I never made that comment, Varyah did.Graaf wrote:Then why not use the old "first come, first served" principle?spankahontis wrote:Graaf wrote:So you can spend all your time flying over to the station just to sell it before you arrive because you see a better deal. Why should that be allowed? Someone expected that delivery.Varyah wrote:I can help you out: you can at any point in time decide to cancel the deal and sell your cargo elsewhere. The system just prevents NPCs or your own NPC controlled trade ships to fulfill demand before your cargo arrives. In essence you get a contract to deliver fixed amount of cargo at fixed price that you can cancel without repercussions. Only profits allowed.Graaf wrote:No, I don't. But apparently it is too difficult for you to explain it to me.
In a Free Market Space Sim, how would turning away a deal be policed?
Would there be a Legal Team Feature where they would send a lawyer to sue you for breaking a Contract?
But I agree that a simple reduction in Reputation that would effect prices would suffice. Hardly anything to be bothered about.
But to explain.. "First Come First Served" is just that, just like in X3 the price of a ware in Rebirth fluctuates and you make an order for THAT current Price which the player deems "A good deal"
If you don't make the sale in time, some other ship will steal it from under your nose and you'll lose that cheap stock or just have to pay a little more for it than planned; no difference to previous X Games, only that most the stock came from somewhere while in previous X Games, the number of stock is spawned in by the God Engine to maintain a steady economy.
If however, the order is cancelled, that stock returns to the pile and the current amount is recalculated to the new price to which it will rise or fall in value because other NPC's are making deals before/after you and in doing so that "First come, first served" special offer is gone.
Of course you could be talking about the "Trade Extension Software" to which you don't have any insider knowledge of price fluctuation if you have a trade agent inside the station you use the console rather than fly near a station and check it's prices.. So you can have both options.
Once you cancel the order, that price you negotiated is gone and you'll have to wait till stocks fill up again for the price to drop.
The concept of putting down a deposit when you purchase the wares is an intriguing idea though; Immersive as well.
But what seems to be the problem here? X Games have always had this order placing system, it just differs from the console, in X3 you make the order, someone beats you to it, you pay more or wait, in Rebirth you see the price on offer click on the buy before the price changes and you purchase that ware according to how it's advertised.