Demand for LTDs, Painite, Platinum, etc.

[drakkster2025]

Why has demand for minerals and metals remain the same even though the bubble has doubled or even tripled in size? Shouldn't the market reflect that
demand? Shouldn't I get more for my cargo if the bubble demand has increased due to Colonization?

I stand by my statement,"Nerfing is not content ." Bring back LTD prices!

Make Mining Great Again!

 

[Ian Doncaster]

The demand per-system won't have changed, but the overall bubble-wide demand will be substantially higher as a result of the new stations. But that's true of every cargo - it applies just as much to Clothing as it does to Void Opals.

However ...
- prices for the high-end stuff are dependent on BGS states and especially on rare-ish combinations of BGS states
- spreading (roughly) the same players out across 70,000 systems rather than 20,000 reduces the BGS intensity on most systems
- that therefore makes the good prices less likely, not more
- so a return to the old pricing structures wouldn't necessarily succeed in bringing the old prices back anyway

 

[drakkster2025]

I disagree, if you have minerals like LTDs that need to be mined and is rare, then the demand would increase so would the price. ECON101. So a larger bubble and more settlements requiring the minerals would only pay more for said minerals.