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The black market is a place for players to buy units that have been produced by various independant manufacturers across the Inner Sphere. It's accessible via the black market tab.
  
== Common factory ==
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Most units on the black market are created automatically, and in most cases they are specifically sold to the black market. If a [[production|faction's hangars]] get too full, however, they can also ship units off to be sold on the black market. This process is random, and it becomes more likely as more units of a particular type accumulate in faction hangars.  
Common factory is the place where you buy units, produced by various independant manufacturers across the Inner Sphere. It's accessible via common factory tab. Unit model is determined randomly using appropriate '''rare''' [[buildtable]].
 
An auction for the upcoming unit(s) is held every [[tick]]. Only players with non-negative number of free bays participate (even though it's technically possible to bid in advance) and the unit goes to the highest bidder. Common factory produces a single unit each tick, excessive units from house bays also end up here, that's the reason there are sometimes more than one unit per tick for sale.
 
[[File:BM.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Common Factory screen]]
 
  
*Unit column gives a type of a unit for sale,the actual model is hidden.
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Units are listed for sale for 48 [[tick|ticks]], or 12 RL hours. The bidding process is a silent auction, where players may make bids(at a cost of 20 [[resources|influence]] each), and the high bidder at the end of the auction receives the unit. Money is not withdrawn until an auction is won, so be careful not to spend too many C-Bills if you have active bids outstanding. In order to see the unit being sold, you can click the Show Unit button. If you change your mind about a bid, you can retract it and guarantee that the money will not be spent, but you will not get the influence back.  
*Minimum bid column is just what it says,you can't bid less than that.
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*Ticks is the number of ticks till the auction for the the unit,0 ticks means the auction is to occur at the end of the current tick.
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There is an option in the menus when right-clicking a unit to sell it on the black market, but this functionality is disabled on the server at present. Nothing will happen if you try to sell a unit.
*Your bid is how much you've bid for a unit.
 
*Place bid pops up a window to type your bid in,it costs 20 [[Flu (influence)|flu]] to bid.
 
*Remove bid allows you to remove a bid,should you change your mind(you don't get flu back).
 
*Sell unit\Remove unit.Players can't sell their units in the current setting.
 

Latest revision as of 16:16, 13 May 2017

The black market is a place for players to buy units that have been produced by various independant manufacturers across the Inner Sphere. It's accessible via the black market tab.

Most units on the black market are created automatically, and in most cases they are specifically sold to the black market. If a faction's hangars get too full, however, they can also ship units off to be sold on the black market. This process is random, and it becomes more likely as more units of a particular type accumulate in faction hangars.

Units are listed for sale for 48 ticks, or 12 RL hours. The bidding process is a silent auction, where players may make bids(at a cost of 20 influence each), and the high bidder at the end of the auction receives the unit. Money is not withdrawn until an auction is won, so be careful not to spend too many C-Bills if you have active bids outstanding. In order to see the unit being sold, you can click the Show Unit button. If you change your mind about a bid, you can retract it and guarantee that the money will not be spent, but you will not get the influence back.

There is an option in the menus when right-clicking a unit to sell it on the black market, but this functionality is disabled on the server at present. Nothing will happen if you try to sell a unit.