If there ever was a more newbish newb doing newbie things, I'd like to meet that person. The two of us might get along quite well. With that said, I'm looking for some general tips on trading. In particular, I'm looking for some tips on the slave trade because it seems to make a lot of credits on every mission I've found involving it. That, and of course, the merc/assassin missions. But those I'm a little iffy on given the starter weapons and their ridiculous charge time. So for right now, just making money on trading and getting an idea on the layout of the Galaxy. But I found in the map where you can follow the import/export paths, found some good systems, but they never seem to be for sale. So I'm guessing you just have to come across them? Or is the idea on the slave trade that you generally need to be well of already, otherwise the over/under can break the bank? Any questions for clarification I'd be happy to answer, though.
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Newcomer / Intro Looking for some tips on trading...
- Thread starter C_Zero
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The thing about the slave trade is that it is illegal in most parts of the populated galaxy. It's certainly illegal in any federation aligned system so don't fly around there with a cargo hold of 'happy workers'.
You need to venture out to Empire space and look for anarchy systems.
You need to venture out to Empire space and look for anarchy systems.
This will help with trading in general.
If you're looking for something to trade that will make you lots of money, and you have a decent frame shift drive, I would recommend trading rares. You can find where they are on that website, and how it works with them is the farther away you get from where you bought them the more they are worth. I think the limit is around 160 LY.
You can also make some decent money on trading normal stuff, but it just takes awhile to get a feel to what routes are going to make you money. I make 20,000 a load trading silver between these two systems, its just a matter of finding them. That website will help, because it will find trade routes for you. But other than that its just a case of learning.
But you may know all this stuff already.
If you're looking for something to trade that will make you lots of money, and you have a decent frame shift drive, I would recommend trading rares. You can find where they are on that website, and how it works with them is the farther away you get from where you bought them the more they are worth. I think the limit is around 160 LY.
You can also make some decent money on trading normal stuff, but it just takes awhile to get a feel to what routes are going to make you money. I make 20,000 a load trading silver between these two systems, its just a matter of finding them. That website will help, because it will find trade routes for you. But other than that its just a case of learning.
But you may know all this stuff already.