Merchant income dropped

[ryshad73]

Yes I went from 88k to 67k an hour, which should have been 91k instead.
Hopefully this gets fixed ASAP.
My lord, I suggest OMAC sends his programmers back to elementary school to teach them basic math again. Even my dumb mountain boy arse knows 2+2 = swingers party

[Palem]

Watch the language guys, I know it's screwed up but you still need follow the rules.

[Bishop]

Merchant bonus should not double building caps. But it should make banks x2 as effective,

[CGG]

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[unstoppable]

Problem is that banks are 1x effective not 2x right now!

[Regular Joe]

Merchant bonus should not double building caps. But it should make banks x2 as effective,

What you are saying banks work twice as efficient (less required to do the same job) Effective means your end result is better (aka cap is twice as high)
Please reinstate merchant as it is clearly communicated banks will be twice as effective for merchant

[CGG]

Twice as effective should be like twice the BE which would still be the same cap, which is what it is after the second patch.

[Bishop]

the cap is not meant to be broken.

[Fenleone]

The max income you can get from banks (the % part only) is 31.25%.

If the building page for a merchant lists banks at more than 15.625% (remember survey page doesn't list personality or race mods) then it's probably simply that your hitting the maximum effect for banks.

If your at 100% BE (you almost certainly are right now) then you will cap your banks % bonus at about 15% of your land in banks.

The formula btw is:

Effect = Base Effect * BE * % of building * (100% - % of building)

(don't forget to double that amount for appropriate personalities)

From the Wiki:

Base Effect for banks is 1.25%
Base Effect for Thief Den is 4% and 3% respectivly

Cap for banks is 31.25%
Cap for Thief Den is 100% and 75% respectivly

[Regular Joe]

the cap is not meant to be broken.

One can not tell that when new age changes were announced...

[ryshad73]

Ok Bishop, so put this in simple terms for me.

If the cap is 50% land for max effect then it does me no good to have 26% banks as merch (since doubling the effect would put them over the 50% barrier)?

[Landro]

Running more than 25% banks as Merchant is not beneficial

[CGG]

Well you get 50gc per bank still, so there is benefit still. How that relates to other buildings I dunno.

[Bishop]

One can not tell that when new age changes were announced...

You shouldn't need an announcement to know that caps cant be broken - they are hard capped for a reason.

banks still produce 50 gc per building, building over the income modifier cap still produces a benefit.

[Regular Joe]

You shouldn't need an announcement to know that caps cant be broken - they are hard capped for a reason.

banks still produce 50 gc per building, building over the income modifier cap still produces a benefit.

Let me explain my understanding of double effectiveness: 1% of banks acts like 2% of banks.
So what a non merchant has at 25% banks, a merchant should have times 2.

You are still defending your banks as being more efficient, i suggest for next age you call the bonus "Banks are twice as efficient".