I do not know if the idea is new or old but...
Trading is creating huge income, it is way bigger than anything else I have been able to find. I may not be the biggest trucker, but I earn ~1 million in 20 minutes. Then the trade routes ~never die. I am sure people have been complaining about this, at least I hope so.
Maybe trade income should not be decreased, maybe actually even increased, but at the same time you should make Elite Dangerous to be way more dangerous...
What if someone makes tons of money in place A, and this would create a news feed that all players can read? This at least should bring more players to the area, and would decrease the amount of money one player can earn from single trade route. Also NPC trucks should show up to the area, but not to decrease the income directly.
More pirates should be spawning to the area as well. They should have so good interdiction skills that player would come down at least some times. Player should also have hard time escaping these situations. At the moment there really is no change to lose your cargo.
Those NPC trucks in the area would be really nice targets for pirate players.
Also, when a good trade route is filled by pirates -> Bounty hunters would show up to the same system. This would increase the money bounty hunters would actually earn. Simply because it would be easy to find good bounties.
This would balance the income and create a lot more "cooperation" between the players. I also assume this is not a huge thing to implement.
You were planning to bring groups in the game. Others hauling and others defending it. Create a way to make transactions for other players. You get groups hauling very profitable and very dangerous trade routes together, and sharing the profits.
So maybe hauling should create a huge stream of income, but you need your friends to defend your truck. If you have done tons of money on the same route, you can be sure that a pirate will take you down -> This would be a nice fix to the solo game as well. In solo, you can drive the truck as much as in the open, but you have to take on account that driving that big hauler alone makes the Elite Dangerous.
Trading is creating huge income, it is way bigger than anything else I have been able to find. I may not be the biggest trucker, but I earn ~1 million in 20 minutes. Then the trade routes ~never die. I am sure people have been complaining about this, at least I hope so.
Maybe trade income should not be decreased, maybe actually even increased, but at the same time you should make Elite Dangerous to be way more dangerous...
What if someone makes tons of money in place A, and this would create a news feed that all players can read? This at least should bring more players to the area, and would decrease the amount of money one player can earn from single trade route. Also NPC trucks should show up to the area, but not to decrease the income directly.
More pirates should be spawning to the area as well. They should have so good interdiction skills that player would come down at least some times. Player should also have hard time escaping these situations. At the moment there really is no change to lose your cargo.
Those NPC trucks in the area would be really nice targets for pirate players.
Also, when a good trade route is filled by pirates -> Bounty hunters would show up to the same system. This would increase the money bounty hunters would actually earn. Simply because it would be easy to find good bounties.
This would balance the income and create a lot more "cooperation" between the players. I also assume this is not a huge thing to implement.
You were planning to bring groups in the game. Others hauling and others defending it. Create a way to make transactions for other players. You get groups hauling very profitable and very dangerous trade routes together, and sharing the profits.
So maybe hauling should create a huge stream of income, but you need your friends to defend your truck. If you have done tons of money on the same route, you can be sure that a pirate will take you down -> This would be a nice fix to the solo game as well. In solo, you can drive the truck as much as in the open, but you have to take on account that driving that big hauler alone makes the Elite Dangerous.
