Arconomy lathe tax.
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 1:11 am
Context: https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/pull/65795
The price of printing crap from lathes could be based from the total material costs, and the research points required to unlock the required techs to print said thing. This would make things like RCDs and advanced tools a lot more expensive, making them unavailable to most crew (400% extra tax from non-engineers printing those tools). Higher tier stock parts would also be more expensive, giving reason to choose lower tiers other than "miners not mining!!1!".
Why? Because I think it's silly that a paratider could print RCD and advanced luxury tools for only 40 credits. That set should be like 5,000 credits or something.
The price of printing crap from lathes could be based from the total material costs, and the research points required to unlock the required techs to print said thing. This would make things like RCDs and advanced tools a lot more expensive, making them unavailable to most crew (400% extra tax from non-engineers printing those tools). Higher tier stock parts would also be more expensive, giving reason to choose lower tiers other than "miners not mining!!1!".
Why? Because I think it's silly that a paratider could print RCD and advanced luxury tools for only 40 credits. That set should be like 5,000 credits or something.