All Black Markets disabled?

JetsonRING

JetsonRING
:( Seems like every system and station I look at, the Black Markets are disabled and just about anything worth smuggling is now "prohibited". What gives? Anybody seen an open Black Market anywhere in the bubble lately? :(

EDIT: Well, Crick Terminal, Remines appears to have an open black market, going to check it out right now. Got to get rid of these extra Kamitra cigars.
 
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Apos

Apos
Democracies, Cooperatives and Communist ruled stations/surface port do not shut down black markets.

Patronages, Dictatorships, Feudals, Theocracies and Corporates shut them down.

That's assuming they exist, because not every station has a black market by default either.
 

LeMachine

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JetsonRING said:
:( Seems like every system and station I look at, the Black Markets are disabled and just about anything worth smuggling is now "prohibited". What gives? Anybody seen an open Black Market anywhere in the bubble lately? :(

EDIT: Well, Crick Terminal, Remines appears to have an open black market, going to check it out right now. Got to get rid of these extra Kamitra cigars.
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I was wondering the same yesterday: docked with silent running, noticed that black market was closed... And then I realized I can sell those cigars on the normal commodities market :) I am quite sure that before docking it was showing "illicit cargo", but I may be wrong.
 

Bottom Hat

Bottom Hat
Personally, I have found that when deep into Empire or Federation space, more likely than not the black market will be closed as the OP has suggested. Either this is a byproduct of the way the BGS behaves within these government types, or because there have been a lot of player groups actively trying to restrict the black market availability. As has been suggested further up, I have had much better luck in finding them open when in independent or Alliance space. It could just be the way the BGS has evolved over time I guess, but your point is very valid OP, well spotted :)
 

Limoncello Lizard

Limoncello Lizard
The best places to find active black markets are Federation controlled stations/outposts/bases, Archon Delaine controlled or Anarchy controlled systems.
 

ShimEnki

ShimEnki
I have noticed that on top of BMs being next to useless now, even where its illegal to sell this or that when you do arrive to sell it, you cant!

So how do you use trade to stimulate a bust condition when the market wont accept narcotics etc? Not one civilian is alive in ED that will buy drugs ? Why even bother have them in the game then.

How can you use trade to cause famine when it requires a bust scenario 1st that itself requires the local slavilians to be open to drug abuse 1st but there's no street dealers to sell the narcs to?

What ever happened to this cut throat bad azz ED dimension we thought we were in when everything now has been sanitized to death?
 
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DNA-Decay

DNA-Decay
Apos said:
Democracies, Cooperatives and Communist ruled stations/surface port do not shut down black markets.

Patronages, Dictatorships, Feudals, Theocracies and Corporates shut them down.

That's assuming they exist, because not every station has a black market by default either.
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ALD Control - Black Markets Close
Antal Control - Black Markets Close
Grom Control - Black Markets Close
Delaine Control - Black Markets Open

I'm enjoying the Black Market at Galton Hangar.
 
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Limoncello Lizard

Limoncello Lizard
I'm doing some smuggling at the moment. Not having any trouble at all finding blackmarkets. In fact the system I'm headed to, Ross 671, has 2 stations and 3 outposts, with a blackmarket in each - so that would be the Dweller unlocked in one system.

edit - delivered to all 5, so I can confirm they are all open.
 
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