Elite: Dangerous

[Tradesonred]

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

As for why rare commodities cost more the further away you are: They are rare. Not many people, NPCs, etc. are going to trade long distances. Why was silk not expensive in Asia but when it had traversed the Silk Road into Europe did it suddenly become valuable? Because the commodity is foreign there, and has greater value to those who don't live on it. This is a real big issue in modern days with oil exporting countries. The oil companies in countries like Iran don't want to sell Iranian oil to Iranians because it is so much cheaper in the country which produces it. They'd rather sell it abroad and make much greater income, but the Iranian government needs to offer sufficient incentives for the oil companies to sell domestically so that way they can assure for their domestic energy needs.

It is pretty much how international trade works.

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 and there was demand for it, not because they had to be carted halfway around the globe, in itself. 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.

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.

Like if this space fuel can be bought locally for cheap and im selling it high because of the distance i travelled, it breaks immersion and thats where i think my criticism is still valid. I havent really checked on it thoroughly but i thought thats how it worked? The commodity rises in prices as you take it more and more away from the region you bought it from, not from much reasons of the local market on that specific item.