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Storage Fears Alleviated?

Day 1,223, 10:16 • Published in Ireland Ireland

• by DerBrad

Congrats to the admins who have cooly resolved the impending doom of the ending "infinite storage" for self-employed managers.

My understanding is that from Day ~~1240~~ 1250 **, every General Manager will only have 1,000 free storage slots in their inventory. Currently we have unlimited storage.

1 food/weapon company (self-emplyed only) requires upto 800 Raw Materials per day. Clearly a 1,000 storage limit would ultimately stifle growth and expansion.

However it has been announced that on Day 1224 "Every current 6 raw material (RM) units from the storage will become 1 new raw material (RM😉 unit (a storage containing 6000 iron and 600 grain will now contain 1000 iron and 100 grain)" according to Plato.

This step will resolve storage issues for all those self-employed managers out there. I'm quite impressed with how the Business Module is taking shape within the game.

However for the larger companies (that actually employ staff or Q5), I feel the RM changes will not be enough to resolve their future storage problems. A rethink is needed here, possibly increasing storage for every company owned (An extra 500 slots per Q1 company, 1000 slots for a Q2 and so on?)

** Article Corrected - Day 1250 not Day 1240 **

Comments

Alyzee Day 1,223, 10:16

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S1lv3r M4X Day 1,223, 10:27

good article

orangejuicemmm Day 1,223, 10:38

Day 1250 we will lose unlimited storage and word is for every company owned you will receive an extra 2000 Storage or something a long those lines.

DerBrad Day 1,223, 10:40

Thanks OJ - good to know that!

DerBrad Day 1,223, 10:41

However 2k storage seems a bit excessive, especially with the RM changes due on day 1224. I would be surprised with that.

5n4keyes Day 1,223, 11:02

The change isnt to aid storage, insted to aid the market for raw materials.

Currently due to alot of production the competitiveness of the market is kinda bad. Heres an example

1 New grain = 6 old grain

1 old grain is 0.04IEP
so 6 old grain = 1 new grain, which is 0.24IEP

Now, take mr evil, who decides to sell his old grain for 0.03 IEP to undercut the market, well that means 1 new grain is now, 0.18IEP, thats a drop of 0.06IEP. Bit of a welp.

So after the change, people can undercut slightly, and not shotgun there own foot off.

DerBrad Day 1,223, 11:12

5n4keyes - I agree that it helps undercutting and pricing but you have to admit it will dramatically improve storage costs for General Managers. For me, as a general manager that was a bigger concern than pricing.

James Keiller Day 1,223, 11:16

I suppose there'll be an option to buy extra storage for Gold too?
Nice first article there, DerBrad.

orangejuicemmm Day 1,223, 11:20

No problem, good article by the way.

DerBrad Day 1,223, 11:29

James Keiller - You've hit the nail on the head there. That was my biggest concern as a GM. I wasnt too concerned that I couldnt undercut RM prices by a penny, but instead that I would have to pay gold to get storage in order to run my companies. This would lead to massive dumping/selling of companies.

Peter Lyons Day 1,223, 13:46

Thanks DerBrad! Definitely cleared up my confusion.

Cun-Bo-Dawex Day 1,223, 14:03

Great Article!!

DerBrad Day 1,223, 15:04

In theory RM prices should increase by 6 times current prices, however I expect to see some fluctuations in the short term before they level off. The big question is whether they will drop in the short term (as undercutting becomes easier) or increase due to clearance of all existing offers on the market place.

If I was a betting man, I would stay clear of the RM market for the first few hours. I expect some opportunism in the early hours of markets opening. I would hope that things would level out again before the end of the day.

Disclaimer - The price of your RM may go up as well as down, terms and conditions apply!

John Gormley Day 1,223, 16:51

Plato really doesn't fill me with confidence at all.

DerBrad Day 1,224, 01:09

Looks like I got it right yesterday. There is some opportunism taking place in the RM markets in Ireland. Instead of prices coming in at x6 they are running upto x10. Stay clear of theses prices until markets settle.

Sean MacDiarmata Day 1,224, 02:27

I want to agree with what everyone said, great article man.

It is interesting to see where they are going with the game, there has been some positive changes over the past few weeks. If you asked me id say they have replaced all the old mods with people who actually care due to the quick reply of tickets and the lack of copy and paste replies from them.

Dic Penderyn Day 1,224, 17:37

Argh just finished latest changes to my excel balance sheet

DerBrad Day 1,225, 01:18

Ahhh where would we be without our beloved spreadsheets

DerBrad Day 1,225, 02:51

Just for the record, my prediction was correct:

"If I was a betting man, I would stay clear of the RM market for the first few hours. I expect some opportunism in the early hours of markets opening. I would hope that things would level out again before the end of the day."

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