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Originally Posted by Tradesonred [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thanks for your input through your whole post, always informative [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I didnt realize how much of this interaction was already in the game. Still my point holds i think?

I mean the reason silk or spices were valuable in Europe was that they were not available there, not because they had to be carted halfway around the globe. Like if i dug out a hole in Spain in 1535 and found 2 tons of gold, it would still be as valuable as gold they brought back from South America.

Yes, and rare goods are not available in the places you're selling them. They are less available the further you are from the source. The further you go from Leesti, the rarer it is to find Leestian Evil Juice. So, the demand and the price is going to drive up there. In the end, the resource not being available in Europe is because the center of production was half way across the world. And yes, gold would be, because gold can be found throughout the world in mines. Silk was rather uniquely produced in one place at that time. Hence, the difference between a commodity and a rare commodity.

Originally Posted by Tradesonred [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

For example, id be cool selling Space fuel to somewhere 130LY at a much larger price than i bought but because it is rare in those systems, not because of the distance the various items travelled.

Sure, but space fuel isn't a rare commodity, it's just a commodity. What you describe is exactly how commodity trading works. One system wants Gold, the other system sells gold. They are 10 LY apart. Buy gold in one, sell it in the other, make massive trade. But these are not rare commodities, they are not unique. So they wont get more valuable the further you go from the source, because there are *many* extraction systems devoted to mining asteroids. Gold isn't Leestian Evil Juice, which is only made in one system: Leesti.

So to sum up: The difference is that Rare Commodities are different from Commodities. Commodities are found all over civilized space. Gold mines. Some places may have more of them, other places less, but they are all over. Rare Commodities are unique, they are produced in one place, and only one place. The further away from that one place, the harder it is to find, so the more valuable it is. It doesn't matter how far away you cart gold, there's probably an extraction system within 20 LY of wherever you're going to sell it. But there's only one Leesti.

Originally Posted by -TK- [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I learned more from your post than I have from numerous YT videos and talking to the people I have. I'm still only figuring out ship controls and very basic game play but just the mention of the GalNet opened up a lot of information to me. Thanks.

Np. Add me up in game: Surrealis. We can wing up. That offer goes to anyone here who has the game. You can also add me on Steam.