Science & Industry

I'm posting this here because it's an industry-related topic, that and because I have no idea what I'm doing.

I just wanted to ask a question: what would be the consequences of some sort of EVE-wide miners' strike? What would happen if every mining laser, everywhere, was switched off for say, six months or longer? Would anything happen? I read somewhere that CCP injects extra minerals into the market to balance out player-distribution, but if they didn't, if minerals only came from player-mining, what would be the effects on the EVE economy and gameplay in general?
I suppose people could reprocess unwanted mods to get more minerals, but I think Inferno promises that NPCs won't carry T1 loot anymore, so that might dry up pretty fast. I think anyone could guess that mineral prices would increase, but I want to know how it would affect things like ship-production, corp-wars and the huge sov-wars out in 0.0 space. I know the big alliances have their own miners, but I'm just theorising here. I'm thinking that, if the strike goes on long enough, ships and mods might become precious commodities, if they can't be replaced so easily, and the effect that has on EVE in general could be significant. I don't know, I'm sure there are dozens of gameplay-related reasons why this wouldn't work. But if for a moment, it did work, what would the consequences be if the griefers got their wish of a miner-free EVE? Would it be a better EVE?

But, that's just my idea, because miners get a lot of grief (see what I did there?!) though they are what keeps the fires of war burning. And since Hulkageddon is on I've had nothing much to do until my corp logs on.

Mining = entry level ISK + human greed = someone will always mine no matter what :p

Oh, FFS, HTFU and stop thinking of anyone who does something you don't like as a "griefer".

It's insipid. You're playing a game where the rules allow - encourage, even - other players to do things that adversely affect you.

He shot at me! He's a griefer!

That guy undercut my market orders! Griefer!

That ******* put hotels on Boardwalk and Park Place! ******* griefer!

That aside, this has to be roughly the gajillionth time someone has come up with the "miners should go on strike!" plan as a result of Hulkageddon. You're welcome to do so, but the only result will be a thorough disabusing of your delusions of importance when the economy goes on without you.

Hulkageddon has historically had next-to-no effect on mineral prices. Mineral prices right now are up based on the removal of T1 module drops, the removal of alloys, the removal of Pax Amarria and, perhaps more than anything else, speculative hoarding.

They were up before Hulkageddon and have not gone up since it began. In fact, they have been coming down from the speculative price point in spite of Hulkageddon.

People realise that the only thing that will really rise in price because of Hulkagedon is Tech right? 80% of isk cost in hulk production is tech. Hulkagedons isk losers are roid/ice miners and gankers in high sec. The winners are tech moon goo miners, hulk and destroyer builders and their components.

Joining the crusade to battle eco-terrorists who brutalize asteroids and litter the belts with their space junk containers is the best response.

Everything good or bad that happens to you in EVE is because of your own actions, or inaction.

If you are being bothered by griefers, you are doing something, or not doing something, to allow them to grief you.

Trade volumes were down for a day or two. Were.

and... reproduce?

You would have a better chance of success herding cats than organising the miners of EvE.