The trial phase restricting Jumpdrives has ended. The restrictions we placed upon them can be found here.
The Admins have read the feedback concerning these restrictions. We have consulted with players in factions who would be affected by this change in both a positive and negative way. After considering all the ramifications, we have decided to keep the restrictions that have been placed on the Jumpdrives.
We realize this decision will be met with anger from certain corners of the community. However, pirate/trader/lawful interactions suffer with use of the jumpdrive. Most times, a group of traders will jump from one friendly system to another friendly system, without giving an opposing faction an opportunity to interact with them. As fun as that might be for the trading factions, it hurts the health of the server overall, eliminating opportunities for pirate factions, in the case of lawful traders, or police factions, in the case of smugglers.
Although the decision regarding Jumpdrives has been made, we will continue to look for opportunities to make improvements regarding them going forward.
You can now mine silver ore in Humboldt again. It is very shiny and should drop at a similar rate to Omega-7. Prices have been adjusted nearby on California Minor (3720), Rochester (1860), and Ouray (1860), as well.
Greetings everyone - Your recently appointed "High" Admin here today, to bring you this important announcement.
Effective immediately, and for a trial period of 2 weeks, we have made some changes to the Jumpdrives. Specifically, the JD4. Outlined below are the changes:
Radius of JD4 increased
Barges can no longer jump
Transports larger than 3,600 cargo hold can no longer jump
There was discussion quite some time ago about restricting large transports from jumptrading, as we have seen quite a hit to the economy ingame. Per community suggestions, as well as an approved Admin vote (Before my time), we feel a 2 week trial period will let us examine and review/discuss the pros and cons of such an action.