Impressions of 5.0 to date

[jammi]

Economics.

In its current state, investing into Russian economics is a more responsible financial decision than farming money on Discovery. I'm not a POB owner, but I can say that trading being made more difficult and retained to the same profit per hour (which already was a hideous experience) is not good for an average player like me.

Just a small note on this, regular commodities are now balanced at 5.5 credits per second/unit, which is about 40% higher than the previous patch.

Ores were turned into High Risk Commodities which when purchased from NPC stations, aim for 10 - 12ish csu. That's about the same as before, but you can boost that further by trying to find a refinery POB that's undercutting NPC prices.

Basically, you should be making more per hour if you're trading normal stuff, and have better access to 'ores' because NPCs sell them too. Earning money isn't slower, but there are more 'end game' cash sinks that were previously missing.

The economy obviously still needs a lot of work, but baseline profit per hour isn't really the issue in my opinion.

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