Well I don't adam and eve it. Another nerf from FD. But I bet there are loads more commanders with Conda's now.
RIP Smuggling (Discussion of smuggling changes in 1.3.01)
- Thread starter Fearless Sister
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I smuggle exclusively (diamondback scout), ED has never been this fun.
Scudmungus
Banned
Jup, just confirmed. Slaves that were 3k yesterday are down to 1.5k today.
Well, no use in running that route anymore, back to my cozy non-threatening A-B short hop.
FD wants us to grind harder and longer for those credits people, loooooonger and haaaaarder.
I hear monotony be a selling point wid 'online gaming'
I hear monotony be a selling point wid 'online gaming'
Aye, the net itself was called the world-wide-wait at times, so no real surprises here.
TheLoneTrucker
Banned
FD wants us to grind harder and longer for those credits people, loooooonger and haaaaarder.
I'm starting to think that FD doesn't know FD wants us to do. Same crap different day right? From one extreme to the other. Glad i got in a good 50 million before the gravy train was derailed. And I'm more glad I already have a conda and a sizable pile of credits so i can enjoy the game while FD tries to figure out it's doing with the market.
I just feel bad for the new folks. hopefully they straighten this debacle out quickly.
Smuggling is usually one way.. it should be double the amount a trader gets.
So, you mean that -let's say- you buying imperial slaves in Zemina Torval controlled systems (-20%), then smuggling to Pranav Antal exploited systems (+20%) does not help achieve great profit anymore??
Now at 10% on both sides. Plus I believe Torval effects only reduce sell price? Uncertain though...
And you have to trek across all human space. And likely have nothing on the return trip worth selling
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I've read a lot of R.I.P. this or that type posts, most go into a little more detail about what the percieved problem with said mechanic is, but what seems to often be the result of these types of threads is that the OP is in some cases suppoted, but mostly from cry babies, and someone else comes along and explains that the aspect of the game being whined about has actually just been balanced, and in many cases fixed and made better. This was recently the case with bounty hunting, many cried the RES and therefore bounty hunting was dead, many others who saw the RES for what it was (farming) rejoiced at the fixes in gameplay. As you have, very badly, explained why you believe that smuggling is dead, I can't very well refute you. But rest assured, smuggling is not dead, it probably just got a little more difficult and is a little too complex for you. Don't worry I'm sure when you grow up you'll learn the mechanics. Until then, maybe you should stick with the simple missions, or maybe I can recommend some other games for you, my 3 year old has a selection of Lego Duplo Android apps that might be right up your alley, I can recomend the train one.
It's not in any way more difficult. It's simply less profitable.
More danger would be welcome, if we're getting paid!
Hang on is it just slaves. People only go on about smuggling slaves and then apply it to everything. Has anything else been effected?
It might simply be they have reduced the demand for slaves in Antal systems or some such. Keen to see if the smuggling community has any feedback on something that isnt slave trading
From what I have seen, slave trading was the only exception in prices.
No other commodity did fetch a 3k+ price.
Please correct me if I am wrong though.
It's irrespective of demand
The problem i think is that they listen to all the criers. WAAH thats too easy WAAH thats too hard WAAH Thats making me too much money WAAH WAAH WAAH.
Ive come to accept the fact that some people are well beyond my reaches in terms of money and it doesnt bother me at all, im only a casual player and every time i log in i always have to accept the fact that the way i played before probably im not going to be able to continue again and a large part of that is because of cry babies.
I think its great that Frontier listen to the players to a point but plz stop listening to the cry babies.
Sure about that?
The station I visited for my tasty slave meat had the message: "Commodity downtrending: Imperial Slaves" at least since yesterday.
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I've tried it at multiple stations with varying levels of demand. Profits were down by a set amount (exactly 15% of the Imperial Slaves galactic average), due to the stacking of Blackmarket bonuses being fixed.
The reason people are upset is because it was this bug that was causing the over the top profits, not the values themselves. And as I predicted, the valeus were changed, and then the bug, resulting in smuggling being nerfed x4 rather than x2
People going from Sidy to Anaconda over a weekend (yes I actually talked to someone that did) is broken game mechanics. It was way too profitable and the risk was nearly non-existent. I am glad they fixed it.
Alright, good to know.
Why don´t you just let it all out and cry some more, will you? You clearly want to.