Official Info on Price Calculations?

[ApoxNM]

Hi guys,

has anyone ever read an article, listened to an interview, or seen a source talking about how exactly the economy works in X4?

I am often wondering if it's bugged or their is a weird mechanic which I can't understand.

How exactly are prices calculated? I think I read something about the map only showing average prices, not actual prices, is that so?


Because I think the price differences when shortages kick in, are by far not enough, sometimes non existant. I feel like economy and price calculations are bugged, but I also have no idea ho it is supposed to work.

Thanks for any infos on this!

[Miravlix]

Each station has a max amount of goods value. (This doesn't seem to relate to amount of storage at a station, it's based on production facilities)

Depending on how far the storage is from this max value they change their prices.

For selling it lowers the price the closer to the max value it gets.
For buying it raises the price the father it is from the max value.

if you build ten production facilities on a station it has a much higher max value than one with just one production facility.

If you go to sell wares to a station it will not pay the same price for every item, it will change price on the fly as it get's closer to the max value.
Same with buying, you may get 100 energy cells for 9 creds, then the next 100 for 10 and so on.

[Lyth]

Each good has a base price.
Price of good is based upon the amount you have in storage at that station. Less than 10% = Max Price, More than 90% = Min Price.

Each sector tallies the amount of goods bought and sold, then determines the average price from those list and displays the top buyers and sellers.
The galactic view is just taken from the sectors list instead of the stations list - all the same thing in the end.

[Lyth]

Each station has a max amount of goods value. (This doesn't seem to relate to amount of storage at a station, it's based on production facilities)

Depending on how far the storage is from this max value they change their prices.

For selling it lowers the price the closer to the max value it gets.
For buying it raises the price the father it is from the max value.

if you build ten production facilities on a station it has a much higher max value than one with just one production facility.

If you go to sell wares to a station it will not pay the same price for every item, it will change price on the fly as it get's closer to the max value.
Same with buying, you may get 100 energy cells for 9 creds, then the next 100 for 10 and so on.

Nice, subtle but totally important nuances.

[ApoxNM]

Each station has a max amount of goods value. (This doesn't seem to relate to amount of storage at a station, it's based on production facilities)

Depending on how far the storage is from this max value they change their prices.

For selling it lowers the price the closer to the max value it gets.
For buying it raises the price the father it is from the max value.

if you build ten production facilities on a station it has a much higher max value than one with just one production facility.

If you go to sell wares to a station it will not pay the same price for every item, it will change price on the fly as it get's closer to the max value.
Same with buying, you may get 100 energy cells for 9 creds, then the next 100 for 10 and so on.

Ah, ok had no idea the pdrouction facilities count!



So do the calculations all work as intended?

So how does the black market work then, which has no real storage or production facilities?
As I think the black market is kind of broken (the traders, not stations).