(06-21-2013, 08:32 PM)LucasDarkhaven Wrote: You would be surprised what 50 or so people can accomplish together. There are several trade routes you can make about 50 mil per route in about 35-40 minutes. Your a vet and uber trader so I am sure you know about these, and if your not politically involved its a lot easier to trade. Kusari is great for that as they are not enemies with any of the major houses. We've been using that house and id with large transports.
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I love math and would like to share a little formula with you. I assure you it is possible.
50 players
50 mil per trade route per 45 minutes
Average of 3 hours a day per player(Some play more, some play less)
2 weeks(14 days)
50players*14days*180/45three hours divided by 45 minutes*50,000,000mil(credits per trade route)=140,000,000,000
140 trillion is a lot more than the 7 trillion we have made, but we also have fighter escorts and we had to learn the game.
See, this is the thing. And it makes me wonder if you're playing on the "correct" server that this forum is for. Your formula may be correct and all, but the numbers are what I have issue with.
There are no "50 million profit" routes on the "Discovery Freelancer RP 24/7" server. That only things that you can sell for that much with a 5k transport are ores, and you usually need to buy that from a base or a miner, so profit is about 1/3 to 1/2 of that. And no one can fill 50 transports in that short amount of time anyway. The max profit from a one way trip, profit mind you, is 12 to 13 million, and that's after a good 20 to 25 minute trip flying half way across Sirius. That means a round trip will net you about 25 million in profit after 45 to 50 minutes. I know because I have a Whale that I use for this purpose. Your claims to 50 million in profit after 45 minutes simply doesn't add up.
Addtionally, I've never seen a spike in activity that would indicate that 50 people have all joined at the same time. There's a "Players Online" button under the "Menu" to the right that shows who's on; I've not seen anything that indicates such a massive convoy as you say you operate has ever been online in recent memory. I've certainly not seen your name in there.
All of this makes me question whether or not you're playing on the same server as everyone else here is. Remember, the server in the list we all play on this forum is "Discovery Freelancer RP 24/7". If you're playing elsewhere then nothing you have affects anything that occurs on this forum.
(06-21-2013, 08:32 PM)LucasDarkhaven Wrote: As for handing my character over to the police, be my guest. As for now we are all trading. And as for power gaming we did destroy a Rhineland fighter zooming out of liberty space, and he did claim he was doing intell for Rhineland and why do we care. Were looking to get involved politically and I felt I could do a little bit of the leg work now. And feel free to not respond, ignoring Lucas isn't going to make him go away, and several players have suggested we go to the Galia faction.
I look forward to seeing you in the server and your attempts to apprehend Lucas. And you not responding to the post would be the same as you denying it. Either way will accomplish an rp end
See, even if you are on our server, it doesn't matter to you what's established or not by lore or other players. You'll note that I didn't address the matter of your captured fighter, as that seems like it might have been legit. Capturing one fighter? Not powergaming. Taking the plans for every warship and going "do as you want, my will be done"? Now that's powergaming. And quite frankly, that's abrasive.
(06-21-2013, 08:32 PM)LucasDarkhaven Wrote: You seem fairly hostile so I believe I'll keep my trading char and that of my clan mates to myself until we are capable of defending ourselves.
That being said thanks for the warm welcome...
Uh, which is it?
(06-21-2013, 08:32 PM)LucasDarkhaven Wrote: and I am sorry if I sound abrasive, but entrenched vet groups don't intimidate me. Were competitive in any game we play and we are a mature group, we don't mind roleplay, we love competition, and we love a challenge.
I look forward to you giving me one.
Seeing as you're probably not actually playing on our server I don't think this matters right now.