So much good feedback, some really good idea's that made sense to me.
It's hard to suggest things at times, because I'm of the opinion that if it floats your boat to farm massive Networth, is it really going to break the game for someone else? And if not, then hey, whatever makes you happy! Obviously lag can and does create a problem for individuals when they play (because of big farms), so really that should be addressed. Like someone else mentioned I also usually blow a bit of networth on a new wipe session.... so to me I like to have a nice safety net put away.
I've voted for the break even option, because of the lag concerns, and there are other ways to farm. Even my 16 plots for the occasional help rotation sets me up with a nice little top up of networth. But ultimately I like to use stone (pub quarry), HQM (pub quarry - halving output would still give me enough for my few builds plus some to put towards scrap for "costs"), and of course LGF (which I do a lot of mini flying with...but also the obvious Networth top ups every few real life days with a bulk sales).
In between running "the dailies", if I've got time to muck around, I like to farm crates or hit heli's and the APC as natural or signal spawns. I end up amassing a heap of components that even if I had a full time shop going - I'd still not run out of pipes, gears, tech trash, stop signs, gun bodies. And then there are the excess guns I try to give away occasionally or just end up scrapping. I hate to think of the calculations needed to balance such changes - but could I not sell excess custom SMGs, pistols, or ladder hatches to the /shop? Or my mass of sewing kits? Sure I can scrap them down... but wouldn't they be worth more to the shop as a whole product in a role-play sense? I'm wondering now if I actually have or haven't seen sewing kits as marketable items ? 😅
I guess the analogy of a smorgasbord comes to mind. If you don't want everyone at a Chinese banquet to all focus on eating the honey chicken and avoiding the chicken chow-mein, then you better have some sweet and sour pork, special friend rice (edit: Oops, my secret is out), honey prawns, and rainbow beef available as well.... thanks for reading, hope you're all hungry now ðŸ˜