Mitchrea1993 21 Posted August 3, 2012 TRADE CENTERAlthough many people seem to think the idea wont work, I think there is a way, given enough thought to set up a trading area on a particular server. I was wondering if anyone wanted to help me out, in setting up a neutral trade zone on a server, and help me run the service. My idea is as follows (Just preliminary ideas):There needs to be about 4/5 people monitoring the trade area. The two players who want to trade will be given an anonymous spot on the map, in which the must meet a driver. In this area there will be both a ATV, and a tent. The players trading must dump all their gear into the tent, and then jump on the ATV. The process will happen at night, with the driver wearing NVG's, and the darkness not allowing the player to see where they are going. Both drivers will then drive the two trade participants to the location.Once dropped off at the location, the driver will return to the place of pick up, and guard the tent. If any funny shit goes down by either of the two players, they will be shot, and their gear will be taken. The drivers will have nothing on them, so there is no point killing them, and will load up with gear when returning to the pickup location. If any player is injured in the process, and they had no role to play in the issues, their gear will be guarded, they will be picked up from the coast and driven back to their tent with all their gear. Once the trade has taken place, both parties will be taken back to their pick up point, and go on their way.The trades will be proposed on a neutral forum, in which players can see things being put up for trades, and can also place things on the trade market.So in terms of setting up, I need anyone who is willing to assist me in both setting up and running the process. What’s in it for you though? Well, not only will you receive a split in whatever gear is taken when some dickhead comes and tries to shoot everyone up, but you will gain power. In a sense, if we can pull this off, we would be the first sort of non-bandit power existing in the dayz community, and in a sense, the firsts civilization in Chern. I don’t actually think the process would be to hard to run, once the whole thing is set up. There are a lot of tuning to the process, if you have any suggestions in any form, both good or bad, or you think im a moron for even considering such a thing, let me know in the comments, or if you want to help out, send me a PM. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
specterm 25 Posted August 3, 2012 Sadly.. If I was a bandit I would be waiting right outiside the trade area.Nice try though. Good luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mitchrea1993 21 Posted August 3, 2012 But the trade area would change, how are they meant to know where the trade area actually is, especially in the middle of the night. Its more of a location than a specific area Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
omgwtfbbq (DayZ) 1069 Posted August 3, 2012 if anybody sees a car, they're going to kill the driver for it, sadly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bobcomss 189 Posted August 3, 2012 It is a nice thought and would be willing to give it a go but with server hopping and alt+f4 so ripe at the moment I cant see it working, not saying everyone would be assholes but 50-70% in my experiences are not friendly...Let's say for arguments sake I want to trade something for a gillie suit, you give me all the info and meeting places, great I then tell me brother were we are meeting and to hide there with a bike or quad, keep lights of and NVG active, he follows from a safe distance and the when we arrive he just waits and waits and of course I would know this is happening and would be talking the whole journey to cover any noise he might make.He then would follow you back to your trade camp telling me where roughly it is, now it is just a waiting game, we can either log off and wait another night to raid you or go in guns blazing and kill 2-4 of you before you even know what's happened.This is a worst case scenario of course and tbh I personally wouldn't do it lol but others would and will, if you could maybe get like 10-15 people to guard 24/7 then yeah great.And saying no point in killing the driver...maybe I want your ATV for myself!? I suggest meeting in an open field covered by snipers with NVG.Nice thought, but with game mechanics not very feasible unless very well organised :/SorryAJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mitchrea1993 21 Posted August 3, 2012 (edited) The idea i was thinking is to have the trade location on a random server, in a random place (so for example, one night on US161, and another on US34). So a random place, on a random server. And there would be ways of getting around the "i wanna steal your ATV" trick. It doesn't particularly make sense to take an ATV on a random server, because you only get to use it once. And even if you had an escort, as opposed to a car or bike? i don't know, i just think there would be a way to make this work. I mean if they weren't so rare, you could satchel charge the car, so if someone takes it, you just blow it up Edited August 3, 2012 by Mitchrea1993 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites