Money-Making Question!
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When I got ELITE I started grinding cargo, I am a hard grinder using Red Bull and 12-hour sessions. I soon had a Type-9 and was making good rate but although I ground for Months i still had only 160 million plus my T-9, (No Sothis runs).
So if an Elite grinder like me takes so much time to earn that much how long will it take a post-2.2 newbie to grind a 500 Million cr ship like a Conda and enough money to payout 24 million every time he loses it? I haven't played since 2.2 I simply don't have enough time to put that much into a game.
So if an Elite grinder like me takes so much time to earn that much how long will it take a post-2.2 newbie to grind a 500 Million cr ship like a Conda and enough money to payout 24 million every time he loses it? I haven't played since 2.2 I simply don't have enough time to put that much into a game.
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Ok, I read your story and tried to give you +rep...but I must have already given you some elsewhere.
I love your attitude...not to get rich quick.
The secret, I'm sure you've realised is to have fun.
Pick something.
Pick anything, and do that and the credits will come.
Get bored, try something else, have a play, the credits will come.
Focus on trying different things...not the credits...and they will come.
I have two accounts, my second account is a fully kitted Cobra III and has 50m credits.
I use this account to do community goals.
I have invested no more than 50 hours on this account and I'm no ace by any stretch of anyone's imagination!
It's about having fun and not giving a flying "you know what" if I get killed.
There are credits to be earned everywhere in this game.
Pick anything.
Play smart.
Don't focus on the credits, or the next ship.
If you follow my advice you will experience minimal grind and maximum enjoyment from this game.
I'm loving it.
(And no, I'm not one of those billionaires with 50 ships)
Clicker
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Your goal is credits and/or an end goal like a cutter or anaconda.
The goal should be to have some fun, surely!
This game is so diverse and there's so much you could do, to limit it to one dimension is a waste.
Clicker
I love your attitude...not to get rich quick.
The secret, I'm sure you've realised is to have fun.
Pick something.
Pick anything, and do that and the credits will come.
Get bored, try something else, have a play, the credits will come.
Focus on trying different things...not the credits...and they will come.
I have two accounts, my second account is a fully kitted Cobra III and has 50m credits.
I use this account to do community goals.
I have invested no more than 50 hours on this account and I'm no ace by any stretch of anyone's imagination!
It's about having fun and not giving a flying "you know what" if I get killed.
There are credits to be earned everywhere in this game.
Pick anything.
Play smart.
Don't focus on the credits, or the next ship.
If you follow my advice you will experience minimal grind and maximum enjoyment from this game.
I'm loving it.
(And no, I'm not one of those billionaires with 50 ships)
Clicker
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Your goal is credits and/or an end goal like a cutter or anaconda.
The goal should be to have some fun, surely!
This game is so diverse and there's so much you could do, to limit it to one dimension is a waste.
Clicker
Hello OP,
just want to point you to this thread for more inspiration for what to do with a limited budget:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...ts-to-enjoy-core-aspects-of-the-game-post-2-1
As of the 2.2 update mines are not as effective as they used to be, so in the listed configurations you could get rid of the mine launchers.
Also not included in the mentioned post is my new favorite Cobra MK III Millenium Falcon build that can transport lucrative passengers fast, together with limited amounts of delicate cargo:
http://coriolis.edcd.io/outfit/cobr...12f.Iw1-kA==.MwBj4yQJjI==?bn=Millenium Falcon
just want to point you to this thread for more inspiration for what to do with a limited budget:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...ts-to-enjoy-core-aspects-of-the-game-post-2-1
As of the 2.2 update mines are not as effective as they used to be, so in the listed configurations you could get rid of the mine launchers.
Also not included in the mentioned post is my new favorite Cobra MK III Millenium Falcon build that can transport lucrative passengers fast, together with limited amounts of delicate cargo:
http://coriolis.edcd.io/outfit/cobr...12f.Iw1-kA==.MwBj4yQJjI==?bn=Millenium Falcon
Also a good thread regarding Rares that you might find useful - with a map on from the Count - have a look at this: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showth...ding-Metro-Map
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Absolutely this.
There will be some walls, and some lean patches. Then you'll come back to the game after a break and just do things that you think you'd enjoy doing. And without knowing it, the credits just kind of tick over. Try not too look too far ahead - I daren't look at what some of the ships cost, but it is fairly well balanced so if you keep just having fun, you'll find yourself able to keep buying new things every once in a while.
Making credits and playing with new ships is fun.
I pick: Flying a 'conda.
Wait. Can't do that. No money.
I think earning a 'conda would be fun.
Fly around.
Fly around with things in cargo (and getting shot at).
Fly around adding things to cargo (and getting shot at).
Fly to places to shoot things.
Did I miss anything?
Take a hit on Cargo and fit the biggest fuel scoop you can shoe-horn in, keep the standard fuel tank. IMO it is better to scoop for 5 seconds each star than to haul around extra fuel mass. Fuel is heavy. All the large fuel-scoops mass the same.
