Jumphole Overhaul

[Antonio]

Economy rework and jumphole overhaul go hand in hand with each other. Only doing the economy will leave you with a couple of good straightforward routes where almost all relevant commodities go, unified mining spots and better price rebalancing. But without the jumphole overhaul, traffic won't be condensed into 1 way/spot throughout the whole route or at least a portion of it. If there isn't a good choke point, there isn't a good place to pirate. As long as a trader has a dozen ways of choosing how to get from point A to point B efficiently, and have multiple alternate routes at his disposal if he sees something's happening in front of him, piracy will not be worth it.

Reduced travel time is just a consequence (and a good one) of the jumphole overhaul. The main reason is to create choke points, not just for pirate-trader interaction, but the whole circle of trader-pirate-lawful and general ease of meeting someone that wants to be met (a raid). With the dwindling player count, there's no reason not to do it, but the solution is to do the jumphole overhaul first while keeping in mind how to organize routes and mining fields, and then rebalance and recalculate economy (prices, routes, etc.) based on new distances.

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