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waveofthefuture
Member Posts: 97 Arc User
Like it or not, STO has a economy. It has its ups and downs, annoyances and nice things, but I think some things could use changing.
1. Get rid of energy credits and use purly GPL. Right now, GPL does not have much use, execpt for stupid stuff. In the shows, most business dealings use gold pressed latinum, so shouldn't STO use that too?
2. Change dilithium. Our ships use it, so why use it as a currency? It could be something along the lines of what ever it is that they use to replicate stuff. This would make sense because it would take that kind of stuff to replicate rare materials used in things that cost in dilithium now. (could call them replicant materials, or RM)
3. Allow for more interesting business, such as fleets being able to have star bases wreaked, but also offering missions to people, allowing them to become mercinaries. Such things as back door business deals, repeatable infiltration missions. Being able to offer people things for completing missions for you.
Just suggestions.
(and make the lock box [of any kind] only purchasable at the c-store. But it comes with the key)
1. Get rid of energy credits and use purly GPL. Right now, GPL does not have much use, execpt for stupid stuff. In the shows, most business dealings use gold pressed latinum, so shouldn't STO use that too?
2. Change dilithium. Our ships use it, so why use it as a currency? It could be something along the lines of what ever it is that they use to replicate stuff. This would make sense because it would take that kind of stuff to replicate rare materials used in things that cost in dilithium now. (could call them replicant materials, or RM)
3. Allow for more interesting business, such as fleets being able to have star bases wreaked, but also offering missions to people, allowing them to become mercinaries. Such things as back door business deals, repeatable infiltration missions. Being able to offer people things for completing missions for you.
Just suggestions.
(and make the lock box [of any kind] only purchasable at the c-store. But it comes with the key)
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True, it is the same item, but not always price. Also, think about it this way instead: allow fleets to create stores to raise funds for special projects or purchase commodities for starebase projects. I am not so much suggesting stores because you for being cheated (then again, some of the prices are a little too extreme on some items. like provisions for a couple grand?) but as just another way to personalize your character .
When I played Guild War's I would farm for drops in the mid level range, and head to the starting city and set-up shot by occasionally shouting "Whacky Wildmouse's Wonderful World of Weapons" - sell everything for half what everyone else was (even though it was usually more then double what the merchants would give) - I admit it was fun, and I did have a rep for being fair with my pricing, and selling out supper fast.
But that game didn't have an exchange, or auction house - and spamming zone chat in the cities was the only way to move product. with these other systems in place, there's no real point to it.
On Topic -
GPL - is the currency of choice outside of star fleet - but energy credits has been used as currency between star fleet officers. specifically in the early day's of voyager when they needed to ration the use of energy, there were people who would trade their energy rations for favors and stuff.
In the concept video, he talk's about Fleet Doff missions to sabotage other fleet's base's and cause damage that they will need to repair - not sure if this content made it in to later tiers, but lot's of changes from the concept to release - so who knows...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIJA5rOuTag
Me playing UT2k4 (red guy) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz0DnP7wXnU