I don't know of the station types present for the community goal, but yes, that sort of question is to worry about when purchasing a large pad vessel. Because it won't fit at outposts, introduced earlier. And in some systems, they're all you can have.
Type 6 7 or 9 best bang for buck for trading?
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I don't know of the station types present for the community goal, but yes, that sort of question is to worry about when purchasing a large pad vessel. Because it won't fit at outposts, introduced earlier. And in some systems, they're all you can have.
Good man! The 9 is awesome.
Always enjoy flying about in it - especially on a newly found hot trade route.
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How do you work out what wants where?
I think you will find this website most beneficial.
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And congrats on joining the Lakon T-Club.
https://inara.cz
Be sure to click around.
And congrats on joining the Lakon T-Club.
https://inara.cz
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T6 offers the most fun and versatility of the lakon trade ships. My T9 hardly ever leaves the station and has not paid for itself. My T6 is well profitable though, having paid for itself many times over.
right now there's a community goal that has unlimited demand, i just used an elite commodity finder tool on google to find a good large landing pad system within 20ly. there's one that gives 600 profit more within 32ly but 1-2 jumps is much better than 32ly imo
commodity market specifies for any commodity in its description, which economy produces them, and which consumes them.
bringing commodities from one economy which produces them to one which consumes provides profit in almost all cases.
but the biggest profits are depending on the state of minor factions controlling the market. a classic is importing basic medicines to a system/station in outbreak, which will already provide you with >3000 cr/t profit.
best route i have personally run was 6100 cr/t profit a-b-a - those routes are only viable as long as the factions are in the right states (can change every day) and they don't show up on a third party site like eddb.io, because they will drain in hours in that case.
Have not done bulk trading in a year or so.
In trading credit /run is not interesting, the focus is cr/ton and cr/h. From that can you calculate what a route is worth in a specific ship and what ship it worth buying.
Easiest is to say bigger is better, but that is not completely true. A anaconda is often better then the bigger t9 because you can fly the route faster, because of the longer jumprange and easier to manuver. But on a one jump (for the t9) the t9 can shine.
Time is what you compete with... Its easy to time and calculate when bulk trading. The time you usually forget is finding route (now pretty easy with webpages to go to) and go to them. Back then when bulk traded up to the biggest ships i hunted seconds when trading but could spend 2h on finding the perfect route... When i realized that i often could stay with a stable 2.5-3k/t route that take 14-15min back and forth. because every minute not trading i lost hundred of thousands. (but sometimes it fels good when you found a really profitable rute so don't forget do what is fun and make you feel good ��
So a interesting question is how much do a person have to trade in a cutter to get to the same point as if you stayed in the conda and not got the reputation??
In trading credit /run is not interesting, the focus is cr/ton and cr/h. From that can you calculate what a route is worth in a specific ship and what ship it worth buying.
Easiest is to say bigger is better, but that is not completely true. A anaconda is often better then the bigger t9 because you can fly the route faster, because of the longer jumprange and easier to manuver. But on a one jump (for the t9) the t9 can shine.
Time is what you compete with... Its easy to time and calculate when bulk trading. The time you usually forget is finding route (now pretty easy with webpages to go to) and go to them. Back then when bulk traded up to the biggest ships i hunted seconds when trading but could spend 2h on finding the perfect route... When i realized that i often could stay with a stable 2.5-3k/t route that take 14-15min back and forth. because every minute not trading i lost hundred of thousands. (but sometimes it fels good when you found a really profitable rute so don't forget do what is fun and make you feel good ��
So a interesting question is how much do a person have to trade in a cutter to get to the same point as if you stayed in the conda and not got the reputation??
The only one of the bulk haulers I have owned is the T6 and I still own it. Subjectively I would argue it is one of the best ships in the game because you tend to buy one early on and it opens up the chance to make million credit trade runs. It also gives you a low rebuy and correctly fitted is quite forgiving.
My T6 was my first deep space vessel too and I logged my first discovery in it.
T6 racing is also a thing.
Finally, how come you never mentioned the Keelback?
My T6 was my first deep space vessel too and I logged my first discovery in it.
T6 racing is also a thing.
Finally, how come you never mentioned the Keelback?
I would agree with that accessment.
I only used a Type 7 early on in my career in-game and that was only until I could afford an Anaconda which easily trumps all the T series for cargo hauling work. (Ironically) But the 7 did do a decent job for what it was/is. The T9 is a flying brick with no jump range, so that rules it out as a viable hauler in my opinion.
I did try the 9 for a bit in Achanar hauling slaves over to Avalon, but it was a boring process to make any decent money. I really like the look of the T9 though. I think it is one of the cooler looking ship designs in ED.
Too bad they nerfed it for any long range applications. (Even when fully engineered)
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Good points regarding running CGs in Open. We didn't have too many of those during the time I was running my Type 7 and when I switched to the Conda.
The T7 should be a medium pad ship in my opinion, the dropship is also an excellent choice for medium pads.
Yes, Type-6 small pad and Type-7 medium pad, that would be great and give the Type-7 some love. Flying one on my 2nd Acc right now during the CG, 288 tons cargo capacity (engineered 3A shields) and a jump range of 22.43 ly laden. G3 DD thrusters speed the brick up to 240/401 m/s (empty of course).
So give the Type-7 a try, it's more than worth its price. (And much better than it was back then when I tested it on my 1st Acc...)
So give the Type-7 a try, it's more than worth its price. (And much better than it was back then when I tested it on my 1st Acc...)
Personally, I love the Type-7. I always have some of them.
It's good for mining (you can ram small pirates to death with!): Franca - https://eddp.co/u/8elEAFeZ
Awesome as a space bus (better than an Orca, if you do not mind the lack of the Luxury cabins), even more with a white paintjob: Jubarte - https://eddp.co/u/4ifz1cXf
As a trader, it has some defects, as the large pad limits and not so much cargo, but it's very agile in supercruise, and not so bad in landing and docking. I never be interdicted flying a Type-7. Never.
To be, the Type-7 has to be a medium size ship or, at least, to be able to deploy a fighter. With any one of those improvement, it will be an especially good ship.
It's good for mining (you can ram small pirates to death with!): Franca - https://eddp.co/u/8elEAFeZ
Awesome as a space bus (better than an Orca, if you do not mind the lack of the Luxury cabins), even more with a white paintjob: Jubarte - https://eddp.co/u/4ifz1cXf
As a trader, it has some defects, as the large pad limits and not so much cargo, but it's very agile in supercruise, and not so bad in landing and docking. I never be interdicted flying a Type-7. Never.
To be, the Type-7 has to be a medium size ship or, at least, to be able to deploy a fighter. With any one of those improvement, it will be an especially good ship.
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I have both a Type-9 and an AspX; both have heavily engineered FSDs. I use the Asp most of the time, but use the T9 for trading CGs. The T9 really shines when there are nearby areas with large amounts of the required commodity nearby. In general, the commodities are readily available early in the CG and then, as they get depleted, I have to travel further. That's when the engineered FSD comes in handy.
Given your limited funds, I'd spend some time engineering the Asp. Use it as your workhorse to gain credits; that's what I did.
Note that even though I could easily afford to buy several Anacondas, I still fly an Asp instead. The AspX is more nimble, has a great cockpit view, is cheaper to maintain, and can land on medium pads.
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Odd as it sounds, the Type-7 was instrumental for me to gain Elite Explorer rank.
I flew my AspX to Beagle Point and back (for Distant Worlds Expedition), but didn't get enough rank. I then flew a fully-loaded T7 to Jaques Station for a CG (before it was Colonia). It only had a 17 ly jump range, so it was tedious, but when I returned to the bubble, I earned my Elite Explorer rank and got a whole bunch of "first found by" credits.
The T7 served me well, but I still prefer my AspX or Type-9.
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