SpectralMeat wrote on Jan 20, 2015, 21:29:
Thanks!
CD-37 641 is 180Ly away from where I am
I'll haul my ship over some other night
I am in Leesti
SpectralMeat wrote on Jan 20, 2015, 19:23:
Thanks for the trade route by the way I will definietly check it out. The 11 stop rare trade run is profitable but it literally takes me 2 nights to make it around to get back to the starting point to swap ships and able to do something else which is a bit too much of a time investment for me.
I like to be able to jump between fighting and trading a bit more frequently.
SpectralMeat wrote on Jan 20, 2015, 19:23:
The guy recording the video was in a Viper. He was being interdicted by the Python. Than his friend jumped in with an Asp and they chew the Python into pieces.
Bbye 80mill ship.
Hopefully he had insurrance. I can imagine the wtf on the Python player face when the Asp showed up.
Thanks for the trade route by the way I will definietly check it out. The 11 stop rare trade run is profitable but it literally takes me 2 nights to make it around to get back to the starting point to swap ships and able to do something else which is a bit too much of a time investment for me.
I like to be able to jump between fighting and trading a bit more frequently.
SpectralMeat wrote on Jan 20, 2015, 11:24:Mr. Tact wrote on Jan 20, 2015, 11:10:Yeah but that ship itself cost 56mill or something. It's probably up in the 80-90 mill range when you have it well equipped.
*ugh* Insurance on a reasonably equipped Python -- $5.5M
Not really sure what you'd use it though, killing all the smaller ships would probably rack up your repair bill.
Also this doesn't make me want to run out and buy one as soon as I have the money for it.
I guess if you fly in a pack it can be a super powerful ship but solo not the best idea
SpectralMeat wrote on Jan 20, 2015, 15:46:Mr. Tact wrote on Jan 20, 2015, 15:35:Remember the market is player driven even in solo.
Mind giving the specifics?
If he gives specifics and we all start doing the same trade run the market may get flooded and no longer profitable.
With that said I have no clue how much of an influence a single player has on the market tbh.
SpectralMeat wrote on Jan 20, 2015, 16:05:Mr. Tact wrote on Jan 20, 2015, 15:56:Actually a correction to my comment the market is influenced by player actions but not driven by it.
Really? Wow, did realize that figured it was static.
Reading up on this I guess players can not make as big of a difference to market as Frontier made it out to be before the game launched.
Mr. Tact wrote on Jan 20, 2015, 15:35:Vall Forran wrote on Jan 20, 2015, 13:26:Mind giving the specifics?
I found a pretty sweet route. It's just between 2 stations that are only 5.4 ly apart. I have 224t of cargo space. Fuel cost is laughable since the distance is so short. I sell beryllium one way and make about $250k. Then I bring Imperial Slaves back for about $230k. I make just under $500k in about 7 minutes. Rinse, repeat. I don't think rare trading can beat that.
Mr. Tact wrote on Jan 20, 2015, 10:47:
Something else I've been meaning to ask about..
I've see people indicating that once they had a ship with 200t cargo they could make far more money on 4 jump loops then you could on rare runs. But I haven't ever seen any specifics on this, anyone know if that's true and have an example of a trade you could do?
Mr. Tact wrote on Jan 20, 2015, 08:21:Vall Forran wrote on Jan 19, 2015, 23:57:Been meaning to talk about this -- since the Slave missions give reasonable bucks, I was assuming they gave reasonable reputation. Since they always have those long mission times, I've been grabbing them when I see them, save up 5 or 6 of them, then go buy slaves at the only place I know about, Abazi. Where are you getting your slaves?
Flew back to my clipper and sold the adder. Back to slave trading!
SpectralMeat wrote on Jan 19, 2015, 13:47:
Ones the shields are down the multi cannons do a lot more damage than the lasers, especially if you are close.
I often fire them all at the same time to do max damage also but it is nice to have the option to use them separately.
Mr. Tact wrote on Jan 17, 2015, 09:13:
Okay, I decided to try working on my Empire reputation thinking I might buy a Clipper some day and I have a couple of questions.
1. Is there someplace specific I should be looking for the rep. jobs? I seem to spend as much time flying around looking for them as doing them.
2. Most of them seem to be for the local system Empire faction, does that count to the "Empire" itself or not?
And as a comment, it sure would be nice if the faction displays and awards were more precise. I have no idea if I need to do 100 of these things or 10,000...