Elite: Game talk
12 Jul 2021, 3:14pm
Isaiah EvansonHe died as he lived - running and screaming.
That was me the other day trying to haul freshly mined Quantanium in Star Citizen. Worth a pretty penny but it's extremely volatile and will eventually explode. It's made worse by the fact that it is still a buggy alpha and half the time activating the quantum drive doesn't work, and you only have a couple minutes remaining to get to a station to safely store it.
12 Jul 2021, 3:57pm
EpisparhGankers in Deciat do not even bother with couriers.
CMDR StupidDumbDumb does. He interdicted me once, according to my logs.
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That Courier must have been really bare bones. Boost speed >850 requires drag drives and very lightweight builds.
13 Jul 2021, 6:00pm
1.) Run station data transfer missions to get enough credits to outfit a small exploration ship.
2.) Buy and outfit small exploration ship.
3.) Google "elite dangerous road to riches" and begin working your way through it. This gives you a list of systems with valuable planets for scanning which you bring back and exchange for more credits at Universal Cartographics. Play in solo mode to avoid gankers.
Set a goal of earning enough to buy and outfit the longest range ship you can in preparation for unlocking engineers and gathering engineering materials. My choice was an Asp Explorer. The Diamondback Explorer is also a good choice.
13 Jul 2021, 6:32pm
Claudette De La CroixAnyone got any advice on making money early on?Scanned already known ELWs and Terraformables, almost turned into a pompous Elite Explorer.
You need something that can jump at least 10ly and fly straight without falling apart. And a DSS.
13 Jul 2021, 7:02pm
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