Reached Elite in trading... Now what?

Schmack · Jul 4, 2015

hs0003 said:
Tuesday the 23rd last month I decided I wanted Elite in Trading. I was already at 15% Tycoon and today I got the last 2% progression I needed for Elite.
So here I sit in Jameson Memorial in a Cobra with the outfit I wanted and a bit more than a billion credits in my balance and I forgot what I wanted to do afterwards.

Anyone have any suggestions?
Ship builds and what to do in them, etc etc.

Wait, are you saying you reached Elite and the Bill Gates level in a Cobra?

Mr_Blastman · Jul 4, 2015

Nonya said:
You'll wind up doing what everyone else with a ton of credits does - joining The Code and becoming a pirate.
Because face it, that truly is the "end game" in Elite: Dangerous.

I guess I'm doing it wrong. I started nearly broke with a Cobra and have been pirating ever since! I've earned every credit clawing tooth and nail! Well, until the 20 ton nerf. Which is getting fixed. I bounty hunted a bit for the last few weeks. Made way more money than I EVER have pirating. But it isn't nearly as fun.

I like being a pauper prince.

Schmack · Jul 4, 2015

Sim Maker said:
So,.....you don't think you will be playing in Elite 10 years time?.......... I wonder how many of the near 3/4 of a million owners of ED out there, are still playing?........Are there any server stats so we can see how many people are hooked up through a week?

People are still playing Tetris.

whipdiddywhip · Jul 4, 2015

Schmack said:
People are still playing Tetris.

tetris doesn't rely on the makers keeping the servers running

Katabasis · Jul 4, 2015

I'm thinking this is the point at which a money sharing mechanism could really make things interesting in Powerplay.

I don't think it would be too much trouble for Frontier to also add tangible investments as a way of making money - land, accommodation, factories, shipyards, even allow large enough numbers of players to buy an outpost or station and decide its policies for trade and security etc.

Kosmetas · Jul 4, 2015

ChubbyBunneh said:
Pimp out an Orca and go sight seeing in style.

Exactly what I did....

Colonel North · Jul 4, 2015

Kosmetas said:
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Exactly what I did....

Lol! I made the 'Orca luxury tour' suggestion to the OP but I was only joking. But seeing your pic I've now just gone and bought one.

Daffan · Jul 4, 2015

FreeeLancer said:
Well, since you are no stranger to grinding, may I suggest trying Powerplay? It'd give you a sense of purpose to the game other then grinding credits (aka grinding merits), you get access to some bonuses including a unique and crappy weapon and you get to meet new interesting people (and sometimes blow them up, if you want).

Alliance is a good choice if fairness and morality are something you are interested in. *wink wink nudge nudge*

Yes. instead of grinding trades, he can grind npcs!

raok · Jul 4, 2015

Steve50 said:
This^^

I've done it like 5-6 times now and it's really fun to start with next to nothing and build it all up.

Starting over and over in Elite -> Because there is no content to be offered after 3 days of gameplay. Or the content is in so awful balance, that it makes absolutely no sense.

whipdiddywhip said:
im bored of this games grind already and i only been playing for a few days, this game has nothing to offset the grind or a decent reason to grind other than move to t he next ship in the linearity chain

grinding in mmo's is fine because they have money sinks (eve for example has pvp and ships go boom for it's money sink so you have to earn more to pvp again)

ED has no money sinks, so the grind is pointless and boring because that money just accumulates for no purpose

I was bored after few days, I continued grinding, hoping that one day they will add content. Now I am at 500 million, so I was hoping rather long. It is not about money sinks. It is just, because there is nothing to do. Most of the stuff is not even rewarding, trading does that 10 times better atm. And it is very grindy indeed.

After 4 months, I decided to finally have a break. And now... I decided that, I will come to see the patches, but wont be back until -> content + balance.

Chaodiurn · Jul 4, 2015

You could train your cargo jettison skills and drop me tons of imperial slaves...

I'd suggest to take that new Orca to awesome places though. Not necessarily SigA, since every bloody explorer goes there.
No, really. I wouldn't mind you sharing some credits with me...
But really really, I'd suggest to start of checking some neutron stars, there are fields of them!, and then search for a nice nebula and head off. If not exploration, train your fixed weapons-skills and go PvP. It's lots of fun, especially with a billion to lose.

Senex VII · Jul 4, 2015

Reached Elite in trading... Now what?

Become a philanthropist.

Stock an Anaconda full of palladium and cruise around kindergarten systems like LHS 3447 or Eravate, find newbies in Sidewinders and drop them some cargo. Teach them how to upgrade their cargo racks, and then their ship, and keep going till they're in a Cobra. Wave goodbye, rinse and repeat.

It means far more to them than it does to you.

Derath · Jul 4, 2015

Quit, because you set yourself a goal that was a function of time and nothing else

Alternatively any of these superb suggestions the other posters have made

hs0003 · Jul 4, 2015

Senex VII said:
Become a philanthropist.

Stock an Anaconda full of palladium and cruise around kindergarten systems like LHS 3447 or Eravate, find newbies in Sidewinders and drop them some cargo. Teach them how to upgrade their cargo racks, and then their ship, and keep going till they're in a Cobra. Wave goodbye, rinse and repeat.

It means far more to them than it does to you.

http://i.imgur.com/ardnpyp.jpg

I actually did that for several days after steam came out.
Perhaps I should do it again, not like it is possible to give away that much considering how long it takes to teach newbies to actually take it.

Flimley · Jul 5, 2015

Have a cup of tea

Bokugo · Jul 5, 2015

You can go permit hunting. I mean, it's something.

hs0003 · Jul 5, 2015

Bokugo said:
You can go permit hunting. I mean, it's something.

Perhaps I should prepare for the Federal Corvette.
As much as I dislike the Feds, that ship looks damn cool!

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Senex VII · Jul 5, 2015

hs0003 said:
I actually did that for several days after steam came out.
Perhaps I should do it again, not like it is possible to give away that much considering how long it takes to teach newbies to actually take it.

+rep for you then.

It does take a long time, yes. Teaching others does teach oneself patience. And not everyone is cut out for that, I understand (as a retired instructor).

But take a lot of breaks. And if just one person responds and is grateful, I find it's all worthwhile. Perhaps you will too.

hs0003 · Jul 8, 2015

Senex VII said:
+rep for you then.

It does take a long time, yes. Teaching others does teach oneself patience. And not everyone is cut out for that, I understand (as a retired instructor).

But take a lot of breaks. And if just one person responds and is grateful, I find it's all worthwhile. Perhaps you will too.

I've taken a liking to teaching cmdrs to smuggle and do combat to earn credits themselves.

Dimdam · Jul 8, 2015

Psst

Psst I have an Idea

with a billion credits. Outfit a Conda and pvp with it. watch as you realize a billion credits is chump change in space

Reached Elite in trading... Now what?

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