sell prices / ratings incorrect

[travisp]

I've faced a few times today that the rating (A, B, etc) is incorrect in the Star Atlas.  I've made purchases thinking I could sell something at an "A" rating, and arrived only to find it selling for an "F" rating.

This was NOT due to the time it took me to make the delivery, as even after seeing the "F" rating on the "sell screen" I could immediately go back to the Star Atlas and see it listed as an "A" rating.

These images show what I mean:

the A rating:
www.awesomescreenshot.com/image/4475462/7fe37ff295961e272184b7d3ebcc33bc

the F rating:
www.awesomescreenshot.com/image/4475464/163265707399fcdfae93477a3f93ff16

[fallen]

Normal market fluctuation, not a bug.

The System Atlas always shows maximum demand, which is constant in time.
Zones who haven't traded recently (in a few months?) will be at their max demand.

Each trade at a zone lowers demand for that item.
Any large trade (that consumes most/all of its production) crushes its demand down to F.

Over weeks, zones slowly rebuild their demand, based on their economy.

- If you bought them down to 0 in an item, they rebuild them. Come back too soon, and they'll have fewer than their normal amount, and their demand will be somewhere between F and their normal max.

- If you sold them lots, they slowly drain them. Think of filling a bathtub with 60 gallons of water. You can't sell it another 60 gallons in 1 minute

If you just traded there 2 days ago, of course their demand for the same item will be very low, even F. Do something else for about 8 weeks.

quoted from Steam, credit, gilmoy

[travisp]

OK, so "not a bug" logic wise, but you could consider it a UI bug. Something in the Star Atlas that lets the player know, this data only refreshes once every 8 weeks or something like that. It does make a pretty big difference. One of the paths that I thought I'd enjoy playing in this game was just "as a trader." Establishing a route from place to place to place, ending up back at the starting spot, maybe exploring along the way a bit. I think many players would assume that is a valid playstyle. It is in the name of the game after all

With this tip in mind, I guess it just means making those routes longer. perhaps including hyperwarps. It makes sense - I just thought I had found a great loop right in my home quadrant and could use it to grow. It seems impossible to do this "in one quadrant" given the systems you've described.

Thanks for the quick response! This game and everyone behind it seem great.

[Cory Trese]

Right -- the intention is definitely to avoid players getting stuck in a single quadrant.