Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Given that CCP wants us to spread out to other systems (as implied by the industry changes), I was wondering why we don't have a cap on the number of buy/sell orders per station.

A number high enough to not kill null sec hubs and low enough to spread people out from Jita / Amarr and the like. Seems like a relatively easy change to implement.

The economy would initially freak out, but it would likely even out, perhaps even having some stations designated as ammo dumps and the like.

Thank you for your time.

because tbh it is extremely convenient that i can just go to one station buy all my ships and fits then head back to faction warfare if i had to run around every time i lost a ship it would stop being worth it real fast

If it's market orders per-toon-per-station, then just make more market alts. Keep all the market alts in the same station.

Achieves nothing, and infuriates traders.

If it's total market orders per-station, then just monopolise a station with your orders. Find market hub stations, put your important orders up, then fill the dtation with dummy orders that won't filled. You'll deny access to everyone else. That reduces market PVP.


I think it's a bad idea, no matter how you implement it.

That isn't a benefit to logistics. It would be a tremendous nerf to logistics, as it would become impossible to buy all the stuff you wanted in one place, you'd need dedicated truck driver alts in highsec to fetch all your stuff and carry it to your jumping off point.

This would be a massive headache with no upsides.

More conflict? if anything this would reduce it as i now become much more risk averse even when flying a frigate because i don't want to have to deal with the head ache of jumping around everywhere just to fit my kestrel every time i lose it.


rather than right now i buy all of my ships/fits in one place jump them out to my home station and am able to get right back into the fight when i die

There is entirely too much potential for player manipulation here, nevermind the restriction being fairly artificial in nature. I would downvote artificial restrictions but since I can't you'll have to settle for a -1.

Side effect it would have, is that Jita flippers might gang up and chase and pod you (or more likely hire best merc corps out there to do it) untile the end of [eve] universe. Hell I'd throw good few billions myself for the case.

Well, jokes aside - it would kill station margin trading. Few consistent places to dump stuff on buy orders (missionsers, pvpers, gankers, everyone) and get fresh stuff from sell orders would be gone.

Aside other issues already mentioned.



Do they really ? Looking at the changes they did in the past (to industry in particular).

How many stations are there total, among high low and null? How many orders can a single character have? Obviously with a system like this, 3 month orders would be gone, and 1000 would be substantially lower than the number of orders I was thinking, that's entirely too strict and would be maddening for null orders.



I am legitimately curious what you mean by this, as you've been the only person who hasn't basically said "that'd be more work." As I said, I'd want the limit to basically curtail focus on Jita/Amarr while not affecting null markets, so I'm genuinely interested to hear what you say.

As for the idea itself, it essentially stems from a lack of local production/resource gathering outside moon-goo and cap production. Having regional supply easier than long distance boosts the value of production and local resource gathering. This would necessitate having a local logistics infrastructure, rather than jump freightering with an army of alts from Jita<-->Null.

I understand that's a huge adjustment and could be a pain in the ass with growing pains.

What I don't understand is why people prefer the current Jita system, when it provides no depth. It's incredibly similar to just having a central auction house with a logistical backbone kind of slapped on, rather than a logistic/trade system that actually requires any kind of depth. Null production is still mostly ****, three years after the issue was supposed to be tackled. Jita is still the central hub.

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What conflict is there in an NPC corp freighter jumping around highsec trying desperately to buy all the parts to put together a fleet BS for null?

How could t2 production actually happen without a vaguely centralised marketplace for regional materials to be traded at?

Where is the fun in requiring me to go fifty jumps to fit every ship I try to import, or forcing me to maintain a production, mining, invention and god knows what else alt just to keep myself in ships?

How is increasing frustration and time requirements for even the most basic of things an improvement?

Why do you think we won't game the hell out of this and lock down entire regional markets?