I just updated the bots so that farmers won't sell below $29 + tax; now that i think about it i did the math backwards on the tax, but it'll be close enough :)

(note, not rainbows, because i didn't think about it, and because they're probably negligible)

You can check the code to make sure it looks good, if you like ;)

i'm almost willing to bet that when ffa next starts 1st week or 2 bushels price is 29-30.

If $c->g_tax = 1.06 then, this ups the min of food to $30:

29×(100+1.06)÷100 = 29.3074 (unless you use PHP's keyword *floor* on this value, then it's still $29)

if($price <= 29*(100+$c->g_tax)/100)
return sell_on_pm($c,array('m_bu' => $quantity));

I think what you were trying to do is (which is apx the same thing):

if($price <= 31)
return sell_on_pm($c,array('m_bu' => $quantity));

31*.94 = 29.14 (private market price). (granted not a single EXPRESS player would ever sell that low on public., but that's better than $25 - $29 market food).

preferably would be:

if($price <= 36)
return sell_on_pm($c,array('m_bu' => $quantity));

If I spend a turn to place food on market and wait for it to sell, it should be more profitable than getting $ instantly. By increasing the floor amount to $36 it will ensure that no PM outweighs selling on private monetary wise. (It's my understanding that the instant liquidation is for emergency purposes and shouldn't be used as the primary means of sales of bushels).

On a side note: thans for making the update. With the added code,. food sold on the public market will now have a lower limit of $30/$29 rather than $25

mhm

what you also may not have noticed was that i balanced the Gaussian towards increasing the price, rather than keeping it stable

Oh! I didn't see it. Yes, that's a huge upgrade.

Do these take effect next set? Or this set?

right now

I can get $35 on my PM :p -- add the taxes and unless food is selling above 37 on the public market, then private just makes much more sense... If bots want to sell at 30 I will be happy to buy bushels from them :)

base!

Aye- it's a wonderful bonus for those who are demos. But if you're trying to make the farmer bots more competitive, selling their food at 29*.94 is going to be hard to do. Esp since they're explore only + they get raped for their land.

But with that curve it should help a lot.

Under full military tech the PM sell price is 35 ... so anything under $33 + tax is going to yield a profit, for most gov types. If it is not rounded then even at 33 it yields a .02 profit per bushel. Democracies can take this much further with much greater gains per bushel. To keep a demo with full mil tech from simply converting bushels on their PM the price would need to be @ 37.

low land and camping the market a Demo could make a pretty penny with $5-6 profits per bushel. This of course depends on how long bushels remain that low, and how much bots are producing, or if there is an overabundance of farmers in a reset.

The above sort of explains why a farmer should not sell bushels for under 37, or if the market is that bad, then they should look into getting their Military tech to at least under 84%. Doing this will provide them with opportunities to buy bushels that are under priced. Especially if they have the time to camp out and watch the market.

mFrost

I'll make it for their PM sell price once i verify that i actually have that info available