Aceb wrote:You're actually wrong here. People actively traded outside of barter stands as well, usually with lower prices. You just don't see that. Especially because of discord. Wrong assumptions, wrong conclusions.
But it would be more fun to have multiple markets.
With continents that might actually happen, at least 1 market for each continent.
If there is a situation where continent A does not have item X, and there is demand for it, while continent B has supply of it, somebody will see his chance and bring it from one market to the another, for a bit higher price maybe.
Law of supply and demand should take care of that all. As long as all continents have enough population to support this.