Rare Commodities List!
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What happens when you eventually get a Python or greater. Another player (or two or three) comes along and destroys your ship.
The insurance will be in the millions and without such methods of making money would render anything over a T6 something which people keep locked up in their docking bays.. Just like that extremely valuable sport's car.
Difference being, in the real world insurance is not a % of the value, in the game however it is, so there needs to be something to make it worth while taking out of the dock... it is after all, just a game!
I am not the type to want instant gratification, but I don't want it to take me 10 years to get a better ship either. I want to have fun, simple as that.
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I am sorry to announce that there were no Snails in Ikurama.
I checked in both station (BlAAUW CITY and CROSSFIELD ORBITAL).
No rare commodities.
My guess is that the list of rare commodities where by mistake put on the client side but they may be activated (turned on/off) by FD on the server side.
Some may be not be unlocked... yet.
Although I am checkin the list I hope that they hide the list in the future because it breaks a little the immersion in the universe. I would prefer for FD to unlock rare commodities with in-game story events similar to the eranin conflict during Beta. Galnet would be a really good tool to warn pilots of new up trending rare commodities. A great way to have players congregate at some locations (the universe is soooo big).
Cheers!
I checked in both station (BlAAUW CITY and CROSSFIELD ORBITAL).
No rare commodities.
My guess is that the list of rare commodities where by mistake put on the client side but they may be activated (turned on/off) by FD on the server side.
Some may be not be unlocked... yet.
Although I am checkin the list I hope that they hide the list in the future because it breaks a little the immersion in the universe. I would prefer for FD to unlock rare commodities with in-game story events similar to the eranin conflict during Beta. Galnet would be a really good tool to warn pilots of new up trending rare commodities. A great way to have players congregate at some locations (the universe is soooo big).
Cheers!
My nice google docs sheet just exploded...so many things to enter. Loving it
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[TD][COLOR="#FF8C00"][B]System[/B][/COLOR][/TD]
[TD][COLOR="#FF8C00"][B]Station[/B][/COLOR][/TD]
[TD][COLOR="#FF8C00"][B]Trade Good[/B][/COLOR][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][COLOR="#FF8C00"][B]Distance to Achenar[/B][/COLOR][/TD]
[TD][COLOR="#FF8C00"][B]Distance to Sol[/B][/COLOR][/TD]
[TD][COLOR="#FF8C00"][B]Distance to Alioth[/B][/COLOR][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bast[/TD]
[TD]White Hart Lane[/TD]
[TD]Bast Snake Gin[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Belalans[/TD]
[TD]Boscovich Ring[/TD]
[TD]Belalans Ray Leather[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Chi Eridani[/TD]
[TD]Steve Masters station[/TD]
[TD]Chi Eridani Marine Paste[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Delta Phoenicis[/TD]
[TD]Trade Port[/TD]
[TD]Delta Phoenicis Palms[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Eranin[/TD]
[TD]Azeban City[/TD]
[TD]Eranin Whiskey[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ethgreze [/TD]
[TD]Bloch Station[/TD]
[TD]Ethgreze Tea Buds[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hecate [/TD]
[TD]RJH1972 [/TD]
[TD]Hecate Live Sea Worms[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Heike[/TD]
[TD]Brunel City[/TD]
[TD]Ceremonial Heike Tea[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lave[/TD]
[TD]Lave Station[/TD]
[TD]Lavian Brandy[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Thrutis[/TD]
[TD]Kingsbury Dock[/TD]
[TD]Thrutis Cream[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Toxandji [/TD]
[TD]Tsunenaga Orbital[/TD]
[TD]Toxandji Virocide[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Xihe[/TD]
[TD]Zhen Dock[/TD]
[TD]Xihe Biomorphic Companions[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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I'd suggest including which faction runs the sector/station
maybe also the type of economy.
Wohoo, nice work....
Someone will do it. Better to do it now, let FD know about the exploit, and if they want to then they can fix it. Of course once the data's out there, they have to either live with the data being leaked, or re-write it all. This should have been encrypted, even though any local encryption can always be cracked it would at least slow down the process.
I'm still hoping that they will replace most of the hard-coded "rare" goods with randomly generated ones. The generated system descriptions (edible poets, etc.) in Elite were hilarious, I'd love to see that come back in the guise of generated goods descriptions.
So I cannot go and check more out until late today, but I just did do another filter pass on that file and reduced the 5000 lines by removing stuff that cannot be anything meaningful down to 207 surviving lines. So the following in the spoiler tag is a heavy filtered and sorted list of strings that may or may not contain further locations.
Put in spoiler tag, as it's a long raw list and not everyone is interested in it
aerialedenapple
aganipperush
aistatemachines
alacarakmoskinart
albinoquechuamammoth
algae
aluminium
anaconda
anynacoffee
aquaponicsystems
aquastaticpens
atmosphericextractors
autofabricators
azcancriformula42
bacteriostaticagents
baltahsinevacuumkrill
basicnarcotics
bastsnakegin
bauxite
beer
belalansrayleather
bernalsphere
bertrandite
beryllium
bioreducinglichen
biospecimen
biowaste
borasetanipathogenetics
botanicaldrugs
breathingmask
cd75catcoffee
ceramics
ceremonialheiketea
cetirabbits
chalcopyrite
chateaudeaegaeon
chatwindow
chemicalwaste
chieridanimarinepaste
clothing
cobalt
coffee
collectobjectivechange
coltan
combatstabilisers
consumertechnology
copper
coquimspongiformvictuals
coriolis
courierabandon
credits
crisisgasgrenades
cropharvesters
damagedpanel
damnacarapaces
decals
deltaphoenicispalms
deuringastruffles
dialogbox
domesticappliances
dronemodels
drones
dummybaydoor
earth
ejectedheatsink
electrosmelters
eleuthermals
emitters
energydrinks
eraninbigmaint
eraninbigmaint2
eraninpearlwhisky
eshuumbrellas
esusekucaviar
ethgrezeteabuds
fertiliser
fish
foodcartridges
foodcollector
foodcollectormaint
formations
friendsmanagement
fruitandvegetables
giantirukamasnails
gilyasignatureweapons
glass
gold
gomanyauponcoffee
grain
graphene
graveyardmaint
growthpromoters
hazardousenvironmentsuits
heliostaticfurnaces
help
helvetitjpearls
hip10175bushmeat
hip118311swarm
hip41181squid
holvaduellingblades
hr7221wheat
indite
indium
ironingot
jarouarice
kachiriginleaches
kamitracigars
kamorinhistoricweapons
karetiicouture
karsukilocusts
kinagoinstruments
konggaale
largeshell
lavianbrandy
leather
lepidolite
lightcones
liquor
lithium
livehecateseaworms
loadingspinner
lyraeweed
marinesupplies
mars
metalingot
microfabricators
militarycheckpoint
mushrooms
mushroomspores
naturalfabrics
ngunamodernantiques
njangarisaddles
nonlethalweapons
ochoengchillies
onionhead
orrery
outbreakcheckpoint
performanceenhancers
personalweapons
pesterbot
pesticides
planetschematic
plasticcable
platinum
pointdefenceshell
powergenerators
progenitorcells
python
rajukrustoves
rapabaosnakeskins
reactivearmour
resonatingseparators
robotics
rusanioldsmokey
rutile
sanumameat
scrap
seekermissile
silver
slaves
sugar
syntheticfabrics
syntheticmeat
tacticsets
tanmarktranquiltea
tantalum
tarachtorspice
targetsights
teacollector
teacollectormaint
terrainenrichmentsystems
terramaterbloodbores
thrutiscream
tiolcewaste2pasteunits
titanium
tobacco
torpedo
toxandjivirocide
tracks
tungsteningot
tungstenshell
turretmountlarge
undercoveragent
unrefinedgas
uraninite
uranium
utgaroarmillenialeggs
vacuumkrill
vanayequirhinofur
vignette
voidworms
volkhabbeedrones
wardiangrowpods
warlarge
water
waterpurifiers
watersofshintara
watertreatment
wine
witchhaulkobebeef
wolf1301fesh
wood
wool
wulpahyperboresystems
wuthielokufroth
xihecompanions
yasokondileaf
aganipperush
aistatemachines
alacarakmoskinart
albinoquechuamammoth
algae
aluminium
anaconda
anynacoffee
aquaponicsystems
aquastaticpens
atmosphericextractors
autofabricators
azcancriformula42
bacteriostaticagents
baltahsinevacuumkrill
basicnarcotics
bastsnakegin
bauxite
beer
belalansrayleather
bernalsphere
bertrandite
beryllium
bioreducinglichen
biospecimen
biowaste
borasetanipathogenetics
botanicaldrugs
breathingmask
cd75catcoffee
ceramics
ceremonialheiketea
cetirabbits
chalcopyrite
chateaudeaegaeon
chatwindow
chemicalwaste
chieridanimarinepaste
clothing
cobalt
coffee
collectobjectivechange
coltan
combatstabilisers
consumertechnology
copper
coquimspongiformvictuals
coriolis
courierabandon
credits
crisisgasgrenades
cropharvesters
damagedpanel
damnacarapaces
decals
deltaphoenicispalms
deuringastruffles
dialogbox
domesticappliances
dronemodels
drones
dummybaydoor
earth
ejectedheatsink
electrosmelters
eleuthermals
emitters
energydrinks
eraninbigmaint
eraninbigmaint2
eraninpearlwhisky
eshuumbrellas
esusekucaviar
ethgrezeteabuds
fertiliser
fish
foodcartridges
foodcollector
foodcollectormaint
formations
friendsmanagement
fruitandvegetables
giantirukamasnails
gilyasignatureweapons
glass
gold
gomanyauponcoffee
grain
graphene
graveyardmaint
growthpromoters
hazardousenvironmentsuits
heliostaticfurnaces
help
helvetitjpearls
hip10175bushmeat
hip118311swarm
hip41181squid
holvaduellingblades
hr7221wheat
indite
indium
ironingot
jarouarice
kachiriginleaches
kamitracigars
kamorinhistoricweapons
karetiicouture
karsukilocusts
kinagoinstruments
konggaale
largeshell
lavianbrandy
leather
lepidolite
lightcones
liquor
lithium
livehecateseaworms
loadingspinner
lyraeweed
marinesupplies
mars
metalingot
microfabricators
militarycheckpoint
mushrooms
mushroomspores
naturalfabrics
ngunamodernantiques
njangarisaddles
nonlethalweapons
ochoengchillies
onionhead
orrery
outbreakcheckpoint
performanceenhancers
personalweapons
pesterbot
pesticides
planetschematic
plasticcable
platinum
pointdefenceshell
powergenerators
progenitorcells
python
rajukrustoves
rapabaosnakeskins
reactivearmour
resonatingseparators
robotics
rusanioldsmokey
rutile
sanumameat
scrap
seekermissile
silver
slaves
sugar
syntheticfabrics
syntheticmeat
tacticsets
tanmarktranquiltea
tantalum
tarachtorspice
targetsights
teacollector
teacollectormaint
terrainenrichmentsystems
terramaterbloodbores
thrutiscream
tiolcewaste2pasteunits
titanium
tobacco
torpedo
toxandjivirocide
tracks
tungsteningot
tungstenshell
turretmountlarge
undercoveragent
unrefinedgas
uraninite
uranium
utgaroarmillenialeggs
vacuumkrill
vanayequirhinofur
vignette
voidworms
volkhabbeedrones
wardiangrowpods
warlarge
water
waterpurifiers
watersofshintara
watertreatment
wine
witchhaulkobebeef
wolf1301fesh
wood
wool
wulpahyperboresystems
wuthielokufroth
xihecompanions
yasokondileaf
Is that what happens? Unlikely. And it's only a problem if you make two mistakes: 1. you buy a new ship as soon as you can and don't keep hold of your previous ship just in case, and 2. you spend all your cash on cargo. If you avoid those two stupid mistakes, then you're fine. You can take the loss of your ship and cargo, and be financially back on your feet in a single evening's play.
I'm saying that "3 days to get a better ship" is too fast. You say "10 years to get a better ship" is too slow. Maybe it's possible for the answer to lie somewhere in between.
Depends on the ship.
I really liked the progression rate in Elite before I discovered rare trading. It was about 2 hours to a Hauler, then about 5 hours to a Cobra.
From there it was 1 evening checking out rare routes, 2 hours to full kitted Cobra, 2 hours to Lakon, 1 hour to perfectly kitted Lakon, 2 hours to Asp.
That did not feel right.
And Frontier are not doing themselves a favor by allowing such a fast progression. Because the shortcomings on the content front become more apparent the sooner people fly around in Pythons, Lakon 9s and Anacondas. Like... buying an Orca and not having passengers...
In early WoW I took 312 hours to maxlevel (60). That was with a lot of idling, looking around, exploring... no powergaming. And it was just about right.
It doesn't matter if the Asp is 30 hours away, as long as you can have fun on the way.
As it is right now, I am more concerned about the fun part than about the credits part.
It's one thing to politely express a difference of opinion and quite another to accuse someone of having a lack of common sense and integrity. You yourself suggested a few pages back that another poster was borderline trolling, but taking your contributions in this thread as a whole I think that label best applies to you (note for example, your first postas where you casually dismiss another post as 'thoughtless'). Now, I don't like casually applying labels like that to people so I just ask you; do you think your tone is really appropriate for this particular forum (recent controversies aside)? This isn't life and death, it isn't even a competition; it's just a game.
Yeah I don't expecte those rare commodities to continue to work how they do currently. While they are nice and the flavor text range from silly to hilarious, they just are too good. I mean, I worked myself up to about 6 mio cr until I first seen one of them, thanks to this very thread. And I like to hunt the remaining ones now. But once you've found them, why would you ever trade anything else but these? They basically make all other commodities useless for trading once you can do one of these shipments and make 500K or more in 15 minutes. My record is 1.6M in a single transaction right now, thanks to these. Prior to them, it was 160K or so in a 96T type6.
So something that limits availability such that you can do it only once per week, or they only have a percentage to spawn each day, etc. to limit availability is something that should be happening I think. Otherwise as I said, why would I ever trade anything else than rares? And that makes them not-rare in effect but not in name.
So something that limits availability such that you can do it only once per week, or they only have a percentage to spawn each day, etc. to limit availability is something that should be happening I think. Otherwise as I said, why would I ever trade anything else than rares? And that makes them not-rare in effect but not in name.
It would be useful to have the major faction of the station where the commodities are on the list too. The amount of business you can potentially do at each station can have an effect on your major faction standings and some people like to do things only for the Empire (for example). Since the faction increases are seemingly so small for the major factions through normal trading, rare trading could be seen as a good way to get a larger hit on the faction you want as well as being financially worthwhile and fun
They are spread out all over the place.
I think most of them are named Agricultural systems.
Since Agri systems aren't your number one spot for profitable trading, they can get overlooked rather easily.