I'm really very confused - Traders can you help?

[Ben Ryder]

I'm always confused

This is my confused face :S

I normally pootle about smuggling but its all gone very strange.

At first I thought it was something to do with the influence of Powers on systems but now I just dont know.

I'm seeing good marked illegal on sale all over the place on the normal market.

I'm hearing about people buying stuff from the normal market and getting scanned and fined (sometimes spammed with fines) as soon as they leave the station.

Black market profits are back to stupidly low and when you do find one, the above seems to be happening so you cant sell to them anyway.

Can anyone clever please explain what's going on with trading?

My head hurts...

Its good that we can now buy illegal goods but it seems to have some how been messed up and once again the profit completely crushed. But I'm not asking from a smuggling point of view (too close to see the wood for the trees).what's going on with the normal trade market and does it make sense? >>>> :S

 

[Arry]

Afternoon Ben,

I have seen goods, including slaves and Imps for sale at station, where the system says station prohibits them. And yes any one silly enough to buy is going to get find before leaving said station.

Dare I say it, I think it is a bug? However, the prices at the ones I have seen are not good, to buy anyway. So for basic trade, they are not the best option.

Hope your still having fun mate.

Arry

 

[SteveLaw]

Is this to do with Power Play perks/rewards/whatever we are calling them? E.g. if a power adds slaves to a market in all the systems they control. Slaves are added, but the underlying market/system prohibited items aren't changed.

Just guessing, but sounds quite likely considering how bugged 1.3.x seems to be.

 

[Ben Ryder]

I is. I am running narcs in Utopia for between 1300 and 1600 per tonne to recoup all the cash I laid in to power play. So I'll be busy for a bit and back to my usual self when I'm a bit less confused by everything. I'll be back on to the Dark wheel and Pilots Federation adventures soon enough.

 

[Arry]

Is this to do with Power Play perks/rewards/whatever we are calling them? E.g. if a power adds slaves to a market in all the systems they control. Slaves are added, but the underlying market/system prohibited items aren't changed.

Just guessing, but sounds quite likely considering how bugged 1.3.x seems to be.

Well the systems I use are mostly to do with the Princess and I understand that she has banned them and maybe her stations etc, have not caught up with the new rules and regulations. Or it is a bug.

 

[Chris Rosenkreutz]

Steve, I think so.

Dare I say it, I think it is a bug? However, the prices at the ones I have seen are not good, to buy anyway. So for basic trade, they are not the best option.

They can be good. According to eddb, Zhu city in Tepertsi has the 4th cheapest Imperial Slaves in the galaxy and stocks over 200,000. Yet they are illegal there.