My opinion is that there is a balance issue between collecting pods and doing trade runs.
For a beginner its more easier to do some missions to collect pods then it is to do a trade route.
Anyone not doing pod collection from start char is going slow in progress.
I can earn more by podding then i can do with trade route.
1 mission with a starting char can give me 4-8 pods worth, lets say, 30K each = 120-240K
Tell me how to match this with a trade route from start?
There is no freighter for a starter cash to match this income. Even if you get 1K profit, you still need to travel long to get this kind of margin.
For example Leeds - Magellan. Diamonds 205 each selling for 1,7K.
If you wanna match the podding (120-240K per mission) and lets say you have 275 cargo (Dromedary can be payed with start cash); (275*1.5K) - (275*0.2)= 357.5K profit.
So flying from Leeds to Magellan (theres no interresting stuff to take back) earns you 357.5K
But in this time (A to B, and back) i can easely do more then 4 missions. And if you take minimal podding 120K * 4 = 480K.
what am i saying i dare to say i can do 10 missions for 1 trade route.
so in my opinion you made the mod Militaristic. Killing earns more then Trading.
And this while trading should be high profit but risky bussiness.
I hope for your reactions about this...
pods are overdone...
- Solution; Make House specific Pods in lawfull and unlawfull version.
Examples (Exchange Rheinland for what you like);
A Rheinland Lawfull Pod sells lower in Rheinland, a Unlawfull Rheinland Pod sells higher.
A Rheinland Lawfull Pod Sells higher in non-Rheinland, a Unlawfull Rheinland Pod sells lower in non-Rheinland.
in this way pods need to be delivered to the prison that sees them as enemys.
In the current situation i can shoot police and jail them in their own base...
and if they buy their hostage back im still their friends.
No, if i return a police to their own base i dont wanna get a bounty, i wanna get a small token of appreciation. You get bountys for returning criminals.
In my idea police would be delivered to their enemy's prison.
