The problem is it is utterly boring and tedious.
Engineers Unlock requirements for Broo Tarquin and Didi Vatermann are set too high
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The problem is it is utterly boring and tedious.
Wow, reminds me when I did 24 binges of mining in Eve Online and mass selling for ISK. Leave the PC and mine come back and sell to someone.
I think a lot of the engineers requirements are set way too high.
The the initial 5 engineers, the requirements are so low it is a joke, so newbies can get high tech almost for free.
The second tier of engineers are hard (1,000,000 in combat bonds, cigars etc),
But the Third Tier engineers are really really difficult (10M bonds, 100T tea, travelled 5000ly from your start system).
I thought Prof. Palin was only 3,000 light years from start last week, has this gone up?? I have done 2,890 lys from the start, so either way I cant qualify. And I wont be travelling 5,000 lys from the start for Palin simply to get level 5 thrusters, as its two weeks work for a ship which requires a lot of power for a bit more speed.
The the initial 5 engineers, the requirements are so low it is a joke, so newbies can get high tech almost for free.
The second tier of engineers are hard (1,000,000 in combat bonds, cigars etc),
But the Third Tier engineers are really really difficult (10M bonds, 100T tea, travelled 5000ly from your start system).
I thought Prof. Palin was only 3,000 light years from start last week, has this gone up?? I have done 2,890 lys from the start, so either way I cant qualify. And I wont be travelling 5,000 lys from the start for Palin simply to get level 5 thrusters, as its two weeks work for a ship which requires a lot of power for a bit more speed.
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...and I was thinking 4 trips for 50 tons of cigars was excessive,
50 TONNES OF CIGARS.
I bet she coughs like a coal miner.
50 TONNES OF CIGARS.
I bet she coughs like a coal miner.
5000 ly isn't that much for an explorer, or for anyone now, for that matter. I mean, to get to Palin you'd first need to get to Martuuk anyway, and then you'd have a 46ly Asp set for exploration. Heck, you could even use a hauler! It's then a 4-5 hour journey there and back.
But yeah, my first trip ever was well over 5000ly out, and my second to 16000ly. I've yet to go to beagle point, but that's likely to happen as soon as I get my Asp fully modded for exploration.
But yeah, my first trip ever was well over 5000ly out, and my second to 16000ly. I've yet to go to beagle point, but that's likely to happen as soon as I get my Asp fully modded for exploration.
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No its still there, i'm doing cigar lady at the moment she wants 50 and you can get 8 at a time if you refresh so 7 trips woohoo :/, tea man is only 3 trips more. However you look at it its pretty dull time wasting.
I have tried looking for them as a piracy good but no luck so far, I might try for the tea though just to mix things up a bit.
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Does selling them stolen goods work?
Im trying to find out, previously the only rares i've ever seen in quite an extended spree of NPC piracy has been experience jelly and master chefs
I'll take a look at the tea vendor it takes such a long time waiting for wanted smugglers in supercruise that Its quicker just to suck up the 8 at a time on cigars but 100 tea is taking the mickey so i'll hang around in system and see if anyone carries them. Thanks for the info!
Actually I got an idea to get it done fast :
- Form a group of people and get to the rare station (such as fujin tea)
- One guy stays out of the port with collector limpets, while the others shuttle their allowances to him. Once his hold is full, go the engi and start fill the next guy.
- Once the first guy cargo is delivered, come back to help the others.
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As someone prviously pointed out : Padding.
It is utterly incredibly stupid and mind numbing. Its a personal attack on my intelligence. Did I pay for this game ? yes I did. Must have been drunk!
Whats your excuses?
Cheers Cmdr's
It is utterly incredibly stupid and mind numbing. Its a personal attack on my intelligence. Did I pay for this game ? yes I did. Must have been drunk!
Whats your excuses?
Cheers Cmdr's
You wouldn't have been drunk if you didn't drink all the Lavian Brandy...
That's for the Engineer, silly!
I was gonna try that but i'm loathe to ask a bunch of players to come waste their time with me i'm not sure that many people have a broo invitation yet tbh but having spent ~2 hours both stocking up on 10 tea while scanning ships in and out of the station and in supercruise I have seen zero Tea in any place other than the station.
Even getting people to ship them out it only stocks 2 at a time, your talking hours even if there were 5 of you :/
Only 2 at a time ? lol.
As for me, I will not bother with those engineers as long as FD does not reconsider such silliness.
As for me, I will not bother with those engineers as long as FD does not reconsider such silliness.
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Well it hasn't been like this when we bought/backed it...
I know but I can't even get there because of the damned Sirius bug
Me either, I had the system unlocked prior to this patch and now I don't and can't.
Broo is listed as pulse and bursts, he also does beams as they were highlighted when I docked (no idea to what rank for any of them) I will have this unlocked over the next few days but with something so extremely tedious i'm hardly rushing it
Also the crime spree I'm going to unleash on Fujin when i'm done with this tea will be legendary, this mechanic would fail the "is this fun" test within 10 minutes let alone 15 hours.
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