Trading efficiency by Ship

Undecided · Feb 21, 2015

I'm very interested in the fact that the clipper outperforms the Python in profit per hour.

Does the difference in speed really outweigh the difference in cargo capacity?

betc · Feb 21, 2015

Got a python today, def outperforms the t7. Fuel is about 10-18 units of cargo for me so another 34+ more per round, and its faster. Easier to squeeze through station opening as well. Had no shield in t7 so paid a little in hull. Python has 3a, so far no scratches. Very happy. And I have 3l, 2m guns

Cyranis · Feb 21, 2015

If you save 2 minutes on a route that normally takes you 10, thats a 20% increase in profits. Over time, that adds up rather quick. I make way more in the anaconda then I did in the T9, just because of speed, even with less cargo capacity.

Derath · Feb 21, 2015

I think that trade ship efficiency is something like Anaconda > Python > Clipper/T9 > T7, at least thats how i rate them lol, so much like OP's table.

Distance · Feb 21, 2015

I think your profit per hour is well off on the type 7 as i'm hitting 2.5 mil an hour with it and haven't even found an optimized route for it yet and that's with 216 tons.

Derath · Feb 21, 2015

Distance said:
I think your profit per hour is well off on the type 7 as i'm hitting 2.5 mil an hour with it and haven't even found an optimized route for it yet and that's with 216 tons.

you getting 5 2ways an hour in a type 7? Thats pretty good you know, its not maximum but thats both good piloting on a reasonable route I don't think his numbers are too bad (guessing on trips btw just crunched some numbers and 5 was 2300cr/t which is a fairly achievable number on a decent route)

Cyranis · Feb 21, 2015

If you noticed on the table, I based the numbers on 10 minute trips, 1000 credits per ton. It's just a baseline for comparison. If you want to compare it to numbers you see in game, you would need to scale all the formulas accordingly. It doesn't really matter what value of trip time and credit per ton you use, the other numbers would scale evenly.

Ship	Cargo	Cost	Cargo Cost	Cargo Perc. Val Ship	Profit/Hr.	Insurance	Ship replacement per hour	Ship and cargo replacement per hour	Spd	Spd Mod
Sidewinder	10	33272	100000	300.50%	263880	1664	15858.10%	259.50%	220	0.733
Eagle	14	51342	140000	272.60%	403200	2567	15707.00%	282.80%	240	0.8
Viper	22	157786	220000	139.40%	844272	7889	10701.80%	370.40%	320	1.066
Hauler	22	68618	220000	320.60%	527472	3431	15373.70%	236.00%	200	0.666
Adder	26	104913	260000	247.80%	686088	5246	13078.30%	258.60%	220	0.733
Cobra Mk III	60	449448	600000	133.40%	2015280	22472	8967.90%	323.70%	280	0.933
Lakon 6	112	1256743	1120000	89.10%	2955456	62837	4703.30%	249.80%	220	0.733
Asp Explorer	128	6993671	1280000	18.30%	3838464	349684	1097.60%	235.50%	250	0.833
Federal Dropship	164	38238163	1640000	4.20%	3542400	1911908	185.20%	99.70%	180	0.6
Imperial Clipper	248	23359252	2480000	10.60%	8928000	1167963	764.40%	244.70%	300	1
Orca	192	49033770	1920000	3.90%	6912000	2451689	281.90%	158.10%	300	1
Lakon 7	232	18183056	2320000	12.70%	5011200	909153	551.10%	155.10%	180	0.6
Python	292	57888581	2920000	5.00%	8756496	2894429	302.50%	150.50%	250	0.833
Anaconda	468	148966344	4680000	3.10%	10108800	7448317	135.70%	83.30%	180	0.6
Lakon 9	532	80341418	5320000	6.60%	8292816	4017071	206.40%	88.80%	130	0.433

5 Minute runs	Modified by ship speed
3000c/T

Cyranis · Feb 21, 2015

As you can see, i've scaled the table to 3000 credits per ton, and 5 minute runs.

Undecided · Feb 22, 2015

So once you have a Clipper, it's pointless to upgrade to a Type-9? That really doesn't sound like what the devs intended.

What about time spent in super-cruise versus time spent docking? Maneuverability is still an asset in super-cruise, but speed and acceleration is uniform across all ships. Unless trading between stations less than 100 light seconds from stars I would think the similarity in super-cruise times would even out the speed modifier quite a lot.