Hi, being fairly new to these forums I have been looking for more info on how trading is going to work in ED. Is it going to be an AI or player controlled economy for instance, and how it will work in multi player, is there going to be in game credit purchases with real money, if some one can point me to any info, would be great.
Trading and multi player.
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here ya go. It might help you 
http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6299
Oh and the man himself talking about it on YT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFECllA71qc
http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6299
Oh and the man himself talking about it on YT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFECllA71qc
Trading Proposal
Although it's tied into a lot of things, I suggest you browse through the Design Discussion Archive.
NPCS, Slaves etc being directly tied to this. And welcome to the forum.
Although it's tied into a lot of things, I suggest you browse through the Design Discussion Archive.
NPCS, Slaves etc being directly tied to this. And welcome to the forum.
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Welcome nosscar
As others have said, trading is a big deal in ED. I tend to think of the economy as an AI-run system based largely on player input - the background simulation proposal goes into more detail. All the different online modes (single player/groups, ironman/normal) share a common background simulation, so multiplayer doesn't really affect anything.
Real money purchases are a bit of a tricky subject. We're definitely expecting to see the ability to buy credits with real money - people will only buy from gold-farmers anyway, so Frontier figure they might as well undercut them and use the cash to help pay for the servers. Consultation about other forms of micro-payment has recently wrapped up, but we haven't heard any real conclusion from Frontier yet.
yes thanks, that explains a lot and looks really good, in x rebirth it was promised players actions would effect the economy. eg: destroy a freighter and the price of those goods on board would increase, but this never happened and a lot of ships ect are just respawned out of thin air. Trading is broken in that game and I am so hoping ED will be the game I wanted in the first place. I am more a trading sort of player than combat and I enjoy the challenges of getting rich through wheeling and dealing in trades. Although combat is needed as well just to add the risk and tension. Both are lacking badly in x rebirth.
just read some more, and about the hyperdrive model, if all this becomes reality in the release, then this will be nothing short of EPIC !!!!!
just read some more, and about the hyperdrive model, if all this becomes reality in the release, then this will be nothing short of EPIC !!!!!
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Its funny but EPIC probably wont describe it adequately!
Whenever i look at the video of DB talking about trading (or any video in general) it makes me chuckle at the suppressed excitement he seems to exude - you just know that although hes trying to describe a feature - say like Trading and it sounds great...you just know that theres a lot more hes not saying or cant say about how great its going to be.
love that guy! Makes me want a natty M&S jumper
Whenever i look at the video of DB talking about trading (or any video in general) it makes me chuckle at the suppressed excitement he seems to exude - you just know that although hes trying to describe a feature - say like Trading and it sounds great...you just know that theres a lot more hes not saying or cant say about how great its going to be.
love that guy! Makes me want a natty M&S jumper
Yes, although I will miss not having my own trade ships and fleet as in x3, I am already missing them in x rebirth as they just don't function usefully at all.
This game is looking really great, and I am sure I read you can own different ships in a hanger, I would like a source of info and video/pics on other ships if there is one any where. I heard there is 25 for now, is that correct.
This game is looking really great, and I am sure I read you can own different ships in a hanger, I would like a source of info and video/pics on other ships if there is one any where. I heard there is 25 for now, is that correct.