but the bigger problem is , how is money getting into the economy? all I'm seeing is money is created when you sell minerals to the station directly. this only happens if your a new player and don't know how to use the auction house, or the economy crashes on a mineral down to a set price and its more profitable to sell to the station rather then auction house.... that is it? wow
This not "only happen" when the economy crash. People haul whole asteroids to be sold to the station. Sure they could potentially make more money mining and selling to the auction house, but hauling is quick money while AH can take time, sometimes a long time. Players who want to make money fast don't care that much about maximizing profit, just maximizing the output for the time spent.
with this , why dose it $cost$ me money to build on MY station... its my hardware, I own the equipment. it would make better since if building at stations you own, building ships was free of $cost$...
The game is unfinished, lots of mechanics are still placeholder. It won't stay that way once the devs get back to finishing it.