Elite: Game talk

Igneel Prime
01 Jan 2021, 1:45am
The most recent thing wasn't a flat nerf. For mining maybe but what really happened was the long overdue rebalance. Mining still pays the most I think if you do it right but combat is decent now. I've seen reports of 11 mil from an hour in a res site. Personally I've been making even more than that and that increases a lot if you do it with friends. Got 30 mil after about an hour once. If you have well engineered ships try wing assassination missions. They pay 4-5 mil and the FDL that is the target gives you another 500k-1mil on top of that. Just be aware that the target for the max rank mission is an engineered FDL with 2-3 engineered Vultures. Takes me about 10 minutes to do one of those tho so if I can chain them I get more than from a HazRes. But since it doesn't matter quite as much anymore it's more up to what you wanna do
Asahi Lorenzo
01 Jan 2021, 5:37am
Pepper SprayWith all the earning cash nerfs, what is everyone doing to earn credits these days? I have been away since August so dont really know. I do know that stations arent paying what eddb says after I arrive with the cargo. I must be doing something wrong or bringing too much IDK.


I do loop trading in my T9. makes about 17-18M per 20 min round trip on average prices (it's a 752 tonner). I don't go to stations if EDDB prices are more than 5 hours old. Or sometimes I will actually check station prices using my 'taxi' ship before I take out the freighter.
Synthya Wylder
01 Jan 2021, 5:53am
Afaik, just the process of checking market prices in game, updates the prices elsewhere, like Inara.

I try to make a point of doing that whenever I land where there's a market, even if I have nothing to buy or sell.

Just to pass along the updated data.
Aleksander Majjam
01 Jan 2021, 6:04am


How-to Core Mining Vid.

This is the dude that got me into learning how to mine. 10+ billion thanks to this guy.
Meicyn
01 Jan 2021, 9:23am
Pepper SprayWith all the earning cash nerfs, what is everyone doing to earn credits these days? I have been away since August so dont really know. I do know that stations arent paying what eddb says after I arrive with the cargo. I must be doing something wrong or bringing too much IDK.

I keep an eye out for lucrative missions at locations where I have allied factions. Sometimes I’ll get a wing cargo mission that is easily filled in a cutter that pays 50M. For example, a tourist base might ask for a hundredish tons of gold. I’ll find a system or two that can fill the order on Inara and head there. Sometimes those systems are selling gold and other precious metals for stupid cheap prices, like 4.5K when they sell for 55K. Often times I can offset the mission cargo expenses entirely through surplus cargo sales.

Other times I like to bounce around letting missions take me wherever instead of focusing on just one spot. Initially the factions don’t pay squat at a new base, but as I form more alliances, the well of lucrative mission options grows. Traveling to different spots helps keep things more interesting too.

Undoubtedly not the best credits per hour, but it works for me!

Oh yeah, and I always kill the NPC pirates that give chase. Aside from the engineering materials, it makes for a nice diversion and they pay nicely for the small amount of effort.
Episparh
01 Jan 2021, 9:50am
So recent balance changes made earning credits somewhat balanced. You can expect:
Mining - ~200mil/h
BH in CZ - ~20-30mil/h
Assassination/Massacre missions - ~30-50mil
AX combat - ~30-100+ mil per hour depending of what you can kill (Cyclops pays 8mil - Hydra - 60mil)
Robigo passenger still earn ~100mil/h
Asahi Lorenzo
01 Jan 2021, 10:46am
I've often wondered where he got the money for all those toys. Sigh.

beckersCS
01 Jan 2021, 12:35pm
Does anybody know what the average age at death is in the lore?
Synthya Wylder
01 Jan 2021, 12:48pm
Taking into account all the NPC pirates, it can't be all that much... ya think?

This seems to be a pretty good all-in-1 guide for E:D & it's been recently updated:

Getting Started in Elite Dangerous a guide

Last edit: 01 Jan 2021, 1:00pm
Madi-Tenurr
01 Jan 2021, 1:53pm
Asahi LorenzoI've often wondered where he got the money for all those toys. Sigh.





The real question is... did you collect? ;P
Asahi Lorenzo
01 Jan 2021, 2:19pm
Madi-Tenurr
Asahi LorenzoI've often wondered where he got the money for all those toys. Sigh.






The real question is... did you collect? ;P



nah. no way i’d take that mission
Igneel Prime
01 Jan 2021, 2:24pm
Asahi Lorenzo
Madi-Tenurr
Asahi LorenzoI've often wondered where he got the money for all those toys. Sigh.







The real question is... did you collect? ;P




nah. no way i’d take that mission


meanwhile I murdered Bob Ross several times...
Spud_
01 Jan 2021, 4:38pm
Igneel Prime
Asahi Lorenzo
Madi-Tenurr





The real question is... did you collect? ;P





nah. no way i’d take that mission



meanwhile I murdered Bob Ross several times...


Tfr
01 Jan 2021, 8:09pm
Igneel Prime
Asahi Lorenzo
Madi-Tenurr





The real question is... did you collect? ;P





nah. no way i’d take that mission



meanwhile I murdered Bob Ross several times...


no more happy little trees
Synthya Wylder
01 Jan 2021, 8:36pm
Bob Ross... whoozzat?

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