Disagree. If someone, for whatever reason, want's to have a mist totem up but not accessible to anyone outside of their tribe that's their prerogative. What should happen in these cases is that trader should not show up on the global search.

I agree with Wastelandstoic.

Now see, I don't know if I agree with Wastelandstoic on this. I believe the mist totems were created as a money sink, but that being said I do believe they were to be used by everyone, including the small one man tribes. I am not sure it would be fair to only allow those with multiple accounts or who are lucky enough to recruit enough members to have a mist totem that they can secure only for themselves. Unfair advantages are just that, unfair. Right, you are going to say how is it unfair if a tribe works to recruit and grow? Just that, anyone who can afford to buy multiple accounts can have their own personal totem. Does this strike you as fair to those who want to play, want the bps, but cant really afford but just one account? The fact that a tribe can have them on their own tribe land, is the benefit, I don't think being able to keep them for their own personal use is the right answer. If you want the community to grow, you need to allow access and opportunity for new players to obtain schemes equally. New players can work very hard to get the money to buy the schemes from jobs, trades, etc. I am pretty sure if one is actually permitted to keep their own personal mist totem, then all tribes will eventually follow. THIS will not help the community to grow. I would like to know what the initial intention for the mist totem was and to have this cleared up. If nothing else, make the mist totems accessible on founders and open to all.

i honestly can't see a good reason to keep a mist trader away from public. in case i am REALLY in need for one particular recipe, and i select the tribe which have a chance to trade it, its still nonsense because: if everyone does it like this, it decrease the chances to get the recipe since i have to wait its available at my mist trader.

the building should have the same range for public as it got for a builder who want to move it/add materials/build it. still there is a chance its not reachable but then a guide should be able to disable the effect as it works for a infirmary.
why? well i bet nobody is going to buy ALL recipes at his place, he/she would run out of money anyway by the time, this way it should be reachable for ppl who maybe really look for the offered recipes.

If they didn't show up on global it wouldn't be an issue because people would never know, they wouldn't run halfway across the map only to find they couldn't access the totem and basically go "screw this game".

If its on private land then a big warning needs to pop up stating its not going to be accessible on global.

Xsyon is needs simple mechanics that make people want to play

Why should individuals who can afford to pay for multiple accounts have the advantage over those who only play one. If everyone who had a large tribe or had the money for many alts closed off their mist totems from the public, then wouldn't that be a pay to advantage? I see this as selfish and greedy and benefits NOT the game but the individual who exploits the control of a mist totem, locking it away so that only they can buy the items from it at their leisure or when they have the funds to do so. They simply don't want anyone else to get anything before they have the chance to do so. If this is to be the case, I strongly suggest removing control of mist totems and relocating them to founders island.

That is my totem lol, Friends/Allys of the tribe can just open the door and enter ^^