It's now moving beyond a joke. Been 25 hrs of gameplay since I got the 7th piece. Have salvaged over 1,000,000 tons of Xan, and another 1,000,000 tons of the rest. Had over 1000 drops. Can't really build my ship because with the trading nerf, crew costs can't really go over 1,000,000Cr an hour.
Seen at least a dozen traveling salesfolk in that time, which strikes me as way too low (one every 2 hrs of play is nowhere near enough), and uncountable numbers of hostiles.
Frustrating your players is not a good way of building a base of dedicated fans.