First, i have no idea if anyone else has posted this as a floating idea, and I apologise now if it has, but i was thinking about another aspect to the trading in the game which new players and seasoned veterans could 'dabble in' as an aside from the regular game.
Stock Trading.
Now, before ye at the back start yawning and think Boooooring.. I am not into stocks and shares, never have been, but wouldn't it be an awesome addition if corporations, federations, governments even could be toppled OR boosted by trading in shares? Everything from the big manufacturers of the ships we fly now down to say mining corporations and the like.
Or... if you were able to change the dynamics of an entire system through stock trading. On top of moving products around, how about introducing the ability for players to form trade groups that can be by way of a company?? Each perhaps starting relatively small, and through great trading increases their presence in the market?
Sounds too much like Eve? no idea? but i wanted to get that in here because I think if this idea were done right and without going into the most stupid depths of detail, it could be kept simple enough to be fun, and also for it to have a point. I think it could be a future possible idea for ED and one that could be as invisible as you want it to be, and could even carry a criminal element to it if you use the system to topple companies and get found out.
Anyway i'm musing really, but while trading today, it was on my mind as an idea.
Stock Trading.
Now, before ye at the back start yawning and think Boooooring.. I am not into stocks and shares, never have been, but wouldn't it be an awesome addition if corporations, federations, governments even could be toppled OR boosted by trading in shares? Everything from the big manufacturers of the ships we fly now down to say mining corporations and the like.
Or... if you were able to change the dynamics of an entire system through stock trading. On top of moving products around, how about introducing the ability for players to form trade groups that can be by way of a company?? Each perhaps starting relatively small, and through great trading increases their presence in the market?
Sounds too much like Eve? no idea? but i wanted to get that in here because I think if this idea were done right and without going into the most stupid depths of detail, it could be kept simple enough to be fun, and also for it to have a point. I think it could be a future possible idea for ED and one that could be as invisible as you want it to be, and could even carry a criminal element to it if you use the system to topple companies and get found out.
Anyway i'm musing really, but while trading today, it was on my mind as an idea.
