Insurance rate a year after SC launches

[Bambooza]

Don't forget the biggest money sink is not the hull but the components with in your ship that will wear out over time and start to fail at a higher probability as they wear. While it is possible to fix the component when it breaks the wear will increase the likelihood it will continue to break until its replaced. The other aspect is better grade components will cost more
Here we can see some of the idea for components
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/electronic-access/components

Here is the tech doc on their idea for components, item grades and item classifications
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/engineering/16193-The-Shipyard-Other-Ship-Items

So while most hulls come with the base component of civilian and will require lots of UEC to upgrade to something like military Grade A. (it is still unknown if you will be able to insure the components) they will be huge money sinks. So flying around in your ship will wear out the components which will require replacing by purchase or finding from salvage.

Other money sinks will be land claims, NPC hires, Hangars.

So to answer the OP yes as time goes on the game will experience player wealth creep and players will own more and more ships but hopefully the component costs will keep those ships in their hangars as they would be to costly to just fly around and ganking.

 

[Esctasy]

Don't forget the biggest money sink is not the hull but the components with in your ship that will wear out over time and start to fail at a higher probability as they wear. While it is possible to fix the component when it breaks the wear will increase the likelihood it will continue to break until its replaced. The other aspect is better grade components will cost more
Here we can see some of the idea for components
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/electronic-access/components

Here is the tech doc on their idea for components, item grades and item classifications
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/engineering/16193-The-Shipyard-Other-Ship-Items

So while most hulls come with the base component of civilian and will require lots of UEC to upgrade to something like military Grade A. (it is still unknown if you will be able to insure the components) they will be huge money sinks. So flying around in your ship will wear out the components which will require replacing by purchase or finding from salvage.

Other money sinks will be land claims, NPC hires, Hangars.

So to answer the OP yes as time goes on the game will experience player wealth creep and players will own more and more ships but hopefully the component costs will keep those ships in their hangars as they would be to costly to just fly around and ganking.

This makes a good sense. Thanks.

 

[Horatus]

Are you one of my old neighbors? :p

I could be a new neighbor...

 

[ElChap0]

I plan to park all of mine in a field and then let the grass grow tall around them.

But do hire landscapers, there is a Planet Homeowners Association... I would hate to report you.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

Check out the lore for the Cathcart system - it's almost a system-wide scrap pile of junked ships.

https://starcitizen.tools/Cathcart

 

[maynard]

There has to be some kind of mechanic to avoid that. People with a billion ships will start out poor if that is the case.

we are going to need a game mechanic where orgs can 'own' secure space for members' ships

in Eve Online they call it Sovereignty

 

[Doc Shaftoe]

I, for one, am looking forward to the inevitable TEST-patented Matryoshka Hangar concept. No hangar fees on the starting planet for a single hangar? No problem!

The question now is how do we fit a Dragonfly inside an Argo?

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

we are going to need a game mechanic where orgs can 'own' secure space for members' ships

in Eve Online they call it Sovereignty

At the moment safe space is UEE space and I expect them to be Zero Tolerance.

Imagine a policeman comes across a shoot-out in the street. He doesn't know who started it, all he knows is there are a bunch of dudes firing at each other so at a base level anyone firing a weapon is going to be a guilty of at least discharging arms in public and the arguing can be done later about who started it.

If a TEST convoy is set upon by an ADI flotilla, I'd expect both parties to be slapped down by UEE forces the agressor and the defender based on any attempts at fighting back. There'll be no fukin' about in UEE space.