' Wrote:but having half hour spare here and there, you can make a short run to the next base, and log out... there is always five mins in the day to grind out a little bit of cash.
This tells me you don't understand their points.
No one should have to rely on a spare half hour here and there to ensure they have a cash flow.
I enjoy trading. I RP trade. I run the routes that fit my factions RP. The profits are pitiful. The only way I can make a good cash flow is running my power trade routes and while they are technically inRP, running them over and over and over and over again (and they aren't Point to Point, they are chained) is boring and not really inRP.
Now. As I enjoy RP'n a trader, this doesn't bother me. However, for someone that doesn't like trading, I can see how it is highly annoying, and boring.
Nerfing the hell out of the trade/mining system and increasing the cost of battleships didn't fix the number of them. All it did was create more power traders which then warranted a nerf of the Zoner Guard ID to try to get rid of them. (Guess what? That didn't work either. They are now using no IFF, Interspace ID'd Mastodons. I see them at least three times running my routes in the border worlds and I know which routes they are running because I run the same ones when I need cash. Difference is, they are inRP for me. Not for an Interspace ship.) They still get that battleship inside of a week and by the next week they have the armor for it. Then they proceed to lolwut all around. All the nerfs did was slow them by a week, if that. In addition to making earning credits to pay for your other characters a grind that few like.
The whole reason for this thread is simple:
Disco is slowly becoming a grind fest. Many people will simply leave this server if this trend continues. They are asking for a fix before they reach that point because they enjoy this community/mod.
Saying go trade in convoys ignores the above fact. Yes, it is far more fun in a convoy but if the person doesn't like trading to begin with, convoys aren't likely to help them. Add to that the fact that pirate demands now days can remove 30 mins to an hour of a persons playtime in a matter of maybe five minutes and you see why these people are annoyed.
