(06-26-2016, 06:47 AM)sindroms Wrote: Xoria, a public question to you.
You seemed to be opposed to the idea that unlawfuls need an on-par trade route. I could agree to that to an extent. Giving each faction at least one comodity of equal profit value as generic ones is more than enough, given that the income on an unlawful ship will be smaller regardless due to them not being able to always use lanes.
About smuggling though, is it possible that, for the sake of example, cardamine sellpoint on, say, Manhattan can be buffed up to 10-15k* per unit (*Due to the absence of 5kers), if the sellpoint to get the comodity is only on Malta and it has only one sellpoint - only on Manhattan, a lawful base. This would rekindle smuggling on freelancer, zoner and Junker ships, rather than unlawful ones, giving police and other lawful players more to do as well.
While the above makes no sense IRP since most of the cardamine goes to Rogues and Junkers in Liberty, it would be a necessary balance-related choice instead. Is it worth the shot?
If you want buff, you have to buff all contraband. Buff just one and you will effectively kill all other smuggling routes. Thus I say no to buffing only cardamine on Manhattan because this would negatively affect Rheinland and Bretonia (since due to changed system layout, majority of cardamine goes to Liberty through Taus), killing local smuggling and making life of local police factions even harder as result.
