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f3ar3dlegend wrote:
Or, make it simple?:

1) Courier goes to seller's legion.
2) Seller removes and defensive/offensive structures.
3) Courier invades planet. <-- can't invade a legion occupied planet.
4) Courier goes to buyer's legion.
5) Courier alerts legion, buyer invades planet. <-- ditto

I don't see why you can't do that.


ICBLF is right but with some small change you can do it without GP.


1) Courier goes to seller's legion.
2) Seller alerts (unocc either by abandoning or just is unocc, or enemy planet if the defense is low enough)
2b) Courier colonizes/invades planet
3) Courier goes to buyer's legion
4) Courier alerts planet after 24hrs (while in their control)
5) Seller invades planet
6) Buyer invades planet

issues with this include: invasion costs can easily be billions, if the planet was occupied in the first place the previous owner might take it back while in courier's possession, failed invasions. O also if they are buying artifacts off the planet, all the invasions might destroy one or two.

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It seems like the steps above (which I think is what NooB suggested as well) make it possible and if couriers provided sellers with whatever collateral they agree to then it could be a very useful service to have available. So what's a reasonable price to pay couriers to make a delivery?

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No-one has a suggestion for how much they'd pay someone to deliver a planet for them?

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I posted my price, which over time i can adjust according to supply and demand. I think that's the only precedent for courier services like this

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KranTheEmporer wrote:
I posted my price, which over time i can adjust according to supply and demand. I think that's the only precedent for courier services like this


No, a couple other people tried it right after the share timers were added. They also had a more...well known...reputation. Not saying yours is bad, just nobody knows who you are. There just isn't a market for this kind of thing. Artifact trading is so much easier by friending on FB even if only temporary for the trade, and planet courier... Just not worth the trouble.

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No, a couple other people tried it right after the share timers were added. They also had a more...well known...reputation. Not saying yours is bad, just nobody knows who you are. There just isn't a market for this kind of thing. Artifact trading is so much easier by friending on FB even if only temporary for the trade, and planet courier... Just not worth the trouble.
Fair enough. This is only worth the trouble temporarily because i need to upgrade my legion base, and our legion is severely lacking in CTP. Once upgraded, i will probably close th service.

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Got a single customer, so now all the bugs have been ironed out. However, the process is complex and can be expensive.
-Courier joins seller's legion
-Courier colonizes the planet
-Courier joins buyer's legion
-Seller invades planet
-Courier shares planet
-Buyer invades planet

Obviously, this only works if the buyer and seller are willing to pay the cost to invade the planet, and are synchronized. As such, the prices stated earlier are inadequate. However, if you give me sufficient incentive, i may still be willing to perform transfers in the future.

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