2007-07-25, 01:43:39
Trading
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I've traded a lot in Battle Tanks. I started to play battle tanks at version 8.04, where the central trade posts gave as much as 2 wood. But that ended in 8.10, where the trader rewards was reworked and rebalanced so it was less imba. I figured out how to trade quite fast, and did find it funny and exciting to trade, as well as giving your team members 50% of the trader rewards done by delivering trade goods at the trade master. When I was trade noob, the only thing I did was buying speed and only saving gold, so after 50 min, I retired as trader and joined as a strong tank, but later I discover that our team won much faster if I upgraded the troops instead. Also functioning as a troop commander with troop command did greatly assist our team. Sometimes I bought mines to suprise the enemy. In the latest versions I sometimes buy factory which spawns 5 troops every 20 seconds...
Now I know which sides give most profit. When you are the dark force, you should trade at right lane which gives most profit and wood. For light force you should trade at left lane which gives most gold and lumber for the goods. That's is because the dark force trade master is farther away form trade posts at right lane cuz he's positioned at bit left at center mid. And vice versa. So the dark force priority when they have a trader is to defend the right lane. Light Force priority when they have a trader is to defend the left lane. Losing these important trade lanes for each force will slow the trade and give the other team greater advantage.
So dark force teammates should prioritize protecting RIGHT LANE when they have a trader on their team and Light Force should prioritize protecting LEFT LANE when they have a trader.
Trading is very important for your team as you provide them some additional gold. They may not notice it, but trading gives your teammates a small advantage due to slightly increased income.
Basic Trade Steps - If you don't know how to trade
1. At start player who wants to trade should type "I trade", so there won't be any misunderstanding. A team don't need 2 traders. You should skill teleport. Use control point teleporter to mid.
2. Begin to run immediate upon your arrival to the trade master. Be careful and not get killed by these 2 first spawn marines. Use teleport to get there a bit faster. At trade master you can become trader for 2500 gold. Buy it!
3. Now you have changes into a trader. Skill Shadow Walk. Notice all the gold mines on the minimap. Those are trade posts where you can get trade goods. At first go to one of the closest "gold mines". When you arrive, press A. Now you have collected a trade good. After you picked the trade good you should immediately return to your trade master.
4. As you may have noticed, you started with 10 wood. Now you have 11 wood after you deliver the first trade good. Every trade good costs 10 wood, but when you deliver the trade good back to the trade master, you get 11 wood. Trade goods further away gives 12 and 13 wood. When you reach 20 wood, you can carry 2 goods at once before you have to return to the trade master. Now you again go and collect more trade goods...
5. Also traders are high priority targets for the enemy, so you should try to avoid enemy tanks at maximum rate. As you deliver more and more goods, you will increase in levels, and your top priority skill should be invisible skill. When you get 1500 gold, you should return to the blacksmith at your base and buy turbo speed. Speed is the most important to trader, as it allows faster trading and increases the chance of outrunning enemy tanks.
6. Now as you have turbo speed, trading goes better and faster... rest you can figure out by yourself...
What should a trader buy
Different traders has different ways of spending their money, but most of them do buy speed after 5-6 minutes of gameplay.
All options is made after you have bought speed
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Here are some possible item priorities options that a trader can choose to buy in a game. Remember that trader cannot buy or carry weapons or hulls of any kind.
1. Upgrade you speed. Then upgrade attack and armor for your force rest of the game.
2. Buy Troop Command. Then upgrade your speed. Upgrade troops rest of the game.
3. Buy Factories and sometimes upgrading your troops. Upgrade your speed when you feel for it.
4. Buy 1 troop Command. Buy 1 Orbital Control. Now the trader has a lethal weapon which may support his allies with. Upgrade speed. Upgrade his troops for the rest of the game. This is my favorite strategy.
You get most of the items from the blacksmith. Special items such at the orbital control can be bought from the goblin trader which stands near the blacksmit at your main base. He does also sell mines. Other items is being sold by the "arthas" trader guy.
My record with this is 29:3 against unskilled players. Orbital Control gave me plenty of kills.
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Also there is plenty of combinations a trader can do in a game... Fell free to submit your trading habits here.
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replaced trade zeppelin picture and added minor info
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I've traded a lot in Battle Tanks. I started to play battle tanks at version 8.04, where the central trade posts gave as much as 2 wood. But that ended in 8.10, where the trader rewards was reworked and rebalanced so it was less imba. I figured out how to trade quite fast, and did find it funny and exciting to trade, as well as giving your team members 50% of the trader rewards done by delivering trade goods at the trade master. When I was trade noob, the only thing I did was buying speed and only saving gold, so after 50 min, I retired as trader and joined as a strong tank, but later I discover that our team won much faster if I upgraded the troops instead. Also functioning as a troop commander with troop command did greatly assist our team. Sometimes I bought mines to suprise the enemy. In the latest versions I sometimes buy factory which spawns 5 troops every 20 seconds...
Now I know which sides give most profit. When you are the dark force, you should trade at right lane which gives most profit and wood. For light force you should trade at left lane which gives most gold and lumber for the goods. That's is because the dark force trade master is farther away form trade posts at right lane cuz he's positioned at bit left at center mid. And vice versa. So the dark force priority when they have a trader is to defend the right lane. Light Force priority when they have a trader is to defend the left lane. Losing these important trade lanes for each force will slow the trade and give the other team greater advantage.
So dark force teammates should prioritize protecting RIGHT LANE when they have a trader on their team and Light Force should prioritize protecting LEFT LANE when they have a trader.
Trading is very important for your team as you provide them some additional gold. They may not notice it, but trading gives your teammates a small advantage due to slightly increased income.
Basic Trade Steps - If you don't know how to trade
1. At start player who wants to trade should type "I trade", so there won't be any misunderstanding. A team don't need 2 traders. You should skill teleport. Use control point teleporter to mid.
2. Begin to run immediate upon your arrival to the trade master. Be careful and not get killed by these 2 first spawn marines. Use teleport to get there a bit faster. At trade master you can become trader for 2500 gold. Buy it!
3. Now you have changes into a trader. Skill Shadow Walk. Notice all the gold mines on the minimap. Those are trade posts where you can get trade goods. At first go to one of the closest "gold mines". When you arrive, press A. Now you have collected a trade good. After you picked the trade good you should immediately return to your trade master.
4. As you may have noticed, you started with 10 wood. Now you have 11 wood after you deliver the first trade good. Every trade good costs 10 wood, but when you deliver the trade good back to the trade master, you get 11 wood. Trade goods further away gives 12 and 13 wood. When you reach 20 wood, you can carry 2 goods at once before you have to return to the trade master. Now you again go and collect more trade goods...
5. Also traders are high priority targets for the enemy, so you should try to avoid enemy tanks at maximum rate. As you deliver more and more goods, you will increase in levels, and your top priority skill should be invisible skill. When you get 1500 gold, you should return to the blacksmith at your base and buy turbo speed. Speed is the most important to trader, as it allows faster trading and increases the chance of outrunning enemy tanks.
6. Now as you have turbo speed, trading goes better and faster... rest you can figure out by yourself...
What should a trader buy
Different traders has different ways of spending their money, but most of them do buy speed after 5-6 minutes of gameplay.
All options is made after you have bought speed
__
Here are some possible item priorities options that a trader can choose to buy in a game. Remember that trader cannot buy or carry weapons or hulls of any kind.
1. Upgrade you speed. Then upgrade attack and armor for your force rest of the game.
2. Buy Troop Command. Then upgrade your speed. Upgrade troops rest of the game.
3. Buy Factories and sometimes upgrading your troops. Upgrade your speed when you feel for it.
4. Buy 1 troop Command. Buy 1 Orbital Control. Now the trader has a lethal weapon which may support his allies with. Upgrade speed. Upgrade his troops for the rest of the game. This is my favorite strategy.
You get most of the items from the blacksmith. Special items such at the orbital control can be bought from the goblin trader which stands near the blacksmit at your main base. He does also sell mines. Other items is being sold by the "arthas" trader guy.
My record with this is 29:3 against unskilled players. Orbital Control gave me plenty of kills.
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Also there is plenty of combinations a trader can do in a game... Fell free to submit your trading habits here.
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Edit_
replaced trade zeppelin picture and added minor info