Trading sucks now...

[Baltar]

yes i agree, Make it harder to get but dont make everyone suffer for cap spam. and for the cap spam there is a great solution the Bombah Spam Bomberman Rulez:)

I don't wanna have to buy a bomber to deal with these guys. And spamming bombers to go after spamming battleships just turns a role play server into a PVP server. I don't think we need that. Just make the cap ships harder to get and we'll be good.

Yes true, the capital ship problem is sometimes a pain, but I don't notice it too much. And answering spam with spam is not they way to go, Weedalot.
Plus you do not always have a squadron of allies to help you..

Just one note, I do understand the motives behind lowering profits, but let's not take it too far, shall we?
And also I'd prefer that mining was at least 80% the profit trading offers. We need multiple ways of earning money.
Anyways, make long term circular routes profitable, so people can do them. I remember 4.85, while people powertraded diamond niobium, I did my circular Sirius routes, had fun, had RP, and had a lot of profits.

Anyways, I really don't know myself what my opinion is, whether the advantages outnumber the disadvantages of nerfing trade in general..
But to be frank, the current way of trade is not that bad, it allows profits, and reasonable ones.

Totally agree with you here ... mining should DEFINITELY be more profitable. In my opinion ... mining should be AS profitable if not MORE than trading. And role play is preserved with mining. With larger ships it would take a while to actually mine the minerals ... more time than simply docking, purchasing and flying off. You'd actually have to spend time in a mineral field collecting the stuff and then flying off. It would mean more to you when you got stopped by a pirate as well so you're less likely to just should "kill me its cheaper." Not to mention the Miner ID would mean something.

And I think you meant 4.84, right?