Faking a dynamic economy.

[bluntpencil2001]

This thread got me thinking...

This appears to be a good way of faking a dynamic economy, plus would give a strong encouragement towards roleplaying in traders.

For instance, let us say we wanted to roleplay a need for Spaceship crew on several Bretonian Battleships, since they're in need of crew and fighter pilots for the front lines, and currently the Armed Forces' troop carriers are overworked. They would then hire BoWEx to carry their men safely to the battleships.

Now, this would require a patch on the mod, right? Not if the traders decided to operate at a loss with the promise of reimbursement from the Bretonian MoD, that is.

How would they get this reimbursement?

Well, there's the possibility of payment after the quota for crew or whatever has been met if, for instance we had a 'Dynamic Economy Admin'. After receiving proof that correctly tagged and IDed BoWex traders made the deliveries, they would be given large credit bonuses. Requiring that the traders have the correct IDs could encourage players to have various, roleplayed traders for the correct trade factions.

The only problem is the required admin input. Would anybody be both willing and able to do this?

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