From f17ca9bd655152624b6a43c4a304a46d4685a4d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: evanpelle <evanpelle@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:39:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] meta: increase trade ship sigmoid midpoint 200 => 400

---
 src/core/configuration/Config.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/core/configuration/Config.ts b/src/core/configuration/Config.ts
index 1cb6940f1..c549cac98 100644
--- a/src/core/configuration/Config.ts
+++ b/src/core/configuration/Config.ts
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ export class Config {
     const decayRate = Math.LN2 / 50;
 
     // Approaches 0 as numTradeShips increase
-    const baseSpawnRate = 1 - sigmoid(numTradeShips, decayRate, 200);
+    const baseSpawnRate = 1 - sigmoid(numTradeShips, decayRate, 400);
 
     // Pity timer: increases spawn chance after consecutive rejections
     const rejectionModifier = 1 / (tradeShipSpawnRejections + 1);