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Watch this video from the 2:07 mark and listen to what he has to say about difficulty, challenges and time sinks. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=razDYQzPdSM
I think a lot of that is applicable to Elite and it's something Frontier should consider when creating a C&P system. The punishment shouldn't be hard for the sake of being hard and they should consider this with other parts of the game. Make something difficult to master not just send more cannon fodder or whatever it is, it might be why I enjoyed piracy so much, it could be challenging at times, there is always more to master, didn't make much more money of it but that's mostly due to Frontiers.. Less than perfect design (plz no more ban), while with the new money making scheme the only skill you have to master is your button bashing skills on the refresh button on the forums to find the latest get rick quick scheme and the exit to the main menu button.
Trading in general is just flawed this way, you can choose to try to master reading the BGS to finding the most profit by yourself but it'll always be easier to let somebody else do that. Pretty sure Braben even held the same opinion in that dev update in my sig (orange link), he says something about not one profession outshining the other and that you'll make more money if you master the skill (or something to that extent).
Watch this video from the 2:07 mark and listen to what he has to say about difficulty, challenges and time sinks. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=razDYQzPdSM
I think a lot of that is applicable to Elite and it's something Frontier should consider when creating a C&P system. The punishment shouldn't be hard for the sake of being hard and they should consider this with other parts of the game. Make something difficult to master not just send more cannon fodder or whatever it is, it might be why I enjoyed piracy so much, it could be challenging at times, there is always more to master, didn't make much more money of it but that's mostly due to Frontiers.. Less than perfect design (plz no more ban), while with the new money making scheme the only skill you have to master is your button bashing skills on the refresh button on the forums to find the latest get rick quick scheme and the exit to the main menu button.
Trading in general is just flawed this way, you can choose to try to master reading the BGS to finding the most profit by yourself but it'll always be easier to let somebody else do that. Pretty sure Braben even held the same opinion in that dev update in my sig (orange link), he says something about not one profession outshining the other and that you'll make more money if you master the skill (or something to that extent).