Market Discussions

With the advent of Jump Freighters, titan bridges, and BlOps bridges it is impossible to blockade any section of nullsec. Rather unfortunate. Blockades would be fun.

It could have been more possible long ago. As there once was only a handful of entrances to 0.0. For example at one point the only way to enter the norths 0.0 through empire was through p3en- in vale, ec- and 93pi- in pure blind. With pf- in syndicate, y9g- in syndicate, d4ku- in fountain, a2- in querious, hed- in catch, g-5 in providence, and b-v in great wildlands the only other ways to enter 0.0(I may be missing 1 or 2 places). Considering this was before freighters, jfs, bridges, supers, and ofc not to forget warp to 0, keeping these 10 entry points to 0.0 open was vital to 0.0 survival, and insanely important during times of war. Eves first major war, the Great Northern War involving BoB vrs Phoenix Alliance and friends lasted so long and became so big in large part because while BoB took over the ec- and 93pi- entries, PAs allies in Vale kept open the p3en- entry for their logistics. These entry points were nearly always camped 23/7, and oh man was it fun. Megacyte could have been largely blockaded at the time as arkonor is only found in the south. But considering it sold for 15-17k/unit when I first started playing, why bother?

BoB also years later tried to blockade the production of supercaps, and for a while it did work. A few wars and tactical targeting of csaas happened(hi Big Blue) but eventually it became unfeasible to stop the acquisition of a ship.


You want to look at actual market blockades though, I direct you to the introduction of t2 and the people who owned the bpos. People ***** about t2 bpos being unfair now, imagine paying 150mil for a cov ops cloak during a time when owning a battleship was a big milestone.


ugh, im so dated

How? Jump freighter insta-undocks from Jita and jumps to cyno.

A voluntary blockade is what you are suggesting, I suppose, as current logistics make a true blockade pretty difficult now.

the goons tried to make an OTEC (and this), and burn jita is another example of what is currently possible.

The effects of burn jita have been more difficult to analyze, but a voluntary blockade (as long as all members conform) has lots of potential. I'd love to be part of a coalition that controls >90% of something, and then squeeze the market like crazy.

It is laughably easy to blockade individual 0.0 stations, but individual 0.0 stations aren't really significant in the grand scheme of things because very little actually goes on in them.

@arabella Well, pirates don't blockade, they plunder :p

@aliventi, I thought the jump bridges and cynos had been nerfed a few patches ago, so their range can't go as far as it used to be. Some pocket low secs and null near high have to be used to cyno. So I thought some bottlenecks could exist.

So I guess the answer is no, nor did anyone bothered to record the market reactions during those wars in the past. I was curious about price and supply shocks with blockades

A blockade does not need to be total or complete to change market prices. If jump freighter pilots must use more fuel or travel around blockaded routes, time becomes a cost variable.

Ice, ice, baby....

Afk cloak in all the systems!! \o/

The only man made blockade tactic im aware of is, choosing an item and reeking havoc till competition dispersers.

Blockades require manpower.

Manpower require dedication.

Dedication requires an attention span and ability to focus ... it breaks down after that into epidemics of "can't be arsed" and "I'm bored...."