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The History of the Trade Hubs
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Vivec Septim
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2014-05-29 20:12:47 UTC
Were our current trade hubs always considered as hubs of trade?

What brought about their status as centers of trade, and were there others in EVE that simply fell
out of favor completely?

I am very curious about this.

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Jur Tissant
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2014-05-29 20:14:02 UTC
I think they often correlate with L4 mission givers. Jita also connects to several other 0.9/1.0 systems.
Vivec Septim
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2014-05-29 20:16:10 UTC
I heard something along those lines. I don't do business often in Jita, so I am unfamiliar with their mission givers.
Amarr does have access to L1 and L3 mission givers. I wonder why it became the trade hub as well.

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Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#4 - 2014-05-29 20:19:49 UTC
http://www.eve-wiki.net/index.php?title=Jita

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Vivec Septim
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2014-05-29 20:21:17 UTC
Anyone from the beginning remember how the markets used to be?

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Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#6 - 2014-05-29 20:23:48 UTC
The only trade hub was Yulai at first.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

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Marsha Mallow
#7 - 2014-05-29 20:28:02 UTC
I'm not that old but Yulai was the earlier trade hub, then something happened with superhighways and m0o camping the route etc and Jita emerged, followed by the rest.

Jita is convenient - not just because it originally had decent quality agents - but it sits adjacent to 2 other regions. I'm pretty sure The Forge/Citadel and Lonetrek are historically the densest populated highsec areasdue to the popularity of Caldari as a playable race and the density of high level 4 agents.

Without wishing to be rude, this is a really common query - it's worth eve-searching or googling these types of queries first :)

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Vivec Septim
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#8 - 2014-05-29 20:31:12 UTC
Yeah -- but asking here is more personable than a cold Google search lol.

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Marsha Mallow
#9 - 2014-05-29 20:38:35 UTC
Fair enough Blink

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Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#10 - 2014-05-29 20:40:12 UTC
Vivec Septim wrote:
Yeah -- but asking here is more personable than a cold Google search lol.

That is as Nothing compared to the cold bitter contempt the vets have for us for still finding eve as fascinating , the way you clearly do.

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Vivec Septim
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#11 - 2014-05-29 20:46:56 UTC
Thanks -- after reading some other posts on it, I am more enlightened on the trade hubs. Yulai was central due to 'highways' and as player growth came, highways were removed, and thus Yulai lost out to Jita due to Jita's superior position post-highway removal. Interesting stuff, this!

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Mr M
Sebiestor Tribe
#12 - 2014-05-29 20:55:41 UTC
Before Yulai and the highways there were smaller trading hubs around the starting systems. The first "hub" in Minmatar space was in Hulm since that was the starting system for most traders and builders. It was roughly 20 jumps to one of the Gallente hubs and you could earn some isk just from cross regional trading.

The Yulai, Zombie Corp, et al. happened and boom, Jita's your uncle.

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Marsha Mallow
#13 - 2014-05-29 21:01:55 UTC
It's interesting to consider now [before the Highsec Apocalypse] because I'm personally really hoping the Crius changes undermine the hubs or at least spread people out a bit.

We need more minihubs with variety between regions, it'll help fix weekend server overload and create more dynamic trade routes, but also people can make money speculating between them as a mini profession. Jita is just a pain in the backside at the moment.

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Noriko Mai
#14 - 2014-05-30 01:22:58 UTC
Marsha Mallow wrote:
It's interesting to consider now [before the Highsec Apocalypse] because I'm personally really hoping the Crius changes undermine the hubs or at least spread people out a bit.

We need more minihubs with variety between regions, it'll help fix weekend server overload and create more dynamic trade routes, but also people can make money speculating between them as a mini profession. Jita is just a pain in the backside at the moment.

Jita is the main backbone of the economy! It is THE reference point for pricing for everyone. The problem is that it is impossible to compare prices within the EVE universe.. Stupid region limit Sad

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Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#15 - 2014-05-30 01:26:12 UTC
Noriko Mai wrote:
Marsha Mallow wrote:
It's interesting to consider now [before the Highsec Apocalypse] because I'm personally really hoping the Crius changes undermine the hubs or at least spread people out a bit.

We need more minihubs with variety between regions, it'll help fix weekend server overload and create more dynamic trade routes, but also people can make money speculating between them as a mini profession. Jita is just a pain in the backside at the moment.

Jita is the main backbone of the economy! It is THE reference point for pricing for everyone. The problem is that it is impossible to compare prices within the EVE universe.. Stupid region limit Sad


I know of at least three market price comparison tools out of game.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.
Noriko Mai
#16 - 2014-05-30 01:30:26 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Noriko Mai wrote:
Marsha Mallow wrote:
It's interesting to consider now [before the Highsec Apocalypse] because I'm personally really hoping the Crius changes undermine the hubs or at least spread people out a bit.

We need more minihubs with variety between regions, it'll help fix weekend server overload and create more dynamic trade routes, but also people can make money speculating between them as a mini profession. Jita is just a pain in the backside at the moment.

Jita is the main backbone of the economy! It is THE reference point for pricing for everyone. The problem is that it is impossible to compare prices within the EVE universe.. Stupid region limit Sad


I know of at least three market price comparison tools out of game.


True. But Jita is a reference point for the traders (price and velocity). And almost every trader has an alt in Jita. I'm to drunk to predict the effect on the market atm... Big smile
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Cygnet Lythanea
World Welfare Works Association
#17 - 2014-05-30 02:13:02 UTC
You'll see prices for goods that are more cheaply manufactured locally decrease while 'imported' goods rise.
Kitty Bear
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#18 - 2014-05-30 02:14:31 UTC
I thought the reason was laziness & greed
hellcane
Never Back Down
#19 - 2014-05-30 05:23:02 UTC
I do miss the jita ice fields.
Celeste Taylor
Ruby Dynasty
#20 - 2014-05-31 13:30:25 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Noriko Mai wrote:
Marsha Mallow wrote:
It's interesting to consider now [before the Highsec Apocalypse] because I'm personally really hoping the Crius changes undermine the hubs or at least spread people out a bit.

We need more minihubs with variety between regions, it'll help fix weekend server overload and create more dynamic trade routes, but also people can make money speculating between them as a mini profession. Jita is just a pain in the backside at the moment.

Jita is the main backbone of the economy! It is THE reference point for pricing for everyone. The problem is that it is impossible to compare prices within the EVE universe.. Stupid region limit Sad


I know of at least three market price comparison tools out of game.



Also one of the great uses for 0 SP alts. This is the main reason I have yet to choose dual training over multiple accounts.
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