Well, another billion in credits doing Robigo/Sothis runs taking about 13 plus hours. It use to be 10 hours but the best passenger profits have changed even in their boom states. With thousands of runs over the years I have seen a recent increase in NPC pirates looking for my illegal passengers...and they are getting smarter at it.
Arriving at Sothis Atmospherics I was fired upon by a Fer de Lance 7 seconds later! I arrive, start the scan, then immediately go to the Gal Map to plot the return trip. The map was interrupted back to combat. I got away but lost passengers bang scanned.
Another time finishing a run and my ADC was on final approach to Robigo Mines with seconds away from landing. A Fer de Lance popped in with perfect timing, scanned me then I lost other passenger missions.
This is with a dedicated passenger Python allied with every faction in Robigo, Sothis and Ceos and not wanted. No system authority ships ever bother me. So I started paying attention with passengers sending me messages. There are two.
1. They want me to buy then a commodity at a near base. If I read this message and don't fulfill it I might lose profits.
2. Bounty hunters are going to be looking for them.
I don't read either but start looking around. With a Python and see a Fer de Lance or sometimes a Vulture they will attack upon my arrival even if they don't try to interdict me. They are smarter. Whatever ship you fly and your combat rating the bad guys will show up in a ship not normally when you drop into a system. Look for them.
Other players have suggested that all I need to do is launch a heat sink. I'll be retrofitting my Python build per their advice. Point Defence missiles are not much use at the moment. Meanwhile I know that I can arrive at Robigo Mines, activate the ADC then boost fast to quickly arrive. It takes time for the NPCs to drop in. So far it works. Meanwhile I actually love that NPCs are starting to break up the boring monotony doing Robigo runs. Made me smile with a challenge.
Still Murphy's law works. When I have plenty of time playing the game the passenger profits are low. Never do it on a Sunday when thousands of other players are doing the same thing. If I'm tired and want to go to bed or have to cook dinner then 4-5 million passenger missions constantly show up. Go Figure.
Regards
Arriving at Sothis Atmospherics I was fired upon by a Fer de Lance 7 seconds later! I arrive, start the scan, then immediately go to the Gal Map to plot the return trip. The map was interrupted back to combat. I got away but lost passengers bang scanned.
Another time finishing a run and my ADC was on final approach to Robigo Mines with seconds away from landing. A Fer de Lance popped in with perfect timing, scanned me then I lost other passenger missions.
This is with a dedicated passenger Python allied with every faction in Robigo, Sothis and Ceos and not wanted. No system authority ships ever bother me. So I started paying attention with passengers sending me messages. There are two.
1. They want me to buy then a commodity at a near base. If I read this message and don't fulfill it I might lose profits.
2. Bounty hunters are going to be looking for them.
I don't read either but start looking around. With a Python and see a Fer de Lance or sometimes a Vulture they will attack upon my arrival even if they don't try to interdict me. They are smarter. Whatever ship you fly and your combat rating the bad guys will show up in a ship not normally when you drop into a system. Look for them.
Other players have suggested that all I need to do is launch a heat sink. I'll be retrofitting my Python build per their advice. Point Defence missiles are not much use at the moment. Meanwhile I know that I can arrive at Robigo Mines, activate the ADC then boost fast to quickly arrive. It takes time for the NPCs to drop in. So far it works. Meanwhile I actually love that NPCs are starting to break up the boring monotony doing Robigo runs. Made me smile with a challenge.
Still Murphy's law works. When I have plenty of time playing the game the passenger profits are low. Never do it on a Sunday when thousands of other players are doing the same thing. If I'm tired and want to go to bed or have to cook dinner then 4-5 million passenger missions constantly show up. Go Figure.
Regards
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