I have been playing this game for nearly a week, and I have gotten very frustrated at finding equipment, particularly for Mining.When I first started I had only a Sidewinder and no idea of where to go and what to do. Now that I have a working knowledge of the game and repeated searches of the manual, the Wiki and Google for answers and I'm no closer to finding what I need. Mining requires a Mining Laser and a Refining Module, I have ranged far and wide and finally found the Laser but no Refinery, You would think that where you find one you would be also able to purchase the other but apparently not or I am missing where you find it in the outfitting tab. What we really need is a marketplace listing of items and their location by system so if you look in outfitting you would see the item and it would say either Station or the nearest station that has one within x number of Jumps/Light Years this would at least give you a direction instead of having to hit every system and dock/hub/ring for something that requires you to land and find that they don't have it either. There must be an easier way to find what you need besides pointless wandering about. The Galaxy is huge and I'm getting very bored.
Finding Equipment
- Thread starter Krt_Bong
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Your best bet is to find a system with a "High Tech" economy, they typically have outfitters with a lot of gear. Try Afli on the border of the Empire, which is reasonably safe and has several outfitters within 500 ly of jump-in. Or the systems around Brani (which is near the start), very active hub with a lot of trading and upgrade options, at least at lower levels.
However as far as I can tell no game in the Elite series has provided a means to determine available equipment before jumping into a system (although Elite and Frontier had simpler variables and thus you could make a guess by looking at the economy or tech level). This release also has different equipment by port (as opposed to a system-wide list of gear in older releases), which increases the availability but also the amount of searching as well. Just last night I spent some time trying to find a C3 fuel scoop in a frontier system.
On the whole though, something like the trade overlay or EDDB but for upgrades might be an idea as well.
Actually you've given me a good idea for the Elite Suggestions forum.
However as far as I can tell no game in the Elite series has provided a means to determine available equipment before jumping into a system (although Elite and Frontier had simpler variables and thus you could make a guess by looking at the economy or tech level). This release also has different equipment by port (as opposed to a system-wide list of gear in older releases), which increases the availability but also the amount of searching as well. Just last night I spent some time trying to find a C3 fuel scoop in a frontier system.
On the whole though, something like the trade overlay or EDDB but for upgrades might be an idea as well.
Actually you've given me a good idea for the Elite Suggestions forum.