Anyone has a good spot for passenger missions in imperial space?

rote1 · Mar 5, 2018

I am looking to make a bit of cash and boost my empire rank at the same time. If you know of any good spots for this I would be grateful.

IndigoWyrd · Mar 5, 2018

Several of them - all places my faction rank is "Allied".

If you're looking for an Imperial One-Jump Mega-Bulk Passenger location, ala Quince/Rhea/Smeaton, these have been deprecated and any new instances shut down as soon as discovered.

Zieman · Mar 5, 2018

EDIT: nevermind, misread, didn't take word Passenger into account

jimmychoosshoes · Mar 5, 2018

basically look at all the old bulk areas. now swap bulk for named passenger. Voila.

rote1 · Mar 5, 2018

Thanks both of you. I am not looking for an exploit, just an opportunity to make some coin while boosting my Empire rank, so I will check out the places mentioned.

rote1 · Mar 5, 2018

jimmychoosshoes said:
basically look at all the old bulk areas. now swap bulk for named passenger. Voila.

It has been a while since I did taxi service, where were those old bulk areas?

jimmychoosshoes · Mar 5, 2018

Rhea, LQ Hydrea (and surround). Upsilon Aquarii Smeaton Orbital. Al quam Geras. Wolf 562 36 Ophiuchi . Come to think of it, I cant remember many imperial ones - Quince was the old-gold standard, I think you can run from Amphisatsu for plenty of passenger missions. I think i simply did data runs from Mainani Ngalinn (choose rep+++ and you'll be Duke in an hour). Credits wise, if it is in boom then about 15 will be time delivery so thats at least 2M per run. Each run is about 5 mins so an easy 25M per hour plus rank.

IndigoWyrd · Mar 5, 2018

rote1 said:
Thanks both of you. I am not looking for an exploit, just an opportunity to make some coin while boosting my Empire rank, so I will check out the places mentioned.

Qualifiers are always a requirement when we're talking about "a good spot for" threads. I don't consider it an exploit like some portion of the forum community does, when you find a "hot spot" that pays out well and you make use of it. You're just using what you're given. That said, I do find it incredibly, painfully, chew-through-my-wrists-to-make-it-stop boring to fly back and forth between two spots over and over.

My own, preferred passenger method is this:

My Orca has 1 Luxury Cabin, 1 First Class Cabin and 1 Business Class cabin. I take VIP's on Sightseeing tours, 3 at a time, and follow manual courses based on which location is closest to where I am. These are typically 2-3 stop trips per passenger, with an average pay of around 6 million and a total of 6-18 total stops, all usually within 500 Ly total range. They usually take about 30 minutes to complete, and when I'm done I usually have a number of interesting locations to revisit (Geysers and Fumerols - great places to gather resources).

rote1 · Mar 5, 2018

jimmychoosshoes said:
Rhea, LQ Hydrea (and surround). Upsilon Aquarii Smeaton Orbital. Al quam Geras. Wolf 562 36 Ophiuchi . Come to think of it, I cant remember many imperial ones - Quince was the old-gold standard, I think you can run from Amphisatsu for plenty of passenger missions. I think i simply did data runs from Mainani Ngalinn (choose rep+++ and you'll be Duke in an hour). Credits wise, if it is in boom then about 15 will be time delivery so thats at least 2M per run. Each run is about 5 mins so an easy 25M per hour plus rank.

Thanks a bunch, will check those places out!

IndigoWyrd said:
Qualifiers are always a requirement when we're talking about "a good spot for" threads. I don't consider it an exploit like some portion of the forum community does, when you find a "hot spot" that pays out well and you make use of it. You're just using what you're given. That said, I do find it incredibly, painfully, chew-through-my-wrists-to-make-it-stop boring to fly back and forth between two spots over and over.

My own, preferred passenger method is this:

My Orca has 1 Luxury Cabin, 1 First Class Cabin and 1 Business Class cabin. I take VIP's on Sightseeing tours, 3 at a time, and follow manual courses based on which location is closest to where I am. These are typically 2-3 stop trips per passenger, with an average pay of around 6 million and a total of 6-18 total stops, all usually within 500 Ly total range. They usually take about 30 minutes to complete, and when I'm done I usually have a number of interesting locations to revisit (Geysers and Fumerols - great places to gather resources).

I do love the sightseeing missions, they brought me to some truly beautiful places and Ill give them a go again.