Can you give us an idea of the percentage of lets say light / medium / heavy ships in the Game Universe (so far purchased by the backer)? Will these numbers factor into with the economic model? (I would assume there is more light aka cheap models in circulation than heavy).asked by Qanniqtuq
TL;DRAuroras are by far the most common ship, followed by the 300i and others, and the economy is meant to produce simple ships in greater volume than rarer ones, so the numbers should hopefully correlate.
Right in front of me I don't have all the numbers, but definitely the Aurora is by far the biggest... you know, there's more Auroras than anything else by quite a lot. I would say Auroras probably make up something like 60 or 70 percent of the actual ships and pledges out there. Then beyond that, it's sort of, the next highest one is the 300i, then it's followed by the Hornet, then it's followed by the Freelancer, then it's followed by the Constellation. So, errr... I dunno... I would say there's probably... well, maybe 60 or 70 percent was high for the Aurora, but I would definitely say there was two, two-and-a-half times as many Auroras as there were 300is.But having said that, when you ask "will these numbers factor in with the economic model?" yes, they will because we're gonna be designing the economy in such a way that all ships have to be produced. And so the simplest ships - so the Auroras - will be produced in much more volume than, say, a much rarer ship - something like an Idris corvette. And so once you're flying around in the game, obviously the Auroras would probably be plentiful, in terms of being able to buy them in the same way that probably getting a Ford Fiesta is plentiful, or, you know, some sort of not particularly expensive or fancy car. And it will factor in... so therefore the numbers of them from our standpoint hopefully will correlate through, in terms of for what people have now and also kinda the frequency or rarity that they are in the game.