hat's why I said that one common currency is a simplification because having three currencies may be going too far for this game
that currency would be negligably small on the game-scope. it would matter to people, but not as much to you.
True, that's why it's never used in normal market exchange where thousands of goods are being bought/sold
that doesn't apply on this scale. all of those thousands of goods are contained within your own structured economy, all you need is stuff to build with. making this a 2-3 material market.
Exactly. And why try to define the worth in sheep?
because its much easier and intuitive than money is.
tell me, how many staplers would you give up for a pencil? you can probably come up with an answer far quicker than you would give for money.
1 to 1 deals are most common in barter
absolutely not. whens the last time you traded 1 thing for 1 thing? the trades are more excess for deficit. i.e. you will trade 3 apples for an orange if you own an apple orchard. 1 to 1 ratio deals are very rare
2 object trade (apples for oranges) are the norm, but rarely in a 1 to 1 ratio.
The oil was simply pointed out because with the huge demand for it it's almost a currency of it's own
which is the job that the metal and crystal hold in this game.
unless you're not there yet
oh, very witty.
Just a thought that may help clarify the absolute NEED for currency (in real life); what if you have sheep and want to get a cow. The one that has a cow doesn't want any sheep, he wants a car (for instance). Now you may look around untill you find somebody with a cow that wants sheep, whom you may or may not find. You may also try to barter sheep for a car which the cow owner may or may not like/be prepared to barter.
again, doesnt apply.
why? because you can get sheep or cows wherever you want. those are self contained within your economy, the only thing you need is an abundant supply of the basic materials. unfortunately in game these are the only things that are in low supply.
i.e. your example doesnt apply because your using too specific a topic. advent will have their own cows, but they wont have the crystals. TEC has plenty of merchant ships, but not enough metal to create more.
