[Openme-developers] ] DI and Trading

[Oliver D. B. <oli...@ma...>]

I am dont want to start a flame war about this subject, but I feel my goals
need to be said.

Trading in ME is very slow and tedious, and with close area trading you
quickly end up with 1000 of trades if you want to make it. This is fun for
some but not for many. It takes too long and can be tremendiously boring.
Many online players do not have the time nor the will to sit for hours and
click, rather mindlessly.
Last game with the prolonged life of a stargate a new strategy appeared
called stargate trading and also jump trading became a big thing. The intend
of the high DI is to promote this way of playing. To give the players who do
not wish to click endlessly an easier way to gain money fast, and also
support this new strategy.

This opens up for alliances that do not have "half of Mawlor" or 1st
quadrant of "KEA", but have distributed bases connected by gates. Also I am
hoping to see a bit more fighting over the good spots.

A way to support it is by higher DI, this will make stargate trading much
more profitable. But it shouldent be as profitable that overland trading
will go away as a viable strategy. It should be a choice of strategy.
Remember that even stargate traders will need to upgrade their local ports
too. A nice side effect would hopefully be less territory needed for
alliances, but thats hard to tell.

Now logicaly its completely correct that a di 50 should be better in
turns/sector than a lower DI, if we assume that the player travels all the
way. But that is not the intention as described. Basicly the close quarter
traders should gain more XP, while the long distance traders(by gate) should
gain money a bit faster.

Now the question is if the DI limit is too much and the effects. When I redo
the formulaes i'll look over my test galaxy and try to rigure it out. I'll
prolly end up with the conclusion that they are :)...