Science & Industry

Yeah, right ...

It's been talked about and discussed many times, and there is just no logistical way of doing it. As soon as prices started to rise, people would cash out, because it would serve their purposes.

Will not work, someone will cash-out the instant it is profitable to do it.

Always makes me sad when I hear this.

I mean, union IRL have enough trouble when your talking all the people of a certain professions in a small area who all speak the same language and who all befit by the union.

Now your proposing a union of thousands of people who don't know each other, who don't like each other, who live across the planet in all timezones, speak different languages, and on top of that gain absolutely nothing by participating.

GL with that.

This remides me of an event that took place in the not to distant past, a very large group of players tried to halt the eve economy by destroying every ship that came into a perticular trade hub for a whole weekend.
The end result was..... some ships were destroyed.
Your idea: You will stick it to the man by not selling your minerals. I need ships and charges, well I have an industrial alt I will just make my own. I make my own stuff, at a bit of a loss and continue to profit. You on the other hand completely halt all profits for a month.

Awww newbies like the OP are so cute and naive...

It's astounding how many miners and manufacturers in Eve don't understand basic economics.

If a large group of miners and manufacturers actually began to decrease market supply through an organized boycott, demand would remain as high as ever. Funny thing happens in situations where supply decreases relative a steady or increasing demand. Stuff becomes worth a lot more.

Thereby, the more successful you are at organizing market boycotts, the greater everyone's incentive to go against that boycott. It's a Sisyphean pursuit that's doomed to result in utter failure.

The better thing to do is to accept that getting ganked is a cost of doing business in Eve. If you want to be a successful miner or manufacturer, you need to work to avoid such losses through skill and strategy. And when all that fails and you lose a barge or load, factor those losses into your budgets. Then, plan accordingly That's what I do. Losses are rare, and when they happen, it's a very acceptable loss.

Best of all, the gankers thin out the carebear herd that just wants to graze on easy grass without effort or risk, thereby increasing my profit margins.

No tears. No regrets. Lots of isk.

And that's how Eve is done.

Let me know when you plan on starting, I shall stockpile various goods until then in steadfast preparation.

Couldn't care less. Really. Can't get any more into the "caring less" sandbox.

Replace your mining hulks with covetor. The yields are not that much smaller but your bottom line will suffer much less if you lose a ship.