The very best profession: fish trader.

CMDR Hagglebeard

CMDR Hagglebeard
Yeeeep. My goal now, which I have decided upon at approximately 12:11 AM, is to buy a Lakon Type 9, outfit it well with weapons and good shields, and haul fish from I Bootis to the surrounding systems. On the way back, whatever I can find to make a profit, without using trade tools (they're cheating to me). Right now I have about 22 Million credits in assets, have not traded yet, and only dabbled in bounty hunting. I don't like trading in huge amounts of luxury/expensive items, I want to trade all of the commodities.

What are your weird goals? Do you have any?
 

Schmack

Schmack
I have a Python I use as a Meals on Wheels ship. I load up with various food items and head across the systems looking for the hungry. I find the missions for food and complete them without leaving the dock. Then I move on. If I hit a food bearing system, I'll restock. It doesn't make me any money but it does seem like doing something positive instead of killing all the time.

For a goal, I want to make enough money to buy and outfit an anaconda with only bounty hunting, no trading or anything else. It's gotten harder recently but I'm still moving that way.

I keep saying I am going to put a mining ship together but can't bring myself to do so. I've found all the precious metals in my BH endeavors but just haven't done anything with them.
 

M00ka

M00ka
CMDR Hagglebeard said:
Yeeeep. My goal now, which I have decided upon at approximately 12:11 AM, is to buy a Lakon Type 9, outfit it well with weapons and good shields, and haul fish from I Bootis to the surrounding systems. On the way back, whatever I can find to make a profit, without using trade tools (they're cheating to me). Right now I have about 22 Million credits in assets, have not traded yet, and only dabbled in bounty hunting. I don't like trading in huge amounts of luxury/expensive items, I want to trade all of the commodities.

What are your weird goals? Do you have any?
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Derthek said:
My goal is to make it to the polar oposite system of Sol on the far side of the galaxy. I'm almost there, I'll be there tomorrow and be on my way back by tomorrow night.

I should probably mention it's a system that can't possibly have any earthlikes. It has the wrong star to be of any worth, it's just a weird goal I have hehe
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Darkphoenix said:
To be honest I sometimes trade in stuff that most people consider sub-optimal LOL
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Schmack said:
I have a Python I use as a Meals on Wheels ship. I load up with various food items and head across the systems looking for the hungry. I find the missions for food and complete them without leaving the dock. Then I move on. If I hit a food bearing system, I'll restock. It doesn't make me any money but it does seem like doing something positive instead of killing all the time.

For a goal, I want to make enough money to buy and outfit an anaconda with only bounty hunting, no trading or anything else. It's gotten harder recently but I'm still moving that way.

I keep saying I am going to put a mining ship together but can't bring myself to do so. I've found all the precious metals in my BH endeavors but just haven't done anything with them.
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Kudos (and rep) to you all. I think you Commanders are playing the game the way the developer envisaged, well done. I also bet we will never see you post on here and whine about how boring the game is and how everything should change to suit you and you alone.
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I just wish more could see the enjoyment this game could provide if you only stepped outside of the box and looked at what you enjoy doing then go and do it. Too many I think expect to have everything, from the Lore to a never-ending story hand fed to them, instead of doing it far better by themselves.
 

Johnny Cyclops

Johnny Cyclops
The occasional Tea Trader, quite an English thing I think, as I've seen a few others on the board note the same. A while back I found a tiny mining outpost in need of 200 tons of tea (Demand), so begun running it from a local Agri system. I was curious how the Demand numbers worked (Supply shifts down on purchase, but then top-ups again). I was delivering 100T of tea per run in the Lakon T6. Each time I came back the Demand figure was 25 lower. After a few hours I'd managed to move the 200T initial demand down to zero, but it wasn't as simple as two runs in the T6 (100T capacity x 2 runs = 200T delivered). I must have delivered over 1000 tons of tea to a tiny outpost :) Miners must get thirsty.

My "thing" is boosting my local minor faction, I think almost a solo effort as the systems I'm in are rarely visited by others, so I'm presuming the double-expansion (now in three systems) and close to nabbing an outpost and probably control of another system, is all down to me. Yes... I've started wars and I feel very bad about it. I did enjoy Schmack "food run" approach, very nice. And probably helps boost ranking reps, while I'm near 100% doing missions for the same single faction, so not advancing my Fed ranking at all.
 

Arjin

Arjin
CMDR Hagglebeard said:
Yeeeep. My goal now, which I have decided upon at approximately 12:11 AM, is to buy a Lakon Type 9, outfit it well with weapons and good shields, and haul fish from I Bootis to the surrounding systems. On the way back, whatever I can find to make a profit, without using trade tools (they're cheating to me). Right now I have about 22 Million credits in assets, have not traded yet, and only dabbled in bounty hunting. I don't like trading in huge amounts of luxury/expensive items, I want to trade all of the commodities.

What are your weird goals? Do you have any?
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Are you running out of pirate targets? or things to do? ;) Somehow, I always knew there was a fisherman in you...:D
 

Ginrikuzuma

Ginrikuzuma
CMDR Hagglebeard said:
Yeeeep. My goal now, which I have decided upon at approximately 12:11 AM, is to buy a Lakon Type 9, outfit it well with weapons and good shields, and haul fish from I Bootis to the surrounding systems. On the way back, whatever I can find to make a profit, without using trade tools (they're cheating to me). Right now I have about 22 Million credits in assets, have not traded yet, and only dabbled in bounty hunting. I don't like trading in huge amounts of luxury/expensive items, I want to trade all of the commodities.

What are your weird goals? Do you have any?
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I feel it needs asking since its in the description.

Have you yet been fined for smuggling fish. :eek:
 

William J Smith

William J Smith
Must admit that most of my trading is long distance rares, but when arriving in the old systems, I always make a beeline for Zaonce and pick up an alien egg

Why?

You only ever get 1, you never make much money on it, and its a complete waste of time. and the only use for it I've found is annoying pirates in Lave when I stop for my next pickup

Bill

"Only got this weird egg.... I'll dump it for you and promise me you'll tap the side 3 times while looking directly into the top..." :eek: :D
 
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