Pilot Archive

I just became a 4/3/3/3 Pilot and I was flying the Rori Space Duty Missions from Rori Space station and I made almost 200k from the missions and parts I sold in 45 minutes. Yes the ground game might be more profitable but think about the time you waste on getting buffs (15k stand in like for 5 - 10 min depending on given time) , Armor (200k - 300k depending on stats), Food (Brandy / Canape 200k for stack and looking for it if not easy 15 min.)and finding sologroup then running to missions. Lets see 300k + 15k + 200k = 515k plus the time to do it all. I could have flown 5 - 6 Duty missions in this time and looted parts and money without doing my Macro Lootall plus the fact that I wasting my time running back and forth to the mission terminal.

Let me just say space is easier and quicker. Plus we have mining coming soon!

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dlc3007 wrote:

...and let's not forget that RoTW is adding in asteroid mining, so there will be yet another way to make money in space. Strangely enough, they seem to be treating space loot entirely differently than ground loot.

I end up destroying ground loot b/c I don't have my own vendor and max out my bazaar limit constantly. Space loot (and space resources) will both have places for us to off-load for cash. I like it! Sure, I'd rather sell to a player, but if no one wants it I can still getcash for my efforts.

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Halyn wrote:

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dlc3007 wrote:

...and let's not forget that RoTW is adding in asteroid mining, so there will be yet another way to make money in space. Strangely enough, they seem to be treating space loot entirely differently than ground loot.

I end up destroying ground loot b/c I don't have my own vendor and max out my bazaar limit constantly. Space loot (and space resources) will both have places for us to off-load for cash. I like it! Sure, I'd rather sell to a player, but if no one wants it I can still getcash for my efforts.

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Er...

You do know you can sell space loot to the chassis dealers, right? They pay 1k per level, except level 10s, which are glitched and only give you 500 credits.

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I think that was the point of their post actually. They have to destroy loot from the ground game because they don't have enough room, but the space game gives them the chassis dealer outlet to sell off excess if they can't find a real person buyer.

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dlc3007 wrote:

...and let's not forget that RoTW is adding in asteroid mining, so there will be yet another way to make money in space. Strangely enough, they seem to be treating space loot entirely differently than ground loot.

I end up destroying ground loot b/c I don't have my own vendor and max out my bazaar limit constantly. Space loot (and space resources) will both have places for us to off-load for cash. I like it! Sure, I'd rather sell to a player, but if no one wants it I can still get cash for my efforts.

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Thanks! I didn't know you could sell loot like that. I made 90k off loot alone! =D

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Arsani wrote:

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Halyn wrote:

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dlc3007 wrote:

...and let's not forget that RoTW is adding in asteroid mining, so there will be yet another way to make money in space. Strangely enough, they seem to be treating space loot entirely differently than ground loot.

I end up destroying ground loot b/c I don't have my own vendor and max out my bazaar limit constantly. Space loot (and space resources) will both have places for us to off-load for cash. I like it! Sure, I'd rather sell to a player, but if no one wants it I can still getcash for my efforts.

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Er...

You do know you can sell space loot to the chassis dealers, right? They pay 1k per level, except level 10s, which are glitched and only give you 500 credits.

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I think that was the point of their post actually. They have to destroy loot from the ground game because they don't have enough room, but the space game gives them the chassis dealer outlet to sell off excess if they can't find a real person buyer.

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Doh! Misread that. My bad.

So, in summary of this thread...pilots have it made. Thank you all, and good night.

Space loot financed all my flying, inc. chassis purchases. If you are really lucky, you can get ahold of a SW who will buy your parts for greater than chassis dealer price.

The Pilot grind produces lots of loot to equip your ship with, what ever is left over, trade it in for cash atthe dealer. But keep an eye out for equipment that you can use to equip ships you may be purchasing down the road or for reverse engineering.

Once you hit master, the ultimate loot farming set up is an mp ship, load her up and camp spawns. And make sure you give your gunners a slice of the loot cash you earn, to keep the good ones coming back.

Message Edited by shootingiron on 04-20-2005 04:30 PM

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shootingiron wrote:

And make sure you give your gunners a slice of the loot cash you earn, to keep the good ones coming back.

Message Edited by shootingiron on 04-20-2005 04:30 PM

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Kitten_Starsider wrote:

Until you hit master pilot you might loose some money though as new chassis can be expensive, depending on the server of course.

After you hit master though you have a solid cash flow though as you don't need that great equipment to get some cash and you will be able to improve your ship along the way too... you literally have almost no expenses

Kitten

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I haven't yet tried it with imperial but a Rebel or Privateer pilot can start doing the Yavin 4 space station missions at 2322 without much trouble. Though you may want a wingman for the quest you have to do. Yavin 4 is probably the best payout vs difficulty in the game. Easy kills.

Yes, we do have it made. Piloting is where the money's at if you have the skill to go up there and get it.