Smuggling and Black Market in 1.2.03

[reverendK]

Smuggling with small ships could work by simply limiting total demand (per commander) for goods, but having large profits per tonne. Until demand drops, and profit falls off sharply.

i don't want to see artificial per commander ceilings put in. i don't like it on rares either - it seems like the host hackie way to fix the problem that rares presented...

 

[fourty6to3]

smuggling illegal goods into a system is trading. yes I could take the goods to a system that will except the goods on the Gal Market. But Micheal put in the beta 1.2 thread that. to find out if the illegal goods are in high demand as you would for the Gal Market in the system you look at the prohibited list and the ones that are at the top are in high demand. Which going of the beta 1.2 thread post, the price for high demand goods should be changed to 25% above Gal Market.

Plus if your trying to change the influence in a system, filling that system with illegal goods will lower the main powers influence, just like trading the market will increase influence and cause a boom.

Does this actually work? I've been looking all over the map now and the list of prohibited goods seem to always be in the same order. In 1.3 (with blackmarket availability on the map), the only time I see a change in the order of prohibited goods is when there's no black market present LoL.

 

[KellyR]

I don't smuggle and not because it's wrong, but because it doesn't even break even. And even if it did give me a small profit, I wouldn't do it. If you buy narcotics for 265cr a ton you should get a sell price of no less than 500cr, and even that's a bit low, but not too much. The optimum sell price would be 530cr; 100% return; this is a risky activity and therefore there should be greater rewards. And I would do it with that kind of return. A lot wouldn't because like I said, it's risky and dangerous. But I would for the thrill. But there has to be more than just the thrill. There also has to be adequate remuneration and currently there isn't so I don't do it.

But if they get it fixed, I'll be doing it with 2 heat sinks. I do know how to smuggle and I like it. But then I always have been a little off in the head