Are they still sucky? Fdev probably haven't touched them in a while
Do Rare goods still suck?
- Thread starter Cmdr dedsi
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If by suck you mean don't compare to the current credit fountains, then yes.
I did the math recently, and rares could have their profits buffed 10x and only be competitive with other trading. So yeah, they're pretty bad.
Commodity Price Tweaks(Rares, Piracy)
Most of the game is pretty well balanced atm as far as income is concerned, but there are a few places still missing out. 1. Piracy Piracy still has very poor payouts, sadly. For example, a typical Private Courier Service might be carrying 25 tons of rare salvage goods, like AI Relics or...
Rares trading was how I got my start as a trader in ED (in the second half of 2016).
It would take you all over the Bubble, following "London Underground" style maps that players had published. I built up my stake in the game till I could afford a T7, at which point loop trading became more profitable - but, frankly, far less fun.
Frontier can't really be blamed for the death of Rares trading. Just as players' "London Underground" maps made Rares trading efficient, so players' publication of Road to Riches route lists saw that replace Rares trading as the meta for early-game credit earning.
It would take you all over the Bubble, following "London Underground" style maps that players had published. I built up my stake in the game till I could afford a T7, at which point loop trading became more profitable - but, frankly, far less fun.
Frontier can't really be blamed for the death of Rares trading. Just as players' "London Underground" maps made Rares trading efficient, so players' publication of Road to Riches route lists saw that replace Rares trading as the meta for early-game credit earning.
Might be worth it if you're set on doing something in a small ship and would like to get traveling round the bubble a bit. If I was looking for credits I'd rather go Haz RES bounty hunting.
It is a pity that the credit rush gameplay became so prevalent to make rares runs redundant. The YouTube "make 42 quadrillion in ED with 3 mouse clicks" vids really caused a lot of long term damage (IMO).
Same for me, begun trading about the same time in a Cobra doing the 'Rares loop'.
I may even do it again just for the memories (it certainly won't be for the credits).
Shame FDev don't add some new more profitable rares at settlements for cmdrs to discover.
As others have said, rares pretty much suck for profit.
Still, there's something much more appealing about having a hold full of Geawen Dance Dust instead of "narcotics" Lavian Brandy or Eranin Pearl Whisky instead of "liquor" and so on.
So i still fill up the Bliss with them sometimes and do the 7 or 8 jumps jumps to max out the resell price.
Still, there's something much more appealing about having a hold full of Geawen Dance Dust instead of "narcotics" Lavian Brandy or Eranin Pearl Whisky instead of "liquor" and so on.
So i still fill up the Bliss with them sometimes and do the 7 or 8 jumps jumps to max out the resell price.
And I'm sure you went to school every morning in all kind of weather and had an orange for Christmas. I heard those stories already ^^
I had Scalextric and Lego for Christmas most years (and don't particularly like oranges) but I can tell you that in the North West of England (in the Pennine foothills, not an area noted for clement weather conditions) my school was closed for exactly one day due to weather in the seven years between 1982 and 1989. It's not a meme, it's hilarious that they close the schools as soon as three flakes of snow hit the ground these days.
As for rares trading though, it's still viable right at the start of the game - it's what I did to earn the credits for an Asp on my alt account and that was only about a year ago. With the way the game throws credits at you these days though, it's something to do if you want to do it, it's certainly not the most efficient way to make credits at any point.
We don't.