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Post by infernaltexts on Mar 8, 2013 18:51:07 GMT -5
So I have finally made a captain who has survived to level 30 and as I fly around the quadrant I have to wonder what people think the best money making is on strpg.
So far it seems waiting for a shortage and fulfilling the need is the way to go based on time spent to money earned.
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Post by contributor on Mar 8, 2013 19:29:03 GMT -5
You would be surprised how much money you can make doing contracts, especially if you have an efficient ship and room for lots of cargo/water-fuel. You can make a killing if you can line up a couple of contracts going all the way across the quadrant. I once took 550,000 in contracts. I missed one of them so I ended up with less, but it's not bad. My basic money-making strategy is to do contracts and everywhere along the way get as many rumors as you can. Once you've finished a contract run, pull up the map and look for nearby shortages. Do the shortages and then move back to contracts. Personally I don't like flying anywhere without getting paid for it and I don't use caches, because I figure constant income is better than flying here and there to pick up stashed goods. A Hyper Freighter with the Advanced Solar Sails and an Omni-Stealth Array is nice for this. You'll sail all day without getting hassled. Though with that you'll probably want to stay away from capture/destroy missions.
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Post by martyparty on Mar 8, 2013 20:06:34 GMT -5
Delivery contracts pay better for the same amount of game time, compared to exploration, trading, or surveillance. That's presuming you're not juggling the problem of losing high military rank levels.
But with surveillance (during Spy Battles) you get far more XP so overall I say that's more efficient.
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Post by Bamf 'DE Elise on Mar 11, 2013 18:34:46 GMT -5
agree with marty, i've had a number of captains do the double agent spy strategy from lvl 15+
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Post by slayernz on Mar 11, 2013 21:11:19 GMT -5
If you get the right contracts, fees of more than $200k per job can be common. I've had package delivery jobs that offer almost as much (guys must have been desperate to get those Rychart Hat Fetish mags)
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Post by martyparty on Mar 11, 2013 21:22:41 GMT -5
If you get the right contracts, fees of more than $200k per job can be common. I've had package delivery jobs that offer almost as much (guys must have been desperate to get those Rychart Hat Fetish mags) Those mags are the other major export of Syndicate Rychart that we normally don't talk about. You only see them if you go in the secret room at a Rychart hat store.  |
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Post by xdesperado on Mar 11, 2013 22:38:47 GMT -5
If you get the right contracts, fees of more than $200k per job can be common. I've had package delivery jobs that offer almost as much (guys must have been desperate to get those Rychart Hat Fetish mags) Those mags are the other major export of Syndicate Rychart that we normally don't talk about. You only see them if you go in the secret room at a Rychart hat store. Yet another reason Rychart is a 3rd rate empire, Cadar's secret back rooms have the latest Torp catalogues...  |
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Post by contributor on Mar 12, 2013 0:30:09 GMT -5
Where do I even begin?
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Post by amazinglyaudrey on Mar 12, 2013 6:01:50 GMT -5
True story, I once dated a guy who looked at those Cadar torp catalogues more than me...
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Post by TomL on Mar 12, 2013 6:45:51 GMT -5
True story, I once dated a guy who looked at those Cadar torp catalogues more than me... Did he have a funny looking mustache? And insist you call him First Mate?  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2013 0:06:34 GMT -5
Contract pay maximum is unlimited, and based primarily on rep and rank. I've taken 5 contracts at once and gotten 500k or more per contract! You want to participate in every solar war of tha faction until your rep is like 30k, then constantly go to the faction's planet taking 5 contracts at once (all with their destinationclose to each other).
Another way to make a lot is from blockade. Intimidate determines pay, and pilot determines how many blockades you can do before having to refuel. A high enough intimidate and you can be making over 7k per week of blockade for a year before having to re-fuel.
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Post by BlastGT1 on Mar 13, 2013 10:39:37 GMT -5
Those mags are the other major export of Syndicate Rychart that we normally don't talk about. You only see them if you go in the secret room at a Rychart hat store. Yet another reason Rychart is a 3rd rate empire, Cadar's secret back rooms have the latest Torp catalogues... Freudian symbology is at play here too. A hat is a receptacle, and torps are phallic. _______________________________ "Issue the standard Cadar greeting, Ensign." "But sir, that's one of our allies!" "I know that, Ensign. We're confirming that the treaty is still in effect!" |
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Post by contributor on Mar 13, 2013 11:38:21 GMT -5
There is so much going here, but if all you Cadar boys want to go in some back room and look at other peoples torpedoes, I guess that's your business. I just keep thinking that Cadar is living proof that large bulbous heads are not any indicator of greater intelligence. In fact it may be a sign of the opposite.
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Post by martyparty on Mar 13, 2013 16:45:20 GMT -5
There is so much going here, but if all you Cadar boys want to go in some back room and look at other peoples torpedoes, I guess that's your business. Laughing so hard right now ;D |
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Post by absimiliard on Mar 13, 2013 17:01:23 GMT -5
Silla likes to show her torpedoes off to every passing ship, and she's a pretty nasty pirate.
So I don't think it's exclusively a guy thing. It's not like "Men are from Cadar, Women are from Steel Song" or something.
And c'mon, let's just admit it, more torpedoes is always better than less. When it comes to size of your torpedo bay, Size Does Matter. (so do sails)
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