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ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
Late Night Alliance
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Posted - 2012.04.28 09:08:00 -
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So cut out an entire profession because of your laziness and impatience? Nah. Logistics is supposed to be a painful, yet critical, ordeal.
Change isn't bad, but it isn't always good. Sometimes, the oldest and most simple of things can be the most elegant and effective. |
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
Late Night Alliance
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Posted - 2012.04.28 10:04:00 -
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Anubis Sparrow wrote:I did not say it would be cheaper. So an entire profession would not be cut out. Those who would choose to use this service expedient service would have to pay a little extra for it.
What would be the limit though? If it's too high no one will use the service (except for the super wealthy which will put poor players at logistical disadvantage against wealthier players) and if it's too low then there will be a hard limit on how much a player can ask to move stuff.
Anubis Sparrow wrote:Laziness for some may be a factor in their decision, but for others, it would be a matter of saving time. Which time, as we all know, can be a very finicky thing to deal with.
Which is exactly the point. Logistics is supposed to be a major factor in terms of where you live (benefits of your location versus ease of getting supplies).
Change isn't bad, but it isn't always good. Sometimes, the oldest and most simple of things can be the most elegant and effective. |
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
Late Night Alliance
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Posted - 2012.05.02 01:22:00 -
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LinearBurn Aideron wrote:this was proposed many years ago .... interbus was going to be that role however ccp went with courier contracts .....which are god awefull waist of game manchanics and no one uses hardly, for one they are expencive based on what is being moved or what the people value there atuff at , and 2 they affer little in the way of a reward .
I use courier contracts all the time (because I'm REALLY lazy). But they don't stay up on the market for very long... something about them getting picked up and done in about a day or so... which probably has to do with the fact that I pay rather generously (about 5 to 10% of the collateral), keep the amounts small enough (sub-30k m3 amounts) for normal industrial ship capacity, and keep the collateral below 100million so "poorer" players (which are quite numerous) can pick up the contracts.
Now if I have a BIG job... I ask corpies when their next freighter run is. Or I ask an organization like Red Frog Freight to do it for me (and their rates are reasonable... mostly).
Change isn't bad, but it isn't always good. Sometimes, the oldest and most simple of things can be the most elegant and effective. |
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