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FOOD: The missing ingredient of planetary interaction

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Doomheim
#1 - 2011-09-27 19:02:27 UTC
It seems to me CCP has overlooked the most obvious high-demand product from PI.

It is a product we here on Earth interact with the planet to obtain.

Yes, I am talking about food, if CCP would add NPC buy orders dependent upon the population of the station, they would create a very interesting factor to PI.

The NPC isk could not be generated out of thin air however, and would likely obtain all their income by the current trade taxes already implemented.

This would result in LARGE stations like JITA having a massive population whereas the more outlandish stations would not have the tax revenue to support a population.

The population could be calculated and listed in the station's "statistics" and would provide players with an indirect but lore friendly method of judging "Hot Spots" for trade and commerce.

TLDR:
Add Food to PI
Assign tax revenue from trades to each station.
Have NPC stations demand food based on their income.
Calculate NPC population based on food demand.
Add a new statistic to every station "Population"
Add a "heat map" to the map interface for "Station Population"
Add a new dynamic layer of Depth to the EVE universe.
Mendolus
Aurelius Federation
#2 - 2011-09-27 19:24:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Mendolus
You sir, must have missed the memo.

As for the other stuff, I'm sorry this is not Sim City 9000.

...clearly the Ishukone Watch Scorpion is the fifth horseman of the Apocalypse, i.e. the Brown Rider, otherwise known as Poopie.
Blueburt
Doomheim
#3 - 2011-09-27 19:33:20 UTC
Mendolus wrote:
You sir, must have missed the memo.



What in the hell kind of food do you eat?
CCP Zymurgist
C C P
C C P Alliance
#4 - 2011-09-27 19:44:05 UTC  |  Edited by: CCP Zymurgist
I for one am a fan of producing "Super Tasty Steaks" in my spare time.

Ninja edit: Moved from General Discussion.

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Nth Ares
Doomheim
#5 - 2011-09-27 19:50:52 UTC  |  Edited by: Nth Ares
I like this idea. I would want to see some more player-driven demand though. Perhaps the player-owned stations could have their functions and stats tied to population levels, and you grow their population by ensuring their food security.

Shouldn't this be in Features & Ideas though?
Mendolus
Aurelius Federation
#6 - 2011-09-27 19:55:45 UTC  |  Edited by: Mendolus
CCP Zymurgist wrote:
I for one am a fan of producing "Super Tasty Steaks" in my spare time.


LOL that too, Big smile


Blueburt wrote:
Mendolus wrote:
You sir, must have missed the memo.



What in the hell kind of food do you eat?



According to the definition, complex organisms include all alien flora and fauna, i.e. plant and animal life, it's just the icon looks rather... squirmy and unsavory, P

...clearly the Ishukone Watch Scorpion is the fifth horseman of the Apocalypse, i.e. the Brown Rider, otherwise known as Poopie.
Asuka Solo
I N E X T R E M I S
Tactical Narcotics Team
#7 - 2011-09-27 20:30:52 UTC
I included consumables such as livestock and wine as a type of fuel for PI colonies in my idea on PI expansion.

Eve is about Capital ships, WiS, Boobs, PI and Isk!