Multiplayer Lag Allows Infinite Merchants

[JohnMK]

If you have only 1 or 2 or more merchants and you use them quickly enough before your lag catches up to you it's possible to actually use as many as you desire. I.E. quickly click 'send merchant' 5 times for Tago, and it'll queue up 5 merchants. Be quick about doing the same thing in a nearby CoT, and you can place 10 merchants when you could have only otherwise placed 2. This occurs because the number of merchants you have is updated at the server, and never locally. So you keep placing merchants and it keeps saying you have two . . .

 

[kurtbrian]

Originally posted by JohnMK
If you have only 1 or 2 or more merchants and you use them quickly enough before your lag catches up to you it's possible to actually use as many as you desire. I.E. quickly click 'send merchant' 5 times for Tago, and it'll queue up 5 merchants. Be quick about doing the same thing in a nearby CoT, and you can place 10 merchants when you could have only otherwise placed 2. This occurs because the number of merchants you have is updated at the server, and never locally. So you keep placing merchants and it keeps saying you have two . . .

so you should make an additon to your mp-houserules.

only place as many merchants as you have...

 

[JohnMK]

Works for colonists and probably missionaries and diplomats too.

 

[Marirosa]

Even further. As your cash is not updated, you can keep sending as many merchants as you press the button. None, the merchants or the remaining cash is updated.

Later, when lag catch you the cash become negative and your country get forced loans.