Patch When? #3 - Dev Diary - Economic Reform™

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Now, If the NPC price for raw ore is low enough and the price for refined ore is high enough, PoB can be still quite vital because it will be able to offer higher price for raw ore than NPC and lower price for refined ore than NPC and still be profitable for both players and POB owners. It really is just a matter of how large the price difference between raw and refined will be for NPC prices.

It will be. @Aingar conveniently coded a little FLHook solution to allow us to prevent the producers of these HRCs from buying back their product, allowing us to set very high prices for them without creating silly 30-second trade routes. It should be fairly easy to set things up so that PoBs can produce the same HRCs for substantially less while offering a better price for the ore required. Just a matter of setting the numbers right, like you said.

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