ProActive Mango
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As usual with any post about space travel this has turned into a ding-dong between those who hate space and want it removed, and those who like space and want to see it developed and take its rightful place in Entropia UNIVERSE.
Said it before and say it again space is the bit between planets in a UNIVERSE.
Ok that said.. lets look at the main contentions
We don't have a choice... yes we do.
So options currently are :-
1. Buy or sell on planet you are located at and settle for local mu
2. Use the AH delivery service, 2 ped and a long wait, 6 ped immediate but only if item is light, can escalate cost massively if heavy
3. Sell to a trader or buy from a trader and let them take the risk of interplanetary trading.
4. Risk flying it yourself but be prepared to lose it to pirates
5. Use a VIP warp service or a scheduled warp service. VIP dearer but at a time of your choosing (think Taxi in RL, scheduled is at set times which may be less convenient but cheaper - think bus service)
Those who are directly comparing a 10 ped scheduled warp or even a 25 ped VIP warp to the AH fees are ignoring the fact that while the warp may be dearer for a single item, it does allow carriage of multiple items, and on an MS or privateer there is no weight restriction and no increase in price due to weight (AH fees rise steeply for heavy items, ores etc).
In real terms 25 ped or even a 45ped double warp is very cheap insurance if moving a high value load. Just make sure you use a known and reputable service.
Space is all PVP (except at SS) and there should be safe routes or a TP. Doesn't matter if it crashes the price for those fools that bought a warp ship.
Easy for those that have not invested ped and time to belittle those who have, it is not them that would lose out if MA introduced another cheap easy way to cross space. As you can bet compensation would be minimal if indeed it materialised at all. Whatever did happen to the reserved AH fees and space missions ?!!?
Easy to call us fools and say tough luck.
Yet if MA came along and nerfed your high-end FAPS / Weapons / Armour and made it all worthless, would that be fair, should I as a space person just laugh and say tough you should have been wiser and less greedy.. ofc not. So don't expect us to sit back and say its ok to ignore us, reduce value of our investments, and be seen as somehow responsible for MA not letting you have a TP.
Far better than arguing with each other, we should join forces to make it plain to MA that they need to develop space as a true area of the game that has its own unique missions, mobs, mining and maybe crafting. That has areas for events, even PVP ring area where avatars/ships can go test there mettle at minimal cost with maybe a league table for individuals (quads/equus/firebird)) ships /teams (Teams being either ships crew or group of quads) etc
If space were more fun, had a more obvious purpose (other than being the boring bit in the way of your game), had things to encourage proper game play from pirates as opposed to SS camping and fertilizer farming, then many more may come to enjoy it and see it as a mainstream part of the game
Fantasy... maybe.. but I am allowed to dream, right ?
You talk about space ppl losing peds on investments, what do you think happend to compet owners?
Ppl do get shafted sometimes, nothing is cut in stone.
They promised compet to be crossplatform and jadadadaa...
Opening up space without fees and a none lootable space WILL generate ALOT of income for both players and mindark.
And sorry to say, tough shit...
Burn 10 ppl to make 6000 happy, seems fair in my book.
NO ITEM/ITEMS SHOULD interfere with auction in a real cash economy game sence that will create a dangerous monopol economy for the few.
We all know what happens when a few traders control the market of certain items. They make a shit load of cash and damage the gameplay for the entire gaming community.