So....how is everybody making money these days?

Masagmarod

Masagmarod
Charlie Hustle said:
I agree with you there.. but im broke now. Only have 23.9mil, FDS, dolphin, DBX, and my vultrue to my name. So, until i can get enough money to get those bigger ships, i have no choice. Gonna trade in my dolphin and dbx for the AspX, just for the greater jump range, strip the advance disc scanner and detail surface scanner as well, and passenger cabins, shoot as well as the FSD. Im only a few missions away from being promoted to the FAS, then ill consider trading in my vulture for that. But maybe not. My vulture is my prize fighter at the moment.
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Keep the Advanced Discovery Scanner, that way when you are out taking passengers you could get exploration data too. You would be shorting yourself some credits for very little gain with passengers. It would be a mistake that you would regret. Also you could make some serious credits in a HAZRES now. I made 3 mil in 30 minutes lastnight. Your vulture would work just fine.
 
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Kenneth McGrew

Kenneth McGrew
well when im not busy writing I practice wizardry among other things

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it pays the bills
 

Charlie Hustle

C
Masagmarod said:
Keep the Advanced Discovery Scanner, that way when you are out taking passengers you could get exploration data too. You would be shorting yourself some credits for very little gain with passengers. It would be a mistake that you would regret. Also you could make some serious credits in a HAZRES now. I made 3 mil in 30 minutes lastnight. Your vulture would work just fine.
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Oh yeah.. the hazrez, i do that at times. I just found out about HAZREZ from last weeks CG. Im all there. I just told my buddy about it too. He stopped playing the game a month back because of the grind to make money.
I just chose to Uber passengers because i never tried it, and it was low risk money. I then decided to explore because i never been outside the bubble, nor i never used the fuel scoop. But both were easier than i thought.

So my plan is to buy back the asp explorer to taxi around passengers so i can rank up in the federation, im currently at 80% to unlock Sol, and the FAS. And also... make more money. I will most likely trade in the FDS for the FAS, dont want to part ways with my vulture.
 

Masagmarod

Masagmarod
Charlie Hustle said:
Oh yeah.. the hazrez, i do that at times. I just found out about HAZREZ from last weeks CG. Im all there. I just told my buddy about it too. He stopped playing the game a month back because of the grind to make money.
I just chose to Uber passengers because i never tried it, and it was low risk money. I then decided to explore because i never been outside the bubble, nor i never used the fuel scoop. But both were easier than i thought.

So my plan is to buy back the asp explorer to taxi around passengers so i can rank up in the federation, im currently at 80% to unlock Sol, and the FAS. And also... make more money. I will most likely trade in the FDS for the FAS, dont want to part ways with my vulture.
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Well when you go on that long trip, dont forget the ADS and Fuel scoop! Enjoy the trip!
 

Batterby76

Batterby76
Im finding best way to make some creds at min is surface scan missions. Find a federal system in boom or expansion aslong as ur friendly with a couple of factions ul get surface scan missions all day long. Most are worth over 1mil some times up to 4 mil depending on rank ( im only leutenant) and you wont need a conda or type9 to make it worth while im using my old adder. Last night i played for 2hrs and made 15mil
 

Dutchman141

Dutchman141
Batterby76 said:
Im finding best way to make some creds at min is surface scan missions. Find a federal system in boom or expansion aslong as ur friendly with a couple of factions ul get surface scan missions all day long. Most are worth over 1mil some times up to 4 mil depending on rank ( im only leutenant) and you wont need a conda or type9 to make it worth while im using my old adder. Last night i played for 2hrs and made 15mil
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I never payed attention to surface scan missions, I think it's time to look into these, they sound pretty fun.
Running passenger missions in my Beluga makes me an easy 15 million in the hour but they tend to get a bit repetitive after a while, especially when you're never being interdicted.

I'm gonna dust off my Courier and find some scan missions next time I'm on.

o7
 

MrGreen13

MrGreen13
Dutchman141 said:
I never payed attention to surface scan missions, I think it's time to look into these, they sound pretty fun.
Running passenger missions in my Beluga makes me an easy 15 million in the hour but they tend to get a bit repetitive after a while, especially when you're never being interdicted.

I'm gonna dust off my Courier and find some scan missions next time I'm on.

o7
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I'm running surface scans non stop making a killing. I use a cheap hauler and just self destruct after scanning to speed up the process.
 

heliman001

heliman001
This scan,boom,bang thing really needs to be shut down.
Fair enough if you scan and go back to turn the mission in,but you shouldn't be able to turn in any active missions if your ship has been blown up,that's just crazy.
 

Dutchman141

Dutchman141
I'm not gonna blow up my ship to speed up a mission, what's the fun in that?
Not even mentioning the realistic side of things.
I'm not playing this game to get everything as fast as possible, I'm playing to have fun.
Game = Fun, if that's not the case then I'm not playing but doing something I actually don't like doing at all.
 

MrGreen13

MrGreen13
You know what guys....this is my 2nd commander and I'm kinda speeding up the process a bit. I don't do it all the time, but it's funny how others judge how I play "my" game...in solo. I'm not board hopping....just choose to blow up my hauler instead of flying back. I could care less how you play your game. It might not be fun for you....but what's fun to you...may not be fun to me either. To each their own. o7
 

heliman001

heliman001
heliman001 said:
This scan,boom,bang thing really needs to be shut down.
Fair enough if you scan and go back to turn the mission in,but you shouldn't be able to turn in any active missions if your ship has been blown up,that's just crazy.
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MrGreen13 said:
You know what guys....this is my 2nd commander and I'm kinda speeding up the process a bit. I don't do it all the time, but it's funny how others judge how I play "my" game...in solo. I'm not board hopping....just choose to blow up my hauler instead of flying back. I could care less how you play your game. It might not be fun for you....but what's fun to you...may not be fun to me either. To each their own. o7
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I do not care at all how you play the gripe is with the game mechanics.
Just because you are collecting data it persists after ship loss,this in my opinion is wrong because you loose all other mission types.
 

MrGreen13

MrGreen13
heliman001 said:
I do not care at all how you play the gripe is with the game mechanics.
Just because you are collecting data it persists after ship loss,this in my opinion is wrong because you loose all other mission types.
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Ok, I can understand that. Fly safe Cmdr! o7
 

Dutchman141

Dutchman141
MrGreen13 said:
You know what guys....this is my 2nd commander and I'm kinda speeding up the process a bit. I don't do it all the time, but it's funny how others judge how I play "my" game...in solo. I'm not board hopping....just choose to blow up my hauler instead of flying back. I could care less how you play your game. It might not be fun for you....but what's fun to you...may not be fun to me either. To each their own. o7
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I'm not telling you how you should play your game, I wouldn't dare.
No one can tell you how to play your game just as no one can tell me.
It wasn't an attack on your playstyle although I must admit that reading it again it might have sounded that way, I apologize.
Blowing up my ship to speed things up just doesn't fit my playstyle, neither does grinding but I did it anyway to get my Cutter, most boring two weeks I ever had in ED.

I tried finding these scan missions around Sol in boom systems but haven't found any yet.
Are they mostly present in boom systems or is there an other way of finding them?

o7
 

MrGreen13

MrGreen13
Dutchman141 said:
I'm not telling you how you should play your game, I wouldn't dare.
No one can tell you how to play your game just as no one can tell me.
It wasn't an attack on your playstyle although I must admit that reading it again it might have sounded that way, I apologize.
Blowing up my ship to speed things up just doesn't fit my playstyle, neither does grinding but I did it anyway to get my Cutter, most boring two weeks I ever had in ED.

I tried finding these scan missions around Sol in boom systems but haven't found any yet.
Are they mostly present in boom systems or is there an other way of finding them?

o7
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I believe I see them the most in Boom systems. I know I was grabbing them a lot in Quince out of Millerport....but I believe that system has changed, so they dried up. I have seen them out of Bernard City in Zoquagsang....but haven't been doing them out of there. Not sure how regular they are.
 

Deltashot

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Transport missions make the most money the fastest. Usually 3 mil to 10 mil in 1 to 3 jumps. Then trading 3.5 mil to 4.5 mil a run.
 

Requiem Mortis

Requiem Mortis
There was a guide how to, posted recently about the ancient ruins obelisk scanning mission that pays out 1mil/scan 100 total plus a 100 million bonus for a complete set of scans.

Not sure what the time for the task is though.

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/358893-ANCIENT-GUARDIANS-MISSION-GUIDE(Step-by-Step)-201-M-Cr
 
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Charlie Hustle

C
i hope this thread keeps going. This thread have reminded me of other ideas to make money in this game. Since this thread started, or at least i have subscribed to it, a couple weeks ago, i went from 7 mil to 29 mil in my wallet. Just from various ideas of making money. Currently i am running with my aspX doing passenger missions, transport gotta be around 500k+ for 1 hop, tourist missions are around 2.5mil+ 3 stops max. I only have business class (26 slots 2 cabins). Also i have unlocked sol. im moving up in a faster pace.
 

khaos526

khaos526
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