MT only useful to convert items to fish (if possible) or not?

JonasV1991

I might have miscalculated things but if I try to find the most interesting way to get goods (like stone or iron (?)), then I get the idea that it's more interesting to trade items for fish instead of stones or iron. Although it's less efficient...

So is my opinion valid that, if you don't need those items right away, it might be more interesting in the long term to convert items into fish and use them in your home town to produce the items you need?

Little example: I want iron and I might get it from MT directly but I convert Scarab or Sicle into fish and produce the iron in my home town

Or is that just crazy?

I'm using both ways but I just want to know what's the most profitable way to do the trick since resources are pretty limited...

Podifer

JonasV1991 Generally, it’s more profitable to trade event materials for iron or whatever, rather than for fish to feed your factories.

I’m trading sickles for wood and papyrus for stone, with the odd run for cloth (which John Kendrick, one of the permanent contractors turns into when completed) for fish.

I haven’t touched cameras once I finished the achievement, but might upgrade the location to level 3 in case a global event comes along next Tuesday.

hoofhearted

I am trading Sickles for wood (and occasionally fish), but mainly I am trading scrolls for stone( and occasionally topping up by trading fuel)

piper28

While it might seem more efficient to do it by producing the stuff in your own factories using fish you've traded for, what ends up happening ultimately is you just can't produce the stuff fast enough in your factories to meet your needs. So, ultimately you tend to be better off just trading to get the resources you need. (Now, I still keep my factories pumping out stuff too, but it's not my primary source of income for resources.)

JonasV1991

piper28 Yeah, I was thinking the same but I'm ending up with huge amounts of fish and wood...

I tend to have issues with Iron and Stone at the moment... I want to level up my Town Hall in order to build the facilities from level 11.

hoofhearted

those huge amounts of wood will disappear when you upgrade some vessels

SailorVie

I'm ending up with huge amounts of fish and wood... @JonasV1991

That's a great problem to have! There's no such thing is having too much, that will become clear later. I finished the event achievements and the current event contractors, I am no longer sending ships after cameras or papyrus. The collection of Coin, Stone, and Iron, are handled without trading through the market. - - - Sickles on the other hand I'm sending for routinely, to trade for either wood or fish. (wood being my most difficult resource to replenish)

To answer your original post....
Diversify ! There is no one right way to do something.

JonasV1991

SailorVie I believe you, all of a sudden, things might be gone like they were never there...

Patience is the key I guess 😅

BrownDirtCowboy

SailorVie Diversify ! There is no one right way to do something

Couldn't agree more ... 😀

pixel_player10711743

maybe I'm still not there yet, but I've accumulated several million pieces of lumber that I have yet to see a need for.
Cash and Iron are my two biggest hold ups.

glenjenks

pixel_player10711743 It shouldn't be much longer before you start seeing a shift in what's required in resources. Stone is a major concern for many it seems. Iron becomes less needed way later. Gold is always needed for ships and buildings, wood is mostly always needed for upgrades. Probably good to keep a nice little stock of those. Fish come as you play, seems to passively increase over time.

Sc00byUK

glenjenks Fish come as you play, seems to passively increase over time

I've always struggled for fish... /shrug

I run most of my buildings as much as I can and have them reasonably well upgraded. I use more fish than the pier produces...

BrownDirtCowboy

glenjenks Fish come as you play, seems to passively increase over time.

Same here ...

My Fishing Pier is at Level 54 (could be up to L63) and I have around 90 million Fish in stock without trying hard. But then, none of my production buildings are maxed, so I'm probably not using as much as some players.

Graylady

Sc00byUK Same for me. Even if my fishing pier is fully update and my "factories" are not, I use more fish then I produce/collect.

BrownDirtCowboy

Sc00byUK I run most of my buildings as much as I can and have them reasonably well upgraded. I use more fish than the pier produces...

And that, I believe, is the issue ... to upgrade or not to upgrade?

I think it's a vicious circle - if you want to upgrade your port, you need more materials, so you have to increase your production capacity to make them (or upgrade your destinations aggressively), which in turn means making more Concrete .... and then you need more Fish to run them - and so on.

Up to a point, yes, you need to upgrade, but once you start needing millions of tons of Stone, I think it's more efficient (and easier) to manage with what you've got 😀

Discuss ...

Edit:

By way of explanation, I used to upgrade everything as soon as possible, but I realised after letting my Houses fall behind that I could manage with what I had. I simply extended that approach to almost everything and I'm still making progress.

Ashu

My fishing pier and all production buildings are maxed out for my level. I run all production buildings for at least 15 hours daily approx.
As per my approximation, my daily deficit of fish is around 3.5 million !!!
And that's why I farm fish a lot from even commodities. Usually stock up a week's inventory and then shift to other materials.
Producing materials is slow process, but most efficient conversion of event commodities.

hoofhearted

BrownDirtCowboy
Won't stop me from maxxing my warehouses 😉

MazdaMan

hoofhearted Won't stop me from maxxing my warehouses

Me neither I'm already there 😃

Sc00byUK

MazdaMan Me too!

Tulen

Hi
what is your opinion? Is needs to be upgraded a fishing pier? Level 260 and my consumption is 3mil a day and fishing pier produces 0.5 mil