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CMDR Kantos Kan
I dont know how you count that 20x30 makes 10000-3000...
I can never reach 10000 merits in one week with the few game time I have.
Especially if i have to make 400 ly to report before thursday...
Well, your setup is probably different than me. But here is how I do it. First of all, I got to 10,000 merits over several cycles. Each cycle, I would try to get a little more than the previous cycle. Trying to get 10,000 merits in a single week is possible but that's a lot of work. Once you get to 10,000, at the beginning of a cycle, you will usually have about 4,500 merits carried over from the previous cycle. 10,000 - 4,500 = 5,500. So, I need to get 5,500 merits during the week to maintain my 10,000 merits. Now, for a start, I will do fortification. I am not merely farming merits. I try to help my power. During the day, I will load the cargo of my ship to its max of 352 tons with fortification documents. 352 x 7 = 2,464. I get easily 2,464 merits just for bringing fortification documents. 5,500 - 2,464 = 3,036. I need to find a way to earn 3,036 merits over 7 days. 3,036 / 7 = 434 merits each day. So, after delivering my 352 tons of fortification documents, I will head out to an opposing faction control system to undermine it. Each kill gives you 30 merits. So, 434 / 30 = 15. I have to make 15 kills every day to earn my 434 merits which will take me to the 10,000 merits and the rank 5. You can usually do 15 kills in one hour. Sometimes, if you're lucky, you will get a wing of 2 or 3 enemy ships. That's even faster. So, it depends on how much time you can put in the game. If you have 2 hours daily, I think it's reachable. I usually get to 10,000 by Monday or Tuesday. I never wait at the last day. Something might go wrong, the cycle ends and you miss your 10,000. Right now, I have 9,134 merits in bank. I will most likely get it by the end of the day today or tomorrow. The reason I get to 10,000 before the end of the cycle is because I spend a little more time during the weekend. Usually, during the weekend, I can do 2 runs of fortification, so, that's 700 merits right there. A little bit of undermining and I can easily get 1,000 merits on a single day during the weekend. That helps! I understand that not everybody can put that amount of time in the game. If I was not able to reach the 10,000, I would just do what I need to get 1,500 and be happy with the 5M credits every week.
That's how I do it.
