Petrified
Old and Petrified Syndication
TOG - The Older Gamers Alliance
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Posted - 2015.03.25 00:03:13 -
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Markets.... in a player owned structure.
You said some interesting things in the presentation. I think you want to avoid any circumstance where you create NPCs trading to the player modules and items that the players themselves can manufacture. ie: if they want to compete with other players, they need an assembly array. However, for items the player cannot produce, then either this would need to act as a remote trading service tied to a particular station or hub with an NPC transporting for an additional fee plus time for travel (can it be intercepted - ie: NPC convoys moving through low null?) or it simply acts as a way to have NPC move the items from the local regional market to the Structure - again, it should be something that can be intercepted by other players.
I think it might be unwise to create a mechanic where items simply appear without any risk.
However, this would be an interesting way to obtain meta items that are non-faction and non-officer.
Such a Market hub would also mark the Structure on the overview - especially if it allows players to trade with each other.
The market can be restricted - ie: visible to corp or alliance.
Resource structures should increase the availability of the resource in the system - ie: better detection leading to larger ore deposits or more anomalies appropriate to the module. It allow hidden fields to spawn whose Bookmark can be purchased for a set amount from the person requesting them (should not be an on demand but randomly generated and despawned - sometimes you won't have any, sometimes a lot). Once the location is visited the location can be found via combat probing. People who did not purchase a pass and enter the anomaly could be shot at by sentries - easily defeated except by lightly armed and poorly tanked ships. If in a fleet, the rights to mine are shared among all fleet members even if the purchaser leaves. If the purchaser enters a fleet, the rights are automatically considered shared with the fleet.
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