I'm currently looking for a goal to set myself within Disco, to try something new and maybe get a faction rolling, also something to get me through the tedious credit grinding phase of restarting which brought me to OS&C. Having never tried a transport faction I figured it'd be a refreshing change so I starting looking into it, checking routes, rep and the like.
It does have some interesting possibilities if steered in the right direction, however some of the routes seem a bit confusing (judging from what the FL companion is showing me) with a few starting and ending in odd places:
Such as VIP's who buy for the cheapest on a Hogosha base and sell for the most on FP11, which takes you directly though Corsair space. The nearest OS&C can get them is Hawaii for over twice the price (5000 vs 12712) and sell them in Gallia for only 700 credit profit per unit (using 3k of room it's a grand total of 4 mil profit) compared to Tourists which generates almost 10 mil for the same route.
There's also the costs of the ships which at the best value are well over twice the price of a similar cargo transport and at the worst almost eight times as much. I understand the value is offset a bit by the hp but the prices are still ridiculously high for glorified transports.
Are there any changes in the works to make liners and/or OS&C more attractive? Some more varied routes perhaps? A price reduction on the ships? Perhaps a bonus to carrying passengers? (VIP's and such only taking up 1 cargo space etc) Is there any room to suggest such changes or will it stand as is for the time being?
