Hello all,
I am the CEO of the Bestslave™ Minmatar Livestock Corporation and I make my humble space living buying and selling Minmatar chatel to fellow Amarrians. Or at least I did until I logged on today.
To my horror, a number of changes seem to have been made at my expense simply to put honest entrepreneurs like myself out of business in New Eden.
Firstly - a number of my slaves have ceased to exist. My child slaves are now called “little helpers”, and there seem to be none seeded on the market. In fact in all of Amarr there is exactly one of each (male and female) both at an exorbitant price that no Minmatar could possibly be worth. I also have “tourists” and “janitors” where my matari inventory should be.
Secondly, I tried to close a deal with a valued customer today and inexplicably the contract was blocked. The mechanic by which my entire purpose in New Eden hinges has been removed - I can no longer create contracts for “contraband”. Given that slavery is not only legal in empire space but also fundamental part of my culture as an Amarrian, how is it that slaves are “contraband” and no longer permitted in my contracts?
I will assume that this is a bug and I demand that the situation is rectified immediately.
You guys do realize that ‘child slave’ has never existed in this game and contraband has never been contractable, and that this is largely a meme post, right?
I think I was actually remembering incorrectly re: the little helper thing. But you definitely could contract slaves. So this is still a bug literally ruining my game.
It’s been at the absolute very least six years now of them not being contractable, given their contraband status, and in all likelihood a lot longer than that. Not a bug.
Entirely sure. The only thing I’ve done with freed slaves is jettison them. Is there a way for me to go back many months in logs to provide proof that I traded slaves that were not but now are contraband? If so I will do that if it helps convince you.
Just got confirmation from others, the Slave item has been contraband and uncontractable for well over half a decade now. You’re either misremembering what item you’re trading in or how you’ve been doing it. It can be direct traded between characters, or using corp hangars and so on, but haven’t been contractable for at least six or seven years, probably a lot longer.
This has been a pain in my backside since early 2010s as a Minnie doing ‘freeing slaves’ runs for a long long time.
As someone who plays the game as a Minmatar, you play the game wrong. But I am sure that I was able to trade this item before. Maybe it was a direct trade, rather than a contract? I think you might have solved my problem, but this is still an unforgivable bug imo.
You have answered your own question. It was a direct trade rather than a contract. The game does not allow you to contract items that at least one faction deems contraband.
Something that’s been working as intended for as long as the game has been going is not a bug. You just want something that isn’t and wasn’t ever real. Sorry.