Making Money In 2.2
01 Nov 2016Gamer_ish
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE COVERAGESkimmer missions: http://inara.cz/cmdr-logbook/27330/14512
Passenger missions: coming soon!
I'm going to be looking for the best ways to make money after the 2.2 Guardians update. So far I can conclude that:
Sothis/Ceos is now terrible (about 1.5m for 100+ tonnes)
New Yembo is now terrible (about the same payouts as Sothis but with extra risk as they are smuggling missions)
I've only checked these two but it seems that all long haul delivery and smuggling missions have been nerfed into oblivion.
So begins my search for a new way to make money.
So far, the two ways I have heard of are skimmer missions and passenger missions.
Skimmer Missions
The places I have heard of that are best for skimmer missions are:
Ray Dock [Diaguandri]
Okorafor Dock (Oupost) [Naitis]
For Ray Dock take missions to
Carlisle Mines
Clair Vision
Dummer's Folly
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkl4wMtA1QA
For Okorafor Dock take missions to
Any Cupinook factions
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwZvagdUJPI
N.B. To get the best payouts and most missions you have to be allied with the factions
N.B. I am yet to try out these locations as I am not currently allied. I am merely collating information here
Passenger Missions
There are currently several different types of passenger missions.
Transport (move NPCs from A to B)
Sightseeing (take NPCs to several locations, then back to the origin station)
Long-distance (take NPCs to a location 1000+LYs away)
The payouts are roughly in that order, smallest to largest, however the amount of money earned per hour is not necessarily the same. Some missions to Sagittarius A pay over 80m credits, however it will take you several hundred jumps (and hours) to get there. On the plus side, you get money from exploration along the way and you get to see a nice location too.
Different passengers also have different game mechanics associated with them.
I advise against taking criminals (I didn't realise I was carrying illegal passengers and was killed in my 170m Beluga)
Demanding passengers can be a pain as they may request commodities, changes of destination etc. Denying these requests (if you can) will reduce their happiness and they may eject leaving you without any pay for your work.
I have heard from a friend that Cubeo is giving out very high paying Transport and Sightseeing missions as there are a lot of VIP passengers there. They said that they got 17.5m from a sightseeing mission and the transport missions are paying 1m+. I am yet to confirm this as I am currently gaining reputation with the factions in the system (like the skimmer missions, allied status gives you more and better missions). I also managed to get myself a dormant bounty due to the illegal passenger incident mentioned above which is complicating matters.
I hope you find these points helpful. Please do shiny this log if it helped
I will release further logs when I am allied to hopefully confirm these reports; if you're interested you should subscribe. Now I sound like a youtuber; I'd better goGood luck!
Change log:
Added link to post about skimmer missions