This Weeks Hypothetical Scenario

[Darkard]

Stressing the server with realtime calculated values in every base, and crosscalculating to the other bases that sell/buy the same commodity within uncircular waves will absolutely drive the ping, the lagg, the latency and every single network packet nuts.

I wasent Suggesting that it calculates depending on the current prices in other bases. What I meant was that the high limit would never be higher than the low limit at its sell point. These would be hard set numbers and not ones that change. Only the price would change when bought/sold.

For example If copper's upper limit was 200 Credits. Then its price at the sell point would never fall below around 220 Credits. So that even if the route is spammed you would make 20 credits per unit minumum. If the Route is underused and the limits not reached you would make a bigger profit per item.

Regarding the "We are Full.. come back later" This will lead to people buying 5k of Copper and then getting to the sell point and not being able to sell it. This cannot happen as it will just piss people off and drive them away. At least with highly deminished profits people will sell thier Copper (Grudingly, for a small profit) and then check out the bar for a better route from that base or one close by.

*Edit* "We are Full" would totaly destroy mining by the way.

@dead_shot: Only Solo Miners. Mining teams could Haul away meaning they would still make money. And I belive that Mining was balenced to be a TEAMWORK money maker, rather than Traders being the Solo Moneymaker.
A miner would drive comod prices down at his sell point. A Hauler (not even in his Group) could take them from the base at the lowered price due to the miners 'fulling' The haulers would drag the price up again so that the Miner still makes decent money.
Also seeing as mining is a No Cost pickup on commod, he would still get at least the Lower Limit of the comod price at 100% profit.
Would have the ffect that if there is a miner active at a base, traders will come to that base to take advantage of the stabalised price due to the miners influx of comods.

---

0-499 posts: Your posts will be completely and utterly ignored.
500-999 posts: People will read your posts, but will never care for the content.
1000-2000 posts: Your posts will be read, your points may be considered, if you're lucky.
2001+ posts and custom title: Your opinion matters.

<div align="right">QFT</div>