Re: Idea for Improving population
as far as i understand - there is nothing that hinderst you buying a timecode and trading it with someone else. its just that there is no verification that the code isnt used yet, nor any mechanic that prevents the original owner of the code to use it instantly after someone has payed him for it.
its also not guaranteed that the original code owner recieves his NIC for the code.
This means, game time would need to be an ingame item that you can trade and activate without "knowing a code", or the web-interface has to support access to your NIC pool and have a trade option.
since we cannot even file SUPPORT tickets from the ingame interface, i doubt that an implementation of such a system would be "an easy task".
and since its only moving NIC from rich player or china-grinder to RL-money-rich player, it wouldnt be a NIC sink anyway...
Whining - It's amazing how fast your trivial concerns will disappear