Trading food gives you a 400% profit margin consistently! Why are we worried about a measly 30% tax?
First of all, its not consistent since it depends solely on events. Try trading food without an event.
Its not a simple 30% tax its actually a 66.6%.
The math has been explained in this thread for non-event trading a couple of times.
I was asking about how to get out of vengeful status though, not hostile
No way to get out of vengeful at the moment. (aside from starting a new character)
I have to say - I don't agree with people who are saying you wait around for events. First of all, there are events happening all the time (and I do mean every moment - never have I seen no events). Second of all, I played as a trader and found even non event runs to be just fine. You just have to be on your toes - finish your run and plan a new one.
Do you have any actual info on those runs? because i have every space-station between Corvus, Valhalla/Ragnar, Arcadia and Magec recorded and have yet to find any actual profitable run. i have been over the math in this thread
http://fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index.php?topic=8430.msg143751#msg143751here. You are either making very slim margins if you find a resource that is selling without the very aggressive diminishing prices, or no profit at all.
A key example here would be: Arcadia>Agreus station. The station has OreRefinery(2) Which you would think this station consumes Ore and R-Ore while producing Metal and R-Metals. (By the tool tip for "Ore Refinery" and the market page). when this station drops to 50%+ not supplied for ore and rare ore the nearest Ore Mining facility is Magec>New Maxios.
This run should* be profitable so long as % supply is met and not met at the required planets however it is not due to the highly agressive diminishing returns and the 66.6% tariff.
If the margins are too slim for what you want, then buy/sell on the black market. The penalties are really small and even the occasional investigation isn't too bad - just manage your reputation if it gets low and avoid *** that faction off for a bit.
for black market;
http://fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index.php?topic=8435.msg143753#msg143753there is a decent breakdown of how the black market effects when using a 50/50 split.
not to mention simply avoiding a faction does not improve your standing with them you either have to go out and kill pirates or trade wholly on the open market.