User blog comment:FargoneSeven/NEW SHIPBUILDING SYSTEM (Proposal as per Admin meeting)/@comment-27797576-20151206170706

Unfortantly, I don't think an economic system will actually get implemented. Why? Because most people are too lazy to make one. Plus the fact that an economic system is simply too compicated for it's own good. If you actually look back through the wiki's histroy(mostly blogs), you'll see that we actually proposed a economic system, multiple times. Each time it was turned down due to the time needed to fully develop it and it's complexity.

Also, I personally think that much of the primary will also sorta be ignored. If you notice, we tend to mass produce weapons. Not just because we need them for large ships, but because weapon systems tend to be cheap compared to such things as warp disrupters. Basically, we can, and will mass produce weapons, even if we don't need them for any ship in perticular. And let's be honest, nobody wants to keep track of building structural peices(except maybe with large capitals, where it may or may not be feasible). There is simply too many ships being built to make it even remotely possible(And even with Mace's production nerf idea, there is still a lot of ship building which would need to be recorded. His system for ship cutting is complex enough(well, not really, but still)). The Ship systems... maybe. Usually, warp cores are put into the ship before it ever leaves the dry dock/building dock. Warp cores aren't easy to put in to a ship without completely stripping the ship apart(in the long run, it's usually better to put it in before it ever takes off, rather than put it in later and have to gut the ship in half or smtg). Most other componets such as detectors and disruptors and etc can usually be retrofitted to the ship later without too much of a problem. For now, I think we should stick to the stuff which are pretty expensive for this system.

Wait, for research? We've already discussed ways to balance research. You probably need to be filled in on that(unless you just ignored it).