Trading in .85 - a poll

[NonSequitor]

This new trade system seems logical for the most part. There are no more "sploitzy" trade runs on which to make a fast buck. Trading now has a truly realistic drudge aspect to it. Yay realism.

I confess that I really hate trading. Yup, I hates it. A lot. Trading is a necessary evil - with an emphasis on the "evil". If I want a ship with all the bells and whistles, I have to hit the trade routes. If I want to maintain a ship, I often am compelled to trade.

The way I see it, the economy on this mod needs an "adjustment". There's not much wrong with the routes themselves (discounting the difficulties caused by interhouse warfare). Like I said, the routes have a logic to them.

The problem, simply put, is in the prices - the prices of ships and equipment. Many ships, many pieces of nifty equipment are ungodly expensive. To the point of being ludicrous.

Case in point: Why is capital ship armor is so expensive? Why does (place your vessel of choice here) have a 9-digit price tag? Why is universal armor VIII worth 7 times my fighter?

I have my own theories for some of these hyper inflated prices, but I not going to expand upon them here.

If we are genuinely interested in practicing and developing role playing, why put players through a month of pointless, joyless trading? If we look at ourselves collectively in a mirror, we realize that most traders don't role play much at all, because most dislike trading. They're preoccupied with getting the money for their dream ship, in order to have fun role playing a pilot not chained to a corporate tug.

I'm not saying make big price tag items bargain basement cheap so no one we be bothered to trade regularly anymore. But some deflation might be a good thing and even help people spend more time on role-play that they actually enjoy.