Well, I'm a very casual player, I really like the idea of PowerPlay. So packed up mining and trading to go support a faction I like. However I found some issues for a casual low income player, I can now make a mil an hour trading/mining. But I wanted something more interesting to take part in.
I don't have the 100+ million (easy guaranteed money back investment) to put into this initially to run the transport missions effectively. The 30 minute cap is a deal breaker, I feel it should be more like 15 minutes. (Am I getting this wrong? So far I can just see a way to break the system by speeding up the cargo).
After doing the math the non combat route for this is ridiculous. Hauling Propaganda will take me 45+ hours to get to rank 4. That's 7 hours a day. Depending on the cycle length.I'm a student and am not working at the minute, but there is no way I can spend that amount of time playing Elite to achieve this.
Is there a better non combat route? Or am I going to be forced shooting ships to get by? I can't see how PowerPlay brings casual players into this part of the game.
And yes, money is a bonus, it keeps me flying and wanting to participate, so far I'm making a loss. I see how being a well off player this is just an easy thing to do to support their faction, drop a few 100 mil, job done. But a lot of people can't do that. Also why should their be a massive gap in income, perhaps the system needs more ranks, why is there such a jump from 4 to 5.
Just my thoughts
I don't have the 100+ million (easy guaranteed money back investment) to put into this initially to run the transport missions effectively. The 30 minute cap is a deal breaker, I feel it should be more like 15 minutes. (Am I getting this wrong? So far I can just see a way to break the system by speeding up the cargo).
After doing the math the non combat route for this is ridiculous. Hauling Propaganda will take me 45+ hours to get to rank 4. That's 7 hours a day. Depending on the cycle length.I'm a student and am not working at the minute, but there is no way I can spend that amount of time playing Elite to achieve this.
Is there a better non combat route? Or am I going to be forced shooting ships to get by? I can't see how PowerPlay brings casual players into this part of the game.
And yes, money is a bonus, it keeps me flying and wanting to participate, so far I'm making a loss. I see how being a well off player this is just an easy thing to do to support their faction, drop a few 100 mil, job done. But a lot of people can't do that. Also why should their be a massive gap in income, perhaps the system needs more ranks, why is there such a jump from 4 to 5.
Just my thoughts
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