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[gameplay] improve merchant ships
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Authored by Nescio on Mar 15 2021, 8:35 PM.

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Balancing
Trac Tickets
#3428
Summary

With this patch merchant ships have:

  • the additional gain per trader raised from 20% to 50%;
  • +60% base trade gain multiplier, making them much more profitable;
  • their +35% movement speed bonus removed, to compensate, and making it easier to compare them with land traders, which now have the same movement speed;
  • their health raised by two thirds;
  • a wood cost of 160 (nicely in between bireme (120) and trireme (200) and proportional to their health (400); right now they have 0 wood cost);
  • a metal cost of 120 (i.e. +20);

Furthermore, land traders cost slightly less metal (75 instead of 80), such that the metal cost of merchant ships and land trader is proportional to their base trade gain.

Effectively this makes merchant ships more expensive yet also more profitable than land traders, and having traders inside a more viable option.

D3692 can help with displaying the difference in trade gain between land traders and merchant ships.
D3697 is an alternative to this patch.

Test Plan

Check for mistakes and omissions. Agree with the concept and the proposed values.

Event Timeline

Nescio created this revision.Mar 15 2021, 8:35 PM
Owners added a subscriber: Restricted Owners Package.Mar 15 2021, 8:35 PM

Successful build - Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

Debug: 
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Release: 
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Link to build: https://jenkins.wildfiregames.com/job/vs2015-differential/4665/display/redirect

Successful build - Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

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Nescio requested review of this revision.Mar 15 2021, 8:46 PM
borg- added a subscriber: borg-.Mar 16 2021, 2:49 AM

There is a 180% increase in cost and only a real 60% gain. To be honest, the gain for garrison units is basically useless, I have never used it and I have never seen anyone use it, it is a need for huge micro and merchant ships are clumsy, so it is a problem.
For me the addition of wood is valid, but I support a cost like 60 wood 60 metal and the proposed gain of 60%.
Is possible to reduce the size of the model so that it is not colliding so much with other merchant ships?

With this patch merchant ships get exactly the same gain to cost ratio as land traders. This means which of the two is more profitable depends on the total distance and how direct the route is. Moreover, merchant ships are much harder to destroy than land traders.
As for traders boarding merchant ships, right now it's rather inefficient, but by raising the factor per trader from 20% to 50%, it becomes more attractive. It doesn't have to be a viable option in every game, but it ought to be usable in some specific situations; right now it isn't; with this patch it is (e.g. if sea routes are clearly longer than land routes).

Palaxin added a comment.EditedMar 16 2021, 12:37 PM
In D3693#160944, @borg- wrote:

I have never used it and I have never seen anyone use it.

It will be difficult to find good values for trader garrisoning in the first try, we may need some playtest from good players as you :)

In D3693#160944, @borg- wrote:

There is a 180% increase in cost and only a real 60% gain. To be honest, the gain for garrison units is basically useless.

I agree it's still not profitable. To keep things simple I suggest for both land traders and merchant ships

  • same speed (proposed by this patch), total cost and base trade gain multiplier
  • garrisoning bonus should be around 100% of base trade gain multiplier, at the very least 75%

Otherwise this mechanic will remain too situational to be seen at all as I see too many disadvantages... The micro work of garrisoning and the opportunity cost (of not immediately sending ship and trader to work) alone would justify 125% bonus for comparable land/sea trade route length (which may not be the case so we can reduce a bit from that number).

Nescio added a comment.EditedMar 16 2021, 5:13 PM

Keep in mind trade income does not scale linearly with the distance.
Right now each trader boading a ship gives 20% of 0.75 = 0.15; with this patch it's 50% of 1.2 = 0.6, so if the distance is somewhat longer, it is profitable.

same speed (proposed by this patch), total cost and base trade gain multiplier

In other words, making merchant ships a lot less cost-effective than they currently are. It could be done, easily, though I think it would not be an improvement.
[EDIT] Here you go: D3697.

Palaxin added a comment.EditedMar 16 2021, 9:55 PM

[EDIT] Here you go: D3697.

Thank you! To keep things simple, I would wait for that ticket before continuing to discuss the trader garrison bonus...

Edwarf added a subscriber: Edwarf.Mar 22 2021, 5:50 PM