2020 Mining Overhaul, Phase 1: Price and Sellpoint Adjustments

[Lanakov]

I want it to be clear that this system was made to streamline MINING which badly needed it because of how it superseded absolutely everything else. Mining is an actual job done by miners which is NOT every faction. It really isn't that hard to understand and integrate within RP. So many factions (look up the definition of faction, it certainly doesn't mean nation state) needed inRP to rely on others to provide them with resources and raw materials, which mining does. Production and trade of finished goods is a whole different arrangement to shipping ore in bulk and many factions who had no inRP business doing it, did. It resulted in everyone and their mothers demanding sell points of their own. Well, flash news ; not everyone is interested in buying your several tonnes of raw materials they have no use for. How novel. So get used to this system, which is both entirely more rational and also much better balanced.

For what it's worth, this is only the beginning of work on economy, we're mostly dealing with new terrain here. As you've noticed, Disco economy has been mostly stagnant for a decade and it's not going to be fixed by half-measures, or overnight. Trading will get looked after eventually as well. In the meantime, the team has accomplished a lot of hard, exacting work while being as fair as possible and with specific goals in mind that were not "let's try to please everyone at once, coherence and balance be damned". I accept the ruffling of feathers, I very much welcome all the feedback you have to share with the team, but ad hominem attacks, insults, "oh woe is me" and assorted unproductive babbling are not productive and very disrespectful to the many efforts of everyone who was involved in these changes. Please consider what that message you're typing is going to add to the discussion and how much we can use it to make this better. If it's just bile, please refrain or take it to Flood. The old system isn't coming back. Move on. I'm fairly angered at having to issue such evident reminders to act with civility and patience (I almost said kindness, but that seems to be a primer these days) with a volunteer staff that's trying to change things at last.

To all of you, who've been providing intelligible remarks, comments, concerns, feedback and otherwise are testing out this new system - thanks. Keep it coming, we can't make this work without you.

Cheers.

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If everyone was a bit more like Lanakov, the entire world would be more positive. Including pregnancy tests.