Grain is now at the same status-quo-ROI as Stone was 6 months ago. Very impressive how that flipped. I just got another plain after writing my last land post, and am very happy with my set-up so far - because I'm flexible. I turned off stone, but have those cards on other plots. According to the BLT, I'm making 23 DEC/h now, also thanks to a few strategic card buys. But I'm not selling the grain, just hoarding to see what happens with the update. Just like you, I hope for an increase in resource prices. Especially grain. 40-50 would be amazing, then I'd definitely start selling some :-D
Supply and Demand.
Stone wasn't enough for the new aura. So prices were high. To see that people bought a lot of stone plots and brought every possible stone plots online.
Production went to the roof. Price dropped as people were selling excess production just for profit.
Stone price dropped and we created oversupply of stone.
Grain is slightly different as every needs grain. But the same logic applied. We were running a daily deficit of grain since aura came online. Now we are running a grain surplus but still price is going up because market is forward looking. Market sees lots of grain use in immediate future.
Yes, that's exactly what I described about stone. The long term challenge is, like for all resources, to create a big enough sink. Which is beginning with the cards now, hopefully.
Do you think that the bonuses granted by the cards will lead to more price deflation in the long term? For the short term, they'll help, but long term? I see another calculation post coming... 😅
The most powerful plots for the day.
Top plot shows that the total supply of grain steadily decreased throughout the year 2025 from 11.4 B to 9.2 B. This is good capital stewardship, just based on low prices.
Yet, price begin to climb since September this year, post the hint of land cards. Daily production kept on increasing, but demand outpaced supply increase due to speculation for today and beyond.
Now it is the moment of truth!
I'm part of the speculation! 🤑 But yes, maybe it makes sense to start selling at least a little... I'll come up with a plan. And with a way to calculate the impact of land cards. Gotta rush to work now.