Ground mission payout

[DerHug]

Hey,

So I searched a few good systems with good ground conflict zones where I also want to do ground missions when I feel like. So I got the reputation up and fly there when I want to do ground stuff which I really enjoy buuut the money...

So as I am still on the road to my carrier and making money is still kinda important to me

So the question is: the ground mission payout is like 300k to maybe 1 mil if I am lucky... I am rookie merc rank, reputation is allied... Does the payout get somewhat competitive to space payout when I rank up or does it stay subpar for now and needs dev time still?

Thanks o7

 

[Sighman]

If you can find a High conflict zone, the payout is more like 7-10 million per fight. (Try and land one shot on every enemy, and use as many grenades as possible for the splash damage.)

I haven't noticed regular mission payouts increasing with rep or rank. I've nearly finished Soldier rank at the moment.

 

[ScreamingAnt]

You can make 1.5 million easily in Medium ground CZs and they're not even that hard. I have a G3 Dominator suit with no engineering and no upgraded weapons and I never die but still make at least 1.5 mil. Don't forget you get the initial payment and THEN any combat bonds on top of that for each enemy you kill.

Would be nice to get a better payment though if you're allied with a faction!

 

[Dissidious]

I can confirm that ground CZs are good money, especially the high ones

 

[Ian Skippy]

If you can find a High conflict zone, the payout is more like 7-10 million per fight. (Try and land one shot on every enemy, and use as many grenades as possible for the splash damage.)

I haven't noticed regular mission payouts increasing with rep or rank. I've nearly finished Soldier rank at the moment.

You can make 1.5 million easily in Medium ground CZs and they're not even that hard. I have a G3 Dominator suit with no engineering and no upgraded weapons and I never die but still make at least 1.5 mil. Don't forget you get the initial payment and THEN any combat bonds on top of that for each enemy you kill.

Would be nice to get a better payment though if you're allied with a faction!

That still seems a far cry from what space missions pay out. Of course, you dont run any insurance risks and you dont need to invest in an expensive space ship. But if credit grinding is your thing, I feel ships is still the ticket.

 

[ScreamingAnt]

That still seems a far cry from what space missions pay out. Of course, you dont run any insurance risks and you dont need to invest in an expensive space ship. But if credit grinding is your thing, I feel ships is still the ticket.

But my assumption is that you really need an engineered ship to play in CZ's (which I don't have).

I guess I'm just not a credit grinding player, I more RP and just float around the galaxy doing what I like with no focus on credits; I'm pretty much credit poor compared to most people in the galaxy

 

[Ian Skippy]

But my assumption is that you really need an engineered ship to play in CZ's (which I don't have).

I guess I'm just not a credit grinding player, I more RP and just float around the galaxy doing what I like with no focus on credits; I'm pretty much credit poor compared to most people in the galaxy

Oh, CZs in ships are absolutely the last thing you want to do for money. Regular bounty hunting earns way more against way weaker enemies. And mining/trading is hyper productive too.

But yeah, I am a 'floater' too. No carrier for me, but plenty of money to float wherever I want.

 

[ULITE]

So the question is: the ground mission payout is like 300k to maybe 1 mil if I am lucky... I am rookie merc rank, reputation is allied... Does the payout get somewhat competitive to space payout when I rank up or does it stay subpar for now and needs dev time still?

I suspect it has something to do with mercenary rank, because I am allied with all three superpowers and many factions and I also don't get any money from the ground missions. What also puzzles me is that the Empire treats a "prince" like a beggar, not to mention the Federation, where I have the title of Rear Admiral.
It should take a long time before you can buy a fleet carrier with such missions, probably years.

 

[Navigare Necesse Est]

If you can find a High conflict zone, the payout is more like 7-10 million per fight. (Try and land one shot on every enemy, and use as many grenades as possible for the splash damage.)

I haven't noticed regular mission payouts increasing with rep or rank. I've nearly finished Soldier rank at the moment.

You mean you get a somewhat fun gameloop with decent payouts? Even for beginner players? Yeah, we can't have that - FD rather chop off one arm before that happens. Prepare for a nerf.

 

[Fishy]

As said by many, the financial reward for winning the CZ is a drop in the ocean. The real money comes from the combat bonds you get from kills. In a High CZ, you're going to pull multiple millions per fight even at newbie rank (no idea if higher ranks scale up the bonds). That 300k win bonus is almost a joke. Medium/Low aren't worth the money (did a medium last night since I randomly found it, for ~1.5m in bonds) and are a lot less fun anyhow. They're still good money for a new player, mind.

 

[DerHug]

Thanks for the answers so far. I know that CZ do give a somewhat decent payout tho still quite minor to space stuff but I was more interested in the missions themselves as I enjoy them more. I have hopes that if you have a higher rank you hopefully get more payout...

I mean space missions pay like 20-40 mil for 20-50 or so pirates, a little more needed for group missions. I normally stack quite a few of them at once plus I get tons of bounty on top. Mining yields quite a good amount too... I was just curious if ground missions get somewhat to that level. Dunno the insurance amount and risk is so low once you have a bit of engineering so dunno if that should matter in the first place