HAZ RES Bounty hunting profit question.

[d8veh]

You don't need to wing up. Go to a high RES and the feds are your wing-mates. You can get more than 10 at a time helping you, and you still get the whole bounties. You definitely make more money in the high RES than the haz RES for that reason. It used to be the other way around before 2.2 when RES farming got nerfed.

 

[Conch]

You don't need to wing up. Go to a high RES and the feds are your wing-mates. You can get more than 10 at a time helping you, and you still get the whole bounties. You definitely make more money in the high RES than the haz RES for that reason. It used to be the other way around before 2.2 when RES farming got nerfed.

when wings of 5 where a thing.

 

[Oss133]

Fun is its own reward. Don't play just for the end goal otherwise any game will feel grindy. Is that a word I just made up? Find something to do that you enjoy and leave the loot to arrive when it arrives.

If that actually means that you don't enjoy playing Elite, then play something else for a while.

 

[Ethan Drake]

Some places pay bring more money because they get Power Play % bonus (up to +100%!), and Power Play pledging can also enhance BH Money depending on your current level (bonuses cumulate).

AFAIK top money is being Level 5 Power Play Pranav Antal in Control Systems (the total BH money becomes just mind blowing, I remember us making over 12 millions per hour in old times when rewards were still bugged downward), and other Powers have some hefty bonuses too (Duval, Hudson).

Without even merit grinding, those Antal control systems bonuses are already nice (even exploited ones, but the bonus payout is halved).

Otherwise, an engineered Corvette is also a way to improve your money per hour ^_^

 

[Conch]

Fun is its own reward. Don't play just for the end goal otherwise any game will feel grindy. Is that a word I just made up? Find something to do that you enjoy and leave the loot to arrive when it arrives.

If that actually means that you don't enjoy playing Elite, then play something else for a while.

but if we got paid in fun, we would all be stuck in a sidewinder.

 

[Oss133]

but if we got paid in fun, we would all be stuck in a sidewinder.

Indeed. Just like Elite 1984 when you were stuck in a cobra!

 

[Scoob]

There's no almost about it, the Python does render the type 7 obsolete.

A couple of posters seem to be confused about wing payouts....payouts are the same now whether you are in a wing or solo, they don't get split up like they did in the older patches. This is to reward flying in a wing. You will definitely make more creds per hour in a wing, as you kill enemies that much faster.

Thanks for the confirmation

Ah, they're not shared any more? I guess I'm remembering how things were. Good to know.

Scoob.

 

[Conch]

Indeed. Just like Elite 1984 when you were stuck in a cobra!

some people still are stuck in those, huehuehue

 

[Stealthie]

~CR3m per hour is probably about right for a HazRes.

Personally, I prefer farming HazRes to others simply 'cos there's nothing else to get in your way and it's just up to you to cruise around killin' stuff.
There's nothing worse than flying several km to intercept one ship and then seeing laser fire in the distance as SysSec ships destroy a juicy Anaconda before you can get to it.

You can certainly speed things up in a HazRes by bunging something valuable in your cargo hold but that's also going to make things much more dangerous.
If you have a suitable ship you can make quite a bit more that way but it also means you're going to be in a constant fight until you jump away.

 

[Suvi Anwar]

Unfortunately, trying to get the credits to buy and A rate a Corvette from RES sites will take you a freakishly long time. It costs about 500m credits.

My suggestion (and this is what I did) is to find a place or 3 to grind Fed Rank, and by the time you get to Rear Admiral (rank needed for a Corvette), you will have enough to buy a Corvette and put at least a better FSD in it (so you can leave the system where you buy it). From that point on you can find other more profitable things to do with the Corvette that will allow you to A Rate your modules in a relatively short amount of time, and again, RES sites aren't it.

 

[Aashenfox]

some people still are stuck in those, huehuehue

ikr? The Cobra's a nice ship....if you're new.

(I know, I know, it's a playstyle! Have at it, I'm only messin around. )

 

[the100thmonkey]

I double that when I'm alone as I'm not kill-sharing.

Bounties are not split when you're in a wing - you both get the full payout. In Muilticrew with a fighter, your fighter pilot gets a fraction of your payout depending on their combat rank.

 

[Conch]

ikr? The Cobra's a nice ship....if you're new.

(I know, I know, it's a playstyle! Have at it, I'm only messin around. )

ive heard it was the best ship in the game

 

[Stealthie]

Unfortunately, trying to get the credits to buy and A rate a Corvette from RES sites will take you a freakishly long time. It costs about 500m credits.

My suggestion (and this is what I did) is to find a place or 3 to grind Fed Rank, and by the time you get to Rear Admiral (rank needed for a Corvette), you will have enough to buy a Corvette and put at least a better FSD in it (so you can leave the system where you buy it). From that point on you can find other more profitable things to do with the Corvette that will allow you to A Rate your modules in a relatively short amount of time, and again, RES sites aren't it.

Wait, what?

Is that what the OP is trying to do?

I might be wrong but I thought missions were the only thing that count toward naval rank?
I'm sure I've read people saying they planned to bounty-hunt for naval rank and getting told it doesn't work.

In the absence of a Sothis or Niu Hsing, where you can make credits from doing rep+++ missions, I'd suggest spending some time farming Palin's missions in Maia to earn a heap of credits and then just looking for a Fed' system in famine/outbreak/unrest/war and doing rep+++ donation missions to buy your way up the ranks.

Or, just use the credits you earn from Palin's mission to buy an Anaconda instead of the 'vette. [where is it]

 

[the100thmonkey]

Wait, what?

Is that what the OP is trying to do?

I might be wrong but I thought missions were the only thing that count toward naval rank?
I'm sure I've read people saying they planned to bounty-hunt for naval rank and getting told it doesn't work.

In the absence of a Sothis or Niu Hsing, where you can make credits from doing rep+++ missions, I'd suggest spending some time farming Palin's missions in Maia to earn a heap of credits and then just looking for a Fed' system in famine/outbreak/unrest/war and doing rep+++ donation missions to buy your way up the ranks.

Or, just use the credits you earn from Palin's mission to buy an Anaconda instead of the 'vette. [where is it]

I was under the impression that bounty-hunting adds to your rep but you need to do a mission to get the rank. REputation helps spawn more, better missions to make the mission-running go quicker.

I might be wrong though (in fact this is probable) - I'm not exactly a pro-superpower player.

 

[Suvi Anwar]

I did the Fed Rank grind in 3 places, Sothis, Nui Hsing, and I can't remember the name of the 3rd system ATM. Nui Hsing is really good because there is 4-6 Fed aligned faction to do mission from, making the rank grind a little faster.
Sothis and Hui Hsing are still viable for rank grind, just not for high profit.

But but on topic, the OP is trying to get and A rate a Corvette. First, that takes rank, the money comes along with it if one is smart while grinding that rank.

 

[Stealthie]

But but on topic, the OP is trying to get and A rate a Corvette. First, that takes rank, the money comes along with it if one is smart while grinding that rank.

Uhuh,

Said it before but Fehu was a textbook example of how that can work.
I went there with a couple of hundred million credits and no Imperial rank, caned the living poop out of planetary scan missions for 4 days and then went to buy my Cutter with the Cr1bn that I'd earned.

I wasn't sure if the OP was just talking about earning credits or earning rank & credits at the same time.

Honestly, when I arrive in a new system I tend to dabble in a bit of everything so I don't really notice what increases superpower rank and what doesn't so it'd be better to take the advice of somebody who knows for sure.

Either way, I doubt BHing is the most efficient method to gain rank & credits.
Probably better to find a suitable Fed' system and then either do passenger missions or data-delivery missions.
Course, that's gonna be dull though.

 

[Scoob]

Bounties are not split when you're in a wing - you both get the full payout. In Muilticrew with a fighter, your fighter pilot gets a fraction of your payout depending on their combat rank.

Yes, I realise now that this is no longer the case. I did get higher bounties - about 2x - when playing alone, but that's likely just RNG for the Wanted NPC's that spawned.

Scoob.

 

[SciTrekker]

Yes, I realise now that this is no longer the case. I did get higher bounties - about 2x - when playing alone, but that's likely just RNG for the Wanted NPC's that spawned.

Scoob.

In my experiences and non-scientific observations, RES spawns are reduced when in a wing. Might just be my/our RNG luck.

I usually BH only in wings, rarely solo. I use my time when friends aren't around to do other things, profitable and non-profitable.

 

[Siranui]

Is this just the normal pay of bounty hunting in HAZ RES?
Am I doing something wrong?
If so is that "something wrong" just me not being good enough at combat?
Or am I simply unlucky when doing the test?

1) I get about 2 million / hour in a Courier, so yes.
2) Are you having fun If you are having fun, then no. If your are remorselessly grinding combat which is massively unchallenging, then yes.
3) Killing wimpy ships very quickly in a FDL slightly more slowly than some other people claim to does not make you a bad pilot. However, killing wimpy ships in an FDL will never make you a *good* pilot either!
4) No.

Also:

Well, yes - picking off weaker foes one, two or three at a time for 3m an hour plus RTB time is going to mean that you will spend 250 hours doing the same thing to get your Corvette. Maybe stop fixating on the end-game ship and kick back and enjoy playing the game. Make fun the focus.