Mar Idoun
Aurora Empire
Fuzzy Nut Attack Squirrels
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Posted - 2007.03.17 10:36:00 -
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i'd love to see what would happen to mineral prices once an ORE capship became somewhat normal, or if there were mining vessels with bonuses to specific ore. If the mining community wants more volume per cycle then they are also asking for lower prices. The more minerals on the market, the less mins are worth.
Miners feeling like mining is a secondary income is somewhat true, but not by any design of CCP. It's kind of like Emmanuel Wallerstein when he wrote World Systems Analysis; i.e. there is a Core in the world economy. The Core makes the high tech, high profit things like computer chips, or, in Eve's case, t2. The Peripherary, however, is only capable of producing either raw materials or low profit goods like minerals or tech 1 mods.
While miners as a whole can't really be compared to the Peripherary because they aren't a sovereign nation, the point is still clear; Raw materials aren't worth as much as manufactured goods. While you may never get into profitable t2 production, it would still be better to vertically integrate one's operations, i.e. use minerals to produce ships rather than selling only minerals through a hierarchy within the corp.
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Mar Idoun
Aurora Empire
Fuzzy Nut Attack Squirrels
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Posted - 2007.03.17 11:31:00 -
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The expansion definitely threw the system for a loop, but I don't think it matters if it's drones dropping alloys or players mining high ends in the new regions. Either way, there is a price drop that everyone has to deal with. The perception that mining isn't on par with ratting is probably somewhat correct now. Pre-kali i would have vehemently disagreed. I think this inequity of income stems from the fact that NPC ratting income isn't affected as much by the market as mining is. Mining income comes from selling minerals and sellers are completely at the mercy of the market. However, NPC bounties are static and faction/officer loot is such a lottery that it's hard to factor in, especially over a whole population (rather than a sample) and over the long term.
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