currently you can buy trade data, but this only provides up to date import and export data, which is not of much use. Also looking at the in game explanation this is not what people would assume it does.
The out of game sites provide better information on what is sold and what is in stock and prices.
It seems silly that the game requires you to pay for worse information than you can get for free.
So please change the purchasing trade data to include prices and stock levels for the system you buy the data for, have this accessible through the commodities market.
seems to be me a simple improvement that adds to immersion and would work how everyone assumes it works.
finally it should be beyond doubt now that we have instantaneous interstellar communication so this should not be an immersion breaking issue.
The out of game sites provide better information on what is sold and what is in stock and prices.
It seems silly that the game requires you to pay for worse information than you can get for free.
So please change the purchasing trade data to include prices and stock levels for the system you buy the data for, have this accessible through the commodities market.
seems to be me a simple improvement that adds to immersion and would work how everyone assumes it works.
finally it should be beyond doubt now that we have instantaneous interstellar communication so this should not be an immersion breaking issue.
is unplayable without them. Maybe FDev just prefer relying on them instead of working on the ingame data presentation. Which I cannot fault them for, because that frees up capacities for much more needed work. But still, it is noticeable, at the very least.