I have played since 1.4 and I have more credits than most people

[Odan Brota]

Great point(s) about the engineers; now your reputation with them and the amount and quality of your upgraded modules is it's own (just as?) important currency. I've finished off my run from mid level Tycoon to Elite in Trade since 2.1, but most of my time has been spent coming to grips with how to find materials efficiently.

Money for me is important to an extent because it allows me to play with any ship & outfit that I have a mind to, and I have no fear of the rebuy screen, but that is all; I'm far more invested in my engineer's status and my time spent flying to Beagle & back which made very little in the way of money compared to how many hours I put into the project. A lot of diverse goals for players in this game, and money is just one of them.

Absolutely. Engineers, post patch, is an extremely rewarding experience (warts and all). The few times it slips are when you're stuck trying to find material XYZ and RNGesus just isn't spawning it for you, as well as some of the crap surrounding the whole line to unlock Palin (Marco Qwent needs to die). I think having all the engineers at rank 5 (or whatever) has considerably more status than just being a billionaire (especially with that last community goal, lol).

Money is useful to get into the ship you want. Engineers make it YOUR ship. That feeling right there was worth what I paid for Horizons.

 

[Lucius-Darcia]

My assets are at 1.425 Billion Credits.
600 Million credits were earned by turning in a combination of bounties and doing A to B to A trading runs.
130 Million credits earned in the Moria CG
I have been playing since 1.4
Please feel free to discuss

3.5 bil
Since august 2015
Most through A<->B trading with my T-9, a bit of Robigo, a good piece of it through mining and a little bit through missioning and the bountys going ahead with the missions.
The combat bonds i doesn't count since they are really.....small :/
Has changed since 2.1 if you combine with missions but...i already named 'em xD

 

[Odan Brota]

3.5 bil
Since august 2015
Most through A<->B trading with my T-9, a bit of Robigo, a good piece of it through mining and a little bit through missioning and the bountys going ahead with the missions.
The combat bonds i doesn't count since they are really.....small :/
Has changed since 2.1 if you combine with missions but...i already named 'em xD

Hopefully my balance will go up as I strive to become Elite in combat, but man I just don't think I have the will to earn another billion. I'd love to get my assets up to 2 bil, but I just don't have a reason to at the moment. 250m spare cash means I'm insured against my own stupidity, and I have the ships I want. Did you jack your balance up that high just "because"? Or did you have a reason (owning every ship in the game, etc.)?

 

[Lucius-Darcia]

Hopefully my balance will go up as I strive to become Elite in combat, but man I just don't think I have the will to earn another billion. I'd love to get my assets up to 2 bil, but I just don't have a reason to at the moment. 250m spare cash means I'm insured against my own stupidity, and I have the ships I want. Did you jack your balance up that high just "because"? Or did you have a reason (owning every ship in the game, etc.)?

My reason is to own every ship i wanna have (some multiple times like the python) at least A-rated. I'm a junk collector and can nothing throw away but i wanna have flown every ship in the game (of course A-fitted).
There are just a few ships i don't own or haven't tryed yet.
-cutter (94% marquis) hopefully complete this week
-keelback (meh!)
-asp scout (hm)
-DBX
-all upcoming ships

 

[Odan Brota]

My reason is to own every ship i wanna have (some multiple times like the python) at least A-rated. I'm a junk collector and can nothing throw away but i wanna have flown every ship in the game (of course A-fitted).
There are just a few ships i don't own or haven't tryed yet.
-cutter (94% marquis) hopefully complete this week
-keelback (meh!)
-asp scout (hm)
-DBX
-all upcoming ships

ah, right on. Empire 4lyfe, so I won't own anything that isn't (mostly) Gutamaya. Good luck on the rank grind, it's a killer.

 

[tarks382]

My assets are at 1.425 Billion Credits.
600 Million credits were earned by turning in a combination of bounties and doing A to B to A trading runs.
130 Million credits earned in the Moria CG
I have been playing since 1.4
Please feel free to discuss

Smart people don't really discuss their wealth.

 

[Lucius-Darcia]

Smart people don't really discuss their wealth.

Wealth? I thought this is about our pocket money

 

[Noogillim]

Iv'e been playing since alpha and have 9 millions credits, no banks out here - still trying to find Milliways................


Flown 5 ships and only have two or maybe three been so long I can't remember.

I wonder how long these algae bars will last me? no shops around here either.

I may be going a little mad............................................

 

[Brian of Ardagh]

I have about 32,000 credits and a mostly loaned Sidewinder. I may be poor but I'm rich in spirits!

I cleared my save recently but I haven't really been able to play due to Bell's palsy. Mostly good to go now so I'll try to get back in the pilot's chair this 3 day weekend.

Okay, just got back from a few missions and some concurrent trading, upped my bank account to about 74,000 credits. I had one hostile attack me, an eagle. That netted me another 13,000 credits.

Weird thing is just as I was leaving the station to start the mission I got an update, 2 hostiles would be sent against me. I'd get 10,000 extra credits per hostile. I'd like to know who's been giving the hostiles the information on where to attack! Although the mission faction might have a spy and that's how they knew to tell me.

 

[Reina Kaede]

What I really want to know is why are the chicks in your signature holding Negi?

Google is your friend.

I jest, but here's your answer.

 

[MottiKhan]

Wealth? I thought this is about our pocket money

I found a quarter in the parking lot. Yeah, doing pretty well.

 

[Engadine]

Not too sure what we're supposed to be discussing OP?

Although it appears I've stumbled across a Willy Waving thread

 

[DragoonKnight]

money is not my goal, i don't care much for it, i just want to have enough for the insurance

BTW Alpha player too

My goal is not money. My goal is having access to every ship that I want to fly and being able to outfit it properly. At minimum this means a combat Corvette, trade Conda, and exploration ASP. Soon I will have to buy and outfit either an Orca or Beluga.
And I am working on the rank for a Cutter.

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Smart people don't really discuss their wealth.

Its virtual wealth. We can discuss it.

 

[Crimson Kaim]

What's there to discuss? You amde yourself the goal to make credits so you got your credits. Other people wanted to push up their combat rank, get less credits but have a higher combat rank than you, the OP. It's just about priorities.

 

[DragoonKnight]

My reason is to own every ship i wanna have (some multiple times like the python) at least A-rated. I'm a junk collector and can nothing throw away but i wanna have flown every ship in the game (of course A-fitted).
There are just a few ships i don't own or haven't tryed yet.
-cutter (94% marquis) hopefully complete this week
-keelback (meh!)
-asp scout (hm)
-DBX
-all upcoming ships

I own a scout and a DBX. I dont recall what its like to fly either of them.