The DEV`s will hate what I'm about to tell you:

Scoob

Scoob
Wow, the sheer number of NPC Pirates that spawn is nuts lol. My current ship can kill them in seconds but they just keep coming. The situation isn't helped by a number of things:

- NPC Pirates go hostile, but often don't show as hostile, so can attack you and your SLF with impunity. This is obviously a known bug.
- The SLF is often useless. Defend doesn't work currently - another known bug - so the fighter is a sitting duck.
- The SLF seems stuck on attacking the Miner, not the things actually attacking me when I use "Engage at Will" mode... Maybe Defend would be better...if it worked.
- The message spam of "hand over blah units / value" is insane. The same pirates repeating the same line again and again. It's not like they actually stop if you do give them some anyway...

However, those bugs and issues aside, this is quite fun. I've made a few million, a drop in the ocean really, but gathered some needed manufactured materials in the process. Will bring a buddy in on this over the weekend maybe, so he can keep the other Pirates off my back... Then I'll return the favour if he'd like to get some loot.

While this is hardly a new thing, I am grateful it was shared, as it's a viable method for profit and fun. A bit chaotic though lol.
 

GraphiteGB

GraphiteGB
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That will do... cant sell them for likely ages...
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CaptainPugwash

CaptainPugwash
Scoob said:
I'm actually currently doing this, just for fun you understand, no hope of getting rich(er) from it. It really is quite fun, between raiding the miners and fending off the other pirates who want your stuff. Fun. I need to revise my loadout somewhat though, as I just threw some modules together on my Cutter and am using that.

I've done this sort of thing before, but I recall FDev removed all ships carrying LTD's way back then. Literally, I went from hunting ships and getting some LTD's for my effort, to not getting any in hours. Really glad this is back. Plus there's more to it than simple piracy as you have the other pirates to contend with.
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They didn’t remove them, just changed the spawn systems from agriculture to industrial, which unfortunately tend to have lower population. Frog for example is pretty reliable.
 

CaptainPugwash

CaptainPugwash
Rhazul Redman said:
Well, a lot is factored in:

■ Anarchy
■ High Pop
■ Industrial (ONLY Industrial)
■ Metallic Ring
■ lowRES inside that metallic Ring

Those are either YES or NO. They need to be all YES. Then, smaller things also definde the Loot Table for different things. This System favours heavyly Platin.

■ As a Bonus i would say it is good to have
Short travel Time between Mainstation and hunting Grounds so that you can check Missionboards while naturally dropping of stolen Platin and rearm. Also pristine/major reserves is a plus. It is not a joke when i say that i robbed AND mined at the same time -> T7/T9 Hatchbreaker, target the Rock it is mining, Prospect, mine that Rock too (your Collectors start collecting its and yours Fragment ((yes, you can also steal mined Fragments when carrying a Refinery) with your left mouse, and with your right mouse you spam hatchbreaker at the targetted T7/T9 so mine and pirate at the same time for a little Plus but its traded for a more relaxed playstyle).

The Reason why it HAVE TO BE LowRes? Well, first go Low, then go High and you will see that you cant do over there. Basicly all NPC have PDT, some multiple, you wont get a single Drone in. Whatevery youre doin, you can not protect your T7/T9 enough. It will get shot. In LowRes on the other hand, almost no ships have PDT. and the spawnrates for Miner are just a bit weaker. Just a bit. And if you find your lovely T7/T9 you can just desitegrate everything that is looking at you. Often the T7/T9 just sitting there so you can tape your right and left mousebutton with Ducktape while making a Sandwich. Ive never done that.... really...

And remember this is Anarchy, HighRes here feels like HazRes elsewhere. LowRes is just the best Result by a mile and a half.
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I was doing something similar a while back at Kraurno, which has icy rings, so you could find tritium and LTDs there. The spawns were a bit hit and miss though.
I had some success with a silent running drop ship, where I was able to push the T7s up against the asteroids and hatch break without disabling, and by spamming silent running I mostly avoided other pirates. However, I could only pirate one ship, as once I became wanted the local cops were too difficult to fend off (in a drop ship).
I think a haz res could also be viable with a 7A hatch breaker, as you can normally get through the PDTs with those.
Anyway, thanks for getting me off my backside to get my corvette back into service!
This would be great in a wing of course, maybe we can use my squadron’s discord to wing up.
 

Rhazul Redman

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You can get through PDTs with higher Hatchbreakers? Didnt know that. Wow, awesome!

Generally interested in any Form of Wingcontent, but remember im a Casual Player (Only Evening, 2h average)
 

Spaceman-FXL5

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Given me ideas for this now, will try this later after work, as never done this before.
Got a Mining setup Anaconda with SLF - might defend me on PS4 - with Beams and Seekers instead of mining laser set up.
Just need Hatch Breakers, oh, and Manifest Scanner
256T Cargo usually, but may reduce that for a SLF, if the SLF doesn't defend me due to the radar bug :(, I'll get my cargo back.

Thanks for great video in this post Graphite!!!
 

GraphiteGB

GraphiteGB
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Liwei Terminal | GD 140 		L62 Ls182.38 Ly13,137270,913 Cr2 hours ago

Swings and round abouts today on price over yesterday..
Stolen sale station is closer today for platinum but demand is a lot lower...
 

CaptainPugwash

CaptainPugwash
Rhazul Redman said:
You can get through PDTs with higher Hatchbreakers? Didnt know that. Wow, awesome!

Generally interested in any Form of Wingcontent, but remember im a Casual Player (Only Evening, 2h average)
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It does depend also on how many PDTs they have, but generally yes, a 7A hatch breaker can get through if you spam it enough. The main problem I found was that the pirates PDTs kept destroying my limpits, but I want to test a 7B collector, which might have enough range to avoid them. I did a quick test years ago, without coming to a firm conclusion, but I’ll try again.
 

Rhazul Redman

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Commanders, i cant stress it enough:
■ Dont forget to sell to Gandii`s BLACKMARKETS, daily, even if you get a bit less per ton. If we all do it regulary, we can be there forever. If we dont do it, the magic is over pretty soon!

■ Only sell Stuff with DEMAND to the BM. Like Silver, Gold, Palladium, Platin... Do NOT sell Stuff like Bertrandite there, it have no Demand (and thus wont work or even harm the Process).
 
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GraphiteGB

GraphiteGB
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Dumped the silver and palladium of at local station there crap prices every were...
Will keep the platinum...

Stupid t7 pilots dont like sitting at a single rock they were moving all over the place... T9 arrive with palladium but was out of limpets...
Platinum was on Python. boo... stupid RNG..
 

GraphiteGB

GraphiteGB
Spaceman-FXL5 said:
Thanks for great video in this post Graphite!!!
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keep in mind that you can't sell LTD at black markets for good prices (currently)
Demand for LTDs at high price stations is <4000 so you get hit by bulk sales tax + the 25% lost on black markets... FC owner can wait for good sale days... Non FC owners have to sell for a lot less...
 
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