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Partially because the economy is so vast and most bigger corps have their own sort of "in house" production system for corp members so the open market is reserved, generally, for larger scale orders of raw materials and components.
There are alliances which is basically groups of corps coming together under one banner which can often create mini-cartels, but the sheer size of EVE really makes it difficult for there to be any one dominant cartel.
I would say more Anachro-Capitalism.It's an example of Capitalism/Libertarian Socialism.
Now common ores are mined only for production use. More efficient refining methods and more missions have supplemented mining as a way to get minerals so the prices dropped even further.
A little of everything, but mainly heavy industry; manufacturing and mining
Not really. Everyone acts within their own interests and if they gain in the short-term to the detriment of others in the long-term (even of their own long-term), to them, it's worth it. Then there are assholes who just wanna see your new carrier burn for lulz
.It's not a very good comparison. In EVE, you don't have fields that yield you higher quality ore than other fields (such as farm-fields in comparison), plus the multitude of ore fields makes it difficult to take over any one area of production and control the resources from it (such as buying up most of the oil-wells or coal mines.)
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Mmm....not specifically. Corps are more like guilds than collectives, at least the vast majority I've ever seen. Most members work for themselves but also work for the corp on the side in exchange for membership and assistance if they need it.
I've been taking a bit of a break of late to deal with RL stuff, but I've kept my skills training. Exhumers 5
POSs are really the only way to go with production anymore. Any empire manufacturing slots are almost always backlogged for a month so if you're lucky enough to find a place with open production slots, you're ****ting in tall cotton. And forget about finding any open PE or ME research slots. In high-sec, I dont think there is a single ME/PE research slot open.
I'm not sure how many gamers we have here, but I play one online game specifically; EVE Online. I love the game for a lot of reasons but this has to be up there on the top 5.
YouTube- HTFU - Permaband
If you dont play or are unfamiliar with EVE, CCP is the company that produces EVE. The people you see in the video is almost the entire CCP staff including much of the management.
It's great to see a company that doesn't take itself so seriously and acts as though they actually enjoy what they do
Yes I've listened to the words. It's a fun song written by the staff of CCP. Granted it doesnt make much sense unless you actually PLAY the game, but it's still funny