Forum:Ikariam plus

ikariam plus ... i couldn't find any other posts for this so sorry if there is another one ... my main question is once u have purchased the ambrosia how do u use the premium trader cos its so confusing i don't get it at all =[ any help or a walk through guide to this would be great

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The premium trader is a simple slider: The luxury goods are traded 1:1 and the wood is traded 2:1

So, let's say you have:

18000 Wood 3000 Marble 100  Wine 0    Crystal 0    Sulfur

And you want some crystal to increase your Academy.

You can slide or type 2000 in the Marble box (any number, but something less than your current max for Marble), then you can slide or type 1000 in the Crystal box (or hit the Max arrow button). Now, you have 2000 Marble and 1000 Crystal (2000+1000=3000). Maybe you don't want to use the Marble. Then, you can use wood at a 2:1 trade: slide or type 16000 in the wood box, then slide 1000 in the Crystal box. Here, you have to use 2000 wood to get 1000 luxury. Of course, the numbers are up to you, as long as the gains and losses equal zero. This means if you take 1432 from somewhere, you have to put 1432 somewhere else.

Hitting the Max button (the triangle that points to the right) on a slider gives you all that you can convert for that resource. Hitting the Min button (the triangle that points to the left) of the slider sets that resource to 0. You must give up some resources before you can add to others. To be sure you've allocated everything, hit the "Max" button on each resource before clicking the Trade (3 Ambrosia) button. 'Note that you will be charged 3 ambrosia if you hit the Trade button and CHANGE NOTHING.

You can "Set all to 0" which can help you allocate from scratch, and you can "split equal" which makes equal levels of all resources. I, personally, don't like the "split equal", because I dislike having little useless remnants of resources after upgrade purchases.

Also, as a hint: don't convert all of your wine to another luxury. Running out of wine makes your citizens mad. If, for instance, you're trying to pay for a Palace or Governor's Residence and are ready to use the trader, I'd highly recommend that you have extra wine than that required for the Palace or GR. If you need 11000 Wine for the Palace or GR, make sure you have 11500 Wine -- or more -- in your island's resources when you purchase the Palace or GR.

-- Crythias 04:29, 10 June 2008 (UTC)