You can actually trade with ratios of
1 deut = 3 - 7 metal
1 deut = 1.5 - 4 crystal
1 crystal = 1.5 - 2.3 metal

what is your source for that?

actually the allowed trade rates are much more restrictive

see

TRADE RATES & RULES: UPDATED 17 SEP 09Posted: 13 Feb 2009, 13:51

In order to provide a uniform and fair trading environment, the following rates of trade apply:

3- 3.5 Metal
1.5- 2 Crystal
0.5- 1 Deuterium

and ruby conversion is banned....!

however the above post is actually ambiguous as it does not actually state what the rate applies to ...

ie 3-3.5 metal to what?

Duplicate post. Sorry.

lowfatspread wrote:actually the allowed trade rates are much more restrictive

See
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=574

lowfatspread wrote:and ruby conversion is banned....!

Actually "trading rubies for resources in the open forums" is what is not allowed.

PS
If ever I'm guessing, speculating or unsure, I almost always say so.

side point how do you do the forum refers... ie the viewtopic.... how do you find out the topic and thread numbers?
is there a faq on it somewhere?

i havent seen zorg approving those numbers in that discussion u posted..

He did on another discussion thread about trade rates. I'm too lazy to search the archives. XD
~Trolling removed - Zorg

Back on topic, the in game merchant's trade rate (4:2:1) should also be taken into account. But I'm too lazy too talk about economics. XD

lowfatspread wrote:side point how do you do the forum refers... ie the viewtopic.... how do you find out the topic and thread numbers?
is there a faq on it somewhere?

I dunno actually. It automatically becomes like that whenever I post links to ze forum threads. Though you can use the URL tags if you want it fancy.

sorry neoshagrath... how do you Actually go about "posting" a forum link... is there a button i'm overlooking?

as far as i know low fat you just copy the link.
viewtopic.php?f=42&t=8598&p=91032&hilit ... tes#p91032

or not lol