(11-26-2023, 02:33 PM)Fab Wrote: ame's ***** when you can't play your favorite faction because some smartasses can abuse the unfair protection granted by rules/ID to get anything they want for free in detriment of others.
(11-26-2023, 12:45 PM)Ravenna Nagash Wrote: XR aren't as easily mined as they used to be and are much more of a time-sink. You could also do some trade negotiations, RP it out, just like you did with us not long ago and got yourself a trading permit.
It's not about me, per se, me and mine are the ones doing the transporting, not the final buyers, we're only looking at the difference between your price and what the buyers are willing to pay. What I wanted to do is to highlight the fact, that this particular matter is mostly the quetion of price / convenience balance, pretty much the same as for example your standard online piracy. With how many stuff is needed for the PoB crafted devices, pretty much everyone is probably willing to offload some of the shipping (and mining) to a third party, provided the price doesn't go too high. How high the price has to go for the expenses to be too much for the convenience they provide is individual, but it's safe to safe the price of the relics is currently too high and the buyers simply feel like they won't make any profits if they buy from you.
You have to remember that unless they build it for themselves, they need to be able to sell what they build, the same way I need to be able to offer price for shipping they're willing to pay. Not everyone can afford devices costing 10 or more million (bilion in old currency) so the crafter might feel pushed into circumventing your system just to be able to offer a reasonable price for the device he produces, especially if he wants to also gain some money out of it.
Simply put, if the prices were lower, people wouldn't feel the need to go behind your back, because it wouldn't be worth the effort. People don't do it to spite you, they're doing it to keep their business profitable. If you feel like you can't go lower, how about getting rid of some PoBs to cut costs amigo? It's not like you need more than the one. And if you feel like you can't go lower because the NPC price is too high, then go after econ devs to do something about it.
