nooby trader question

papa59roach · Post by **papa59roach** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:53 am

ok i got my flag and i got my camel. what do i do?

asianstick99 · Post by **asianstick99** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:47 am

buy goods, and sell them in other towns

pui · Post by **pui** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:53 am

Don't forget to not get killed.

Ivanhaus · Post by **Ivanhaus** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:50 pm

start by doing a one star trade run. when buying goods from npc watch the star at the bottom of the window. if a second star appears when buying goods you bought too much and are now doing a 2 star trade run.when you get close to 16k start buying smaller amounts. then when you hit 2 star sell back the last item you bought. you should only have to do this once to figure out how much you can buy and still stay a 1 star.player thiefs can't attack you directly if your a 1 star.You can still get killed/robbed by a higher lvl player if his thiefs spawn on you or your horse/camel.avoid other traders and thiefs with a load.

__MagnuS__ · Post by **__MagnuS__** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:08 pm

I thougth they patched the 1 star popping exploit. Let me know if they have not. I have theiving to do he he.

Ivanhaus · Post by **Ivanhaus** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:38 pm

I got 1* popped last week. don't know if they changed anything since then.

Advancechao · Post by **Advancechao** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:37 am

One way to avoid one star popping is to buy a horse instead of a camel. Since most poppers are a lot higher than you, they probably buy slow animals like fire bulls or something so that their transports don't die so easily to hunters. Thieves usually spawn behind the trade animal, and horse walks 33% faster than them, so speed is your advantage. if they're coming up behind you with a slow animal, you should keep moving anyway, but it should be relatively safe. If they are coming your way, turn around and run. I recall being popped very often on many 1 star trades that I did with a camel instead of a horse. The extra 1 meter per second makes a world of difference, even though it doesn't sound like much. When I finally began using horses instead of camels, the thieves would chase after me for a while but my horse would outrun their fire bulls and they would quit following me. Just my 2 cents

user · Post by **user** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:15 am

use the calculator in my thread to calculate which and how many goods to buy:

http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=284774