Have you seen an announcement?
Rare Commodities List!
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Have you seen an announcement?
Just this: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=71778
No idea if it's true.
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And now this:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=71785
No mention of rares in the change log
I'm playing and no change in values noticed
On an Asp there is no point scooping. It is so fuel efficent/well tanked that you can do one of these long runs without scooping. The extra 32 (?) cargo will give huger profits, just one of which will pay the fuel bill
On the type-9 I have the best scoop going, an A3, and have to use it once each trip, and a second time to top the tank off at the end. I'm choosing to scoop just over mid journey when I find a system with no NPC's hanging around. But that did not stop something really nasty on my last trip.
No sooner had I started to scoop than i was interdicted and submitted. This is the best way because the frame shift comes online after just a couple of seconds. Even for that short a time I get the point defences, ecm and chaff ready. This time it was absolutely necessary. My shields were down before I could hit the shield cell button. I lost another 30% quickly selecting a target within the system to jump to (I had been about to select the next target as I was jumped - must be quicker next time). While the fsd cranked up I was hit hard again and went down to 51%. At the same time I got multiple missile warning and saw 3 streak past me. And in all that I did not have a chance to check what kind of ship was attacking me. Phew
I diverted to upgrade my kit. Computer says no. Completely unable to upgrade my shield gen from E6, even to the top one, because the Hull is too heavy. I have the top power supply and power distributor so I don't understand the thinking on that. So better upgrade the bulkheads then. Computer says not yet -
REINFORCED ALLOYS 61,244,673
MILITARY GRADE COMPOSITES 268,711,005
MIRRORED SURFACE COMPOSITE 392,501,801
REACTIVE SURFACE COMPOSITE 410,109,645
Thats right. The cheapest upgrade is almost as much as the ship itself. And the best stuff is 5 times the cost of the ship
On an Asp there is no point scooping. It is so fuel efficent/well tanked that you can do one of these long runs without scooping. The extra 32 (?) cargo will give huger profits, just one of which will pay the fuel bill
On the type-9 I have the best scoop going, an A3, and have to use it once each trip, and a second time to top the tank off at the end. I'm choosing to scoop just over mid journey when I find a system with no NPC's hanging around. But that did not stop something really nasty on my last trip.
No sooner had I started to scoop than i was interdicted and submitted. This is the best way because the frame shift comes online after just a couple of seconds. Even for that short a time I get the point defences, ecm and chaff ready. This time it was absolutely necessary. My shields were down before I could hit the shield cell button. I lost another 30% quickly selecting a target within the system to jump to (I had been about to select the next target as I was jumped - must be quicker next time). While the fsd cranked up I was hit hard again and went down to 51%. At the same time I got multiple missile warning and saw 3 streak past me. And in all that I did not have a chance to check what kind of ship was attacking me. Phew
I diverted to upgrade my kit. Computer says no. Completely unable to upgrade my shield gen from E6, even to the top one, because the Hull is too heavy. I have the top power supply and power distributor so I don't understand the thinking on that. So better upgrade the bulkheads then. Computer says not yet -
REINFORCED ALLOYS 61,244,673
MILITARY GRADE COMPOSITES 268,711,005
MIRRORED SURFACE COMPOSITE 392,501,801
REACTIVE SURFACE COMPOSITE 410,109,645
Thats right. The cheapest upgrade is almost as much as the ship itself. And the best stuff is 5 times the cost of the ship
Ditch it and put another cargo rack in it's place. After a 150ly jump you'll still have about 1/3 of a tank left which is plenty for contingency.
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I'm playing and no change in values noticed
On an Asp there is no point scooping. It is so fuel efficent/well tanked that you can do one of these long runs without scooping. The extra 32 (?) cargo will give huger profits, just one of which will pay the fuel bill
On the type-9 I have the best scoop going, an A3, and have to use it once each trip, and a second time to top the tank off at the end. I'm choosing to scoop just over mid journey when I find a system with no NPC's hanging around. But that did not stop something really nasty on my last trip.
No sooner had I started to scoop than i was interdicted and submitted. This is the best way because the frame shift comes online after just a couple of seconds. Even for that short a time I get the point defences, ecm and chaff ready. This time it was absolutely necessary. My shields were down before I could hit the shield cell button. I lost another 30% quickly selecting a target within the system to jump to (I had been about to select the next target as I was jumped - must be quicker next time). While the fsd cranked up I was hit hard again and went down to 51%. At the same time I got multiple missile warning and saw 3 streak past me. And in all that I did not have a chance to check what kind of ship was attacking me. Phew
I diverted to upgrade my kit. Computer says no. Completely unable to upgrade my shield gen from E6, even to the top one, because the Hull is too heavy. I have the top power supply and power distributor so I don't understand the thinking on that. So better upgrade the bulkheads then. Computer says not yet -
REINFORCED ALLOYS 61,244,673
MILITARY GRADE COMPOSITES 268,711,005
MIRRORED SURFACE COMPOSITE 392,501,801
REACTIVE SURFACE COMPOSITE 410,109,645
Thats right. The cheapest upgrade is almost as much as the ship itself. And the best stuff is 5 times the cost of the ship
I'm starting to think that the upgrades cost are a bit out of whack. For larger ships it just seems so expensive and there's nothing out there where you can make a commensurate amount of profit per run compared to the mid-rang (T6/Asp) ships
someone put up sommat on the boards about a German report
Try scooping every star on the way instead. When you drop out, aim the ship just above the green fsd-boundary and give it full throttle. When you're done selecting next destination pull straight up and hit fsd with the star behind you. You'll almost never get interdicted. I don't know exactly what internals you can fit in a type9 but if you're currently using an A3 scoop I expect you could increase profits/hour by 10-20% with a 4 or a 5, while reducing interdictions (and damage).
Type9 suffers the same shield "bug" as type6, need to go to a bigger class. Don't know why this still hasn't been adressed, I ticketed it in B2.
Yep you're right - sorry took me a while to read the change log was just reacting to the in-game message.
will make sure I stop at a suitable station and see if there is any difference when the new release is up.
Right, that's my last leg before 2.0. I've picked up another 126t Chi Eridani fish goo and I'll park up until the servers are back and check the stock levels again. If nothing else, at least the new route planner should help - better than a spreadsheet anyway!
See you in a few hours ;-)
See you in a few hours ;-)
Chi Eridani at Steve Master's Station is where you want to be.. 1000+ tons of the "rare"-stuff. Just in case the commodities nerf is a sneaky one, you want to have your cargohold at max. capacity (theres also LK6's for sale at this very station)
For the record, just visited Gilya - Bell Orbital is the only station with a commodities market, and saw no rare goodies.
This is as of Gamma 1.05, but parked up there so can check if it's the same with Gamma 2.0 in half an hour or so.
I'm pretty sure the last server patch which came out with patch 1.05 had a change log... no ?
Yup. Plus, there was a set of server-side fixes announced today, in addition to 2.0 (which is 90% server-side). We will see shortly at any rate...
The A3 scoop is the highest I can go in the 3 slot. But yes I have to refine my scoopability. Doing something better though as I just arrived at Jaroua with 100% health. And suddenly boost has started working taking the 9 from a speed of about 90 to 190 - thats a significant improval