Allow bank trades at unfavourable rates (3-1 instead of 2-1)

Comments: 14

• 22 Oct, '19
  Esqarrouth Admin

  Why would you want that?

• 01 Nov, '19
  MikeIsMyIke

  In a very rare situation you might want to trade at 3-1 so that you're not sitting at 7 or 8 cards and at risk of a robber attack.

• 28 Nov, '19
  BIG SHMOKE

  Doesn't matter the situation.... You own the port and you should have access to it. Inshallah

• 05 Dec, '19
  Stroom

  To add to this, you should always be able to decide to trade with other players at the same rate you would trade with the bank. Sometimes you have to help someone else in order to steal the longest road from the leader or something. The automatic bank trade could prevent this.

• 19 Jan, '20
  Alex Bruski

  The trade with bank setting should be selected like trading with another player. You should select who you want to trade with, then initiate the trade offer. The offer should not go out to everyone automatically.

• 30 Aug, '20
  AlexInAuburn

  Currently, the 4:1, 3:1, 2:1 symbols are on the cards you get section of the trade requestor. This has confused some as they think that 2, 3, or 4 of any other card will trade for one of the type that the trade rate symbol is on. I believe that the trade rate symbols should exist on the resource card stack's top card. This way it will be clear it is 2, 3, or 4 resources of one type that is traded for another card of any type.

• 30 Aug, '20
  AlexInAuburn

  The next step is to make the trade rate symbol active as a sub-effect of the card that when the rate symbol is clicked on, it places the proper trade rate quantity of cards into the trade requestor and activates the trade as a bank trade (a single click). When anywhere else on the card is clicked (except the trade rate symbol) it puts a single card into the trade requestor and activates the trade as a non-bank trade.

• 30 Aug, '20
  AlexInAuburn

  Whenever a non-bank trade is proposed that could qualify as a bank trade, the bank icon should show up as a ghosted symbol and when clicked on would convert the non-bank trade to a bank trade.

• 08 Dec, '20
  Neil

  Another trading issue: Sometimes I might want to make a 2:1 or 3:1 trade with another player, but if you have that port, Colonist will ALWAYS trade it with the bank.
  
  An example might be trying a sneaky pre-monopoly 2:1 trade with another player. 1:1 and they won't take it, and 3:1 gives the mono away.
  
  Would have to change the UI a bit to explicitly choose the bank each time though.

• 23 May, '22
  LaaDiiDaa

  Other issue: let's say you have a 3:1 port but you forget about it and try to make a 4 for 1 with the bank, it won't let you do anything. (Btw the same applies to 2:1 ports and when you have both types of ports and you try a 3:1.) This is very frustrating, especially when you are under time pressure (e.g., playing a Very Fast game), because there aren't any pop ups to let you know why the trade doesn't go through. Here are 3 valid solutions in my opinion:
  1- Let players make the 4:1 by mistake. (my preferred solution since this is how it works in person, I think)
  2- Add a "Did you mean 3:1? Or do you actually want to do the 4:1?" pop-up before the trade goes through, to give the option to the player.
  3- Continue to block it, but at least add a pop-up explaining why its blocked (i.e., because you have a 3:1 port).

• 23 May, '22
  LaaDiiDaa Merged

  Let's say you have a 3:1 port but you forget about it and try to make a 4 for 1 with the bank, it won't let you do anything. (Btw the same applies to 2:1 ports and when you have both types of ports and you try a 3:1.) This is very frustrating, especially when you are under time pressure (e.g., playing a Very Fast game), because there aren't any pop ups to let you know why the trade doesn't go through. Here are 3 valid solutions in my opinion:
  1- Let players make the 4:1 by mistake. (my preferred solution since this is how it works in person, I think)
  2- Add a "Did you mean 3:1? Or do you actually want to do the 4:1?" pop-up before the trade goes through, to give the option to the player.
  3- Continue to block it, but at least add a pop-up explaining why its blocked (i.e., because you have a 3:1 port).
  Discussed in 2019-2020: https://colonist.featureupvote.com/suggestions/61985/allow-bank-trades-at-unfavourable-rates-31-instead-of-21

• 24 May, '22
  JUAN Admin

  "Allow Bank Trades at Unfavorable Rates (allow for player mistakes)" (suggested by LaaDiiDaa on 2022-05-23), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 18 Apr
  Leso Merged

  Sometimes you want to make an offer to trade 2:1 when you have the respective port to another player for one other good but it automatically gets ported it would be better if there was 2 buttons one for trade and one for port. This tactic could be done normally if playing IRL.
  
  The reason for this is sometimes you want to boost another player up so they build against another opponent or lessens the threat of being robbed by helping another player raise their VP, etc.
  
  To implement this, I suggest splitting the current button horizontally, just have the word trade and port for each button. (of course, "port" would mean port/bank)

• 28 Jul
  JUAN Admin

  "seperate buttons for trade and port" (suggested by Leso on 2023-04-18), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.