My first post, I was irritated at the trading system, the mining system, and what not, even as Saronsen posted it. However, now, after a week...I have calmed down to the point where I am able to post rationally.
A. The trading system is garbage. Xoria may not be a bad person, but he (or she, don't know) really effed up the trading layout. Hell, even the smuggling routes took a slight bit of a nosedive to the point where I have to spent more time trading in Discovery than I do in WoW getting mats (materials) for my professions to prep for a raid! I come to Discovery to get away from WoW, not have more of the same type of grind! Bring back the damned routes, or at least balance them out. I look at some of the commodities you trade and at some of the bases for how much they sell for, 100 credits at some stations, finish the damn work and put prices in for EVERY base, not just leave them 100 credits on the majority.
B. A flexible economy IS possible. We had one on EvolvedOnes and it was as easy as an update a day and a plugin for FL hook to change the prices at every server restart. I don't know the specifics, nor to I remember who set up the system, but it works, and it IS possible.
C. Mining. Mining turned to garbage earnings almost a week after it came out. People claim that it was because people were bitching about the pirate attacks. Sorry, pirates are going to attack you no matter WHAT you attempt to do. My girlfriend, was mining in Dublin, and she gets owned in the face by two Mollys. Granted, that's their space, but the same goes for the starting system, Pennsylvania. Rogue territory. You'll get pirated there too. Nerfing the amount of money you get from mining isn't going to stop the miners. The miners will just try harder, and more pirating will ensue. You're taking a step backwards with the nerfing of mining, if that's the REAL reason it was nerfed to begin with.
D. Restricting Battleships is a double-edged sword. On one side of the argument, yes, you do get rid of all the lolwuts running around like idiots. But, as Nooblet said, at the same time you lose the truly gifted RPers that could be great at it. Battleships are going to be around, and they're probably going to get flown by idiots 9/10ths of the time. You can't control that. You won't be able to control that, the only hope is that someone smites them with a sanction, or helps them to better understand the rules. Why don't you make an attempt to explain to those people the rules in private, to help them better understand them. Maybe they'll learn and become a valuable member of the community.
I think I covered everything that was discussed. Forgive my language, I'm a military man and the words tend to come out on their own...even though my fingers.
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