It was rather easy to open shops in War.
The game's NPCs had high artificial intelligence, so hiring one would solve all the trivial daily tasks such as watching over the store, buying and selling items, etc. In fact, once there was a fixed channel, matters of importing and exporting could even be handled by an NPC merchant with high AI.
This was all to say that to open in a shop in War, players didn't even have to personally keep watch over it. It would be just like some retail shops in real life. All it required was some initial investment and hiring a few NPCs. As they said, invest intelligently and grow your wealth!
For this reason, at the beginning of War, shops were very popular. Almost all the shops in every system city with a good location had been grabbed by players. Star Gaming had also made a good profit out of the system. But, very quickly, the initial investment surge led to a massive wave of bankruptcy within just half a month.
