Allow to use bought trading data
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Pretty sure "trending trade," which is the data you buy, is not the same as knowing exact prices, which is what is needed for the compare.
The trending trade data is only useful insofar as it lets you know the commodities that are going into and out of the system. It's a fair bet that if a system is importing something then bringing that from an exporting system will be a profit, but you need to have docked in the destination system at some point to be able to see the exact profits with the compare tool.
I trade, a lot, and have found the compare gets more useful as you continue to work out of the same base station as you eventually do get the data for all surrounding stations. Like building rep to get the juicy missions, it just takes some time working in the area to get to that point.
The trending trade data is only useful insofar as it lets you know the commodities that are going into and out of the system. It's a fair bet that if a system is importing something then bringing that from an exporting system will be a profit, but you need to have docked in the destination system at some point to be able to see the exact profits with the compare tool.
I trade, a lot, and have found the compare gets more useful as you continue to work out of the same base station as you eventually do get the data for all surrounding stations. Like building rep to get the juicy missions, it just takes some time working in the area to get to that point.
Yes, it says so, but this doesn't make sense. This means buying trading data is good for nothing.
Alright, please explain then what does "trending trade" mean and what is it good for?
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You can only compare prices from market you landed in. Trade data is pretty worthless. Growing your market network is pretty worthless too because they now reset with every patch.
Mandatory third party apps and sites like EDDB, Inara, ... are the way to go.
Mandatory third party apps and sites like EDDB, Inara, ... are the way to go.
Using the various trading filters on the galaxy map to see trade data on a trend level. It can be good for deciding what goods to bring to a system you have never visited to so you know what at least will give you 'some profit'.
It's useless if you plan to just use 3rd party tools to decide what to bring, but if you want to use only the systems in game, then trend data is useful when planning to visit a system for the first time. Once you dock there once, you can then use the compare tool directly for future visits.
Yes, i use EDDB quite often, but it has it's flaws. It's user fed, and for many systems their data can be pretty outdated. I'd prefer an up-to-date ingame price comparison feature.
With the new direct price comparison feature this sounds redundant and less useful. I hope FDev will give this a bit more love...
I don't know why yours is resetting, but it shouldn't.. Mine has never reset -- I'm able to use market compare to look up comparison data for stations I haven't landed at in over a year.