Goffer wrote:ATm the new player are the real looser of market. And wait till it adjusted itself is by far too late
they are ALWAYS the loser.
we get more money, it will make mineral prices go up, which will make item prices go up,
at the end... it will level down to where it was... vets beeing able to make nic and produce, noobs won't be able to do either of it.
this is a fixed cycle, since it all comes down to where the market price of items is always dictated by mineral prices, and the items are always the same.
oh... and maybe we should point out the development cycle:
somewhere in the past, missions asked you to gather material and turn them in
-> players complained that by doing missions, raws got destroyed and player had to choose between Mission or gathering for crafting.
A "golden triangle" of transport missions was so lucrative for the effort you had to invest, that it was patched out
in the middle, DEVs reacted and implemented random isotopes dropping in gather processes, and missions only asking for that
-> players complained about the randomness and inconsistence of the drops. You would end up with a lot more gathered stuff then your bot could carry before finishing the mission.
now, we are back to square one, just with missions lasting like ~5min average, and the income exceeding what you could do with multiple accounts in sequers, doing the triangle by a factor of 500 or so, with a single account!
random mission generator is good... but giving you the full range of choices ALL the time, everywhere and at any time with the full reward, with not a single line of code of dynamic in there is really bad.
maybe one of the AC DEVs should log into Elite Dangerous for a moment, and check the bulletin board there. the number of mission templates there is more or less equal to what we have here. but running the same mission 100 times in a row at the same place requires you to seriously exploit a certain game mechanic...
*Disclaimer: This post can contain strong sarcasm or cynical remarks. keep that in mind!Whining - It's amazing how fast your trivial concerns will disappear