Why don't we just scrap jumping, buff ore and normal commodity prices and get it over with? There's always the risk of video games crossing the line from "fun and enjoyment" to "Hard work/unpaid job", and sometimes the long range trading makes disco feel like euro truck simulator in space, especially when there's no one else around.
I would rather the option of increasing the jump drive charge time so that pirates have more chances to attack these convoys. Besides, pirates also have the chance to pirate indie traders like myself, and its not like everybody owns a damned jump drive, rite?
No atmosphere? GTFO.
The propeller is the greatest invention of all time.