How rich are you?

[.Gypsy.]

I have enough money to be happy, while still helping others get what they need (but not everything they "want") when possible.

Once people have surpassed a certain point, they're likely just trading/earning for the RP, habit, to hang with friends, or to break the monotony of their other routine. As many have mentioned, more moneysink items (ex. scanners, engines) could be added for wealthy players or they can start funds toward charity, bounties, loans, and so on. Making trading less profitable, drastically increasing ship prices, and other restrictions only deter new players and keep people from getting to the level of wealth they need to achieve their ideal RP/PVP - or something close to it.

Furthermore, a reset would probably result in losing multiple types of players:

1. Newer players that just got enough for the ship/equipment/base they always wanted.
   
2. Older players who had a lot invested in assets that mattered to them, RP or PVP-wise, and wanted to focus on those.
   
3. Busy players who had previously been on the fence about being able to balance Disco time with a RL schedule.
   
4. Players who simply dislike powertrading. With everyone at zero, there are no banks, loans, bounty board payouts, or ship sales until the player economy builds itself back up. There is likely to be a lot more rage at pirates and balancing trading/smuggling/mining during this time (which I learned is not as easy as many may think from the dev side). This might be offset a little if official factions are given their 500mil and CAU8, but then you get the official elitism arguments.
   

Aside from Barges and unique ships, the amount of equipment and credits in the game is infinite. The only difference between the "haves" and the "have nots" is time.

A good money sink would be to bring back the barge and sell it for 2 bil or something.

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