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So whos still playing this? and where are you in the galaxy? I'm currently ranking up with the empire around achenar so I can get the clipper. Hit a bit of a setback when I crashed my asp into a pirate clipper during a fight and so I'm now back to a cobra (at least its not a sidewinder). Best game I have played in ages.

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Well I am but obviously not at the moment certainly hope to get back into it asap, just a shame my laptop does it run it.

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Never stopped playing it, Just 1 million short of my python :)

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Gutted for you. I have to admit I don't check in here as often as I used to and I only know a bit about what you have been through and even that is through using forum search. Hope you are all sorted soon though.

Very jealous. Think it will be a while until I get mine. I've had the game for three weeks and I'm only worth 7.5m and I've played a lot. Thinking of doing some rare trading but want my asp back before I do.

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Rare's are the way to make money. I have attached a route planner for you that i have been using. Keep an eye out for CMDR Optiplex :)

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Thanks for that. Do you think a cobra with 44t cargo (40t if i fit a fuel scoop) and 17ly laden range is worth starting on the rares now to get something bigger like an asp down the line or do you think im better waiting until I have the bigger ship first? I can actually afford the asp now but I find flying a deluxe all singing all dancing cobra more satisfying than flying a stock asp. So I'm looking to make it to 10m credits before i rebuy the asp. I'm up to 8m now after a reasonably productive morning.
I'm guessing the sheer number of pirates on those routes make a type 6 a really bad idea?
I'll keep an eye out, CMDR zrbyte here :D

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44 tons will do the trick to start off, by the way I tend to fly in a private group which keeps the Pirates off my back. There is a group called möbius that has players who prefer trading and exploring.

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I tend to play it very casually in a sort of "I feel like shooting things" or "I feel like trading for a bit", but I can never find good missions of the category I want.

Is there some trick to knowing where to look or do I just have to fly around endlessly?

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I have been running rare goods for a while so I can get the ship I need for bounty hunting

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Okay I have just started my rare run and I will have to leave it for a couple hours now at lave (Why can't primary school kids bring themselves home? :D )
Got a couple more questions if you dont mind?
1. Fuel scoop or not?
2. Are the values on the rare circuit you gave me right? I notice it's dated December and I seem to remember reading they nerfed the numbers you can get from each station. I'm finding it hard to get more than one rare from lave and if I read it right I should be trying to get 7?

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You need a fuel scoop, the amounts are correct but you need to wait for them to refresh sometimes

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Thanks for that. Started at lave and made 800k with a full cobra when i got to witchhaul. Sold my shield on my cobra now and brought my cargo capaciity upto 56t to try and get more on the way back.

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It soon builds up :tu:

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It sure does, thanks again. 1.8m Is my best in one haul so far in my shiny new asp. Only thing I'm trying to decide now are the advantages of speed vs quantity. Do I fill up with whatever amount is at the station and move on, or do I wait (Sometimes taking upto half an hour) for the station to replenish stock enough to max out what I can get of that specific rare. The difference is about 1.5 hours longer if I wait for max stock and about twice the profit.

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I tend to wait, it gives me chance to do other things while I am waiting :)