The price of a mine

[CodenameB]

Now I know what people are thinking "lol nub no one would sell their mine" but we know full well that the larger factions have multiple mines, usually far more than they need. Either by conquest or merger, they have multiple mines of the same type, or mines that simply aren't getting used. It would be more beneficial for everyone involved if they just got rid of the mines that they don't need for a profit. The question is, how much of a profit is needed to sell an unused or rarely used mine?

Let us assume that the people who want to buy mines don't have them. That usually means they don't have access to anything of decent q to trade. The price would have to be something that they could obtain. We would also have to assume that none of the things that could be used as payment could be sent in bulk sums, and would instead have to be paid over time, not unlike buying a house. Perhaps cavebulbs, perhaps bricks, or another idea: Have the new owners mine it for you for a while, and send a few shipments of ore to you. This way, you still get ore which the hq smelters in the big cites can turn into something useful, you get someone else to mine for you for a while, and the noobs with their new mine have a way to pay for it. If they don't pay up, it is no real trouble to kick them out.

So then, my question to Sodom, A.D., or whoever else that might have excess mines, what would the price of one of them be? How many shipments worth of ore, or how many chests of bulbs and chants would you want for it? Feel free to break down the estimated prices based on type of mine or if it's location is out at the edge of the world where no one wants to go.

(P.S. Before we begin the tired diatribe of "go find your own mine" let's just admit that all, or nearly all of the mines in the game are already claimed. I've had the experience myself of finding mines seemingly abandoned with rotting walls, open gates and no village claim, only to have someone come by after building a village around it and tell me that they own it. Hell, I've seen villages that claim to own mines more than a supergrid away from them, where the authority has run out from lack of use. Rather than argue about finding mines let's stick to selling them. If they were easy to find they wouldn't be expensive.)

[ElGato]

So, I am assuming cavebulbs and chants are the only foragables you can collect?

[CodenameB]

So, I am assuming cavebulbs and chants are the only foragables you can collect?

Is there anything else that is worth anything? Oysters I suppose. Anyway those were just examples. I can find anything with my perception/exploration.

[VoodooDog]

i would sell my iron mine for laaaaaarge amounts of bulbs or ww wurst. (in the last world i also selled 2-3 mines)

[CodenameB]

i would sell my iron mine for laaaaaarge amounts of bulbs or ww wurst. (in the last world i also selled 2-3 mines)

Well, don't just say "laaaaaarge" throw out some numbers.

[rozn]

I don't think that sodom or A.D would part with a mine

[Gh0stw0lf]

Great Idea but I don't think people would be willing to part with their mine.

Mines are rumoured to be tedious to look for and while unlikely, are now supposed to scarce if not all taken/claimed. Thus, the intrinsic value of any mine goes up.
Now I'm not saying that the price is too high for anybody to pay but when you own real estate and its becoming rarer and rarer for people to obtain you're going to hang onto it even if you don't need it or have surplus.

Thats my idea, anyways.

[rozn]

often selling mines is just a cam to get people to go over there and then you kill them

[CodenameB]

I don't think that sodom or A.D would part with a mine

Well, I know that Rome is now part of Sodom now that nearly everyone has moved out or quit. I also know that Rome has an iron mine in it. Therefore, Sodom has at least one more iron mine than it needs because they obviously had one before. It is silly to think that holding onto an extra mine you don't need and probably won't use "just because" is better than selling it off to someone. The same argument goes for all of those people who claim to own mines that are a supergrid away from their city and they only visit to kill the squatters who show up every time someone stumbles on their unused mine.

[rozn]

well what u going to do about it?