Economy Manipulation : V

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:26 am

I've read that the economy in cities can be manipulated. How is this done, and what are the effects?

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:45 pm

Raise speech = better prices at shops

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:20 pm

Where did you read this at? The only economy manipulation I can think of is the investment perks in the Speech tree.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:25 pm

a lot of the shops have ledgers which say you can activate them to change the numbers or something like this.

but everytime i try it won't let me do anything...

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:49 pm

I think people took influencing economy a bit more than what it is. I'm pretty sure it just means, if you sell someone a lot of something te value will go down. If there is less in stock, the value goes up.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:43 am

a lot of the shops have ledgers which say you can activate them to change the numbers or something like this.

but everytime i try it won't let me do anything...

It's a perk in pick pocketing I believe, you can alter it once you get a perk though.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:02 pm

Well, to be fair, Todd Howard did make some kind of claim that we could destroy an economy by sabotaging a lumber mill. I'm guessing they took that possibility out.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:08 pm

Where did you read this at? The only economy manipulation I can think of is the investment perks in the Speech tree.

It was said in several interveiws, that you would be able to mildly impact the economy and I am pretty sure the only example they gave was sabotaging a lumber mill.

I guess the economy manipulation did not make it in the game, sadly.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:15 pm

I remember that Todd clearly said we could destroy or sabotage saw mills and affect the prices of arrows pre-release.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:16 pm

It's a perk in pick pocketing I believe, you can alter it once you get a perk though.

what happens when you change the ledger? anybody know?

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 3:04 am

a lot of the shops have ledgers which say you can activate them to change the numbers or something like this.

but everytime i try it won't let me do anything...

Thats because they are irrc part of quests instead.

Spoiler

Repeatable Theives Guild Quests

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:37 pm

Well, to be fair, Todd Howard did make some kind of claim that we could destroy an economy by sabotaging a lumber mill. I'm guessing they took that possibility out.

This.

Todd has a tendency to blow the capabilities of the game way out of proportion. You have to take everything he says with a bag of salt. The way he acted, it sounded like a very dynamic economy, with prices that fluctuate based on player actions, supply and demand between regions, and even base industry that could produce supply.

But of course, it's nothing like that.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:46 am

Thats because they are irrc part of quests instead.

Spoiler

Repeatable Theives Guild Quests

oh ok, i rarely do the random quests from people where you can choose 'do you have any other work'

cuz i always figured this was the 'radiant AI' thing they talked about

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 4:56 pm

Someone on the forum a few days ago I saw said that doing "jobs" in towns (cutting wood) changed merchants supplies/gold. Any truth to that?

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:18 pm

Well, to be fair, Todd Howard did make some kind of claim that we could destroy an economy by sabotaging a lumber mill. I'm guessing they took that possibility out.

i read that as well. i asked around a few different cities but i still havent encountered anyone that gives a quest to sabotage another mill. the only interactive thing ive seen on the mills is the switch to activate the nuclear powered saw.