So......um......what now?

starjump

starjump
Mohrgan said:
I have evolved into a Smuggler. I have a decent Cobra, and I found a few local Outposts with Black Markets. I take the "Retrieve X ITems from space" missions. While I drop into U.S.S.'s I can find Bounties to collect, Random items to sell, and the mission items I'm hunting for. Add a "Kill X number of Pirate" missions and I have a nights worth of gaming.
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This may not be everyone's idea of fun in this game, but I am happy and well fed. Have look into it. I had a 8 space cargo rack in my Viper to do this in, it was more than enough.
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Another bit of advice I would offer is: get an Eagle. Those things are fun to fly and cheap to operate. I am fearless with the thing because the insurance is so low. Two Pulse Lasers and a Cannon.... watch out criminals. A chuckle inducing way to mix things up.
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Good luck
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I do the smuggling bit as well. Works great.
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I wish though FD would feed local/adjacent system news into our ships. That way you could see what is going on around you, and for traders you get something to read while gliding those LS's to the stations and affect with their trading, and fighters would see if something was up and get there to help. Add a little more procedural events that are smaller in size but have an effect on the larger ones (building towards war or helps win/lose a war etc) plus other events FD can come up with. It would feel a bit more alive and get you the news you need. I wrote another suggestion about splitting the new section into 2 boxes (in service menu at stations) where the top box would have local/adjacent news and the bottom box have the rest of the galaxy's news. Faster reading for visitors while they stock up on commodities or reload their weapons instead of being forced to read all news to see what systems they are for. I often dont read them and just go about my business making money because of the "monochrome", random and non system specific news. What i mean is, the system concerned is not specified at the top for example but mixed in the news so you have to keep reading to see where it is. I just think it could be handled better, in the future no less. :)
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But what i mean is that more sense of things going on around you would come from the above, and maybe you would get a better feeling of what to do apart from the money making and ship buying that OP mentions. Im still locked on cash as i want a bigger ship (I have an almost all "A" Cobra which i love) and when i get it i will set out and look up events to join in. I just hope FD shape up the news a bit and add more smaller events to join in on.
 

mattensky

mattensky
lexandro said:
I am stuck and dont really know how to proceed. Basically my goals are quiet simple, get ship, upgrade it, have fun with it, earn credits, get a better one. And that has held me over quiet well, till now. You see I have a Viper and I am very happy with it and wont part with it. Its a fun ship, and tough to boot.

Now the next combat ships "up" from here are the Cobra and then the Asp. So I had a cobra for a week or so, before deciding that I really didnt like it that much. Its not so great in combat due to weak shielding compared to the Viper and its lower hardpoints being so far back and spread as far apart. So I sold it and was happy to get the credits back. I saved up some more creds and for the last few days I have been working towards an Asp. Now I am not one of these "heavy traders". I trade a little, and bounty hunt a bit to make creds. But the trading bit is rather boring to me as its just back and forth, back and forth. And the bounty hunting, while fun, does not pay as well and gets a little annoying when your constantly "buzzed" by local LEO's and cant fire half the time or risk a bounty.

So I got my Asp yesterday and I was all happy....for all of an hour. I upgraded the ship (naturally I had extra capital on top of ship price) with some nice bits and took it out for a spin. I hated it. Sound effects for it are horrible, it has a lot of inertia drift due to its mass, has a horrible cockpit design and placement, and is just generally "nasty" feeling IN MY OPINION.

And then I realised. There is NOTHING ELSE. Nothing in the 1-50 million price range at all other than a Type-6 and the Asp. I dont want to be a trader, I only do it sparingly so the Type-6 is out. So now I no idea what I am going to do to earn another...what 80million or so to get a Python with some decent internals? I have about 8 million creds now, not a lot I know. But there is zero for me to spend it on other than insurance. My Viper is "done" as far as spending on it goes.


Why is there no ships for combat other than this stupid Asp? Who thought it was a good idea to create such a huge gap in the cost between combat ships?


Anyhoo. Yeah Im a bit glum, so what the hell do I do now? Is my only option to "grind" trading and/or bounty hunting? What would I do once I do get enough credits for the ship though? Its not like I get enough payouts now to pay for it any time soon, how could I run it in combat with these low bounty rewards?


I am at a loss.
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I experienced the exact same thing - I sold it and went back to the Cobra - and then went to see the Lagoon and Trifid nebulas . . .

I'm on my way home now - and my plan is to grind a bit more and try the Asp again with a setup for exploring - the long jump range would be really useful out here (getting 19.7 in my Cobra so it's slow going).

But I feel the same about how far off the bigger ships are - I am bored with trading -

My hopes are pinned on the five new ships including a general purpose ship in the 10-20 million range that is essentially a slightly better Cobra . . .
 

mbcx4jrh

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I upgraded last week to the an asp from the viper. Been trading wares, and slightly upgraded it - worth about 9m now. Seriously thinking of going back to the viper.
If only the viper power plant wasn't so limited, I'd have stayed in it.

Might get a viper for fun and carry on trading & exploring in the asp.
 
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