Hi I'm looking for the prices between ages. Someone in my guild is selling 200 goods from an above age and he wants400 goods from a lower age. I said that it's backwards. Isn't he supposed to give a 2/1? I think I'm correct but I'm here to find out for sure. Thank you very much
The market costs are based on 3 criteria: Whatever people want, whatever people pay and whatever limits are imposed by INNO.
Typically it looks like this, based on "normal" costs to produce goods per 24 hours:
When trading up: 2:1. Meaning you will pay 2 goods for every 1 good you receive. It costs more to produce higher age goods, so it makes sense that you pay more to receive them.
When trading for the same age goods: 1:1. It costs the same to produce same age goods so it makes sense to pay the same amount to receive them.
When trading down: 1:2. Meaning you will pay 1 good for every 2 goods you receive. It costs less to produce lower age goods, so it makes sense that you pay less to receive them.
This model is based on the time when most goods were produced in cities by building goods buildings and collecting from them. Though it is only typical and not a rule, it has stood the test of time as a model.
The trade you mentioned above is pretty typical and is considered a fair trade by most.