RE: Economy questions
Posted: Wed May 03, 2017 5:06 pm
There seems to be a misunderstanding of the point of trade sanctions and blockades. When you initiate sanctions, it prevents the private sectors of the two empires from trading with one another. It has no effect on their ability to trade with anyone else. This means that neither you, nor the "victim" can benefit from each other via trade.
A blockade prevents shipments to and from the target planet of any kind from any origin. It has no effect on any other planet.
The only time you should enforce sanctions is when you don't want the target empire to benefit from trading with you, and you can afford to not benefit from trading with them. You'll both be able to trade with other empires though, so it may not make much of a difference.
Blockading has a much wider range of uses, none of which have will have much of a significant impact on the universal market. As an example; blockading a homeworld for instance can be useful. Since the homeworld is often the most significant supply of resources and components distributed to the rest of the empire, cutting it off can severely hamper the rest of the empire's ability to operate. That doesn't affect the demand, thus it won't affect the universal market. It simply forces the private sector to seek other means to obtain it's resource if they even exist.
The specific value of each resource is determined by the overall supply and demand across the entire galaxy. It's not an entirely realistic system, but it's the most efficient and effective possible within the existing mechanics of the game.
A blockade prevents shipments to and from the target planet of any kind from any origin. It has no effect on any other planet.
The only time you should enforce sanctions is when you don't want the target empire to benefit from trading with you, and you can afford to not benefit from trading with them. You'll both be able to trade with other empires though, so it may not make much of a difference.
Blockading has a much wider range of uses, none of which have will have much of a significant impact on the universal market. As an example; blockading a homeworld for instance can be useful. Since the homeworld is often the most significant supply of resources and components distributed to the rest of the empire, cutting it off can severely hamper the rest of the empire's ability to operate. That doesn't affect the demand, thus it won't affect the universal market. It simply forces the private sector to seek other means to obtain it's resource if they even exist.
The specific value of each resource is determined by the overall supply and demand across the entire galaxy. It's not an entirely realistic system, but it's the most efficient and effective possible within the existing mechanics of the game.