Money.
It was supposed to be for duos, but as you and others noticed yourself, it doesn't make a lot of sense.
It got buffed to have better stats than the ROC now, since CIG was afraid the upcoming sale would tank.
It's still not worth for duo mining, but "worth" buying since CIG buffed it to a point where it is simply better in every way than a ROC.
The cargo space wasn't a huge selling point, so CIG announced to take the option to store boxes away from the players, so the ROC is less valuable, and the DS with its 4x cargo space became despite its failed design worth it.
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Might have rescued the sale, and all it took was making a good vehicle obsolete while removing systemic gameplay. Good job, sales department. The sales team from Trion Worlds would be proud of you for using the exact same p2w sales tactics they alienated their playerbase with over the years. They no longer work there, since those tactics killed their company and forced them to sell to Gamigo, but where ever they are... I'm sure those guys would be proud.
Seriously though, you are endangering the project for no reason, and we all know you can and have to do better. Learn from the mistakes other MMO publishers made with their sales, instead of repeating them.
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