Bit of a problem

[Veljex]

So one thing that I've found recently is that the game is getting harder and harder for those with fewer credits. I love playing ED as a trader and can only afford a Hauler. During the week I can normally make around 4k per trade run and have a nice route that flows between Dahan and Aulin in a nice wide sweep. However today I've ben trying the same runs and the maximum profit I have been able to make is 128 Credits.

After getting bored I switched to bounty hunter to see if that would be any better.. It's not.. It's worse. As I can only afford an Eagle I can't get the last hit on any of the ships and everybody else seems to be able to out-run/manouver me. The bounty's I'm getting aren't anywhere enough to cover the cost of repairs.

Can anybody provide me with some advice? I am literally only in profit by not playing the game, which is a shame.

Any suggestions appreciated.

 

[Ian Phillips]

The problems with the economy have been fixed - try trading again.

 

[Cmdr Andy B]

give it another try later, the markets should be repopulated by then. there has been a back end bug that has effected stock levels over the last few days and that should now be fixed.

 

[Carcharodon]

There was a bug with trading that's been fixed so try your trade route again.

Regarding bounty hunting, you should be able to find wanted haulers at nav points in federation space and they shouldn't be able to outrun/turn you.

 

[Veljex]

Ah I knew there would be a reason for this =) Thanks for the advice everybody!

Regarding bounty hunting, you should be able to find wanted haulers at nav points in federation space and they shouldn't be able to outrun/turn you.

I've been trying at the conflict zones, and the Eranin nav beacon. Didn't even think of trying another systems nav beacon. I'll give that a go, thanks!

 

[Veljex]

Okay.. Tried that and it works great! Apart from the tonnes of jettisoned cargo and then the player pirate that 2 hitted my little ship. O.O

Trader, here I come!

 

[Carcharodon]

Okay.. Tried that and it works great! Apart from the tonnes of jettisoned cargo and then the player pirate that 2 hitted my little ship. O.O

Trader, here I come!

One way to build up a bankroll to start trading with is to scoop the high value cargo and sneak into a starport with a black market without getting scanned. If you're prepared to run when you see danger you can make a bit more than just getting bounties. You need to know the avg. price to know what to scoop as you'll only get around half of that in the black market but it should all be profit. Don't know if this is faster than trading in the sidewinder but it's a bit more fun. I'm actually going to go try this in a starter sidey to see what I can earn now

Also, players tend to congregate around the starter systems so you don't have to go far to find nav points you can have to yourself.