Hi all,
I'm out at Ceos/Sothis doing the grind for a Corvette. I'm Elite ranked explorer and only broker trader, and so I found that the passenger missions to Sirius Atmospherics were more lucrative than running data/cargo trade between stations - going from Lieutenant Commander and Post Commander, it was an average 6% every 10 minutes with the Passengers vs 11% every 40 mins doing the trades!
However, this afternoon my average rank gain from passenger missions has gone down to 3% (still between the same ranks). Any idea what might have caused the drop?
I have one theory but not sure if I'm right. For two missions running I got scanned (got complacent!), meaning I lost the missions and got fines (illegal passengers). Then a red downward arrow appeared next to my Fed rep bar. Since then, it was 3% as opposed to the 6% gains I was getting.
Does having that red arrow do something to your rank gains (i.e. half it), and thus would turning it back to a nice blue arrow get me my good gains back? Is it some sort of multiplier?
I'm out at Ceos/Sothis doing the grind for a Corvette. I'm Elite ranked explorer and only broker trader, and so I found that the passenger missions to Sirius Atmospherics were more lucrative than running data/cargo trade between stations - going from Lieutenant Commander and Post Commander, it was an average 6% every 10 minutes with the Passengers vs 11% every 40 mins doing the trades!
However, this afternoon my average rank gain from passenger missions has gone down to 3% (still between the same ranks). Any idea what might have caused the drop?
I have one theory but not sure if I'm right. For two missions running I got scanned (got complacent!), meaning I lost the missions and got fines (illegal passengers). Then a red downward arrow appeared next to my Fed rep bar. Since then, it was 3% as opposed to the 6% gains I was getting.
Does having that red arrow do something to your rank gains (i.e. half it), and thus would turning it back to a nice blue arrow get me my good gains back? Is it some sort of multiplier?