Stabilizing the Oil Market & Making

Helmet

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Nov 26th 2010, 18:21:47

Oiler a viable strategy.

Why not give oil a private market selling price like you did food to make it a viable strategy and stabilize the market for it?

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qzjul

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Nov 26th 2010, 18:23:20

'cause then it'll be exactly like food?

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there is one in express btw

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Helmet

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Nov 26th 2010, 18:32:13

It would still be a little different than food since it's impacted more by war, but it would stabilize the market just like food and give it a bottom. I think it would be a good change personally. I'd be curious what the majority of players think.

I think most people find oil in it's current state annoying, but I could be wrong. If I had my choice I'd stabilize it or ditch it completely.

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Helmet

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Nov 26th 2010, 18:32:50

Are you getting good feeback for the change in the express?

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iZarcon

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Nov 26th 2010, 19:01:22

the oil price still fluctuates, but it doesnt skyrocket too high b/c u can purchase it on ur priv market for a semi-reasonable price.

The price an mbr can buy it for is pretty good... If the demand for oil is pretty high, can make a pretty good profit reselling without incurring the heavy expenses that a normal mbr would from having loads of military.

Havent tried it, but seems feasible

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iZarcon

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Nov 26th 2010, 19:02:30

saying that... With theo getting such a cheap price, it would actually probably hurt oiler strat by keeping sale price pretty low.

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Marshal

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Nov 26th 2010, 19:31:48

oil has bottom at alliance and its 30ish bucks.

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Ozzite

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Nov 26th 2010, 19:37:48

THEO TECHER OIL RESELLER (TTOR) (c)

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Ah, mercury. Sweetest of the transition metals.

aponic

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Nov 26th 2010, 21:19:46

I would like to see the results from express. The oil market is rather volatile.

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synoder

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Nov 26th 2010, 21:43:20

I tried oiler a couple sets back and it sucks in express cause there isn't enough demand. I think slag said there are only 20m barrels purchased in an entire set in express on average so it isn't a very good case study.

Marshal

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Nov 26th 2010, 21:47:19

slag really said that only 20m brls of oil gets bought at express so can't be compared to alliance where that amount can be bought less than day.

Detmer

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Nov 26th 2010, 22:23:27

The reason for it in express is because there is too little demand for it to be a viable strategy. Oiler does work now for supplemental income in various scenarios. It is a commodity that is very good for market play.

MorTcuS

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Nov 26th 2010, 22:30:22

Theres nothing they can do about oil price fluctuations, servers just need more players.

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Helmet

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Nov 27th 2010, 0:14:46

Oil has had a crappy market and never been a good strategy since it's inception IMO.. of course

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Makinso

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Nov 27th 2010, 11:24:26

Oiler has always been a gamble strat :-P

Also the fact that in wars it needs no tech other then SDI/Weaps to function properly helps.

Marshal

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Nov 27th 2010, 19:57:00

some1 with good memory could tell what was oil's price when Earth2025 had tens thousands players.

qzjul

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Nov 28th 2010, 18:57:01

depended on the reset really; about the same though

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Marshal

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Nov 28th 2010, 21:38:26

rock-wars.

Tertius

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Nov 29th 2010, 19:16:50

Not that I particularly like the idea, but wouldn't it make sense that people would require oil to put units on the market as well? Increasing the demand so that even non-war requires it would help stabilize the market.

Marshal

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Nov 29th 2010, 19:41:00

your troops refuse goto market cause you don't have enough oil.

non-oilers would just buy it alot when its cheap so no particular change.

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Nov 30th 2010, 3:07:30

Oiler is great if you time it right. ;P

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Helmet

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Dec 7th 2010, 19:02:18

You mean a war breaks out?

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Marshal

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Dec 7th 2010, 19:12:31

depends sizes of wars, if nearly whole server is at war then oil can cost over 1k bucks.

iZarcon

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Dec 7th 2010, 21:44:28

using oil to send to market does have some merit

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MorTcuS

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Dec 7th 2010, 22:59:41

make oil necessary to send FA packages, and make it possible to FA oil.

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Dec 8th 2010, 14:05:16

Require oil to run Res zones, Farms, mil basses and oil rigs.
Put in a tech that reduces oil use.

It would require tweaking some strats because techer would gain a huge advantage for not requiring oil. It would create a stable viable market for oil, and oil would still have its peaks for war.

I like some of the ideas on this thread.