Newcomer / Intro Finding a good res site?

[tclancey]

I've been flying around my local res sites, some are high, some hazardous.

I drop in and usually find a couple of nasties within a minute or so, then it dries up for 5 minutes, then someone else wanted drops in, then another 3 minutes. It's hardly non stop action. Is this just how it is, or is there a trick to finding better sites?

I'm looking at combat sites at the moment, I'm getting used to this ship before I dive into those and get blatted!!

Thanks.

 

[aRJay]

I've been flying around my local res sites, some are high, some hazardous.

I drop in and usually find a couple of nasties within a minute or so, then it dries up for 5 minutes, then someone else wanted drops in, then another 3 minutes. It's hardly non stop action. Is this just how it is, or is there a trick to finding better sites?

I'm looking at combat sites at the moment, I'm getting used to this ship before I dive into those and get blatted!!

Thanks.

That is pretty much how it works, of the safer RESs the numbers and frequency of baddies and their value tends to be best in High but it is somewhat random one way to refresh things is to slip into cruise then loop back to the RES that can lead to better pickings.

Haz RES and Compromised Nav Beacons can have more targets but the is no help from security in those locations.

Conflict Zones are very different, there are no wanted ships just two fleets fighting each other when one side gets eliminated a new wave of ships drop in to take their place which tends to put the other side in trouble this happens faster in Low CZs due to the lower numbers on each side which makes things more risky for players. After arriving in a CZ you should fly well away from any ships before choosing the faction you will be joining (functions tab) once you have joined half the ships will become hostile and will attack you. All the ships tend to be better armoured with higher powered weapons than the pirates you meet in RESs and it is not unknown for NPC Corvettes and Capital ships to join in. To avoid blattering plot a jump to the nearest star so you can high wake out of trouble, mass locking is common with that many ships shooting at you.

 

[Ethaidan]

I've been flying around my local res sites, some are high, some hazardous.

I drop in and usually find a couple of nasties within a minute or so, then it dries up for 5 minutes, then someone else wanted drops in, then another 3 minutes. It's hardly non stop action. Is this just how it is, or is there a trick to finding better sites?

I'm looking at combat sites at the moment, I'm getting used to this ship before I dive into those and get blatted!!

Thanks.

Try the res sites in the Ebor system.

 

[metatheurgist]

I think they cut down on the number of ships that can be in a RES a while ago.

I don't think I've seen a RES this busy for a while.

 

[Maymo]

Many pirates actually get bored and leave the RES before you (or the cops) get chance to even spot them, you can see this by checking your contacts list for high wakes. Yes, sometimes it’s a miner or security, but more often than not it’s your profits running away.

• For best results make sure you engineer your sensors for long range so you can quickly spot intruders. Always ‘A’ rate.
• After each fight, boost back to the centre of the RES, you need to try and keep the action focused in the centre or everything can get too spaced out.
• Pirates and Security are attracted to large heat signatures. You can sometimes use this to your advantage if you’re in a large ship by acting as a magnet and keeping the murderball nicely contained. If you’re in a small ship following the security Anaconda around is also a very good way of finding trouble.

Your instance is everything. If you want to make good profits then you want an instance with frequent FDL/Conda/Python spawns. The first pirate ship you see will always give you a strong signal if you have a good instance.

If it’s an Eagle/IEagle/Sidewinder/Viper3/Adder/Cobra3/Courier then just save&exit/reload, these pirate ships don’t even exist in a good, profitable instance.

If it’s a Viper4/DBX/AspX/Vulture stick around, things could get good...

If it’s a FDL/Anaconda/Python/Dropship/Gunship you’re probably in for a good run.

(If you’re looking to quickly increase your combat rank or train a SLF you actually do all this the opposite way, you want Sideys & eagles for that)

To speed things up you need a ship that can instigate combat. If you’re always waiting for the cops to start fights then you’ll have a disappointing time. A Viper3 is a strong instigator, it can start fights and use its speed/size to avoid too much harm. Once a pirate has caught you with splash damage the cops will quickly home in on it and finish the job with you.

 

[brahfael92]

Your instance is everything. If you want to make good profits then you want an instance with frequent FDL/Conda/Python spawns. The first pirate ship you see will always give you a strong signal if you have a good instance.

If it’s an Eagle/IEagle/Sidewinder/Viper3/Adder/Cobra3/Courier then just save&exit/reload, these pirate ships don’t even exist in a good, profitable instance.

If it’s a Viper4/DBX/AspX stick around, things could get good...

If it’s a FDL/Anaconda/Python/Dropship/Gunship you’re probably in for a good run.

THIS!

Did a RES bounty hunt the day before yesterday and it was the best instance. AspX, Pythons and Anacondas en masse! Yesterday went to another highRES site with my new Viper MK3 and I wondered where all the good ships were because there were only sidewinders, eagles etc... Didnt know about the instance so I made 700k in 1h.
For me thats ok but when I was in a hazRES site with my sidewinder I did 400k in about 5-10 minutes without a kill warrant scanner.

Still wonder where I get this scanner.. never saw one in a shop.

 

[Maymo]

THIS!

Did a RES bounty hunt the day before yesterday and it was the best instance. AspX, Pythons and Anacondas en masse! Yesterday went to another highRES site with my new Viper MK3 and I wondered where all the good ships were because there were only sidewinders, eagles etc... Didnt know about the instance so I made 700k in 1h.
For me thats ok but when I was in a hazRES site with my sidewinder I did 400k in about 5-10 minutes without a kill warrant scanner.

Still wonder where I get this scanner.. never saw one in a shop.

Sometimes you just get an amazing instance, I had one the other day that had 5 security anaconda just demolishing a conveyor belt of pirates. They were falling almost faster than I could scan them.
Sometimes you’ll get a great pirate instance but security will only send out Viper3/Viper4 to combat them which really slows things down if you’re in a small ship.

You just have to play with it and be quick to relog if things are looking boring.

 

[brahfael92]

Thanks CMDR!

I also didnt realize that police is only helping in low-high res sites. In the haz site I was there were a lot of pilots shooting the wanted ones so I thought it's the police (even though they were not green.. but never seen police before, so..). Probably just NPC bounty hunters since I'm in solo play at the moment.

Perhaps any idea where I get a kill warrant scanner near GD 215, Everate or LHS 3447? I'm in LHS 3447 at the moment and can only jump for about 6,5LY

 

[Maymo]

Thanks CMDR!

I also didnt realize that police is only helping in low-high res sites. In the haz site I was there were a lot of pilots shooting the wanted ones so I thought it's the police (even though they were not green.. but never seen police before, so..). Probably just NPC bounty hunters since I'm in solo play at the moment.

Perhaps any idea where I get a kill warrant scanner near GD 215, Everate or LHS 3447? I'm in LHS 3447 at the moment and can only jump for about 6,5LY

Ha, interestingly enough your closest station for a KWS is Haxel Port - LTT 15574.

This is my home system!! There’s two hi res sites just outside the station! Pretty crazy coincidence...

Edit: oh, I searched from GD 215. You should be able to get a KWS in Eravate. Either way, LTT 15574 is a good system for bounty hunting if you want to pop in for tea...

 

[brahfael92]

With nice bounty hunting sites over there... why not!

I need a home base too soon, because at the moment I'm jumping systems without any home or goal
I will check it out if my jump range is sufficient enough for the range.

 

[aRJay]

THIS!

Did a RES bounty hunt the day before yesterday and it was the best instance. AspX, Pythons and Anacondas en masse! Yesterday went to another highRES site with my new Viper MK3 and I wondered where all the good ships were because there were only sidewinders, eagles etc... Didnt know about the instance so I made 700k in 1h.
For me thats ok but when I was in a hazRES site with my sidewinder I did 400k in about 5-10 minutes without a kill warrant scanner.

Still wonder where I get this scanner.. never saw one in a shop.

Just to be sure. KWS are a Utility Slot item and will need to be bound to a trigger.

 

[DanGriswold]

I've actually had some decent luck with RES sites lately. I don't do much bounty-hunting as the payouts are less than stellar for the risk involved, but every now and again I like to pew-pew some folks. When I do, I visit the High RES site around Jupiter in Sol (it's a high-security system, so you have the added benefit of security helping you out of things get a little hairy). I might need to leave the RES and return a couple of time so the game re-rolls the dice on what kind of ships you'll find there, but it usually doesn't take long before Assault Ships, Pythons, Fer-de-Lances, and Anacondas are swarming. 150,000-300,000 Cr per kill is not uncommon.

 

[d8veh]

If you're going to do bounty hunting in LTT 15574, you might as well sign up with Zachary Hudson powerplay. As soon as you have a spare 3 million (should be two hours from start)., you can grab a Hauler and deliver 100T of his fortification supplies to get a 20% bonus on bounties. With the KWS, and the PP bonus, you'll increase your earnings by 50%.

There's a video that explains how to get the powerplay bonus here, but note that they changed the way to access the galactic powers. Instead of bottom of the left hand panel, it's now the extreme bottom right of the right hand panel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px4IhbviWQw&t=113s

Here's a video I recently made for new staters doing RES farming. It includes how to set up and use the KWS(35:00 onwards), and you'll find loads of other hints and tips there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlg8qZqpvGY&t=2146s

 

[brahfael92]

Cool, very nice. I will look into that.

I never looked at power play because I'm not even 1 week old (my commander)... and since I want to be an explorer in the long run with perhaps some bounty hunting for quick fun I thought it's not good to be a part of the power play because I read that you're hostile in other regions and NPCs start attacking you.

I really dont know but if you say it's worth it, then I'll look into it. More money does get me my desired ship faster!

 

[d8veh]

You don't have to worry about being hostile anymore. It looks a bit scary showing in red on your HUD, but nothing happens. You can still get all services and nobody will attack you. Basically, you can ignore it.

If you look at that video in the link above, it shows you how to change from bounty hunting to exploring in part 2. There's a link to part 2 at the end of part 1. The fastest way to get money in a new account is to do 3 to 4 hours bounty hunting, then switch to planet scanning for the next 30 hours. That will get you about 300 million and elite explorer.

 

[brahfael92]

thanks for the videos. i already looked into it and i will work on it.

btw i found a kws in eravate in clev hub. But i have to keep on bounty hunting in the high res site of LHS 3447 because I cant jump to LT 15574 with my ship. I'll grind money here a bit and when i got like 20-30m I will look for some nice exploration set ups.

 

[Maymo]

thanks for the videos. i already looked into it and i will work on it.

btw i found a kws in eravate in clev hub. But i have to keep on bounty hunting in the high res site of LHS 3447 because I cant jump to LT 15574 with my ship. I'll grind money here a bit and when i got like 20-30m I will look for some nice exploration set ups.

?
It’s not very far, just a couple of jumps...
You can bolt the 300 credit fuel scoop on to a Sidey and get to LTT 15574 at the start of the game in 5 minutes, think it’s 4-5 jumps in a stock Sidewinder...

Maybe check your galaxy map settings are set to fastest route, not economical...

 

[brahfael92]

At least I thought I can't jump that far. When I want to calculate the route it says that the route can't be done and when I look closer it's becasue the last system jump to LT 15574 requires about 9LY range and I only have ~6,9.

And I dont have a sidey anymore. I have a Viper MK3 outfitted for fighting and theres only like 0.6MW of power left I can use so I dont know if I'm able to add a fuel scoop.

Perhaps I'm hampering myself a little bit but I really dont have a problem with LHS 3447 at the moment. I mean it's a high res site 1 Minute away from Lawson Orbital. Got the cheapest KWS from Eravate... so yeah I can grind some money here and can make LTT 15574 my base and new home a lil bit later.

 

[d8veh]

LTT 15574 is 3 jumps from the starting system LHS 3447 when you start the basic version of ED, not Horizons. If you start Horizons, you find yourself in Asellus Primus, which is much more difficult to escape from and your jump range is hampered by the weight of the SRV they give you.

If you still have the SRV, sell it, and sell the discovery scanner too. The decreased weight will increase your jump range to around 8ly. You can also sell your lasers to get another 0.8ly, but only do that if you have the 13200cr to buy them back at LTT15574 because you get no money when you sell the original loaned equipment.

Sell the Viper and go back to a fully A-rated Sidewinder. The SW is safer and you'll make more money. When you have over 3 million, you can get your Viper, but you have to A-rate everything from the beginning. Never go out in a combat shp that isn't maxed out for combat, otherwise it'll end at the rebuy screen. You can get the 3 mil in less than two hours. You will earn 2 mil per hour in the SW, so a nice fully equipped DBX for exploration is only 10 hours away.

 

[Maymo]

At least I thought I can't jump that far. When I want to calculate the route it says that the route can't be done and when I look closer it's becasue the last system jump to LT 15574 requires about 9LY range and I only have ~6,9.

And I dont have a sidey anymore. I have a Viper MK3 outfitted for fighting and theres only like 0.6MW of power left I can use so I dont know if I'm able to add a fuel scoop.

Perhaps I'm hampering myself a little bit but I really dont have a problem with LHS 3447 at the moment. I mean it's a high res site 1 Minute away from Lawson Orbital. Got the cheapest KWS from Eravate... so yeah I can grind some money here and can make LTT 15574 my base and new home a lil bit later.

One of the major benefits of using a KWS is that it builds up reputation with the local minor factions and unlocks lucrative missions. LHS 3447 isn’t a very convenient place to run missions from because its stations and outposts are pretty spaced out and the gravity in the area makes travel awkward.

You won’t bounty hunt forever, at some point you’ll break off and it’s nice to have a queue of friendly minor factions waiting for you in a conveniently placed system.

Edit: I always use the Viper3, as long as I can A rate the distributor and sensors I can d rate the rest of the internals and bounty hunt with the two gbl pulse taken from the Sidewinder.