Sturmwolke
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Posted - 2010.03.31 01:26:00 -
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Hmmm ... so in a nutshell ..
Kick some low-end supply, then kick some high-end supply to affect a general drop in global mineral supply for BOTH ends. IF assuming demand is healthy, the expected drop to a new mineral basket floor (with the insurance changes) may not be realized at all.
On the otherhand, IF demand is weak or non-moving, then the mineral prices will drop across the board until it self-corrects to the new basket level. This is not a problem as long as the new basket level it corrects TO is more or less at par or greater than the current status quo ... otherwise, mining will suck even more, which is really not what's intended, yes?
Introduce changes to some ores that increases its low-end mineral content. This returns back some low-end minerals into global circulation. Intended result, mineral prices are consistent with the ores from which they come from and the roids are at their proper place in the chart, hopefully.
To conclude :
* Betting that players will want to mine these low-sec/0.0 roids for the extra income from the low-ends. That's a big bet imo. Whether worthwhile or not, it will boil down to WHICH ore and WHAT ratio. It will reduce pressure on the low-ends for low-sec/0.0 production (and the pressure on logistics for moving those stuffs). Worse case, this might make trit near worthless as highsec is currently the main exporter.
* Tying the supply side to the demand side in a dynamic equilibrium. Meaning there's a finite amount of miners out there busting roids for so-and-so demand before you get into oversupply (both low, med and high ends). When you get into a general oversupply with low, med and high ends, the excess drops the mineral basket floor making mining a less than worthwhile activity. Since the mineral basket floor is dynamic (from insurance change), I'd say mining may yet still suck balls in the long term, with pressure from macrominers/afkers.
* So in effect, what's really being corrected here is the ratio in pricing between low-med-high end minerals to reflect the ores from which they come from.
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