So, you mean piracy?Like fishing - but in space
PSA: Famines are back on the menu
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There's a trader almost nextdoor, can't remember the name though, but check INARA. That's a non-issue for me.
Well in my opinion all ways of farming data are pretty mindless, except mabe for planetary base scanning (for MEFs and CIFs and such), where you get to make a time-race. Those can be fun.
Depends on your definition on 'next door' - 93 Ly isn't that close. But hey - both work - Jameson if you like grinding, Famines if you mainly want wake related stuff. Good to have options
I'm impressed: much as I tried, I was never able to persuade myself that sitting in a Famine Distribution Centre scanning wakes wasn't grinding.Depends on your definition on 'next door' - 93 Ly isn't that close. But hey - both work - Jameson if you like grinding, Famines if you mainly want wake related stuff. Good to have options
Listen to a football match on the radio while doing it, it's pretty relaxing. If you try and scan all the incoming ships for data and the all the wakes it keeps you pretty busy. And no relogs, so my immersions remains intactI'm impressed: much as I tried, I was never able to persuade myself that sitting in a Famine Distribution Centre scanning wakes wasn't grinding.
But hey, feel free to use other methods - when I've had enough then I head off to do something else, as I'm about to do Well you see, there we are. That's the difference between us. I can't stand football.
It was an example. Though if your point is that you don't enjoy anything - then I can see where you have an issue
I think it depends on specifically what the mat/data is.
A ship only has one FSD.
Completing a G5 long-range mod' needs roughly 10 rolls.
You collect 100 G5 Encoded mat's from the Jameson site, trade 'em for 16 DWEs and you've got enough to complete a G5 mod' on your FSD.
In and out in 15 minutes. Job done.
By contrast, a ship might have 9 hardpoints
If you want to mod' 9x Overcharged lasers/MCs, that's 90 MEF required.
Getting those from the Jameson site means making 6 trips, going back and forth to a trader.
I don't mind spending a bit of time doing tedious stuff but I don't fancy doing it for hours on end.
To analyse it more objectively, using the Jameson site is getting you 1 G5 Encoded mat' per minute (after trading).
In the case of MEF, there are surface installations where you can get 2 or 3 MEF per minute, including relogging.
The Jameson site isn't an especially fast way of gathering Encoded mat's IF they're available by other means.
What it is, though, is reliable and if you only need enough for a single 'mod that might be the most important factor.
Issue? ISSUE! Bah! Humbug! [Puts in ticket to change CMDR name to CMDR Grump.]It was an example. Though if your point is that you don't enjoy anything - then I can see where you have an issue
Actually my point would be that scanning wakes is just as tedious as relogging at the Jameson Cobra - as your football example rather confirms. The only difference is that, even allowing for the trade-off runs to distant Diaguandri, Jameson will give you getting on for twice as many DWE in the time spent.
Now that's worth knowing. Hadn't heard that before. Any chance of more details?
I wouldn't have thought it would take that to get Yamiks to kill a puppyBut .. think of the immersions! Every time you relog Yamiks kills a puppy
Not in his spaceship he doesn't.But .. think of the immersions! Every time you relog Yamiks kills a puppy
✌Lung 3 Lockhart Prospect.
BD+10 5022 1B Plucker Relay.
There are more but these are the only 2 I remember.
Try googling "Elite MEF surface installations" to find alternatives.
Activate the data-points, get MEF as a reward, relog.
Takes about 50 seconds in an SRV.
I prefer Lockhart Prospect cos 2 data-points are outside the restricted area and the 3rd can be scanned through a wall so you never get attacked.
There's probably Youtube video's that demonstrate what's required.
Alternatively, gimme a shout and I can show you in-game.
I'm off into the black in the next few days, and probably won't be back in the Bubble till after Crimbo. But I'll bookmark this post, and have a look then. I have my doubts about whether it'll actually be as fast as swinging my SRV turret about at Jameson; but as long as it's decently fast, variety is always good.Lung 3 Lockhart Prospect.
BD+10 5022 1B Plucker Relay.
There are more but these are the only 2 I remember.
Try googling "Elite MEF surface installations" to find alternatives.
Activate the data-points, get MEF as a reward, relog.
Takes about 50 seconds in an SRV.
I prefer Lockhart Prospect cos 2 data-points are outside the restricted area and the 3rd can be scanned through a wall so you never get attacked.
There's probably Youtube video's that demonstrate what's required.
Alternatively, gimme a shout and I can show you in-game.
Lung 3 Lockhart Prospect.
BD+10 5022 1B Plucker Relay.
There are more but these are the only 2 I remember.
Try googling "Elite MEF surface installations" to find alternatives.
Activate the data-points, get MEF as a reward, relog.
Takes about 50 seconds in an SRV.
I prefer Lockhart Prospect cos 2 data-points are outside the restricted area and the 3rd can be scanned through a wall so you never get attacked.
There's probably Youtube video's that demonstrate what's required.
Alternatively, gimme a shout and I can show you in-game.
I always got my MEF, EFC and BtC doing missions. If i want cash too, i take a trip to Robigo.
Otherwise, any station with allied factions are as good
Also, Robigo is quite entertaining in open.
Is Robigo still going? Back when that big passenger rush was on as the big moneymaker I had horrible ideas about sitting around the tourist beacon in a sidewinder with a fast scanner and waiting for hollow pips to show up. I thought that pretty much dried up when void opals became the new goldrush.Also, Robigo is quite entertaining in open.
Did you honk the FSS - that seems to be enough to make them show I haven't checked for a couple of days, DC have been known to change - they were there...