It's not anything special. Just a few stations in the Sothis and Ceos systems that are about 500ly out of the bubble. At that distance, they have missions worth over 1 million credits for transporting around 10 units of cargo. Stack a bunch of those and you're golden.
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Elite Dangerous: Horizons |OT| Just scratching the surface
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It's not anything special. Just a few stations in the Sothis and Ceos systems that are about 500ly out of the bubble. At that distance, they have missions worth over 1 million credits for transporting around 10 units of cargo. Stack a bunch of those and you're golden.
Sothis is just Robingo v2.0. It's a place to get long distance trade missions. As far as I know, it's probably the quickest, safest, and most boring way to earn good money in ED. Unless you're hard up for money, you're not missing out on anything.
Rhomega Beta
Member
Just got Horizons, and I'm looking to get SRVs. I have an Adder right now, and I'm looking to upgrade my ship to a Diamondback Explorer. Do you think it would have enough space for:
-an SRV
-Fuel Scoop
-Advanced Discovery Scanner
-Detailed Surface Scanner
-Cargo Hatch
-an SRV
-Fuel Scoop
-Advanced Discovery Scanner
-Detailed Surface Scanner
-Cargo Hatch
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
It has a lot of space for that. And cargo hatches are standard on every ship.
DouglasteR
Member
Meh, im already an Elite in trading.
Guess ill stay exploring ! Thanks CMDRs
Pretty much, though it's very relaxing for me.
I like this political podcast called Keeping it 1600 that I throw up, lean back with a nice cup of coffee, and relax.
Reckheim
Member
one of the best postcast games out there for sure.
Thanks for sharing your experiences. That seems readily attainable (love the jump range on this beaut), but we'll see what happens!
No one is talking about the newsletter? Beta announcement.
"We’re thrilled to let you know that you’ll be jumping in your ship-launched fighters, taking on passenger missions, piloting the Beluga liner and experiencing the rest of the amazing list of features coming to 2.2 The Guardians this coming Tuesday 20th September."
"We’re thrilled to let you know that you’ll be jumping in your ship-launched fighters, taking on passenger missions, piloting the Beluga liner and experiencing the rest of the amazing list of features coming to 2.2 The Guardians this coming Tuesday 20th September."
Felix Lighter
Member
It's good news but I'm not chomping at the bit to test the beta. It does mean we are probably looking at a release early October though based on the typical beta timing. Curious if ship transfer is definitely delayed now.
I always like to jump in and experience the new stuff with people. Servers are a nightmare though.
joecanada
Member
I'll let grief give you the details of the Sothis run but if you are "south " of the bubble (whatever that relative position is downward) Sothis / Ceos may be on your way back from wherever you are....
Also does anyone else find just staying in Sothis/Ceos profitable? seems every time I am there I am able to get 1.5 million - 3 million dollar missions just running back and forth in the Sothis/Ceos area. this is only 9 ly, so why leave for the long haul home?? maybe these are more rare than I think??
joecanada
Member
ya I've come to believe they are pretty attainable because there's some nuts (some around here too I see lol) who put in like 2000 tons to be in the top 99 percentile.... because of this the majority of the tonnage is actually put in by the top 75% or more of people who are trying to really get up there.....
which means that the bottom people only contribute a small relative amount. get in early and just monitor the situation is what I do, usually aim to get in the top 1% but if its something I like, I may hit top 25%.... I don't find you have to put in more than a few hours to hit top 50%.... and that's about where my limit of trying gets me haha. sometimes I slip though to top 75% if I am away for a day and that kind of stings
( I mean the money doubles for each tier so dropping a tier last minute hurts).
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
I don't have beta access, so it don't concern me. One step closer to release though.
Rhomega Beta
Member
I was hanging around Sothis, but mostly for exploration. Some systems haven't been charted yet.
Keep in mind these CGs are only on the first tier too, there is room for massive growth with these.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
So far the Jacques CG's have paid very average to low. I've done all of them, but if I had been in the bubble for those couple of immense paying CG's I'd have made more credits in one CG than I have in two years of playing Elite. TWO YEARS.
No, I think those big CG's were rounding errors, and I don't think we'll be seeing the likes of them again unless someone makes another typo at Frontier.
joecanada
Member
Does anyone have recommendations for good "home systems" to chill out in from time to time?
criteria would be :
- hub or base with good modules for purchase (anaconda and FDL probably)
- haz res and high res nearby (like really near the nav beacon or base)
- hub near star (no 20000 ls journeys for me)
- possible trading route or nearby.
- federation allied to build rep
also are there other criteria people search for when choosing home bases ? (near sothis run, near center, near something else??
I had LFT 154A but it doesn't have a haz res I think ( I only saw high res there). other than that though I recommend LFT 154a as being a 8/10 on that list.
I can search manually but it takes a while.... so any recommendations are welcome.
criteria would be :
- hub or base with good modules for purchase (anaconda and FDL probably)
- haz res and high res nearby (like really near the nav beacon or base)
- hub near star (no 20000 ls journeys for me)
- possible trading route or nearby.
- federation allied to build rep
also are there other criteria people search for when choosing home bases ? (near sothis run, near center, near something else??
I had LFT 154A but it doesn't have a haz res I think ( I only saw high res there). other than that though I recommend LFT 154a as being a 8/10 on that list.
I can search manually but it takes a while.... so any recommendations are welcome.
SuperBanana
Banned
I redownloaded this tonight. I got bored of it at launch but time to give it another shot.
Was just messing around with the high resolution screenshot mode, almost made a huge mistake.
Had some more drop offs to do from my Sothis run this morning, but I saw the system I was in had a gas giant with an icy ring so I decide to make a stop off at a combat site to take some screenshots.
As soon as I go into the screenshot mode, I hear scan detected, by the time I react and get back into piloting I'm already getting shredded. I try to escape, but shields go down and I panicked and alt-f4. Everything turned out fine, but my heart was pumping like crazy.
It's improved tremendously in terms of breadth of content, still has a long way to go but significantly better. Community goals and planet landings really add to the gameplay.
Had some more drop offs to do from my Sothis run this morning, but I saw the system I was in had a gas giant with an icy ring so I decide to make a stop off at a combat site to take some screenshots.
As soon as I go into the screenshot mode, I hear scan detected, by the time I react and get back into piloting I'm already getting shredded. I try to escape, but shields go down and I panicked and alt-f4. Everything turned out fine, but my heart was pumping like crazy.
It's improved tremendously in terms of breadth of content, still has a long way to go but significantly better. Community goals and planet landings really add to the gameplay.
SuperBanana
Banned
I haven't got Horizon so I can't land on planets but if I get into it enough I'll buy the expansion too.
What the....that works?
Can't believe I'm flying an Anaconda already. It felt so unobtainable just a couple of weeks ago but those CGs were a game changer.
The ship feels kinda empty though when I look at the sides. They need to implement an NPC system where I can hire pilots to do at least basic stuff. I dunno, instead of buying a docking module, let me hire a pilot to do it for me or stuff like that.
The ship feels kinda empty though when I look at the sides. They need to implement an NPC system where I can hire pilots to do at least basic stuff. I dunno, instead of buying a docking module, let me hire a pilot to do it for me or stuff like that.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
I'm currently based at HIP 20277, it's basically what you would be looking for if you replaced federation with imperial.
The main station is on like 2k ly from the star and has 4-5 RES ranging from low to haz in the rings of a planet 7ly out.
The station has a huge array of modules but the ship yard is a bit lacking in thst you can't buy fed ships or an FdL, you can buy a good selection of ships but no condas, cutters or t9s.
It gets a good amount of CMDR traffic too if you wanna get criminal.
My main criteria for finding a good system to just chill at is one that offers all the modules I commonly swap and RES sites near a station for that "instant action" type of feel.
I'm a simple man.
Yep the dreaded combat log. It's super annoying when you're in a 10 min duel with another CMDR and they just pull the plug.
They say AI crew is in the works.
It was single player since I was playing around with the high resolution screenshot, but I assumed it would be different if you were online.
It looks so good.
Ah, nice. It will sure add more life to the world when we can start seeing npcs next to you.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Yeah I mean you're connected to the server even in solo and the way the server deals with a sudden drop in connection to a client is just to stop updating all values on them.
I don't really blame you for doing it vs NPCs but in pvp it makes me sad.
If I had to work the docks in one of those stations and hear that 2001 music all day I'd probably go on a killing spree.
Well I'll be sure to give it a shot the next time a dangerous assault ship is giving me the works. Insurance is getting expensive. I play in Mobius, so I don't have to worry about other CMDRs.
Well I'll be sure to give it a shot the next time a dangerous assault ship is giving me the works. Insurance is getting expensive. I play in Mobius, so I don't have to worry about other CMDRs.
Anton Sugar
Member
I'd pay good money for a TARS voice pack.
Same. Humor level- 98%
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
"Don't worry we'll buff out the scratches"
joecanada
Member
Thanks I'll bookmark that one for imperial rep
"You can't buff scratches out of gold paint you idiot, that's coming straight outta your pay !
The Cowboy
Member
Wohooo, got an X52 for £20 (really great condition to), man it is hard to get used to - doing all the training missions before i even touch my Python with it 
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This flight stick with GAVPI (voice coms) makes me want a triple monitor setup, i am getting a proper ship commander feel now.
.This flight stick with GAVPI (voice coms) makes me want a triple monitor setup, i am getting a proper ship commander feel now
.Wohooo, got an X52 for £20 (really great condition to), man it is hard to get used to - doing all the training missions before i even touch my Python with it
This flight stick with GAVPI (voice coms) makes me want a triple monitor setup, i am getting a proper ship commander feel now
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HBSBTO/?tag=neogaf0e-20
The Cowboy
Member
^Reminds me of the Delta Flyer from Voyager. Grats on your purchase.
I've never been able to get used to flight stick controllers. A shame too because my wireless 360 controller has that old "one of the sticks pulls in one direction too much" problem. And it was my spare. Bummer.
I've never been able to get used to flight stick controllers. A shame too because my wireless 360 controller has that old "one of the sticks pulls in one direction too much" problem. And it was my spare. Bummer.
Grats! I wouldn't recommend doing Sothis runs with it though. Even though the cargo space is tempting (200T aprox.), the jump range is not so hot with the cargo full. Around 38 jumps from Sothis to the bubble.
Forerunner
Member
RIP AI, why are you so bad at docking?
Nothing special, I just thought the planet in the back looked cool.
Nothing special, I just thought the planet in the back looked cool.
Is there a way to show number of jumps in the galaxy map menu. I see it has some functionality to calculate fully loaded runs, but then you have to back all the way out to see number of jumps?
One Courier can bring in the better part of 1000 units per load. Don't try to kill yourself on these in an Asp Explorer.
If you're going to do something that tedious, I would recommend going out to Sothis/Ceos runs.
One Courier can bring in the better part of 1000 units per load. Don't try to kill yourself on these in an Asp Explorer.
If you're going to do something that tedious, I would recommend going out to Sothis/Ceos runs.
I just sold another corvette after owning it for 30 minutes. The thing is just so slow and boring. I don't know why I keep buying them.