore their intrinsic value is equal), but the ratio of these items is unbalanced for each individual player. My strong suggestion is to set up a relationship with 1 or 2 other people via personal message whose imbalance pattern is different from yours, and trade with them whenever you find yourself with excess of something. You will both upgrade faster as a result.
~powdermonkey
I would agree completely with powder monkey - I have a couple of friends who have excess of the things I don't seem to get so we are barn/silo buddies. Works well.Quote:
Originally Posted by powdermonkey
I get your point but what happens when those friends don't have what u want. There is a fair market value and I just wanted to know what is the new one. I know now that 1 bolt is worth 2 tapes as some members of the forum have offered as much. I guess bolts and planks are equal
If im trading with friends and neighbours that I have had for a while, I will trade everything including bolts and planks on a 1:1 basis. Or less. Depends what each of us is desperate for.Quote:
Originally Posted by muzzy
If its someone random from the trading thread then my ratio might be a wee bit higher with my usual overstock off bolts
In my opinion it all depends on your needs and own stock.
I've traded 10 bolts for 4 planks.................just because I had plenty of bolts at that time, no room in my barn and really needed the planks.
On the other hand I've traded 2 bolts for 4 planks.
Normally they're 1:1 but it's all up to yourself.
4 weeks ago I couldn't find a single bolt or screw..............now I've got plenty of those but I can't find anywhere tape or nails.
I guess that's the programmers way of making it "fun" for us.
They have an evil sense of humour - I've been searching all morning without success for that last, elusive screw and my barn was screaming at me, so I gave in and spent 8 diamonds for that last bloody screw, so what happens next? The Wheel arrives and what did I win? A screw! Then I tap on the toolbox. It opens to reveal ... a screw. Then I harvest my field and what up flies - you guessed it; a screw. Three screws in the space of one minute when I'd spent hours harvesting, opening toolboxes and hunting through the DD and come up empty! Now I just need 16 bolts to upgrade the barn ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Namoh
;) I'm sorry i'm laughing. This also happened to me a few times.Quote:
Originally Posted by GladeMaid
I find my best stuff when I stop looking for it!
The supply vs demand of bolts on the trading thread is ridiculous. I managed to get 2 bolts yesterday when someone threw them into our trade of 2 planks/tapes for 2 nails, but they are very few and far between.
Yep, those code writers are very clever people. Their algorithm knows exactly what you are looking for and withholds it until you don't want it anymore. So frustrating. That's why I go shopping for stuff my followers need, because I know they will never find it in their version of the DD, but I can take my version by surprise because it doesn't suspect that's what I'm looking for. Mwah-haha! Sometimes I even do it for random farmers I see in the DD. Makes me feel like I'm getting my own back on the code writers. And I just love buying stuff. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Tiggerr129
Haha - I do the same, Glademaid. Makes me happy.
my current version: in the months I've been playing, I've had exactly one boat asking for wool products. I'm about to turn away #4 in a few hours, since the wool event started.
Hahaha, I do the same! Just buy as random as you can and soon you will find anything you really want, without the program being able to react upon. All you need is a fairly large barn....Quote:
Originally Posted by GladeMaid
The DD was packed with farmers trying to get help with filling wool-based crates during the event! My boat wanted 9 red scarves, but as I'd hired Tom for the day, it wasn't an issue and I just kept cranking out the woolly hats. One thing I did notice, the DD turned into a cornucopia of things I don't normally see advertised, but I was trying to expand my barn and silo at the same time so didn't have the room to buy all those wonderful things I saw on sale. *sigh* Now it's back to eggs, eggs and more eggs!Quote:
Originally Posted by Samba