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SplinterCellDude
Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:24 pm
#1
I'm wondering if their is currently any financial reasons to pick up piloting....
I mean, I'm going to be putting quite a bit of money into this professions (more than I have for ANY groud professions), but those all have given me a positive cash flow. I'm YET to see any means of money here..... Will it be like the ground and will you have ship-mission terminals and will you be able to try to smuggle things along the Kessel and Correlian Run for pocket money? Will I be able to get a group and take down a Corvette for some desent money?
Someone, please tell me I'm making money here
I mean, I'm going to be putting quite a bit of money into this professions (more than I have for ANY groud professions), but those all have given me a positive cash flow. I'm YET to see any means of money here..... Will it be like the ground and will you have ship-mission terminals and will you be able to try to smuggle things along the Kessel and Correlian Run for pocket money? Will I be able to get a group and take down a Corvette for some desent money?
Someone, please tell me I'm making money here
riotcontrol
Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:31 pm
#2
SplinterCellDude wrote:
I'm wondering if their is currently any financial reasons to pick up piloting....
I mean, I'm going to be putting quite a bit of money into this professions (more than I have for ANY groud professions), but those all have given me a positive cash flow. I'm YET to see any means of money here..... Will it be like the ground and will you have ship-mission terminals and will you be able to try to smuggle things along the Kessel and Correlian Run for pocket money? Will I be able to get a group and take down a Corvette for some desent money?
Someone, please tell me I'm making money here
Unless you manage to find buyers for loot components you collect, which will be quite hard since everyone and their pet Wookiee will be in space, looting more or less the same things - not likely. The crafted ship component costs will be quite substantial, especially when you count in the decay, so I'm somewhat afraid that space will turn into a money sink for the ground economy.
Ayami-Ayami
Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:34 pm
#3
look at it this way, if you could make plenty of money is space that would take alot away from the ground game.
we dont want everyone spending all their time in space
we dont want everyone spending all their time in space
MajorReb
Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:34 pm
#4
Doesnt really matter to me. I play the game to have fun, not to make money
SplinterCellDude
Sat Oct 23, 2004 4:48 am
#5
So is space going to be one big money sink?!
You would think it could at least pay for itself (parts, ships, droids, etc....) but I guess that would be too much to ask...
You would think it could at least pay for itself (parts, ships, droids, etc....) but I guess that would be too much to ask...
NoPoliticalStatment
Sat Oct 23, 2004 4:51 am
#6
MajorReb wrote:
Doesnt really matter to me. I play the game to have fun, not to make money
You can tell he has a few million credits already 
up in my lonely room, when im dreamin of you
WookieIsshe
Sat Oct 23, 2004 4:54 am
#7
NoPoliticalStatment wrote:
MajorReb wrote:
Doesnt really matter to me. I play the game to have fun, not to make money
You can tell he has a few million credits already
up in my lonely room, when im dreamin of you
Hmmm.
I spent 3 hours in space the other night and ended up with a credit chip worth over 180,000 credits. I had a blast doing it and was suprised when I got back down to the planet and looked in my inventory to see that much.
theoden-flurry
Sat Oct 23, 2004 5:00 am
#8
yeh and if you get you local freindly sw to reverse engineer your components you can use them and save on buying some parts
nyadach
Sat Oct 23, 2004 5:25 am
#9
In beta I was profiting by around the end of tier 2. Its a bit of a cash sink at first, kinda in the region of 200k I worked out. But by the end of the 2nd tier was probably got an income of about 400k. Ok that was beta and buying ships off shipwrights was free, but at this time I was using components looted. Nothing else but looted bits. And all the excess looted bits was being given away so could in normal game possibly make some more cash there. But looted cash and mission cash wasnt too bad at all in space. Not amazing, but definatly enough to live on the only big thing partically in the beginning will be the finding of resources and the cost of the ships with the usual insane over charging which will happen in the beginning as we all experienced with cars and bikes. Once it calms down it shouldnt be too bad though.
the only big thing partically in the beginning will be the finding of resources and the cost of the ships with the usual insane over charging which will happen in the beginning as we all experienced with cars and bikes. Once it calms down it shouldnt be too bad though.
DarthMinos
Sat Oct 23, 2004 5:34 am
#10
I was making a profit on tier one escort missions. Every successful transport yeilded a couple thousand credits. Not to mention, every ship I destroyed yeilded a credit chip. Repairs aren't that expensive if bought at the local space station.
If you are expecting the space game to provide cash above what is paid on the ground, then you'll be disappointed. However, an experienced player will be able to keep their ship in decent order from their exploits in space.
Duhauste
Sat Oct 23, 2004 5:34 am
#11
SplinterCellDude wrote:
I'm wondering if their is currently any financial reasons to pick up piloting....
I mean, I'm going to be putting quite a bit of money into this professions (more than I have for ANY groud professions), but those all have given me a positive cash flow. I'm YET to see any means of money here..... Will it be like the ground and will you have ship-mission terminals and will you be able to try to smuggle things along the Kessel and Correlian Run for pocket money? Will I be able to get a group and take down a Corvette for some desent money?
Someone, please tell me I'm making money here
It cost you no SP to be a pilot....like
a different poster said you could sell loot ...and there is alot of it to be looted im sure :-P...I'm sure the so called pilot trainer guy will have missions to give if not there is always looting ships maybe and they drop cr ? I'm not sure but I'm sure Sony wouldnt jsut wrong us all with no incentive other than fun....maybe thats the top reason to fly ...FUN!! :-)
DarthMinos
Sat Oct 23, 2004 5:36 am
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Duhauste wrote:
SplinterCellDude wrote:
I'm wondering if their is currently any financial reasons to pick up piloting....
I mean, I'm going to be putting quite a bit of money into this professions (more than I have for ANY groud professions), but those all have given me a positive cash flow. I'm YET to see any means of money here..... Will it be like the ground and will you have ship-mission terminals and will you be able to try to smuggle things along the Kessel and Correlian Run for pocket money? Will I be able to get a group and take down a Corvette for some desent money?
Someone, please tell me I'm making money here
It cost you no SP to be a pilot....likea different poster said you could sell loot ...and there is alot of it to be looted im sure :-P...I'm sure the so called pilot trainer guy will have missions to give if not there is always looting ships maybe and they drop cr ? I'm not sure but I'm sure Sony wouldnt jsut wrong us all with no incentive other than fun....maybe thats the top reason to fly ...FUN!! :-)
They do drop credits. The amount of credits dropped is scaled to the difficulty of the enemy, much like the ground game.
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