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1000 storage? REALLY?!

Day 1,210, 06:16 • Published in USA USA

• by Demiurge

OK. Some interesting changes happened last night, and they are immediately noticeable once you log in. The biggest change that I've noticed so far is the new storage area in the players land area.

Guess what? We now get 1000 storage! Wow! Cool!

Or is it?

For anyone who does not own a company this is an incredible thing. That is a lot of space for the average player. But what about those who do own companies. Particularly those who own food or weapons company that needs to keep a constant inventory of resources to produce goods.

Here's where the nut shot comes. Your resources are counted in your 1000 inventory. For now its fine since there is unlimited inventory until day 1250. But then...the demons will rise from the depths of Hades and burn all your grain and smelt your iron into weapons that they will use to chop off your precious bits.

Think about this for a second. I am a Guru** and I alone use over 600 resources for a single day's work. Now if I had additional people employed in my company, it would not be long till the mill closed down because I was unable to keep it stocked with grain.

This is simply ludicrous. Do I need to monitor my grain company 24/7 so that whenever one of my workers does a days work, I can restock the grain silo?!

Think about it. Unless this new inventory method changes this will be the death of big business. And guess what that means?

EVERYTHING WILL COST MORE!!!!

Now to be fair, there is the possibility for storage expansion, but if that is anything like past storage expansion it may cost real life money. Although given the way the setup appears, my bet is on a gold cost. I'm betting it will be just like upgrading a company. Still, while this may make things more manageable if true, it is still an unreasonable additional expense.

In other words, Plato is extorting all large corporations!

So, pay homage to Plato. Godfather of the e-world. Respect him as the suave mafioso he is or he'll burn your companies to the ground.

Comments

La Li Lu Le Lo Day 1,210, 06:27

damn!

ucukuncuyumsekstegucluyum Day 1,210, 06:28

........ actually it's also mentioned that capaticy will be arranged based on number of companies user have or level or sth like that. so calm down and try to enjoy since these changes will never be rolled back, we all have to get use to them.

Cruinne Day 1,210, 06:29

I agree with everything you stated above, thats nonsense. Company owners are trapped now. They gifted us limitless space for 30 days, after that ppl wont thnik for a sec to splash to cash not to lose this standard, simply a cunning move..

Demiurge Day 1,210, 06:39

It's nice to think that the inventory space may be increased due to the number of companies you have, but even with one company 1000 is too little for any high level corporation. And unless the increase is significant, companies are still getting screwed.

ucukuncuyumsekstegucluyum Day 1,210, 06:47

........ ok here is a trick for unlimited space;

put an offer to market with extreme amount which you want to store for later. (lets say grain: 1 grain is 10usd, put your offer with 1k grain to market)

do the same for every item in your storage so you will have unlimited space for free.

and when you want to withdraw some items from your own "unlimited storage", just cancel your offer from the market.

well, brain is for free *blinks*

Demiurge Day 1,210, 06:50

The trick to that is if its on the market, your company can't make use of it. So if you have employees looking to work you still run into the problem of no resources on hand unless you are constantly monitoring your company.

Razarac34 Day 1,210, 06:55

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ucukuncuyumsekstegucluyum Day 1,210, 06:56

...... that's the point of Plato actually, to make people slave of this game. I mean increase the time spend online...

so let me tell you what I am gonna do after 15th of April,

-I'm going to put offers to market with high prices, each 999 items
-I'm gonna check the game every 3 or 4 hours and prepare a time schedule for my employers to work in these time intervals.
-Every time I checked the game, I am gonna cancel one of my offers in the market regarding to needs of my companies.

yes, I'm gonna spend much more time after this implementation but still I will try to enjoy it

Zelja Day 1,210, 07:05

FOR GOD SAKE WHEN WILL THIS CONSTANT CHANGING OF THE GAME FOR WORSE STOP

Demiurge Day 1,210, 07:06

Well, I never said the fun of the game was gone. Even with this huge roadblock to the e-worlds economy I believe the game will still be fun. I just want people to understand the problems these new changes will bring about. You may be able to create a schedule to work around this hurdle but many others, myself included, will be unable to.
It may be a dream within a dream, but it would be nice if my cry in night was heard and changes were made to the new system. And honestly if this new system is as faulty as I fear, changes are pretty much guaranteed. However the real question is how long until they are implemented. And this is why I raise my voice and scream as loud as I can.

roland_up Day 1,210, 07:21

I think the bigger problem is the new module are handing out licenses like cakes. Forcing every market to be protectionist against importers.

Samuel Seabury Day 1,210, 22:23

I run a pretty good commune, and I'm thinking about recommending to all our members that we break up our communes so that everyone works for themselves now.