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I'm not sure that I've seen a guide on this, but for anyone that doesn't have experience and would like to know what has been done successfully in the past please read on. I'm going to split this into 2 different ways to buy goods, one is utilizing in-game friends the other utilizes guild mates.
Buying from Guild Mates:
1) Post a message in your main guild thread. Tell people that you are looking to buy goods from a certain age (let them know which age) and how many goods you are looking to buy.
2) Go through your guild mates cities and note down which ones are in the age you are targeting or above it. Send them individual messages mirroring what you said in the main guild thread.
3) Assuming that you've found someone to buy the goods off of, determine a price and the target GB of the seller.
5) The buyer, in this case you, will post the trades in the market to get the goods. For the trade use either Bronze Age goods or the lowest aged goods that you have. Post 1 of the lower age goods for every 2 of the goods that you are buying.
Buying from Friends: (You may need a fully upgraded table cloth for this method)
1) If over 80 friends, drop friends to get less than 80 so you have invites ready if needed.
2) Send messages to all friends that could reasonably be in or above the age that you are targeting, let them know that you are looking to buy goods, tell them which age of goods and how many you would like to buy.
4) At this point you should have found someone selling goods, determine a price for the goods and the target GB of the seller.
5) The buyer, in this case you, will post the trades in the market to get the goods. For the trade use either Bronze Age goods or the lowest aged goods that you have. Post 1 of the lower age goods for every 2 of the goods that you are buying.
Buying from Guild Mates:
1) Post a message in your main guild thread. Tell people that you are looking to buy goods from a certain age (let them know which age) and how many goods you are looking to buy.
2) Go through your guild mates cities and note down which ones are in the age you are targeting or above it. Send them individual messages mirroring what you said in the main guild thread.
3) Assuming that you've found someone to buy the goods off of, determine a price and the target GB of the seller.
Ex: Buy 5 goods for 1 forge point (fp).
4) Place the agreed upon number of fp's onto the target GB of the seller.5) The buyer, in this case you, will post the trades in the market to get the goods. For the trade use either Bronze Age goods or the lowest aged goods that you have. Post 1 of the lower age goods for every 2 of the goods that you are buying.
Ex: 5 Marble for 10 Ferroconcrete
6) Post trades, if necessary, to get from the goods that you bought to the goods that you need.Ex: Seller only had Asbestos but you need Asbestos and Explosives, set a trade in the market trading Asbestos for Explosives.
Buying from Friends: (You may need a fully upgraded table cloth for this method)
1) If over 80 friends, drop friends to get less than 80 so you have invites ready if needed.
2) Send messages to all friends that could reasonably be in or above the age that you are targeting, let them know that you are looking to buy goods, tell them which age of goods and how many you would like to buy.
Ex: I was looking for PE goods so I messaged everyone on my friends list with a total score over 500,000 points.
3) If none of your friends are able to sell the goods or direct you to someone who can, look at the top guilds and find people in your target age. Send them a message telling them that you are looking to buy goods and send them a friend request.4) At this point you should have found someone selling goods, determine a price for the goods and the target GB of the seller.
Ex: Buy 5 goods for 1 forge point (fp).
4) Place the agreed upon number of fp's onto the target GB of the seller.5) The buyer, in this case you, will post the trades in the market to get the goods. For the trade use either Bronze Age goods or the lowest aged goods that you have. Post 1 of the lower age goods for every 2 of the goods that you are buying.
Ex: 5 Marble for 10 Ferroconcrete
6) Post trades, if necessary, to get from the goods that you bought to the goods that you need.Ex: Seller only had Asbestos but you need Asbestos and Explosives, set a trade in the market trading Asbestos for Explosives.
Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions for the guide, hopefully this will be of use to someone.