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Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#21 - 2014-12-21 23:19:07 UTC
Lao Xie Donnchadh wrote:
I think there could be an effective economic warfare mechanic. It would have to be a kind of "tar-baby" such that trading with the embargoed alliance or corporation would result in the alt also being embargoed, whether by market order or contract. That's how sanctions and embargoes often work. Like wardecs - the more allies the more effective. It could make Eve a much more interesting game...



Which would immediately hand out completely free intel on who's alts were who's...

And you'd STILL end up doing nothing but hurting yourself in the long run, as there would be plenty of other people picking up the slack if, say, you weren't selling anything to the CFC in jita
Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#22 - 2014-12-21 23:28:42 UTC
If the CFC were only capable of buying things from me, that would spurn me to become an industrialist and start flying a freighter laden with goods for the CFC. Some of it they would get in Jita, and some of it would be obtained in Uedama or Sivala I am sure.

FT Diomedes: "Reaver, sometimes I wonder what you are thinking when you sit down to post."

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Zan Shiro
Doomheim
#23 - 2014-12-21 23:43:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Zan Shiro
Lao Xie Donnchadh wrote:
I think there could be an effective economic warfare mechanic. It would have to be a kind of "tar-baby" such that trading with the embargoed alliance or corporation would result in the alt also being embargoed, whether by market order or contract. That's how sanctions and embargoes often work. Like wardecs - the more allies the more effective. It could make Eve a much more interesting game...




Sanctions and embargos don't work though.


US embargo of Cuban cigars for example. In their war on communism, the US failed here. You can buy them everywhere else. I in japan have 2 tobacco stores in 10 minutes range I can buy them. And do in fact. They are also at most duty frees in airports worldwide. US is cutting own throat here tbh.....I pay like 1000 yen ish for just the low grade Cubans. Good stuff goes up to 3000 yen. Per cigar....It be some tax revenue here for them.


edit: cba to work out yen to $ rate, its quite good these days tbh, assume a simple rate 1000 yen is $10 USD and 3000 yen is $30 USD.


I could also look at North Korea. China is bff with them. In this most joyous holiday season as people rush to best buy to get that gadget to put under the tree...china will send north korea a care package with a piece of those sales.


And even the densest noob to 0.0 life has the empire alt eventually. Its the small matter of you have a really hard time even living to make it to the damn station in the first place. I had me good times in actual combat ships on empire shortcuts to save time crossing the map being wt red. I would not recommend this in haulers carrying what can be millions in sale items unless suicidal.
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