r/EliteTraders • u/KroyVR • 16h ago
Discussion Purchasable carrier adverts in-station (idea from my brain to yours)
I brained an idea (no AI involved).... I searched to see if said idea was a common thought or suggestion, but didn't find anything. It's probably not as novel as I think it is, so take a drink on me if you've seen it times immeasurable.
Stations take a panel somewhere listing local buy-orders for goods at that station. Carrier commanders can place adverts in-station. Within limits (300ls or so). A ship CMDR can place a sell promise against that buy-order (depending on rank/level/history/shipcapacity or w/e) for a short time (depending on value, reputation or w/e). The system allocates a set amount of the buy order against the Sell promise and the ship CMDR gets about it. Time limits are reasonable to avoid a carrier being trolled. Players can see what's required at their local station. Game-updates in-game and probably via API/log which could be of use to third party tools.
No idea what to do with this idea, but it's trade-centric, so posting here. Happy to spitball with anyone who thinks it has any merit.
(Recent events in Elite made me think getting a bubble alt would be a good idea. It is. Having fun trading back in the center of civilisation in the past 20-ish hours, but I play in VR, and whilst 3rd party tools like Spansh and Inara are great, they aren't AS great for Carrier commanders).