The future of mining?

[NonSequitor]

Or cut all item and ship prices by half.
I remember the times, when you needed only 2mil to set up a good vhf.

Xoria offered this option back in the days of yore, when the new trade system had just been implemented.

I think I speak for many casual players out there:

We like our FL with a healthy side dish of RP. That's why we're here.

However, RL is a precious commodity - providing you have a RL outside of this game.

Mining turned off? Oh well, back to the silent trade runs. I'll get to chat with other traders as frustrated as myself by the current situation. And I'll get to run into some other players who hate trading even more than myself - pirates.

It would seem that grinding for credits, as maligned as it is by the righteous of the playerbase, is apparently a core element of this game.