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I want to be an Eve, but I don't want to spam /die to get it lol

For sake of argument, lets assume that a in game trade facilitator existed.

Biggest hurdle is no one knows their absolute location in the world, and I don't see that being changed as it protects against people running from a village they born to to be with the village they building.

Such a system would, in my opinion, be against the spirit of the game itself. A brand new Eve working with stone tools shouldn't be able to buy top end clothing with a horse and buggy and lots of stone from E-OHOL.

At minimum, a person should have access to a radio and transmitter, to be able to order supplies from other cities in that fashion.

And to keep in the spirit of the game, someone would need to transport said equipment from point A to B so as not to automagically appear.

Not to mention, where does the coin COME from?  Gold bars to gold coins is an idea, or making silver and such, but then you in the trouble of people MAKING as much money as they need to buy whatever their town needs.

It could be item for item trade, but again, you have to have someone physically transport it.

We cant create a trade website because 1: I got no idea how to tell what server I am on, and 2: Your location is relative. You may be at what you see as 100,200, and someone from another villiage is at their 100,200, but they could be kilometers apart.

Distance and location is an issue with any in game trade as well. How do you know where to transport the stuff to, even if the game had a system in place?

The idea is interesting, but i do not think practical or applicable to OHOL.

Ok, so I thought about it and ran some numbers.

Deep wells have a 25% chance to recharge their water 1 bucket (10 Bowls) every 150 min.

Shallow wells have a 6% chance to recharge their water 1 bowl every 36 min, which equivalently is 18.5% chance for at least 1 bowl in the same 150 min time, with a maximum of 4 bowls

It certainly worth it statistically to upgrade shallow wells to deep wells, so there is no benefit in keeping shallow wells until your tech can make deep wells.

But I don't think an overhaul is needed for one reason. It emulates perfectly the issues of water management before diesel engines.  Wells used to go dry all the time, and when they did, the town it was based around did collapse.  Such things were common even up into the wild west period of the US.

If the wells near your town can not support the growth attempted, then it is a limiting factor. Less crops to be farmed, increasing meat use like rabbit or sheep and save water for farming that supports those, or have a person dedicated to go out with a bowl and 3 buckets in a wagon, to bring back full buckets of water from ponds that are collected sustainable to put in the well as a stop gap before tech catches up.  I imagine that this tech hurdle is a great team building exercise.  "Ok, Wells gone dry.  We need a dedicated baker, blacksmith, farmer, and water gatherer. everyone else, listen to the blacksmith and gather what they need.  lets save this town!"

Tech wise though, the Newcomen Pump can be built with low end tech.  (Big Rocks, rope, Iron, buckets). Its a wood burning one.

The diesel burning one is the one that is needed, and its only a 5% chance per full empty of the newcomen pump that you would need to upgrade that pump.

I think that leaves plenty of time

Vexenie, your idea is good for reducing clutter. We now can make slotted boxes that hold 10 small items, and your pages of info would fit in that. As close to a book you going to get for that one.  As for Specialized People?  I think that would work better by having more profession related clothing.

Can you illuminate me on the actual issue? Do you not need to have a Dry Shallow Well to turn it into a Deep well, a Dry Deep Well to  upgrade it to the newcomen pump?