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Now that the cost of mined materials has taken a huge hit I'm struggling to enjoy it as I used to... its just too much of a grind now to get the cash for a FC.
I'll probably play for a week or 2 then give it a break for a while.
I'll probably play for a week or 2 then give it a break for a while.
FC = Fleet Carrier?
How much have you got to grind to get one?
And I heard there are running costs? Does this mean you have to continously play to keep it?
I just... keep ... coming back.. to this thread.....ARGGGGGGGHGHHHHH
How much have you got to grind to get one?
And I heard there are running costs? Does this mean you have to continously play to keep it?
I just... keep ... coming back.. to this thread.....ARGGGGGGGHGHHHHH
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why have they nerfed mining and by how much?
Here, this will show you the purchase and upkeep costs. If you have enough cash stashed away then can take a lot of time off without putting it at risk, if you run out of cash it gets repossessed
https://cmdrs-toolbox.com/fleet-carrier-calculator
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Here, this will show you the purchase and upkeep costs. If you have enough cash stashed away then can take a lot of time off without putting it at risk, if you run out of cash it gets repossessed
https://cmdrs-toolbox.com/fleet-carrier-calculator
So let me get this straight....
In order to enjoy having a flight carrier I need to have around 6billion credits....
Weekly upkeep of 27m credits...
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I mean that just puts you right off...
Except for being a moving space station, what else can you do with FC?
You can suspend services to reduce the upkeep by around 50% if you wanted to take a break from the game etc, but yes it is expensive.
Its certainly not for everyone and it's not necessary to own one to be able to enjoy the majority of the game.
What you can do with it is up to you, whether its a mobile base for exploration, repair and refuel, trading etc or just a handy storage for all yours ships and modules. I dont know how much effort it would take to make 10bn credits now, but people (inc. new players) were doing that in a few days with LTD mining and had not much else to spend it on but FCs.
Its certainly not for everyone and it's not necessary to own one to be able to enjoy the majority of the game.
What you can do with it is up to you, whether its a mobile base for exploration, repair and refuel, trading etc or just a handy storage for all yours ships and modules. I dont know how much effort it would take to make 10bn credits now, but people (inc. new players) were doing that in a few days with LTD mining and had not much else to spend it on but FCs.
Blimey in a few days to make 10bn credits??!?!?!
It took me months to make 1bn awhile ago... man thats disheartening.
This is whats frustrating about this game, you could be grinding for ages to make credits... and theres always going to be one "optimal" way to make credits... making the appeal to grind via other methods not as attractive.... e.g .as you mentioned... LTD mining ... as opposed to bounty hunting etc?
Yep, I never really followed the "trends" for quick cash, or exploits if you prefer! Played since launch and had enough for a few top end ships but not excessive amounts. Then the FC update came in and it was crazy how many were suddenly around. I guess the LTD "gold-rush" already existed for awhile but the number of people who were piling into it just highlighted it to the point it had to be nerfed/fixed. I did it myself for a week, made enough for a FC and a few years upkeep, and left it at that.
I think you either keep your eyes and ears open for the latest get rich quick scheme and jump on it, or just carry on playing how you like and enjoy the game. However in elite, if you are not grinding for cash you will be grinding for something else anyway, whether its materials, rank, kills whatever.
I think you either keep your eyes and ears open for the latest get rich quick scheme and jump on it, or just carry on playing how you like and enjoy the game. However in elite, if you are not grinding for cash you will be grinding for something else anyway, whether its materials, rank, kills whatever.
I dont remember the details in terms of the sell prices, but you used to be able to farm a specific 'roid (the "Egg") with 4 x LTD sub-surface deposits, fly away a few km and then return and do it again until you had a full hold, and then go sell your stash for a few hundred mil.
I was going to look up some of the old youtube guides to refer to but I see that this may well still be a thing? Ive not watched it, but check it out https://youtu.be/3_fhtCCNxAY
Low Temperature diamonds (LTD) are mineable minerals that you can get from cracking asteroids (deep core mining). Void opals used to be the previous thing until the developers nerfed it (close to a year ago) also was when they introduced the supply demand system. As @Dano has said, each unit can net you some serious credit but the pricing for selling keeps changing and the stations that buy it for the highest amount also change often depending on the supply. There are a few systems that essentially have overlapping LTD zones (triple) that essentially boosts your chances getting a significant quantity. Its good fun and definitely worth trying if you havent done so before.
LowTemps used to go for ~1.7mil per ton like Dano said, then it was Void Opals and now its between Musgravite and a few others. The top prices tend to linger around the 800k - 900k p/ton mark these days.
I tend to keep a track using https://inara.cz/commodities/
This was a good one too, tells you where to mine and sell various commodities http://edtools.ddns.net/miner
the numbers in this thread stagger me, as an old Elite/Oolite player 
i used to think 107cr a ton was expensive, now i see posts talking about needing 6billion?! hard to believe any Jameson making that amount of money would be still tooling around the spacelanes and not retiring to enjoy it. probably on a planet they just bought.
i used to think 107cr a ton was expensive, now i see posts talking about needing 6billion?! hard to believe any Jameson making that amount of money would be still tooling around the spacelanes and not retiring to enjoy it. probably on a planet they just bought.Fleet carrier is Epeen.
All you need is a Corvette for shooty shooty stuff and a Anaconda for anything else that you refit accordingly, maybe a Python for small landing pads.
Spent ages getting my Corvette fully engineered ok it's a bit dull on one and one fights, so I just usually let a harmless pilot fly it and I take the fighter. But with multiple targets it's great fun.
All you need is a Corvette for shooty shooty stuff and a Anaconda for anything else that you refit accordingly, maybe a Python for small landing pads.
Spent ages getting my Corvette fully engineered ok it's a bit dull on one and one fights, so I just usually let a harmless pilot fly it and I take the fighter. But with multiple targets it's great fun.
Well, I've just spent 3 hours trying to get back into this, seeing as I have a lifetime pass and Odyssey looks interesting.....but it's still so wilfully inaccessible, and doesn't respect your time at all.
It's baffling how they've made the interface so horrible to use....I spent the best part of an hour trying to get my HOTAS setup in a usable state, and never really achieved it. Died a few times unexpectedly trying to do simple missions.
Gave up with that and started doing passenger runs. Did a 20-jump trip with a tourist then I discover there's yet another deliberately inaccessible UI to learn how to use. Presumably this FSSS was farmed out to an outsourcer which would explain the baffling control setup.
Can't be arsed with it any more, no doubt my schlep across galaxy will be a waste of time now the mission will expire before I get a chance to spend a few more hours reading user manuals.
It's baffling how they've made the interface so horrible to use....I spent the best part of an hour trying to get my HOTAS setup in a usable state, and never really achieved it. Died a few times unexpectedly trying to do simple missions.
Gave up with that and started doing passenger runs. Did a 20-jump trip with a tourist then I discover there's yet another deliberately inaccessible UI to learn how to use. Presumably this FSSS was farmed out to an outsourcer which would explain the baffling control setup.
Can't be arsed with it any more, no doubt my schlep across galaxy will be a waste of time now the mission will expire before I get a chance to spend a few more hours reading user manuals.