See other players' responses to trades
In real-life Catan, you see other players' reactions to trades, which adds leverage to the trade.
For instance, a leading player wants to get brick for a settlement in exchange for a resource that would be beneficial to you. You don't want to give advantage to the leading player, but if you see that someone else agrees to the trade, you'd rather you trade with the leading player (as opposed to a third player trading with the leading player).
In real life, you are likely to accept the trade. However, within the 'blind trading' on colonist.io you are less likely to accept the trade.
- This could be done by having little icons with + or - next to the trade, just like the player initiating the trade sees it. Only it would be available to all players, not just the initiator.
Comments: 18
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22 Jul, '20
GPShorts MergedWhen someone makes an offer, none of the other players can see who has accepted the offer. You need to be talking in the chat to find out. Often times I would accept an offer just to prevent another player from getting it, but I don't get the chance since I can't tell that they have accepted it. This would never happen in a real game, since you can hear people talking, so there's no reason it should be this way online.
Additionally, with regards to trades, one only gets the option to make a counteroffer if they already have the cards originally proposed. This puts them at a disadvantage since either they will have to say in the chat that they can't take that trade, revealing their cards, or not take the trade, losing out on an opportunity. Once again, this isn't how it would ever work with the physical game, so there is no reason for it to be like this online. -
26 Jul, '20
GET MergedYou can see the accepted trades in the history tab above the chat.
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10 Jan, '21
Hippo MergedIf you suggest a trade, everyone can say Yes or No to this trade showing as a checkmark or an X to the player who offered this trade. The other players don’t see the replies (unless it was an accepted Yes of course). In real life, everyone can hear the replies.
For example Player 1 offers a trade. Player 2 and Player 3 agree. Player 1 trades with Player 2. Now Player 2 and Player 4 don’t know that Player 3 also wanted to make this trade.
I suggest that everyone can see all the replies. -
06 Mar, '21
antonYES!
this would be a great addition -
10 Jun, '21
CoolJohn23 MergedMake it visible to everyone who has accepted a trade. Sometimes I would accept a trade if I knew someone else accepted it, but I don't so the other player gets the trade.
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31 Oct, '21
SuBajeza MergedGood suggestion
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04 Nov, '21
JUAN Admin Merged"Make trades visible to everyone" (suggested by GPShorts on 2021-11-02), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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25 Jan, '22
HunterKiller MergedJust like in real life catan, everybody knows who accepted the trade and that can change our decision.
Also, we should be able to change our mind, so that if we did not accept the trade, we can change our mind and accept the trade. Just like in real life. -
25 Jan, '22
JUAN Admin"Change trade UI so we can see who accepted the trade." (suggested by HunterKiller on 2022-01-25), including upvotes (6) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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08 Nov, '22
JUAN Admin"Show Trade Replies" (suggested by Hippo on 2021-01-10), including upvotes (5) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.
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08 Nov, '22
JUAN Admin"Allow all players to see what trades have been accepted and counter any offer" (suggested by GPShorts on 2020-07-22), including upvotes (9) and comments (2), was merged into this suggestion.
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08 Nov, '22
JUAN Admin"Let me see if other players have accepted a trade" (suggested by CoolJohn23 on 2021-06-10), including upvotes (2) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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05 Jan, '23
Allu71 MergedIn normal over the board Catan accepting a trade is almost always done so that everyone can hear it and make a choice based on that information. Currently only the person that proposes the trade can see if anyone has accepted or declined the trade.
If I only wanted to make the trade to prevent Player2 from doing it, I would want to have the information that Player2 has accepted the trade to make the decision to also accept the trade. Currently this is not possible and it causes frustration to me regularly. -
06 Jan, '23
Hippo MergedThis is a bug and it's in Colonist for as long as I remember. You can see it if you embargoed the person who offered the trade, but only then...
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25 Mar, '23
Jakob MergedIn some scenarios during IRL Catan, a player (~yourself~) may decline a trade then retract the decision if another, likely stronger, player accepts the trade. A feature should be added in to visualize if another player accepts the trade considering it's a vital aspect of IRL Catan. Thanks!
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28 Mar, '23
Noah MergedThis would be a great change!
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08 Jun, '23
JUAN Admin"Let everyone see who has accepted or declined a trade" (suggested by Allu71 on 2023-01-05), including upvotes (27) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.
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08 Jun, '23
JUAN Admin"Ability to see if another player has accepted a trade" (suggested by Jakob on 2023-03-25), including upvotes (3) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.