Week 1: Learn to fly, land and as much else as I can. Chasing down black boxes and running basic tasks to gather a few creds. The sidewinder is my home.
Week 2: Still so much to learn but so much easier now and the fun quotient rising with the learning curve. I have accumulated about 1mil. creds. in the Sidewinder and am about to buy a Cobra. This I expect will open trading and more far flung jumps to new places.
Some thoughts for new players like myself. Running basic missions is good experience for getting the play basics fast. To get cash fast however I have found the tried and true collection of bounties to be king. I went to a system with many resource collection point. Jumped to them and looked for the Feds patrolling. Sure enough Pirates and Raiders show up. Join in the fight and get your damage in. Sidewinders are worth 1400 and up and Cobras at least 9000 a piece. The creds roll up fast. Jump to a port and cash in. Rinse and repeat. An occasional Anaconda sweetens the pot with close to 30,000 bounty. A word to the wise. You will sometimes hit a neutral ship in the heat of battle. This earns you a Wanted tag. Jump out and cash in as you will get shredded quickly if you don't. There a many bits of cargo dropped by destroyed ships. I find them not worth picking up as the fines (you will be scanned) exceed the selling value. But it is up to you, do ya feel lucky?
Lastly there are a few exploits Sidewinder jockeys can use. I expect these to be addressed and changed at some point. Since it costs nothing to repair the ship, if you find yourself with fines you do not want to pay and a Wanted bounty on your head then a simple way to clean up your mess is death. Any way you want. Burned by a star, smashed by a station or just shot to death by a Feds NPC. It is all good. Instant rebirth at no cost and you are born again clean. This technique is not to be used if you own the ship (not loaned) as it will cost you big time for repairs. Space calls..see you there.
Week 2: Still so much to learn but so much easier now and the fun quotient rising with the learning curve. I have accumulated about 1mil. creds. in the Sidewinder and am about to buy a Cobra. This I expect will open trading and more far flung jumps to new places.
Some thoughts for new players like myself. Running basic missions is good experience for getting the play basics fast. To get cash fast however I have found the tried and true collection of bounties to be king. I went to a system with many resource collection point. Jumped to them and looked for the Feds patrolling. Sure enough Pirates and Raiders show up. Join in the fight and get your damage in. Sidewinders are worth 1400 and up and Cobras at least 9000 a piece. The creds roll up fast. Jump to a port and cash in. Rinse and repeat. An occasional Anaconda sweetens the pot with close to 30,000 bounty. A word to the wise. You will sometimes hit a neutral ship in the heat of battle. This earns you a Wanted tag. Jump out and cash in as you will get shredded quickly if you don't. There a many bits of cargo dropped by destroyed ships. I find them not worth picking up as the fines (you will be scanned) exceed the selling value. But it is up to you, do ya feel lucky?
Lastly there are a few exploits Sidewinder jockeys can use. I expect these to be addressed and changed at some point. Since it costs nothing to repair the ship, if you find yourself with fines you do not want to pay and a Wanted bounty on your head then a simple way to clean up your mess is death. Any way you want. Burned by a star, smashed by a station or just shot to death by a Feds NPC. It is all good. Instant rebirth at no cost and you are born again clean. This technique is not to be used if you own the ship (not loaned) as it will cost you big time for repairs. Space calls..see you there.
