Does the amount of commodities sold effect influence gains?

[Threeofseven]

For example, let’s say I delivery a Cutter full of gold and earn 4 million in credits. Will I get a bigger increase in influence than if I flew a Cobra in with 32 tons of gold?

The reason I ask is I have been told that it is transaction based and selling a small amount gives the same influence increase as selling a large amount of cargo at once. Is this accurate?

 

[Northpin]

For example, let’s say I delivery a Cutter full of gold and earn 4 million in credits. Will I get a bigger increase in influence than if I flew a Cobra in with 32 tons of gold?

The reason I ask is I have been told that it is transaction based and selling a small amount gives the same influence increase as selling a large amount of cargo at once. Is this accurate?

See this:

Effective trading

G'day ladies and gentlemen, I have pretty specific question related to trading. What should provide better results for a faction influence: 1. Selling in-demand goods that gives you ~3.5M cr per run, or 2. Selling most profitable goods giving ~9M cr per run.

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[Threeofseven]

See this:

Effective trading

G'day ladies and gentlemen, I have pretty specific question related to trading. What should provide better results for a faction influence: 1. Selling in-demand goods that gives you ~3.5M cr per run, or 2. Selling most profitable goods giving ~9M cr per run.

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Thank you! That is a wealth of useful information.

 

[Jmanis]

Just to throw in there too, I don't have the reference around, but @goemon (who's account seems to be inactive, or untaggable?) did a huge amount of work.

[BGS] Trading for Influence

This thread details, how trade affects a market controlling minor factions influence. I’m very interested, whether my test results meet others experiences in the game. If you are looking for general information on how the BGS works, this thread should be your first stop...

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The tl;dr is very useful

 

[Northpin]

Just to throw in there too, I don't have the reference around, but @goemon (who's account seems to be inactive, or untaggable?) did a huge amount of work.

[BGS] Trading for Influence

This thread details, how trade affects a market controlling minor factions influence. I’m very interested, whether my test results meet others experiences in the game. If you are looking for general information on how the BGS works, this thread should be your first stop...

forums.frontier.co.uk

The tl;dr is very useful

Yeap, that's the one i was looking for, but found the other one first.
However, i noticed in the more recent thread that in Odyssey demand might actually play a role influence gains or did i got that one wrong?

 

[Jmanis]

Yeap, that's the one i was looking for, but found the other one first.
However, i noticed in the more recent thread that in Odyssey demand might actually play a role influence gains or did i got that one wrong?

Ian said in the one you linked about 10% gains/losses based on demand, and that might have happened after that thread. @Ian Doncaster ?

 

[Ian Doncaster]

They changed the way trade influence worked in Odyssey Update 10

• Faction consequences from selling commodities are now based on satisfying available demand at the Commodity Market
• You can now support a faction by buying commodities from it, based upon satisfying available supply at its Commodity Market
• When buying and selling, it's generally more positive to a faction to satisfy a higher supply and demand (green 3-bar icon) than a lower (red 1-bar icon), and it's generally more positive to trade more expensive commodities than cheaper ones

So that's a lot more recent than any of goemon's research, which would need to be repeated.

There wasn't a big change in aggregate influence movement after U10 so the overall effects of trade are probably pretty similar still - but yes, green/3-bar demand does appear to be somewhat beneficial from research others have done.

 

[Threeofseven]

I guess I should’ve mentioned. I mostly play Legacy

 

[Ian Doncaster]

I don't think there's been any significant BGS changes since U14 except for the very obvious ones the Thargoids apply, so for now research in Live is probably still applicable to you.