Maybe I should hang up my smuggling cap and become a miner *shudders*
Give it a week and you'll be fine.
Maybe I should hang up my smuggling cap and become a miner *shudders*
@op. You know you don't have to pay the fine right? Sure it turns into a bounty, but that's a non issue anywaysthen the fun starts!
Only fines and bounties i pay these days are worth the factions I'm loyal to.
Not really an informative post or anything just had an awful experience so far. The main reason I got this game is because I loved the concept of smuggling. Being able to blast into stations and delivery that dodgey cargo! Finally got the money to equip a lovely new asp explorer (not a fan btw, drifts too much), kitted it out for some long range deliveries only to find out that I suck at smuggling!I think even that is a bit harsh. I have done my research and am doing everything that people suggest (I'm not asking for tips). It just seems that whatever I do my luck runs out right at the last moment and I'll get scanned by those police! Not so much as being bad at it and seems more luck based? Maybe I should hang up my smuggling cap and become a miner *shudders*
If a cop follows you in from SC, the heat sinks won't help. So if you see one spawn as you start your run, boost away from it and don't request landing clearance. Go back to SC and fight the interdiction. </edit>
Second biggest mistake is letting a cop follow you out of SC next to a station..
Personally I never boost on a smuggling entrance - just get nicely lined up from well outside the NFZ, go full chat and throttle back at the toast rack.
If a scan starts, duck once you're in - and yeah, I will re-instance before the exit to prevent the un-announced insta scan that will otherwise inevitably follow.
Bit gamey, but so are the NPC plod,so...
Not really an informative post or anything just had an awful experience so far. The main reason I got this game is because I loved the concept of smuggling. Being able to blast into stations and delivery that dodgey cargo! Finally got the money to equip a lovely new asp explorer (not a fan btw, drifts too much), kitted it out for some long range deliveries only to find out that I suck at smuggling!I think even that is a bit harsh. I have done my research and am doing everything that people suggest (I'm not asking for tips). It just seems that whatever I do my luck runs out right at the last moment and I'll get scanned by those police! Not so much as being bad at it and seems more luck based? Maybe I should hang up my smuggling cap and become a miner *shudders*
I must dis-agree. Outposts can scan all the way to pad, and I've been scanned once I was inside the dock too!. Stations provide cover when you make it through the entrance. If I have too much company at an outpost, I leave and come back later.Dont smuggle to stations. Too many cops around there. Smuggle to outposts instead.
I must dis-agree. Outposts can scan all the way to pad, and I've been scanned once I was inside the dock too!. Stations provide cover when you make it through the entrance. If I have too much company at an outpost, I leave and come back later.
I must dis-agree. Outposts can scan all the way to pad, and I've been scanned once I was inside the dock too!. Stations provide cover when you make it through the entrance. If I have too much company at an outpost, I leave and come back later.