New Commodities & Trading habits

[cmfalconer]

Agree w/ Uns on some respects.

I've got just about every logical base (order bases and gallia no) mapped through exploration, and use FLC every time I go trading.

But, I'm not a route-trader either. As a freelancer (tagged and ID'd), I fly wherever I feel like. Land on a base, pick up a low-priced commodity, look at the commodity list and see where I can go. Benjamin hit the nail on the head. cred/sec isn't my driving force, it's make some profit and have fun doing it.

I have tried several of the routes on Xoria's google.doc, and I'm not impressed with any of them. quite low on the profit scale, incredibly long on some routes (the metals route took hours, for less than 30m profit in a BW trans).

Now I do like the new system in regards to a distinct lack of AB powertrade routes, but some commodities don't seem to have any real point other than RP cargo. Quantum Multiplexors sell for at most (what I've found) 200-300 credits profit from lowest buy to highest sell...that's squat for a commodity that costs 2000+ to buy one unit of. Same with many of the new commodities.

Space requirements for them have drastically changed a lot of routes as well. I'm a fan of this. Gate/Lane parts, different space reqs for different people-sizes, etc, all add an element missing before.

It's a work-in-progress with a decent start. Autoupdater should give the opportunity for tweaks to the system.

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