Monthly Farmers Market

[macscarfe]

Why does this have to be risk free, i mean one of the reason i like Salem in the first place is that you avoid risk by use of common sense rather than game mechanics.

Look at the end of the day this is a simple monthly event (3 days in every 30 days) that doesn't require JC to be here for it to happen (this strikes me as a good thing) it exposes the players to a little risk (cough cough), it is griefable with a lot of effort (3 stalls plus 50 reserves slots of 5k branches when a player can only put up 2 items would require quite a bit of effort) and brings people into contact with each other (thus providing a possibility for other stuff to randomly occur), while allowing smaller sized players without massive claims and towns to make a little profit (although I admit this is not needed as a quick walk in the woods will net you 3 feathers for 90 silver in less than an hour).

No this is not needed, but you know some people might find it fun, useful or even entertaining. I mean if it's a bad idea, it's a bad idea i fully accept that but Y so Srs guys?

[Dallane]

No this is not needed, but you know some people might find it fun, useful or even entertaining. I mean if it's a bad idea, it's a bad idea i fully accept that but Y so Srs guys?

Because you are making a terrible system that is easy to grief and exploit.

[Kimnj]

perhaps if we had a safe section near town where once a month players could set out a blanket and put some items on it, maybe 5 slots or so, and other players could browse and buy, BUT, the owner has to be sitting right there at the blanket, it might inspire some social interaction between buyers and sellers.

As a smaller sized player, I have to say that I like this idea and the socializing part. Sometimes I just need to quick trade something I don't have the space or use to hold onto. Clawing my way to world of Mercantilism is a LOT just to dump some random bits and bobs from scavenging. I think, like IRL, there has to be something in between for different levels of commerce: There's corporate (white stalls), there's small businesses (blue stalls), and e-businesses (forums) and then there are times you just need a table in a parking lot or a blanket on the sidewalk to get some side-hustling done. Its a more attractive and efficient than hollering like some newsie to random strangers or getting robbed at trading barrels.