What about Barges?

[Stewgar]

Moved the thread to Discovery Mod General Discussion instead of the inRP Comm Channel, better spot

Thank you

Could someone in the know simply tell us if the barges are going to be nerfed or changed...


YES or NO

If yes, then what changes?

The developer, who at least once upon a time was "working" on economy and may still be working on it, and is widely infamous for his lack of integrity and handling of social affairs, is selling his barge just days before a patch (presumably lol) drops is a clear sign of either insider information or being a crayon eater. After Haste's conversation with Xenon and others in Discord, I sold my barge quickly. After the lend-lease battlecruiser fumble, it will be very difficult to project confidence in a community especially if they won't at least provide a comment to your question.

Also people demanding a full refund for a nerf are delusional, the ship isn't going away (albeit if it did, nothing of actual value would be lost objectively speaking, at least right now), just nerfed. At much they deserve a partial refund of it, unless it's proven that the economy got buffed enough that Barges somehow are more profitable for trade than regular transports.

It is delusional because developer staff are staying mum on barges (which tells me something is cooking). Imagine you bought a new car for a goodly amount of money. A patch is released to the CPU of the car which prevents it from having the same fuel efficiency and speed, 2 of the things you decided was worth buying that car for. Wouldn't you want a refund too? To your point, even partial refunds would be acceptable. None has been offered, not even feedback to threads such as this.

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