Only thing I could think of too. I have never had this happen in any of my ships over the last 2.75 years, so I doubt it is a bug.
Lost ships due to life support running out
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Only thing I could think of too. I have never had this happen in any of my ships over the last 2.75 years, so I doubt it is a bug.
How exactly are you going about making your credits? The 15 million to outfit an Asp can be garnered in a few days game time with a Viper/Eagle, bounty hunting. I'm not one of the super-mega-rich types by all means, with about half a billion to my name (and almost all of it into a single Anaconda) but making the credits necessary to outfit an Asp even at 10 million is pretty much child's play.
This thread is awesome as well, I just think everyone should know that. I'd give out cookies if I could.
Without credits you can barely accomplish anything in this game.. The sights are fun and all but when your FSD only goes 5lyrs it's not like you can really cover any ground. Everything you do in this game (even fuel) costs credits. I have tried for weeks to find easy ways to make credits and every single method I find requires that you have credits to spend first. I'm starting again, with nothing. I have no credits to spend on anything, barely enough for fuel. This isn't about game value to me it's about what the game requires for me to be successful.. ie.. credits. :/
My time in the Sidewinder was great fun. I spent a long time in that ship and A-rated it completely.
Earning money was a much slower process in those days.
Nowadays people get into an Asp in a day, or they buy a Python in a weekend.
You will be up and running again in no time.
Don't fixate on credits too much.
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Typically I do sourcing missions in industrial stations but that is no longer an option now that I'm broke as a joke. I can't even afford new hardpoints on my sidewinder so how am I supposed to do bounty-hunting? I'm in between a rock an a hard place and really not motivated to grind missions only worth 10k for several hours trying to accumulate enough for new hardpoints or ships... :/
I suggest that you post a question in the Newcomers forum:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/forumdisplay.php/75-Newcomers-Forum
You'll be offered several suggestions for making money in the game. Sounds like you just need a bit of guidance.
Oh and Bounty hunting in RES sites is quite easy in a stock sidewinder as long as you follow the Cops around and get a few shots in on their kills. (personally think it's a bit of an exploit - but it's part of the game)
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If you're still around when I come back to the bubble and are still having issues sourcing credits, shoot me a PM here (Add me to your friends list in-game as well) and I'll come give you a palladium shower. That should boost you up a bit to a point where you can jump back into the missions you're more familiar with.
It's gonna be a few weeks before I head back that way though, probably not until beta ends and the new patch drops.
It's gonna be a few weeks before I head back that way though, probably not until beta ends and the new patch drops.
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Well now, that's a bit of an exaggeration OP. An A-Rated C2 FSD for your sidewinder costs 160k. That's literally one mission to increase your jump range to 17 Ly. A basic Cobra III is 350k... literally one mission!!!!
As someone said above, you can easily be in an A-Rated T-6 in very little time.
It takes literally 4 hours to get to the cobra, even if you go through all the other ships on the way up (something I highly recommend you do OP, the fall is nowhere near as far when you have a safety net!) The ASP can a while to get, but the type 6 is a far easier goal (1-2 days) and is almost as capable at anything other than combat. Once you get the Type 6 the ASPx is just a stones throw away.
Literally, you could spend a week (or less) in game & get back to where you were with a little bit of effort. Plus, of course, you have indeed learned a valuable lesson, one that you shall not be repeating.
Simply put, with core modules, if it is smaller than the one you have, don't buy it, even if it does have a higher letter rating.
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Keep what you buy the fall simply isn't quite as far!
As for bounty hunting, follow authority ships about on larger ships in nav beacons / res sites get the last couple of hits in and you are golden (but make sure they have the wanted tag first)
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That's fine and all to say that it's easy but your telling that to someone who just spent 3 weeks grinding 8 mil.. so I don't know what you're talking about. I can't afford a 160k FSD!!! I have LOANED STOCK components an 1,000 credits. What are you expecting me to do?
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Missions are giving me MAX 20k per mission, I'm supposed to grind that for hours again? No thanks..
No, you do a handful of those for the same faction so that you build reputation with them. Then they start offering you basically the same missions for 100k. Then 500k. You need to make a bit of a name for yourself with the locals to get access to higher paying missions.
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If you did that many missions previously to get the Asp, you should be allied with one or more of the factions you worked for. Look to them for some of the more lucrative missions. Also, instead of sourcing, try some delivery missions (cargo or data), as they won't have any cost outlay for yourself.
There is no "handful" of these missions.. It's like 3 at a time all in different stations in different systems. :/
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Exactly. As I stated earlier - With high faction rep, there are missions that will pay you 4M for little effort and require no cargo space.
You can accomplish most anything in this game in any ship... so, if you want to fly around just upgrade your Sidey to explore. While you are out and about do scans to make some extra funds. You can get up to around 20ly in an unengineered Sidey... I went to Sag A in a 20ly Clipper... So, you could conceivably go to the core in a ship that can cost you very little (depending on the fuel scoop and adv. discovery scanner which cost a few million...)
Fuel is dirt cheap. I have been playing for a long while, and my total credits spent on fuel is about 300k... I have traveled over 160kly and visited almost 7000 systems. Fuel is dirt cheap, and getting a fuel scoop is an initial investment, but negates some upkeep costs. Also opens up places with no stations...
I disagree credits make you successful. Unless you measure your success by credits... Personally, I measure my success by completing self-made goals. Sure, some of those goals require credits (i.e. own a Cutter), but most do not (i.e. be a Duke in the Empire). So, if you measure your success by credits, then I could agree.I just hat philosophy I suppose.
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Pick a faction. Any faction. Pick up available missions and run them. Return to that faction at that station. Do it again, and return again. As you do this, your rep will increase and the payouts will generally be higher.
Run a few data delivery mission, dump the shield gen and basic scanner, fit cargo racks. Haul mission cargo for the factions in your area - It costs you nothing except fuel. Should take you an hour or so max to afford a Cobra. You could even head planetside and raid shipwrecks or other POI's, sell it back at the station.
Once you have a Cobra, do the same thing on a slightly larger scale, strip the ship and buy cargo racks. After that you have plenty of options, buy a half decent FSD and do a rare run, you'll have millions in a few hours.
The above is only one path, you have plenty of options to make money quickly. As mentioned in my previous post, doing the above got me into an Asp in a few hours, I wasn't even trying.
If you want to make a silly amount of money really quickly, once you have a Cobra, fit some passenger cabins and go off on a short tour.
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Even upgrading from a E to D FSD (less than 6K in a side) will give you a much better jump range.
Build reputation with the mission givers - if you are friendly then they will offer higher paying missions.
If you are happy fighting - take the Kill pirate lord missions - 50-100K and the pirate lord is not very hard to kill at your level.
Follow the cops around in RES sites. The bounties will soon add up.
To add to what Andovar said, the source missions don't really pay out so well until you have a pretty sizeable cargo capacity and maybe some bookmarked stations/systems where you know you can get certain things nearby. (or learn how to use 3rd party tools like eddb.io) Once you have the larger cargo capacity and an idea of where to get things, you can stack up the source missions and knock out several on a single trip or small route.
+1 for straight up delivery missions. And don't knock combat in the sidewinder. You could pop into a RES or HiRES and wait until some security forces have an FDL or Python down to 10% hull. Join the fight, land a few (admittedly inconsequential) shots, and BOOM 230k of bounty to turn in. Off one ship. Hang out there and help the cops finish 3-4 more ships this way, and you have a cool million. I did this the other day when I had a bounty in a system (that's why I was in a sidey) and accidentally made 2MCr. Don't bring any cargo with you into combat. It's pirate bait.
+1 for straight up delivery missions. And don't knock combat in the sidewinder. You could pop into a RES or HiRES and wait until some security forces have an FDL or Python down to 10% hull. Join the fight, land a few (admittedly inconsequential) shots, and BOOM 230k of bounty to turn in. Off one ship. Hang out there and help the cops finish 3-4 more ships this way, and you have a cool million. I did this the other day when I had a bounty in a system (that's why I was in a sidey) and accidentally made 2MCr. Don't bring any cargo with you into combat. It's pirate bait.
Yep, definitely sounds like a power issue.
I figured out a long time ago one cannot turn off sensors and do much of anything.
I figured out a long time ago one cannot turn off sensors and do much of anything.