Mining Station price mechanics are too cheaty
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2025 5:00 pm
When entering "make a deal" with other factions the prices called for mining stations in players territory do feel like plain cheating and give way too much of an advantage for the player.
I really think this should be changed to make it feel proper. Between AI Factions I do not care but when one actor is "Player Faction" the price of a mining station should be calculated like the cost of the station plus the
total amount of all goods in stock multiplied by their respective prices and some profit otherwise it feels like plain cheating and of course its absolutely far beyond plausible.
Example Mining Station Teekan with plenty Caslon, Argon and Krypton.
They give it to me for laughable 11k but the price should be Station + all goods in Station and then some (like 20%). This would feel plausible and not like cheating.
So instead of 11k it should be 232k (all goods+station) + 20% maybe = 279k or something
If I buy all the stations in the screen I get resources for > 1M for 60k...this doesnt feel right.
Just my 2 cents
oh and Research Stations are too cheap also.
Edit:
Alternatively:
-Have the option to buy with or without resources, in the latter add station resources to other faction capital
-If above too complicated, simply delete the resources in the Mining Stations when owner faction changes to player faction thru purchase.
I really think this should be changed to make it feel proper. Between AI Factions I do not care but when one actor is "Player Faction" the price of a mining station should be calculated like the cost of the station plus the
total amount of all goods in stock multiplied by their respective prices and some profit otherwise it feels like plain cheating and of course its absolutely far beyond plausible.
Example Mining Station Teekan with plenty Caslon, Argon and Krypton.
They give it to me for laughable 11k but the price should be Station + all goods in Station and then some (like 20%). This would feel plausible and not like cheating.
So instead of 11k it should be 232k (all goods+station) + 20% maybe = 279k or something
If I buy all the stations in the screen I get resources for > 1M for 60k...this doesnt feel right.
Just my 2 cents
oh and Research Stations are too cheap also.
Edit:
Alternatively:
-Have the option to buy with or without resources, in the latter add station resources to other faction capital
-If above too complicated, simply delete the resources in the Mining Stations when owner faction changes to player faction thru purchase.