DarkMagic
Rare member
By default they are slow but you can pay to make them go like 50% faster, I'd suggest making them default 1.5-2x faster because it takes like 30 mins to take a wagon across the continent and it has to be done manually. The cars can be useful but they can only hold like 3 packs so no one really uses them for running packs across the continent.
Pros
Cons
- The only con I can see is the amount of time it takes for trade convoys to reach their destination through a PVP zone faster which gives less time for ganking, However I only see this applying to freedich isle and auroria since everyone waits for other zones to go peace for 1-2 hours before transporting goods.
The main reason why I want this change is that back in the original days of archeage I used to trade pack run for my money since I was a F2P player, I did this so I can pay for my subscription (Which became too expensive), however since I did this every. single. day. It destroyed my soul, I love the idea of running trade routes and making money but the fact it is so slow makes it super painful IMO. Perhaps that is part of the "balancing" of how profitable they are is they take time, however let's be honest, there are far better ways I can spend my time then to manually drive the carts for 30 mins to make a few hundred gold. I wanna do trade packs again for my love of trading but I don't wanna go through the slow speeds of the carts/wagons again. As for a trade off you can make each trade pack a bit more costly on resources for a gold per min balance change.
Pros
- Reduces the mind numbing slog of manual driving at slug speeds for 30 mins to a more manageable 15-20ish mins.
- Make farm carts more useful and not just force people to go for the merchant ship only to ship like 7 packs while still making the merchant ship viable because it holds 20 packs.
- You can then make the fuel boost still do it's 50% but also make it 50% more for the new speed upgrade making the fuel way more valuable. (Or make the fuel boost do 100% rather then 50% if that sounds more reasonable)
Cons
- The only con I can see is the amount of time it takes for trade convoys to reach their destination through a PVP zone faster which gives less time for ganking, However I only see this applying to freedich isle and auroria since everyone waits for other zones to go peace for 1-2 hours before transporting goods.
The main reason why I want this change is that back in the original days of archeage I used to trade pack run for my money since I was a F2P player, I did this so I can pay for my subscription (Which became too expensive), however since I did this every. single. day. It destroyed my soul, I love the idea of running trade routes and making money but the fact it is so slow makes it super painful IMO. Perhaps that is part of the "balancing" of how profitable they are is they take time, however let's be honest, there are far better ways I can spend my time then to manually drive the carts for 30 mins to make a few hundred gold. I wanna do trade packs again for my love of trading but I don't wanna go through the slow speeds of the carts/wagons again. As for a trade off you can make each trade pack a bit more costly on resources for a gold per min balance change.
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