Rear Admiral for the corvette makes sense. Duke for that type 9 you guys tried to pass off as a warship is a bit harsh.
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The cutter is an unstoppable Type-9 and a half.. it might not be a great combat vessel but it's going to be a bulletproof super trader... it's still awesome, just not in the same same way as the Corvette.
Well that rank info is good news for my soon to have new Corvette, but not so good for the iSide though 
I'd like a career that wouldn't discriminate me... you know... i'm not a freakin lord or prince.
Well I decided to stick with it after thinking this ranking up is broken.
Managed to get up 2 ranks to baron in 16 hours of play.
Long way to go yet but will keep at it.
FYI I ditched the conda, vulture etc and bought an asp with no shields and did a lot of long range missions using the info from previous posts.
Also donated a lot of credits at empire stations, but I also made about 20 million during the whole process.
It's a hell of a grind but I think it is definitely still possible.
Managed to get up 2 ranks to baron in 16 hours of play.
Long way to go yet but will keep at it.
FYI I ditched the conda, vulture etc and bought an asp with no shields and did a lot of long range missions using the info from previous posts.
Also donated a lot of credits at empire stations, but I also made about 20 million during the whole process.
It's a hell of a grind but I think it is definitely still possible.
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The grind slowly eats away at my motivation, so I am happy flying the Anaconda for a while until I get up there. I will grind out some charity missions for a hour or so, then it's off to pick up a wing and hit a HAZRES. That's more fun for me.
Makes sense mate.
Ive just been grinding with XB1 on a monitor whilst watching TV. It's ok as long as I don't miss an interdiction or smash into a star lol
~400 if you need to lock, and you need to be direct ahead, and 800 to unlock, but it is easy to keep larger distance, and of course even if you lock, then at distance chang it unlock again.
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How would you handle the situation when someone currently have both high ranks?
I am Rear Admiral in Federation, and will soon be Duke in Empire. How will that change affect me?
Cutter is 792 tonnes according to the wiki and a 199.9 mil price tag.
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Totally agree Rhea I feel really stupid with a title of King. Doesn't matter in Fed as the ranks there are genderless, But Empire are sexists.
It depends on what ship is trying to be stealthy.
[video=youtube;fPYH8gB2uTc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPYH8gB2uTc[/video]
Is a pretty thorough test of silent running capabilities. However there is one thing to note, If the target that is trying to be stealthy is moving the range at which they can be detected increases. All of the tests in the video above were done against stationary ships.
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Try doing combat missions. Charity missions earn very little toward the next rank. And IMO, Doing target kill contracts or Assassination contracts can be quite fun.
Hey! How long it'll take to reach Duke as a Squire? I am simply curious! And impaitent, very impaitent
I would say if you played everyday for 4-5 hours a day and did nothing but the right BB mission, maybe a week. That's just a very loose estimate, there is no telling really.
Tempest, I find that the charity missions are easiest, my goal when I do those is not to leave the station. I'm in no rush for the new ships. Gives me something to shoot for, which I don't mind one bit!
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You mean like it should've been already?
Fair enough, I've been stacking around 20-30 kill pirate missions or Assassination contracts for the same system and then leave to go do them. Gets some good bounties in the process too.
Damn.
Ranked up 3 levels this week and that took some hours and grinding. Waaaaaaaay too much grinding.
Then I realised I got 3 more to go before I can get the rank I want.
Sod this for a lark.
Will just have to leave it until it comes now. Really can't be doing any more grinding.
Will split ED with other game time now. I at least want some fun too.
Ranked up 3 levels this week and that took some hours and grinding. Waaaaaaaay too much grinding.
Then I realised I got 3 more to go before I can get the rank I want.
Sod this for a lark.
Will just have to leave it until it comes now. Really can't be
doing any more grinding.Will split ED with other game time now. I at least want some fun too.
Damn.
Ranked up 3 levels this week and that took some hours and grinding. Waaaaaaaay too much grinding.
Then I realised I got 3 more to go before I can get the rank I want.
Sod this for a lark.
Will just have to leave it until it comes now. Really can't be
Will split ED with other game time now. I at least want some fun too.
Well, 1.5 also adds a progress bar for the ranks so it will be easier to gauge what effect your actions are having.
Is that a good thing though mate?
Might put me off a bit more.
I was hoping for more content really so it can take the onus of having to grind to get anywhere.
Now I made a load of cash and only thing left to buy are ships that could take months of grinding to get.
I really hope they can do something with the balancing so there is really no need to grind for the biggest tank to stay alive.
I may have actually burnt out on ED as I've put way too much time in since day one preview.
Damn game is so addictive but also so annoying.
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Does it not change if your pilot gender is set as female?
If not, then... Outrage
Well, it should've been better but as I've stated before, it probably has become too good.