Aaah not dead, just twitching.
Hope that NI can get itself back on track, the place is very scenic and time zones are cool.
The amount of different crystals there in loot is kinda over the top, crafting took ages to start any headway on due to no development. The lack of craftable stuff initially was main reason for low activity there i think, without buyers and crafters there was no economy.
Would be nice to see it turn around and succeed.
I concur with this.
I love the place, even the monkeys, I loved the monkey missions/waves. Spent many peds there and in ancient greece from day one. Some of the "pens" and land areas are very cool, shame most have no idea what they are, or how fun they can be. I havn't died as much in a day as in one of the big boar pens in a few hours, and I loved it.
The reason I am not there more, is economy. There wasn't for the longest time really anything to keep me there beyond my enjoyment (and I do enjoy NI) and some loot, which generally will not have much markup value there, since there is not much demand. And like he said, the amount of unused materials is a bit high on the storage count. Its getting better, but its got alot more room to improve.
Planets need to survive, and players should realize the impact carefully.
Crafting is a major component to the economy. Planets thrive, when there is a need to use the material.
RT use and demand has gone up in the last few months, largely due to some blueprints they released, mineral restructuring, and the demand these create.
Arkadia flourished, because they had cause for demand of their own material covered in short order, this is why they are doing so well imo. They also had more variety of blueprints faster.
Cyrene looks like they do have a small crafting start and a plan, despite all systems not in full effect.
NI crafting just isn't competitive, slowly coming to be, but was stagnant for too long.
When there are so few crafting options, it suffocates the entire purpose of the planet. There is not much to differentiate NI from a LA in its current state. Only on NI, you have many materials with a theoretically better value later, instead of stuff that gets a markup now on other planets.
Shame these people lost their jobs, but obviously there are reasons for such things. If they were in Arkadias position, I don't think this would have happened. I think Deathifier is doing the right but terribly hard thing for a business in such a state.
He seemed to allude to being treated unequally as well, its an easy feeling to get, and a crappy one, when the people with power(money), or too many under your own control, interfere with the goals you set out with in your own business.
People also forget, that deals like these usually have investors, and they could care less about us, they invest for the return. period. No reasonable return, then they TT the plan, and throw the money at something that gets a return or grows faster. Investors hold the cards, and when they want a change, they pretty much get it.
I would guess a Land deed on NI would yield .40-.50 pec a week. If I had that return, I'd be looking to get new staff too.
This is very often the reason for drastic changes like these. And usually, a needed one.
It usually provides a critical wake-up call to learn from. So it may be a good thing.
NI is essentially passive income, on some level it could make it without employees, and still be paying enough principal and interest. So hope is not all gone, especially if they focus on the economy.
I hope they can get it worked out.
