I’m sure there are other things I either haven’t discovered yet or I have yet to unlock because I haven’t reached a high enough level yet. Then you can hire foreman to run the mine to provide another source of income. There are abandoned mines that you can explore and make safe if you have enough mercenaries at your disposal. For example one area of gameplay I haven’t spoken about yet is mine exploration. As I played more and more I was surprised with all the different things I could do. Merchants of Kaidan has a lot of elements that help keep the game interesting. The trade screen indicates the average price paid for your stock so it’s clear if you’d be making a profit or loss. All these elements make the game a challenge to master. Other factors that affect market prices include the seasons and unforeseen random events such as natural disasters. Furthermore if you keep supplying the same goods to the same locations, eventually the demand for that item will diminish and the prices will drop, much like the real life supply chain. If you keep going backwards and forwards trading between the same locations you run the risk of highway men ambushing your cart and stealing your possessions. The challenge is discovering where on the map is the best places to buy and sell your goods. Fill up your cart with as much as you can and then transport them to one of the nearby cities where you can sell them. For example, one of the best places to buy hides would be from a farm that specialises in animal husbandry. The key to success is sourcing stock at a low price and then taking it to another location where those goods are in demand and sell at the most profit. Initially, I didn’t think anything of it but then I realised that this wasn’t the true size of the world and there were even more locations on the map. The map view of Kaidan that you are presented with might seem overwhelming at the beginning of the game. Set in a fictitious fantasy world in the year 1220, you will spend most of your time travelling to the many different towns, cities and remote villages in search for cheap stock to buy and subsequently sell at a tidy profit. To rise up the ranks in the merchant’s guild you have to complete specific tasks. These options are great to have and offer greater flexibility in how you what to play the game. These include a set time limit of one or five years in game time, or achieving a final fortune of 1000000 coins. The other three scenarios are shorter and a lot quicker to play through if you wanted a quicker conclusion to your gameplay. The aim of the campaign is to rise up the ranks and eventually avenge your father’s death at the hands of Van Talood.Īs I will talk more on later, this campaign is very long and full on. Your story starts as you take on a fake name to hide your true identity and sell your family ring to pay for your first horse drawn cart to follow in your father’s footsteps as a merchant. It’s best to plan your journeys as travel times vary between locations and there are toll bridges that can eat into your profits. There are many places to visit in Kaidan. Conveniently Talodd took over the rest of the business and left you with nothing but the family ring that you had on your person. Talodd framed his father who was found guilty of being a traitor and subsequently hanged. The main campaign sees you taking the role of Ollivean De Calinn, the son of a successful merchant who was brutally betrayed by his business partner, Van Talodd. When starting a new game there are four game scenarios you can choose to play through.
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