Need help please!

S.H.A.D.O

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I'm struggling a lot, please help! Since 2.1 released I've lost 84.6m credits, I am now down to one ship (Python) and 3.2m cr (enough for only 2 insurance rebuys)

I need a way of making credits please!!! I normally BH but I'm having such bad luck with that I have given it up for a time, I will trade but I don't know what to trade where??

Can someone give me a good trade route so I can get some credits together again please?
 

DBCloggy

DBCloggy
S.H.A.D.O said:
I'm struggling a lot, please help! Since 2.1 released I've lost 84.6m credits, I am now down to one ship (Python) and 3.2m cr (enough for only 2 insurance rebuys)

I need a way of making credits please!!! I normally BH but I'm having such bad luck with that I have given it up for a time, I will trade but I don't know what to trade where??

Can someone give me a good trade route so I can get some credits together again please?
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I've found bounty hunting in a Cobra to be quite effective. I only hunt in Low RES, but you can still make a reasonable amount in there. Security is always there to lend a helping hand collecting credits.
But back is under the 100k mark, so it's a pretty cheap option, plus it's fun!
 

Jastebro

Jastebro
Check out Thrudd's trading tool, Eddb.io [FONT=Whitney, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif]or etn.io[/FONT]. These sites can all be used to generate trade routes based on player input.
You can easily figure out a good route with respects to what ship & range you have.
 

Cmdr Scorpion

Cmdr Scorpion
DBCloggy said:
I've found bounty hunting in a Cobra to be quite effective. I only hunt in Low RES, but you can still make a reasonable amount in there. Security is always there to lend a helping hand collecting credits.
But back is under the 100k mark, so it's a pretty cheap option, plus it's fun!
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I agree I have left my Vulture in dock and got a Cobra MK111 fun to fly, can haul some cargo and if your careful can hunt in Nav beacons and Low res sites.
Also good at avoiding Interdictions or have I just been lucky
 

Seonid

Seonid
Get a Cobra MkIII, fit it for multirole and do random missions for rep and cash, fetch/carry/salvage and so on, all can be done with a basic all-rounder ship and it's cheap as chips to rebuy if things go all pete tong.
 

thebullfrog

thebullfrog
Hit up a community goal. Grab some missions. Sell some illegal goods at a station with a black market, it'll get you in with the black market faction there and open up some lucrative smuggling opportunities.
 

scorpyon

scorpyon
My suggestion would be to do something similar to what I did when I lost my T9 a few times and had no money for insurance.
Sell it up, buy a Clipper and spec it for max-cargo space. (The speed will outrun any attacks)

Trade in that until your money is comfortable enough to get your python back (or in my case, I got my T9 back. I now have almost enough for my Conda).

Use Thrudd's Elite Trader website to find a good A-B-A route near you.
 

Whiterose

Whiterose
S.H.A.D.O said:
Not going to make much from that tbh
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I made 125 million from Distant Worlds. As for the OP upgrade your thrusters, max power plant, best shields. When interdicted don't play the game, just submit, boost, bost and when you FSD has cooled down FSD out of there.
 

frostypaw

frostypaw
S.H.A.D.O said:
Can someone give me a good trade route so I can get some credits together again please?
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It sounds like you're another victim of the BH honeypot - the old broken AI has a lot to answer for.

There's great money to be made trading especially in rares if you still want a bit of risk. Build a small super-fast ship like a smuggling build based on a Cobra or similar and use one of the rares trading tools online to find a route.

Now a warning though - none of those tools take account of how things have changed in 2.1 so you'll need to be a bit more tactical. Find 3/4 locations near each other, stock up then run like blue blazes over to the other side of the bubble and sell. Repeat and return.... it's quite a fun way to sightsee around the bubble and the buy prices for rares are low enough that you don't lose too much when it goes wrong

But yeah don't be disheartened! You'll get the hang of the new AI and be swatting them again soon enough, and being adaptable is very rewarding in this game.
 

Eloy

Eloy
That happens when you approach BH the same way as pre 2.1. New tactics to BH are to be found in some later threads.Let the police help you and choose your targets more wisely.
 

ElPueblo

ElPueblo
Seonid said:
Get a Cobra MkIII, fit it for multirole and do random missions for rep and cash, fetch/carry/salvage and so on, all can be done with a basic all-rounder ship and it's cheap as chips to rebuy if things go all pete tong.
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This!

Ditch the Python for now. Get yourself a Cobra, work on reputation with minor factions in systems nearby by doing missions for them. Once you're rep is maxed out, you'll start getting hauling missions 1+MCr. Additionally, you'll get Eng materials as a reward for doing missions too.

Just don't give up! :)

o7
 
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scorpyon

scorpyon
S.H.A.D.O said:
what systems?
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Try Synteini -> Sowiio
And the system next to it beginning with S (I forget the name)

Go into Thrudd's Elite Trader: http://www.elitetradingtool.co.uk/
Go to Find Trades

Type in Synteini
Change the distance between systems to be under 10ly
Tick the two boxes to exclude outposts and planets

Make the deliveries suggested on the site. :)

It shows you how much profit is generated (per tonne) - bear in mind tho, that this site doesn't always keep completely up to date, but it's pretty much what I use.
 

Badben

Badben
I've been doing a lot of combat vs the NPC since 2.1 came out, it's really a lot of fun. There are a few things I had to change before I could really beat up on them again, but now I can so it's all good. The first thing was re-outfitting my ship. My old build made way too much heat post 2.1, 2 rails and 2 beams on an FAS, changed that to 2 multis, 1 pulse and a beam. also, I changed things to get my speed up, no more Hull Reinforcements. Maneuverability is key, (therefore a python is no longer really a fantastic fighter anymore) use your vertical thrusters as well as forwards and backwards while pitching to try and stay out of their crosshairs. Use as much chaff as you can as well. The main thing I find post 2.1 in bounty hunting is that I'm running back to the stations a lot more often to resupply things, you need to use what you've got to survive.

I just beat up an Elite FDL this morning no problem, check out the video below. Keep an eye on my throttle, I go backwards a lot, especially in turns, but not constantly, just try and get him in your crosshairs before he gets you, do that and you can kill them all.

[video=youtube;pIvAZKu7Udk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIvAZKu7Udk&feature=youtu.be[/video]
 

cmdr_Havalok

cmdr_Havalok
Witha python run some Rares. Pick up rares at Lave, Diso, Zaonce, Orrere, Leetsi, and Uszaa...they are all about 6 LYs from each other then run them to some distant port. Need to go at least 100 LYs. Run to Palola in Kekenk of Herzong City in Shonessa something like 170 LYs and you'll get max value. You'll make 16,000-20,000 per Ton. Remember you can only pick so many rares at a time. Still make the Lave loop twice over about 30 mins and you should be able to make 1 million per trip if you go far enough. Not great compared to BH but better than nothing.
 
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