Earning/Rewards in the game - Does it need a solid rework, or is it just too late now?

[Nazdakka]

OP has a point. The ED economy is a mess. The fun missions (eg. assassination, piracy) are difficult, pay badly and take a long time, the dull missions (passenger/cargo transport, scans of tiny bases) are very easy, pay well and can be done fast. The point of missions is to steer us into fun activities, but in fact they do the opposite.

There's also so much cash in circulation due to assorted exploits that for a lot of players, cash is pretty much irrelevant. What is the point in a 100cr fine when a simple, not-exploity base scan or passenger mission can earn 30,000x that in 15 minutes?

The game badly needs a cash sink, ideally one that scales with net worth so as to put a dent in those huge fortunes and make money matter.

 

[Quantis Trap]

NeilF, I agree with your assessment, but I don't agree that it's too late.

I wish Frontier would stop listening to the instant gratification minded whiners as much as they seemingly do and nerf a lot of the ridiculous money. The game has never been easier. It's too easy! I'm glad to see the crime and punishment changes. That's the first step away from easy that I've seen in a long time.

 

[StonedThoughts]

How much credits do you have?


I honestly feel people with more then 200 million credits shouldn't be allowed to contribute on the reward balancing discussion.

Hey there and sorry for the late answer...

Im at ~120mil atm (total assets are a completly different story)
The thing is, if i wanted to get a second Conda for example, it wouldnt be a problem at all even if i would stick at 1mil Creds, it wouldnt be a particular enjoyable weekend though

Also the dude i was refering to (he actually fly a Cobra, no Conda ^^) is faaaarrrrr from 200mil and it doesent seems to be a problem for him, he just enjoy the game while making enough Creds to get from ship to ship, everything fine.

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

There's too much noise regarding expectations and doesn't allow any good conversation.

Let's say for example - want to talk about money sinks? FD have tried to talk about money sinks. People flipped tables for 10% on ship re-sales. Endless threads how it is impossible to support Anaconda because running costs are too high and you can't get billions.

People are used to hoard money in games. They call it 'freedom to do whatever I wan't'. I call it consequences free nonsense. They don't want to play game they want to access to 'good stuff' so they can dip once a month with friends in case they find desire. They don't have desire to invest or even get good.

So while discussion and some v2018/2019 of rewards is always welcome, I don't believe anyone will benefit heavily from it.