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The reason ore mining is more profitable is because you need multiple people to wring the most efficient profit out of it.
Incidentally, smuggling BMMs to Leeds is more profitable than ore if you take some freighters to use as loaders. What do you know? Team work wins again!
The problem with freighter smuggling points is that they are hideously broken by local resale points. They can only buy things that are sold at source or the cent/second formula goes completely out the window.
Probably why Xoria wouldn't be keen on introducing lots of them. They're deceptively difficult to introduce without completely wrecking game balance. Leeds being an isolated case has made tracking that slightly easier.