Raw Materials Units Revised

Day 1,223, 04:33 • Published in USA USA • by Gnilraps

Morning Edition
Day 1,223 of the New World
Current Raw Materials Units to be Consolidated by 6x

In an announcement from Plato just four hours ago, Admin have informed us that starting with a 01:00 tomorrow (day 1,224) a new unit of measure will be used to count all raw materials.

The new unit of measure will count 6 old RM units as 1 new RM unit.

Your current market offers will be removed as of 24:00 today. Your raws will be replaced into storage.

Your stored RM will then reflect 1/6 of what you once had.
Please be advised to replace your market offers accordingly.
Implications

This is a fantastic move by Admin. Under the current system, a RM unit was selling for, let's say .05. The only way to price a RM below that was to reduce by .01, or sell at 80% below the competition.

The new system creates 6 price points between each 0.01.

Under the "old" system, you would sell 600 units for (e.g.).05 each.
OLD system: $30/600
Under the new system, you can sell the same 100 (600/6) units for .29 each. Instead of pricing them at $24/600 (.04x600) you would be pricing them at $29.
NEW system: $29/600 Instead of $24/600

This means that RM markets will remain far more stable as undercutters can do far less damage.

Also:
Your 1,000 storage just got 6x bigger with respect to RM!
Manufacturing will be affected, but only obliquely.

It used to be that a savvy Manufacturer could watch the RM markets closely, waiting for someone to post their RM below the current price point, thus scoring a very significant reduction to their cost of goods. These "bargains" will now be worth far less.
All in all, this is a great improvement to the Economic dynamics of eRepublik.

-Gnilraps