In regards to piracy

[Elsdragon]

Let me get this straight, and I shall reply, in quotepain

it is simply created out of nowhere when a trader sells its cargo. However there is no inflation, and although the market is flooded with more and more money its value never decreases. Like in a pre-1929 era, except that no market crash will occur in Disco.

Not IRP, and If you dont think there is INflation, Check Vanilla Prices, to Todays Prices. A Market crash will occur when xoria says it will.

Therefore, why should traders worry about piracy since their business never will be dramatically harmed ? Why would megacorporations engage economical war since there is enough money for everyone ? All in all, when everybody can successfully become rich to hundred of millions, do the money worth anything ?

Bussiness IS dramatically harmed by even a single piracy. Tacking a new, Average trade route, and the new " 5 Mil ar die" you just lost half your money on that leg. THere is not enough money for everyone, Just ask the billions of destitute Men in liberty.

IRL there are mecanisms preventing money to loose it's value, namely central banks. Basically they grab money out of the market and destroy it, so the value of the remaining money increases. Depending on the situation central banks raise or lower the taxes in order to keep the balance right. There is no central banks in Disco, but there is pirates. So let pirates raise or lower their taxes to keep the balance right, and in the current context I would say "raise".

If pirates raise taxes and money becomes harder to come by :

* players could not afford capitol ship by themselves anymore, and only active factions could purchase one thanks to common share. This means less lonely lolwut flying BS bought by a single powertrader.
* pirates factions could have substancial incomes and could play full-time pirate RP instead of relying on secondary powertrader characters.
* escort jobs for freelancers/mercs will eventuallly be more interesting since the threat justify such an investment.
* same argument for the police forces.

1) Only powertraders would have caps, as they afre the ones who prefer to trade, and not RP. THis means more Lolwhut BS's.
2) PIrate Factions DO have substantail Incomes. Just ask the LH, the buy Spyglasses with their piracy money.
3) " HALT % MIL AR DIE" " NO U" *Pirate ignore escorts to explode the transport before it can escape* "LOL!'
4) Police dont get paid.

Now there are still open issues... if pirates regulate traders incomes, who will regulate the pirates ? However Disco economy is another subject.

To summary, taxes up to 30 M for the richests players are harsch but fair, if they were too cheap to hire an escort for 5 M.

Pirates are not there to regulate the economy, and they have no regulation. Furthermore, If you charge 30 Million, Not only will they not pay, But you would get a dozen bounties out of spite. And their arent escorts around when you need them.

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