Jita Park Speakers Corner

This is somewhat plausible if there's enough flexibility in the system to allow corps to ignore it altogether. Also, what Hakaru said about PLEX and GTCs.



This would turn all trading into WoW-style station trading, with only one station: Jita. It would get rid of all the smaller ponds for new and aspirant traders to perfect their art and raise the money they'll need to compete with the big boys. It completely eliminates the ability of merchants to put a price on convenience (courier services could still charge per m3 per jump, though). Right now, there is already a lively and entirely player-driven business in getting goods from A to B, in the form of courier contracts generally and alliances like Red Frog and PUSH specifically--not to mention innumerable smaller players. What is the gain in flattening one of EVE's most distinctive terrains and introducing NPC competition to PC enterpreneurs? There are already high sec pirates who make a good living ganking freighters.

Look, just accept that it's a bad idea, and that it's not going to happen. CCP should never ever obselete player professions with NPC services.

Please explain what you mean. I would think a third party shipping option via NPC would provide the trust and security some require. An example is moving items out of a station you are no longer blue with. Delivery of items in research/invention/manufacturing/etc can be accomplished with jump clone. Shipping the items out of that now neutral station requires a neutral third-party.

Player profession of shipping items quickly would not become obsolete. NPC shipping method should be slow and expensive, so player shipping would be the best option in most cases. For all others, NPC shipping would be the only option. In prior posts, I compared NPC shipping option to USPS and player shipping to Federal Express. The USPS/FedEx methodology would not translate well to the EvE Economy and was only used as a RL example to give a frame of reference.

Another benefit is allowing anyone to purchase items in any station and have them delivered. I would think opening up market/contracts access (supply/demand) would introduce pvp more easily into finance. Currently, the only way to buy/sell items in a red station (owner blocks docking access) is using remote trade skills and only if the item is already located in the station. Players seeding every station in the game with all items to buy/sell would help CCP and make finance more interesting and challenging.

Exactly: your idea would replace large amounts of player interaction. EVE is supposed to be stuff we do ourselves and for each other, not stuff CCP does for us.