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and soon after: I got a fleet carrier and there's STILL nothing to do!!
Credits are too easy now.
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and soon after: I got a fleet carrier and there's STILL nothing to do!!
Well that was from absolute rookie to corvette. No exploits and no meta earning methods.
I used to be like ‘back in my day, we had to haul poop 400ly for a a few weeks to afford an Anaconda!’ Or something along those lines. Don’t get me started on all the mining I did just to buy a basic ship— this was when the payouts were still pathetic.
But after a few years of play?
Having billions of effortless credits on hand means there’s less grinding I have to do to have fun. I can throw together a new ship without thinking about it
Who cares if a noob buys an Anaconda, you know? It’s not like credits buy skills.
But after a few years of play?
Having billions of effortless credits on hand means there’s less grinding I have to do to have fun. I can throw together a new ship without thinking about it
Who cares if a noob buys an Anaconda, you know? It’s not like credits buy skills.
Agree.
Currently, I'm playing in my 3rd account, from scratch, and even though I know how I could work my way quickly to riches and ranks, it's not going to happen in this one. Why? Because now I'm starting to play according to the "character". Who he is and what he's supposed to do. Role play, essentially, so I'm picking the missions accordingly and take my time. It's just fun to fly in space.
The progression was fun I guess, back then.
I still feel that some newer people are missing out on that initial grind. The fun grind.
I still feel that some newer people are missing out on that initial grind. The fun grind.
If you are earning too many credits mining, go and do AX instead!
That activity can run at a significant loss!
So it all balances out really.
That activity can run at a significant loss!
So it all balances out really.
Easy to make money and keep it if you avoid PvP. See how long that billion lasts after ship transfers, fines, and rebuys.
That's how I play. My achievements may seem trivial to another player with a different playstyle but they carry significance to me because I know what it took to get them.
I've visited beagle point, lots of people have done this. But I did it in a 19ly jump range ship without any route plotting assistance. It took 7 months to get there, it took 3 months to travel the last few thousand Ly.
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Nice.
It's not what the game can do, but what you can do with the game. Credits easy or hard, it's you who make the game fun... or not.
When changes are made I always get the distinct feeling that Frontier listened to exactly the wrong people.
The Viper III was my CMDR's best ship for a lot longer than that.
Every time I check my CMDR's balance, it's bigger than it was before, and I haven't had him go out of his way to make credits since early 3302. Of course, he's pretty stingy with credits too.
So? The point is that the only players who complain about having too much money are risk-averse PvEers.
Yes. But there is nothing wrong with another player being proud to reach Beagle point in an 80ly Conda in a couple of days, it is a different way to play (and I have done this too, it was disappointingly easy with the 20,000ly route plotter to simply straight-line across the Abyss when I had diverted 15,000ly on my original trip).
I am no longer motivated by the accumulation of wealth or assets, it is so easy now even when flying sub-optimally. I play for the BGS influence alone now, exploration data, cargo, combat bonds, bounties, they are all just transactions for me, and I no longer look at the Credit values.
But it allows newer players to catch up to existing ones and get a taste for a wider variety of ships & playstyles, so I don't mind the downside of power creep because I think the upside is worth the sacrifice.
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Hmm. The OP does not fit this description, nor does Morbad. And while I do I am not complaining. I think you have a bit of confirmation bias going on there.
Things are much better now. I remember when the game first came out thinking they probably shut the server down long before I could ever get the credits to buy the Anaconda. Instead of grinding for credits, you can have fun and enjoy the game now.
Never saw either of these dudes in Shin, at CG, or any other PvP hotspot.
Even if that very first mission one gets when first start that pays a whopping $10,000 cr's were a billion cr's. Still wouldn't help after spending it all on an A graded Corvette if and when they got interdicted the first time.
[laughs in 1000 potential rebuys]