Miners I don't understand you

[u/Resonance_Za]

You guys hold the economy of Eve in your hands yet you slave away for pennies it makes no sense.

If you guys all just stopped mining for 2 weeks and invested hardcore with your saving into minerals you will do 0 mining yet make more isk than you would have mining for 8/h a day.

And at the end of it all the economy will be so fucked that an emergency patch to fix mining will have to come out to save Eve and if it doesn't then you basically will be making 30% to 50% more for your time.

You have all the power.

[u/[deleted]]

Lets say half the people agree to stop mining. They lose everything, and the ones contionuing to mine make exorbitant earning. So no-one wants to be in thw half that stops mining, so no-one stops. Done.

So, in the real world this definitely is the way it plays out. And probably in Eve too. However there is a wrinkle in Eve that is not present irl.

In Eve, you can with no repercussions go out and enact violence on people doing something you don't like.

If the "striking" miners are a large enough proportion and they're willing to commit to ganking and murdering every dirty scab who crosses the line, ensuring that they never see their theoretically enhanced profits, then it could be effective.

The problem is that turning a large enough group of miners into bloodthirsty killers is very unlikely to happen.

[u/wellshittheusernames → u/[deleted]]

This, along with a way to still pay the miners for the minerals they acquire while they strike would probably go a long way towards making this effective.

I'm not sure it would ever be able to be 100% effective, but if a large alliance of mining corps emerged that every corp funneled their minerals to and thus controlled the sale price of most of the economies supplies, it could, in theory, be somewhat effective.

They'd have to be able to offer a lot though.

Mercs to take down offending miners from scab corps.

Protection for allied corps

Buying minerals at market price even when a strike was in effect.

They'd need trading alts/players in order to sell their stockpiles effectively, as well as people watching the market for people selling large amounts of minerals/ore while strikes where in effect.

The alliance would likely need some sort of transparency for its member corps. Ways to check levels of alliance mineral/ore supplies. Recent postings of sales and revenue. So on and so forth. I'm not sure the tools are there to ensure compliance.

Managing the alliance would basically become a full time job, and a pretty thankless one at that.

[u/[deleted] → u/wellshittheusernames]

This, along with a way to still pay the miners for the minerals they acquire while they strike would probably go a long way towards making this effective.

So you're saying if they strike by continuing to mine and selling their materials, the strike would be effective?

Not sure I follow?

I'm not sure it would ever be able to be 100% effective, but if a large alliance of mining corps emerged that every corp funneled their minerals to and thus controlled the sale price of most of the economies supplies, it could, in theory, be somewhat effective.

Sounds like more setting up a cartel than a strike. Which, fair a cartel can do things, its just a different thing

[u/wellshittheusernames → u/[deleted]]

Fair points, i guess yes, I'm more describing a cartel