Economy / Barges - Ores storage capacity

[Xenon]

Hello there discovery dudes,

As most of you know, the highest commodities (profit) are ores
The ores are obtained by either mining or buying from a Player Owned Base (POB).
Since the release of BARGES, many do trade ores using barges.
That trading is causing trouble which should be maintained as soon as possible.

In order to understand the problem, you will need to understand how POBs are filled.
The POBs are filled by a complicated process that players name (Mining Operations).
Mining operations require a lot of coordination, Presence, Security, and Time.
So to fill 200,000 ores on one base requires at least 1 to 2 miners and 1 to 2 transports (Total 4 players or more).
Be advised that the cargo space for a large base is close to 300,000 units.
The base will have life support materials and others for tear and wear so the cargo capacity will shrink.

Now, let me explain the problem since you digested the previous lines of information.
The POBs cargo capacity is balanced to the 5ker ships, not the barges.
The barges empty the bases from ores so fast, in no time because of the 30k cargo space it has.
The problem is that it makes it so hard for base administrators and suppliers to bring more ore
They use about 2 hours to make 200,000 units and fill a certain base,
then a couple of barges make a few visits and the stock is all gone within 24 hours max

It is very very hard for the miners and the suppliers, no matter how hard they are dedicated to the process to fill again the base fast enough.
We need a fix for this problem, and I think this can be fixed by one of the following suggestions.

1- Increase the size of the cargo modules so the bases can carry larger amounts to fit the barge trading ores.
2- Make the barges for supplying bases with ores, construction, or crafting materials only.
3- Increase the number of cores of bases, so by that change, the admins of bases can build more cargo storage modules.
4- Increase the number of modules that can be built for each core, and then you do not have to increase the cores.

Note: I am an owner of a large enterprise POB business on the discovery server, and those are my 2 cents (suggestions) for fixing that problem Trust me when I say that I have a vast experience with POBs since I built and participated in building more than 15 large POBs here I play on the discovery server before POBs were implemented. I believe that enhancing the system is possible, thanks to the developers here. Please feel welcome to share your suggestions too... and I hope that you deal with this thread in a reasonable and mature way.

I am not against Barges at all, I am just trying to find a good balance for their existence because they are awesome
This is just an open discussion, please do not react as if one of those suggestions is being implemented.

Thank you for reading...

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