So after some helium mining im ready to get my first real ship(except the rhino i use for mining), and several ships have gotten my attention(ive chosen only ships that work with the freelancer ID)
Which one would you choose and why, and if theres anything else that would fit a newbie better that also uses the freelancer ID all suggestions would be appreciated. I basically want a reliable ship that would allow me to do general fighting, escorts and would still be able to stand a chance against bigger ships.
Edit: Actually i dont know if this is even the right forum? Didnt see anything else where such a question might me appropriate. If its not I apologize and please move the thread to the appropriate place.
Yeah get a transport. You can do a /restart rheinland and pay one LR bribe on their base in Hudson, get a Freelancer ID and a Firefly, and you can dock almost everywhere and trade almost everything. Then you are sorted and never have to worry about how to make credits again.
Well i was doing what the Beginners tutorial said. Do a miner restart, buy a rhino and then do some helium mining and trading for started credits. Im currently doing 1 mil per run(from Erie to Honshu). Already have 5 mil so i thought i was ready for something else but trading. I guess ill get a transport ship for general credit making, but ill still need a new ship later, so my question still stands.
(07-02-2013, 11:06 AM)Anaximander Wrote: Yeah get a transport. You can do a /restart rheinland and pay one LR bribe on their base in Hudson, get a Freelancer ID and a Firefly, and you can dock almost everywhere and trade almost everything. Then you are sorted and never have to worry about how to make credits again.
Then get Sabres. Lots of them.
So who are those LR and where exactly do I find them, and how am i supposed to get the 40 mil for the firefly?
Climb the ladder. From smaller to larger. I'm getting increasingly worried that you're just trolling us all and have 6 CAU VIII Freighters and every single battleship there is.
Which means you can dock in a whole lot of places and transport whatever goods they sell. If you stick to a Freelancer ID and a transport with 3500 Cargo like the Firefly, you aren't bound by the same roleplay limitations as when you get a large corporate transport, which is supposed to carry corporate goods and not all sorts of other stuff.
There's an application called "Freelancer Companion" that will give you information on good trade routes, commodities and so on. The download link to it is somewhere on this forum, I can't remember where.
That's all you need for trading. Now to get the 40 million you might have to keep on mining for a while, find someone who can sling you a few credits, do odd scouting jobs for local pirates and mercs and similar stuff. Once you get the 40 million and get the transport, you are golden.
Which means you can dock in a whole lot of places and transport whatever goods they sell. If you stick to a Freelancer ID and a transport with 3500 Cargo like the Firefly, you aren't bound by the same roleplay limitations as when you get a large corporate transport, which is supposed to carry corporate goods and not all sorts of other stuff.
There's an application called "Freelancer Companion" that will give you information on good trade routes, commodities and so on. The download link to it is somewhere on this forum, I can't remember where.
That's all you need for trading. Now to get the 40 million you might have to keep on mining for a while, find someone who can sling you a few credits, do odd scouting jobs for local pirates and mercs and similar stuff. Once you get the 40 million and get the transport, you are golden.
Uhm thats an enemy base for me and when i get close they just try to shoot me down.
Another suggestion, if you've already gotten the hand of mining, you could start doing it professionally? Use the /restart miner command and you'll get a Surveyor with a mining ID. You could either keep that, or get say a DSE ID and IFF for the extra yield. Then head off to humbolt or Alberta and you'll be able to fill up any transports that request ore and make a lot of money quickly. Then you'll be able to buy a bigger transport yourself in no time, or progress and get a better mining ship eg Hegemon.
After your money issues are sorted I'd recommend a Sabre. If you wanted a bomber, out of the two you've listed, I quite like the Havoc or you could maybe look into getting a Roc bomber.