Jonathan Ingram
01-29-1999, 05:50 AM
A simple fix for the absolutely outrageous wealth that guilds can generate
is to change the formula for calculating the income from a trade route.
Instead of averaging the province levels at each end of the route, average
the level of the guild holdings on each end of the trade route.
So, if I have a G(2) in Caercas (5) and a G(1) in Abbatuor (2), the income
from my trade route is 2 + 1 / 2 = 1.5 rounded to 2GB rather than 5 + 2 / 2
= 3.5 rounded to 4GB.
To be even sterner, round numbers down instead of up. And keep in mind that
any regent worth his salt will claim around 50% of income from trade routes
running through his territory, so the guild makes at best 1GB under this
formula.
What does everyone think?
Jonathan
is to change the formula for calculating the income from a trade route.
Instead of averaging the province levels at each end of the route, average
the level of the guild holdings on each end of the trade route.
So, if I have a G(2) in Caercas (5) and a G(1) in Abbatuor (2), the income
from my trade route is 2 + 1 / 2 = 1.5 rounded to 2GB rather than 5 + 2 / 2
= 3.5 rounded to 4GB.
To be even sterner, round numbers down instead of up. And keep in mind that
any regent worth his salt will claim around 50% of income from trade routes
running through his territory, so the guild makes at best 1GB under this
formula.
What does everyone think?
Jonathan