There'll be a slight increase in the level for players in tomorrow's build.
About rare commodity trading, it would be great if you could get 30-200 tonnes in one swoop but only about once in one or two weeks. So every other day there is another release of a new batch of rare commodities announced on galnet. That way the fun of traveling a long way to sell rare goods remains and the amount of money you can make is still a "boost" but capped per player per day.