Hunting traders no longer profitable. Increase NPC trader drops

[Captain Tylor]

With the increase in gold reward for PVEing and  player made buildings, it no longer makes sense to hunt the NPC traders. You are better off doing some missions/pve fleets and buying the resources. 

[Powderhorn]

It should be encouraged to hunt player traders.

[Captain Tylor]

It should be encouraged to hunt player traders.

Hunting player traders is even worse, since they can destroy the cargo in ow and it is literally impossible to catch a crafted and upgraded trader cutter/lynx.

 

Even if you do catch one and he didn't destroy the cargo, the time you spend doing it would have been more profitable doing pve, as resource prices are plummeting and no one sailing with really good cargo, they just TP

Edited March 20, 2016 by Captain Tylor

[surfimp]

But I just love getting 400 gold and 23XP for grinding traders!  At this rate I'll make Master & Commander in a year or two. WHOOHOO!