Hello all, this is a quick note detailing the upcoming changes to industrial commodities (effective next universe reset). I have gone through and reduced AI base inventory size and consumption of all tier 1-3 industrial commodities. The new consumption rates are 50/day for tier 1, 15/day for tier 2, and 5/day for tier 3. Inventory sizes are seven times these figures, across the board. These changes were made in order to align the consumption rates of these commodities more closely to the actual extraction rates of tier 1-3 commodities.
The basic value of Metals, Nuclear Waste, and Silicon has also been adjusted. Steel Girders now price Metals at 15 credits. Nuclear Waste is now priced at 75 credits, and Silicon is at 25 credits. These changes were made in order to bring the credit sourcing of the system down somewhat from this uni.
The value of Promethium and Enriched Nuclear Material has also been reduced via the pricing of Sub-Shield Buffers and Reactors. Promethium is now worth 10,000 credits and E-Nukes are worth 2,500 credits, down from 30,000 and 20,000, respectively. Also, AI base consumption rates for these commodities have been changed to 25,000/day for Buffers and 2,500/day for Reactors. These changes were made in order to rein in the amount of income from these particular commodities. Our data from the current universe has shown that people were making a lot more profit than we had wanted from the Sub-Shield line of industrial commodities, so this change should rectify that issue.
As always, the calibration of industrial commodities is subject to change, usually on a once-per-universe basis. We will continue monitoring the market and make revisions to the system as needed. We welcome your input on this process.
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