How I play the game: (you can skip this part)
I'm a trader, but I focus more than many on reputation and missions rather than a repetitive route to get a more varied and immersive experience.
However I still try my best to be efficient at it, so I end doing more or less the same than others except I'm working with a cluster of systems instead of only 2.
With a Type-6 carrying 100 tons of cargo I make a bit less than 1M per hour, which I believe to be decent. There is a lot of variance though.
I often find myself carrying about 40, 50 tons of mission requests: non-lethal weapons, food cardridges, liquor, you name it.
The sell rate from the missions are very good and offset the fact that you can't sell everything each time you dock.
Also it's not rare to get 150-200kCr from a single mission when allied with all the stations in your cluster.
When I get bored to death of a place, I move to another. I'm now friendly with both the Federation, the Alliance and working to get there as well with the Empire.
Problem:
It's too safe. Elite isn't "Dangerous".
Suggestion:
Trade missions, especially good ones, should carry more risks
Or to put it another way, pirates should look at the bulletin board.
When random people are offered 180kCr to carry 30 tons of palladium to a specified station it would be reasonable to expect a welcoming party.
Additional notes:
- This is assuming interdictions get a bit more deadly and harder to avoid in the near future.
- Would be nice to see missions to far away places as well (the distance should be specified in the offer).
- If doing trading missions does become more risky than the usual buy low sell high, the former should be more rewarding than the later (which would be safer).
I'm a trader, but I focus more than many on reputation and missions rather than a repetitive route to get a more varied and immersive experience.
However I still try my best to be efficient at it, so I end doing more or less the same than others except I'm working with a cluster of systems instead of only 2.
With a Type-6 carrying 100 tons of cargo I make a bit less than 1M per hour, which I believe to be decent. There is a lot of variance though.
I often find myself carrying about 40, 50 tons of mission requests: non-lethal weapons, food cardridges, liquor, you name it.
The sell rate from the missions are very good and offset the fact that you can't sell everything each time you dock.
Also it's not rare to get 150-200kCr from a single mission when allied with all the stations in your cluster.
When I get bored to death of a place, I move to another. I'm now friendly with both the Federation, the Alliance and working to get there as well with the Empire.
Problem:
It's too safe. Elite isn't "Dangerous".
Suggestion:
Trade missions, especially good ones, should carry more risks
Or to put it another way, pirates should look at the bulletin board.
When random people are offered 180kCr to carry 30 tons of palladium to a specified station it would be reasonable to expect a welcoming party.
Additional notes:
- This is assuming interdictions get a bit more deadly and harder to avoid in the near future.
- Would be nice to see missions to far away places as well (the distance should be specified in the offer).
- If doing trading missions does become more risky than the usual buy low sell high, the former should be more rewarding than the later (which would be safer).
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