Viajero
Volunteer Moderator
For those groups (squadrons or otherwise) where none of its members has the 5 bill, and based on what we know so far about FC trading mechanics, there may actually be a way for them to pool credits to get a FC. This would necessitate an existing FC owner willing to co-operate (possibly for a fee?).
1 - FC owner and squadron / player group make rendezvous at an undisclosed location to avoid any potential 3rd party entanglements
2 - FC owner issues a sale order for 50 tons of fish at 100 million / ton [EDIT: it is now confirmed that pricing cap is 1000% so this particular example would not be accurate eventhough the principle still applies and pooling credits is indeed possible by using high priced commodities]
3 - Individual players of the squadron / group buy said 50 tons as per the resources they are willing to "pool", up to the 5 bill in total for the 50 tons of fish.
4 - FC owner issues a purchase order for 1 ton of biowaste at 5 bill
5 - The squadron / player group lead sells the 1 ton of biowaste and gets paid the 5 bill by the FC owner
6 - The squadron / player group lead can now purchase a FC.
Note: FC middleman could eventually impose a fee if the squadron/player group agrees etc.
Unless I have misunderstood, which is quite possible, the proposed system by FDEV already allows de facto pooling of resources for player groups, subject to an honorable middle man.
The idea is simple enough. Now that being the case, might aswell code the feature in and be done with it? Something like:
1 - FC owner and squadron / player group make rendezvous at an undisclosed location to avoid any potential 3rd party entanglements
2 - FC owner issues a sale order for 50 tons of fish at 100 million / ton [EDIT: it is now confirmed that pricing cap is 1000% so this particular example would not be accurate eventhough the principle still applies and pooling credits is indeed possible by using high priced commodities]
3 - Individual players of the squadron / group buy said 50 tons as per the resources they are willing to "pool", up to the 5 bill in total for the 50 tons of fish.
4 - FC owner issues a purchase order for 1 ton of biowaste at 5 bill
5 - The squadron / player group lead sells the 1 ton of biowaste and gets paid the 5 bill by the FC owner
6 - The squadron / player group lead can now purchase a FC.
Note: FC middleman could eventually impose a fee if the squadron/player group agrees etc.
Unless I have misunderstood, which is quite possible, the proposed system by FDEV already allows de facto pooling of resources for player groups, subject to an honorable middle man.
The idea is simple enough. Now that being the case, might aswell code the feature in and be done with it? Something like:
- Enable the creation of buyer accounts at FC dealers where other players can contribute to. This account could not be used by the FC buyer to buy anything else, just the FC and modules. At the moment the FC trading system already allows for players to transfer and pool credits among themselves anyways. So instead of allowing that credit transfer through that roundabout, awkward way, make it official via implementing a FC dealer buyer account to which other players can contribute with cr (possibly including caps in amounts and/or time to that contribution for balance and credit farmer risk mitigation reasons)..
- Enable the creation of dedicated upkeep accounts at FC where other players can contribute to. This account could not be used by the FC buyer to withdraw funds, just to pay FC upkeep. Similar to the above, instead of forcing players to do credit transfer through the trading system roundabout awkward way, make it official via implementing a FC upkeep account to which other players can contribute with cr (possibly including caps in amounts and/or time to that contribution for balance and credit farmer risk mitigation reasons).
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