Economy?

Traijan · Post by **Traijan** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 4:33 am

Hi,

I'm just wondering if there is any fluctuating economy in the game where it fluctuates due to the players actions or only on the AI actions, or none at all?

I only noticed that for some reason the prices of things like diamonds, platinum went down but I'd only sold my 5 total cargo compartments that had 3 platinum loads and 2 diam loads.

I went out for my next mining haul and noticed that according to the news broadcast the prices had gone down on those two items.

Was this because I had sold 75 plat and 50 diam?
If so, how long does one need to wait before prices go back up?

Was this just a random fluctuation that the game does every now and then or was it due to AI miners selling their resources?
If so, is there a way to tell that the section that I'm in is "heavy" with miners?

Thanks

Traijan · Post by **Traijan** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 6:51 am

Also wondering... Would there be a reason that I would harvest and sell metals instead of something like platinum or diamonds?

Would it help for the station that I sell them in to produce better engines or weapons or something like that?

Thanks

-splosives- · Post by **-splosives-** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 5:02 pm

From post: 166551, Topic: tid=11176, author=Traijan wrote:Hi,

I'm just wondering if there is any fluctuating economy in the game where it fluctuates due to the players actions or only on the AI actions, or none at all?

Thanks

No, it's based on a fixed "system economy" value, added with secondary station influence (presence of an ore processor in sector for example) and some random fluctuations.

-splosives- · Post by **-splosives-** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 5:03 pm

From post: 166556, Topic: tid=11176, author=Traijan wrote:Also wondering... Would there be a reason that I would harvest and sell metals instead of something like platinum or diamonds?

Would it help for the station that I sell them in to produce better engines or weapons or something like that?

Thanks

Check out the constructor stations and see what you can do with the materials.

Post by **Marvin** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 5:09 pm

Metal is also necessary when building your own custom weapons. As for prices, most of the time they do seem to fluctuate in the way you've indicated.

-splosives- · Post by **-splosives-** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 5:13 pm

Fluctuations seem very random to me, but then again, I don't know for sure.

Post by **Marvin** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 5:18 pm

When I'm creating a new profile, I usually mine then trade to build up capital. When I do, Buy prices usually go up and Sell prices usually go down.