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Started by Karolinerna · 27/01/2012 · 01:40 AM · 26 replies · 1 read
K KarolinernaOP
OP 27/01/2012 · 01:40 AM
As I understand the black market is gone. I´m sure u already had discussions about it but I missed it cause of lack of activity. Today I had to experience the effect of it. There was simply nothing to buy and I couldn´t leave dp as I restarted yesterday. Buhu some might think but there is actually a big problem with that. Since I played this game since early 2004 I simply went to chat and asked for some minerals and all of a sudden there was minerals everywhere so for me it wasn´t a big problem BUT... If I was new here and was on my second day playing I would most likely given up and quit. I can only speak for myself here but I sure as h..l didn´t demand stuff on chat my second day and my experience when 2 days old actually do is that it has little effect. So to sum it up, minerals on market is a basic thing to play this game so I wouldn´t be suprised if we loose alot of newcomers cause the lack of it. What is the reason it has been removed?
K KarolinernaOP
27/01/2012 · 03:27 AM
"So basically the purpose of minerals is a money buffer. I dont think this is how minerals was meant originally, and the black market dont solve the issue at all. Might only make it worse."

I´ve been in that situation many times and I know many empires earn alot more then they can spend, been there too. And I remember thinking that the double cost for minerals was an ok deal as the option was making no money at all as everything was maxed out. But what I don´t understand is how this can make the situation worse... As it is now you have to shout on chat and even when u do you have to F5 for like 20 minutes straight to get the minerals u want. I really doubt that was the purpose of the game. In my world you should earn the money by clicking and by that spend some time but when it´s time to do the fun part it shouldn´t take an extra 20 minutes(if ur lucky enough to get it) to actually fight. There is some competition out there when it comes to onlinegames and I play like 5. In none of those u have to shout on chat or just be plain lucky to be able to actually play the game. I´m 34 years old, I can only imagine what a 14 year old would think joining this game ...
C Crack
27/01/2012 · 03:20 AM
Or we could just tell them to play ultra.. which have abundance minerals and cgs.. commerce wont need much of the overpriced food.. agri will just help everyone, for the short term at least.. lol..
C Crack
27/01/2012 · 03:16 AM
We could have new/ restart empire getting 500k of each mineral.. What they do to the minerals is up to them.. lol..
P PistolPete
27/01/2012 · 03:04 AM
GC-RT has to modes of operation, active and inactive.

Inactive mode: People stash up so much cash that they hit the max limit. They have to buy minerals to be able to earn more money. Or people want to hide the money from dineros and buy minerals instead.

Active mode: People spend all their cash on ship upkeep, so they dont need to buy minerals. Mineral miners have a very hard time selling the minerals.

So basically the purpose of minerals is a money buffer. I dont think this is how minerals was meant originally, and the black market dont solve the issue at all. Might only make it worse.
K KarolinernaOP
27/01/2012 · 03:04 AM
Well it´s a shame it can´t be fixed. As I said, personally I can get it anyway, was thinking about the new players. =(
R RageWolf
27/01/2012 · 02:37 AM
One reason is it practically murders the coding of the market and you end up seeing things like ` A Wild Bug has appeared, casts nullify on all your market posting `...

Also i know about 6 months or a year ago HoneyBucket lead the charge on keeping little stacks of 200k+ posted on the market , and encouraged everyone to do the same for the new players.
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