LOL I was there twice today :awe:Ugh, this sucks. I can't seem to make 1 fricking credit, let alone a few hundred so I can buy a discovery sensor and try some exploring. Every goddamn port I go to there's no missions I can do. I finally found one, and I need to deliver 4 animal meat to them. Well, I have to buy the damn things first (over 1,000 CR a piece) and even then it's only for reputation. Which is ok I guess, cause apparently that can get me better missions, but I have no idea how I'll get that much money. I'm sitting here at Aristotle Gateway on Yakabugai wondering what to do.
At least I finally stopped overshooting my destination while in supercruise. LOL. God I suck.
Yeah, trading is the most lucrative way to make money.
But it's also the fastest track to suicide-by-boredom.
Hmmm. That sounds doable. I only have the default Sidewinder ship and weapons, do you think that'll be enough for a few kills at least, until I can upgrade weapons?LOL I was there twice today :awe:
I was going through pretty much the same thing. I was doing trading missions and traded my way to 60k credits only to make a series of mistakes (long story short, I lost pretty much all credits trying to do a mission that involved making jumps that my engine couldn't with cargo aboard) and then I made 150k in a few hours.
Go to a federation system, preferably one where a nav beacon or resource location is fairly close to a federation base. Hang around the navigation beacon and just scan ships in the area and watch for the wanted ones (just watch the screen for relevant info). Kill the bastards or attack ones that are already fighting someone else.Wanted ships are constantly entering the area, keep taking them out and when you took damage, jump back to a station for repairs and to claim bounties then head back to the nav beacon for more. You claim the bounties by selecting contacts/local security office. Your status with the federation will improve as you keep killing the wanted ships.
Hmmm. That sounds doable. I only have the default Sidewinder ship and weapons, do you think that'll be enough for a few kills at least, until I can upgrade weapons?
Also, sorry if this is a stupid question, but what's a nav beacon? Maybe I already know it and don't realize it, but I'm not sure what that is.
Yes. The game scales opponents according to your combat rank.
You mean other human players? I know I see all the different kinds of NPC levels.
Hmmm. That sounds doable. I only have the default Sidewinder ship and weapons, do you think that'll be enough for a few kills at least, until I can upgrade weapons?
Also, sorry if this is a stupid question, but what's a nav beacon? Maybe I already know it and don't realize it, but I'm not sure what that is.
A nav beacon is basically just a rally point in a system, near the main star. If the system is inhabited (as in, it has starports and such) it will have a nav beacon 99% of the time.
People go to nav beacons to bounty hunt. There is nothing there but open space so less risk of running into an asteroid, and there is a moderate influx of NPC's passing through so you just scan them to see if they are wanted.
I tend to bounty hunt in Solo mode because I hate getting kills sniped from me, especially anacondas. If I don't care so much about earning money when I fight I just wait for other CMDR's to hit one of the police and then take them out like a dick
You're horrible! :awe: I've never been killed for that by a CMDR, though I did have one ask me if my bounty was just from hitting a cop.
You can see how much their bounty is (in the system where they come up as wanted) in the left hand side, no need to ask. If it's 200-600 credit bounty you know they just did some friendly fire. If you read the news at popular systems like Erevate and Lave some people have bounties of 50 million and stuff, probably going to need a few anaconda's to take those guys out though.
I've been pirating other players which is SO MUCH FUN. I don't get how some people just automatically do stupid crap that gets them killed though. I did it for a few hours the other day in a decked out cobra for shits, I had these three scenarios:
Scen1) Interdict player. I message the player "Please standby for scan, if you attempt to flee you will be destroyed". Scan completes, players cargo hold is empty. "No cargo, you're free to go CMDR."
Scen2) Interdict player. I type "Please standby for scan, if you..." player immediately opens fire on my decked out cobra in a sidewinder or hauler. Player gets destroyed without saying a word between us.
Scen3) Interdict player. "Greetings CMDR, please standby for cargo scan, if you flee you will be destroyed." Scan complete. Player is carrying cargo. "CMDR, I am going to need (%) of your goods, thank you". Player ejects cargo, and I let him leave.
It's a lot of fun, but I wish more players fell into the cooperative playstyle. I ended up having to blow 90% of them up. They either attacked me right when we interdicted or they tried to flee. :3
I'm currently searching for an active Empire group to wreak havoc on federal systems, but I am doing some more research prior to if this is even worth it right now. I dont want to be wanted in 50% of the universe for no gain (like empire likes me a lot for killing feds or w/e). I just want to flip systems over to the empire. Hopefully ones with rare commodities so they are now Empire commodities
I'll admit, the only time I've been caught with cargo (my first day) I tried to run, got my thrusters taken out, and cargo stolen.
To flip systems you will either need a lot of people or to take advantage of instability already in place. Also, if we meet in a conflict zone I hope you won't take it personally if I end up killing you. :awe:
Speaking of combat, I need to practice FA off flying. Never done it.