Aliens killing transports without a demand is bad for gameplay

[nevrozac]

Okay Lyth, if you want a more productive response:

Omicron ores kind of need a serious balance pass and discussion as to how they can be made decent. I agree, the risk is astronomical compared to other ores, yet the profit is no different (or even worse?). The only problem with balancing economy around players like that is it means during low pop the profits could be broken. It's a tricky predicament.

Agree totally. The actual issue isn't that Nomads can engage transports with no demand, it's that the admittedly dangerous and poorly connected Omicron ores aren't worth the risk.
Mining in the deep Omicrons should be risky, but if you can just do a regular ore route that offers better connectivity and much lower risk, why bother? If they were at least 10-15% more profitable there might actually be traders willing to brave the dangerous frontier (and a minor buff like that wouldn't break the economy when people powertrade it during the off hours).

by your logic we should just remove half the ores because regular ore routes offers better connectivity and much lower risk

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