Elite: Game talk
22 Mar 2021, 7:24pm
So i did what i always do, what everybody else does and made a cargo Beluga
350+ tons hauling, 1000+ hull, boosts 410, gets appx 40ly either way
I can make almost 7mil taking advanced medicines to Duamta, and i made a trade route, if you will because i don't understand the trade route system on here, in my home system that nets me about 8.5mil per loop
Just wondering if 8.5mil was good for a loop of 350 or if i could be doing much better?
22 Mar 2021, 7:35pm
I went to a place in 14 Psi Cancri that wanted like 20,000 and I had 42 so let's see so like 0.021% so not just a little under 10% but way under
So yeah OK, now I'm lost again no one should be mining Painite because the value is so low you would be silly to mine it right, so why would I also be fighting with people when the price is already what 1/2 what is a good price. Now I know I need to learn many things but it seems I even need to learn how people play a game and fight over bad prices
So all great suggestions but I think I'm not hearing the right things even if you are all saying it... it just isn't waking me up and making my eyes light up.
OK, maybe the ore I mine needs to change let's try that and see how it goes. Thanks, everyone.
22 Mar 2021, 7:41pm
OtohaJust wondering if 8.5mil was good for a loop of 350 or if i could be doing much better?
You probably won't become crazy rich even trading adv.medicines (people are buying them in bulk, so usual trade routes may be a bit overused), but it's the CG stuff that needs to be done if you're up to it. Making money along the way is a good option though.
22 Mar 2021, 8:08pm
OtohaJust wondering if 8.5mil was good for a loop of 350 or if i could be doing much better?
For tonnages of more than 700t a profit between 20k and 25k per ton is good. With less cargo and routes to outposts it can reach even 45k per ton.
22 Mar 2021, 9:06pm
MeowersOtohaJust wondering if 8.5mil was good for a loop of 350 or if i could be doing much better?
You probably won't become crazy rich even trading adv.medicines (people are buying them in bulk, so usual trade routes may be a bit overused), but it's the CG stuff that needs to be done if you're up to it. Making money along the way is a good option though.
I'm just trying to understand the market system better. It's always been a bit of an overly complex beast to me (i may have mentioned I'm not really a numbers guy) but I'm trying to help people looking at the entire game that way at the moment. Just trying to further my understanding, it's not about the CG
22 Mar 2021, 9:08pm
WaylongwayOtohaJust wondering if 8.5mil was good for a loop of 350 or if i could be doing much better?
For tonnages of more than 700t a profit between 20k and 25k per ton is good. With less cargo and routes to outposts it can reach even 45k per ton.
That doesn't exactly help
But, looking at the trade routes info now i think I'm understanding that one of those figures is profit per ton, thanks to your comment. That does kind of help, so thanks
22 Mar 2021, 9:25pm
OtohaI'm just trying to understand the market system better. It's always been a bit of an overly complex beast to me (i may have mentioned I'm not really a numbers guy) but I'm trying to help people looking at the entire game that way at the moment. Just trying to further my understanding, it's not about the CG
Yup, there's certainly some hidden numbers, some "profit per tonnage" ratio that affects actual prices, resulting in difference between them and third-party tools and even in-game info panel that shows you nearby prices for your cargo.
22 Mar 2021, 9:26pm
OtohaWaylongwayOtohaJust wondering if 8.5mil was good for a loop of 350 or if i could be doing much better?
For tonnages of more than 700t a profit between 20k and 25k per ton is good. With less cargo and routes to outposts it can reach even 45k per ton.
That doesn't exactly help
But, looking at the trade routes info now i think I'm understanding that one of those figures is profit per ton, thanks to your comment. That does kind of help, so thanks
You're welcome. Profit per ton and their influences (supply, demand, landing pad size, perhaps distance). There's not much more to trading than that.
Understanding the BGS is more complex, but for trading purposes not necessary.
22 Mar 2021, 9:42pm
Crap
Now i know though, still not sure how to utilize the trade routes though. The ones i keep looking at keep having a demand issue. One of the two locations always has double digit demand numbers, no way i can use that for a single run let alone several. Not sure what I'm missing there. But that's the issue with every trade route i find on here with a profit per ton over 25k
22 Mar 2021, 9:51pm
Otohastill not sure how to utilize the trade routes though
Looks like this option is still suffering from some algorithmic issues and differences between what we have in-game and players data input, which may be way outdated.
22 Mar 2021, 11:50pm
EpisparhAnd for core mining Monazite and Musgravite looks better than LTD and void opals.
And it is better since this BS called "the egg" is back.
OMG, Epi, I saw a freaking video about this new "egg". The crazy gyrations and mental masturbation one has to do to mine this "egg" is nuts!
23 Mar 2021, 1:37am
23 Mar 2021, 1:40am
Risca YinQuestion: I've been laser mining and I show up at a gas giant I had visited earlier but no rings showing the hot spots. I tried probing again did not help. Can I do anything to get locations back?
Try running discovery scanner in the system, might work. Or fly close to the rings, they may show up after this.
p.s. I had a same problem, but it was a month ago, can't recall now which of this two ways helped.
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