Flipping the board

What is this obsession amongst a sub-section of the player base with worrying about what missions other players are doing and whether they are doing them in one or more places, whether they are sitting around like a lemon for ten minutes at a time waiting for board refreshes, etc, etc?

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I'm pretty sure we're doing the same ones... (40mins travel) I've only seen one other CMDR doing it.

I know a couple of people who are doing them. We're all people who actually try to understand the mechanics of the game and how to make money rather than relying on this week's reddit post. Personally I'll always find that eminently more satisfying.
 
Oh, I am perfectly aware Hutton Orbital deliveries (esp. in Luxury-class cabins) still pay extremely well. Especially if you board flip.. ahem *stack* couple at same time.

This is because I know somewhat, how mission generator works, and how it was recently borked - which I've mentioned in my post here https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...ar-Terminals?p=6063168&viewfull=1#post6063168

I've never bothered doing them to Hutton, way more profitable routes than that from a time vs credits perspective although I'm sure there are some great runs to Hutton for anybody who can be bothered with that much flight time.

Also just to be clear about something, yes I do stack multiple passenger missions when I'm doing them but no, I don't board flip to get them. There's no need to board flip to stack enough missions in the right systems. Simply stacking multiple passenger missions doesn't need an <ahem> unless you think running more than one group of passengers to the same location in a game that allows us to fit 8 or more cabins in one ship and specifically introduced large passenger ships is somehow an exploit.

This is something that really irritates me, the nudge-and-a-wink implication that yeah, we all know what you're doing... It is in fact exactly what prompted my first post here about people's obsession with what other players are and aren't doing.
 
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If the boards where programmed to be the same even with flipping then rank locked ships should be unlocked. The grind is insane to get even one of the bigins.
Reworking the rank grind system is no excuse either as it will just be introducing a new grind of some sort or another that punishes those who want a rank locked ship.
Board flipping is king.

The real argument to have board flipping removed should be the damage that can be done to minor factions without having to even undock. Spam abandon missions.
When you reach unfriendly with a minor it should lock you out from taking any mission from that faction with another avenue to rep back up which would slow the spam abandon down a little.
 
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