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Codger

Codger
Oh, and this just in (snicker snicker).

Bruce Garrido said:
The increase in minable commodity prices has had an unexpectedly large effect on delivery missions due to compounding multipliers, allowing large numbers of credits to be earned with minimal risk and effort. To re-focus the earnings on the effort made, the rewards for these have been changed so that the distance travelled and quantity transported has a larger effect on the pay. Payouts remain relatively high and will be monitored for any further necessary adjustments.
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MishaTX

MishaTX
Codger said:
I had 4 follow-on missions that were for 1-3 million yesterday. Today they are still there waiting, but for 10k instead. Looks like they nerfed it beyond what it was before!
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LOL!

It's a known fact that the only nerf hammer FDev knows of is of the "Sledge" variety, but as much as the delivery missions were buffed a wee bit too much in my opinion, a factor of 10-30 less is still impressive, even by FDev "let's nerf ALL OF THE THINGS" standards.

"Finesse" is just not a word to them, is it? :D

No skin off of my nose, I never was a trader, but it seems just a wee bit harsh none the less, if that's the case.

Edit: I know it gets mentioned all the time, but imagine if FD applied the same sort of vigilance to fixing issues like the PWA/Megaship Looting/Smuggling/Alien Tissue Sampling and so on and so forth bugs as they do to absolutely murder any possibility that somebody, somewhere is making too many credits (which are laughable as it is)?

Nah, that would be like, you know, actual work. ;)
 
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Codger

Codger
I will reserve judgement on the delivery mission nerf until I see what newly-generated missions look like.

If they are actually 90% less than before, like those follow-ons I had, then I expect FD over-reacted and will readjust.

It's possible that my previously-generated missions do not reflect what missions will really look like. It always takes a day or two for the markets to settle after changes like this...so we'll see!
 

atom heart

atom heart
Logged another entry today in the 'hard lessons, hard learned' section:

Entering Lave Station for my second run of Lavian Brandy for the drunk engineer, and in the mail slot an NPC thought it would just squeeze in beside me at the same time as some asteroid sized ship was coming out. We all end up jammed tight, I get a warning, then I get blasted and sent to Valhalla, or somewhere. A penal station for me and those greedy buggers back at Lave Station got to drink my Lavian Brandy. One hefty bill for my Python recovery later, I return to Lave Station and they greet me as if nothing happened! I think they must have downed it all in one go. Now I am a former prison convict, do I get a tattoo to show how hard I am?

Seriously, it happens, I get that. But the AI on those NPC ships is, not very I. They just come in dumb, or maybe they were in on it the whole time...hmmm....
 

Codger

Codger
atom heart said:
Seriously, it happens, I get that. But the AI on those NPC ships is, not very I.
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I've watched them crash into each other and get stuck in the toastrack all by themselves. I keep a very wary eye out when docking, but I almost got caught out just the other day, when a little T6 tried to push me into a Beluga. I dodged the attempt :)
 

Gheera

Gheera
Little trip back via Ammonia Worlds, mapping 10 (and a couple of water worlds) en route to Betancourt Base again, took me up 23% of the way through Pioneer. May continue mapping the ammonia worlds (and scanning associated systems) to get through Pioneer, and wait until I’m sure KnezBP has a good head start before contemplating the long jaunt to Colonia...

EDIT - 🤬
Just realised I’ve not actually registered for the CG, so have probably c*caked this AW thingy up. What a space donkey.
 
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aRJay

aRJay
Codger said:
I've considered doing a cover of Peter Gabriel's song, Sledgehammer, and changing it to Noob Hammer. It's what I hear in my head whenever I see a station with them :)
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I came out at Betancourt today and was bang in line with the plane of the Noob Hammers I was quite impressed at how nervous that made me feel in my little Dolphin.
 

algwat

algwat
And the good news is .....it only took this long
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This was all done in solo mode mostly , so lets just consider this a extended training session...I'll endeavor to stay in open mostly from now on.
Given me a hail on the comms, before you try to rip me a new cargo hatch. I need to figure out how the chat function works? :D :unsure:

I will be keeping my FC at LHS 2405 as combat support for alt cmdr Segi Klemkan , to try and get up the combat ranks before heading out, or when Odyssey happens.

Combat video 👍 🕺 :D🍻
 
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aRJay

aRJay
algwat said:
And the good news is .....it only took this long
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This was all done in solo mode mostly , so lets just consider this a extended training session...I'll endeavor to stay in open mostly from now on.
Given me a hail on the comms, before you try to rip me a new cargo hatch. I need to figure out how the chat function works? :D :unsure:

I will be keeping my FC at LHS 2405 as combat support for alt cmdr Segi Klemkan , to try and get up the combat ranks before heading out, or when Odyssey happens.

Combat video 👍 🕺 :D🍻
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Congratulations and achieved in just over half the time of mine.
 

Simon Templar

Simon Templar
algwat said:
And the good news is .....it only took this long
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This was all done in solo mode mostly , so lets just consider this a extended training session...I'll endeavor to stay in open mostly from now on.
Given me a hail on the comms, before you try to rip me a new cargo hatch. I need to figure out how the chat function works? :D :unsure:

I will be keeping my FC at LHS 2405 as combat support for alt cmdr Segi Klemkan , to try and get up the combat ranks before heading out, or when Odyssey happens.

Combat video 👍 🕺 :D🍻
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Right on, Commander! o7
 

Speedcuffs

Speedcuffs
Finished with the CG, both accounts. Hopefully the new alt will manage to get the module, I didn't want to rush her through the exploration ranks, or get too much money in one lump.

Glad we get the Power Play inbox messages: I'd still forgotten to buy the Cytoscramblers!
Got twenty, shoved them in storage.
Need to have a look at what else is available. The sooner I grab the PP weapons, the sooner I can get back to Kumo crew.

Next, depends on the CGs coming up.
Possibly restock the warehouse on the Carrier, everything's sold out again.
 

Tyres O'Flaherty

Tyres O'Flaherty
Out in the near black again.

Should I stay or should I go now?

I want to do bubble stuff but stay out at the same time. I suppose I need to be a bit quantum and exist in both states at the same time. I could do the new alt bit but I want to keep everything for the one CMDR. I don't like sharing. Mwahaha.

I see the combat rank gain has been reduced for Thargoid scouts, making combat elite an ever more distant goal. Wow, and here I was thinking it was taking ages already! :D
 
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