Sterling MH
Banned
If there were passenger hauling then being a bus driver could be a viable option.
Presuming that a class 5 cargo and class 5 passenger haul produce for the same profit:
100 for economy 3200 for a class 5 economy cabin full
200 for business 6400 for a class 5 business cabin full
400 for first class 12800 for a class 5 first class cabin full
800 for luxury class 25600 for a class 5 luxury cabin full
you can do better hauling biowaste if you pick your places, but for passenger missions, filling out the luxury cabins of the liners means on average you get more profit than you can expect hauling most cargo if you just go plain trading with those specific ships.
You'd get to choose the destination from
1) the current targeted landing platform
2) the list of current destinations for missions
3) the galmap, where you will be able to pick a landing pad
So the benefit, even if it isn't a guaranteed better profit, is that you ALWAYS get that profit, 100% guarantee.
The figures could be fiddled with a bit, they could depend on distance (e.g. 100% at 20 LY+, pro rata below that, so 5ly pays out 25%), they could have a benefit like rare trading (so you could take people over to Colonia and buy a near A rated FGS over there with the profit, for example). The price could be linear for the base (100,200,300,400 and 500), or linear but higher, whatever. That's all about balancing, not the mechanism and purpose.
If a class 7 business/economy and class 8 economy then there would be more utility for the T9 to be a passenger hauler for special purposes, along with the other big ships that currently get limited by a class 6 passenger cabin.
The idea is that you can fit out for cargo hauling and after a while make a decent guaranteed profit and take missions to pad out the per hour credit earnings, so doing the same for a passenger liner should be an option.
Presuming that a class 5 cargo and class 5 passenger haul produce for the same profit:
100 for economy 3200 for a class 5 economy cabin full
200 for business 6400 for a class 5 business cabin full
400 for first class 12800 for a class 5 first class cabin full
800 for luxury class 25600 for a class 5 luxury cabin full
you can do better hauling biowaste if you pick your places, but for passenger missions, filling out the luxury cabins of the liners means on average you get more profit than you can expect hauling most cargo if you just go plain trading with those specific ships.
You'd get to choose the destination from
1) the current targeted landing platform
2) the list of current destinations for missions
3) the galmap, where you will be able to pick a landing pad
So the benefit, even if it isn't a guaranteed better profit, is that you ALWAYS get that profit, 100% guarantee.
The figures could be fiddled with a bit, they could depend on distance (e.g. 100% at 20 LY+, pro rata below that, so 5ly pays out 25%), they could have a benefit like rare trading (so you could take people over to Colonia and buy a near A rated FGS over there with the profit, for example). The price could be linear for the base (100,200,300,400 and 500), or linear but higher, whatever. That's all about balancing, not the mechanism and purpose.
If a class 7 business/economy and class 8 economy then there would be more utility for the T9 to be a passenger hauler for special purposes, along with the other big ships that currently get limited by a class 6 passenger cabin.
The idea is that you can fit out for cargo hauling and after a while make a decent guaranteed profit and take missions to pad out the per hour credit earnings, so doing the same for a passenger liner should be an option.
