Thats intresting:
So it was bugged that these stations only gave out charity missions?
So it was bugged that these stations only gave out charity missions?
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Tnx for this tread , +1
did Knight to Lord:
40 charity missions of all kinds, 2 messanger misssions (¨30k credits), 12 cargo runs (¨200k). Money does seem to matter a great deal.
40 charity missions of all kinds, 2 messanger misssions (¨30k credits), 12 cargo runs (¨200k). Money does seem to matter a great deal.
In fact we do not have to use a) The "Mindlessly grinding out charity mission" system (ref: muppet behavior) or b) the inadequate mission system.
Calling out the failings of the system is one thing... taking part in it because you dont value your time enough to do something else is another.
Hey guys, I found a decent way of gaining ranks! Ignore everything but the cash rewards. The more cash you get from a mission the more experience you seem to gain as well. Find a system that gives a lot of smuggling missions, as they seem to pay the most.
I am in an Asp, with ranks Competent, Broker, and some low explorer rank I can't remember just now. Anyways... In a system with 3 Empire factions (or whatever they're called) that I am allied to, I get smuggling missions that pay up to around 600k. Sometimes I'll grab two that pay 200k and go to the same system. I don't bother with less than 200k, preferably I want more than 300k as a combined reward for a single trip. I also grab any low paying transport missions to the same stations. I am now Lord, and I expect to reach Baron tomorrow in a few hours.
The grind isn't that bad, since I'm making so much money. In fact I don't even want to upgrade my ship that badly anymore, since I'm making a ton of money just doing these missions.
Smuggling is no problem. I usually just boost towards the station opening, and activate silent running. If anybody scans you, just pop a chaff - not right away, but let them scan you for a moment first, that way you'll have a better and longer effect of the chaff (Edit: or rather the longer you can postpone the scan completing). Found this one out myself too.
EDIT: I did it! Two and a half hours from Lord to Baron. I didn't fly very effectively either. Here's what I did:
About 30 charity missions that happened to pop up.
Smuggling runs worth around 7 million credits.
Pretty quick if you ask me, especially considering the money I racked up in this short time.
Tnx for this info man!
Just one quick question. In which system are you stationed?I dunno man... half of the smuggling missions I've done over the last few days were federation aligned...
600 million credits earned - Only Petty Officer rank... granted half is just an estimate but at that level of credits earned I'd of expected a significantly higher impact to my Federal rank if it were in fact linked to the credits the mission pays out.
I have to side with the crazy guy on the other page unfortunately... they've went and nerfed this rank progression so much that its actually easier to get to Elite than it is to rank up in a navy... which to me is the absurd thing... and now they're planning on releasing even more Fed/Empire ships...
I really hope that with the 1.5/2.0 release they get their act together on this, as it stands its just outright unacceptable... hell some people saying 3 months and not being able to max out their rank, you could get double-triple Elite in that amount of time !
Tun appear to be useless, no more charity missions..does anyone know another good system with charity missions in federation?
I cannot reach exbeur because no permit..
thanks
I cannot reach exbeur because no permit..
thanks
Smuggling is the new fast ranking, at least for the Feds. 2 days of smuggling from Sothis got me from no rank to Chief Petty Officer. Ensign will be happening today.
Ensign will be happening today.
And now that the smuggling missions have become 'rare' I suppose it's back to fetching coffee missions again. Literally
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No rank required for Anaconda.
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No rank, just the bank
Great stuff in this thread, I'm working my way to the FGS in my game time but I live in SOL so it's all Federation baybee!
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Tun is broken now since it's a Hudson Control system (I guess the highly increased security has something to do with it)
Promoted to Post Captain today, nearly 1.7 billion in the bank ready for the Corvette.
