Ah, right. Well, one option is to turn some of those trained pilots into CAGs - I find that they are rather better (and far less hassle!) than CLS2 at marketing, as they will find buyers on their own. (CLS2 I find really strong for bringing in resources cheaply, given how there are usually a lot less producers of a ware than there are consumers, especially with ECells and ore.) If you want to export effectively via CAG, you'll want them to be jump-capable, so level 4 (cargo messenger/trader) is the ideal minimum (they'll carry on training as CAGs, and at level 6, they become able to go out with a load of product, then swing by a resource supplier on the way back.) If you want to continue using CLS2 to train up pilots, you can use them (CLS2s) to buy (as mentioned above, they're really good at that!), and set your CAGs to "salesman" in the config, so they only export. This is technically slightly less "work-efficient", but I think the gains you score on reliable cheap resourcing make up for that.Trevelvis wrote:I started training pilots for CAG and CLS2, since then I have started to build 2nd resource complexes but using virgin pilots to buy energy but now the products are filling up was wondering if to swap ships with trained pilots to look after my complexes so they would also sell when needed. Was wondering what level pilots would accomplish this, thanks
Note that you CAN also use CLS2 for export, should you choose, it just requires a helluva lot more work - you have to design routes for all of them, with just the right amount of overlap (enough but not too much - this takes even longer to get right, and constant scrutiny to gauge whether you are saturating the markets segments) - this is because (as mentioned previously), there are many consumers for most wares. The advantage of using CLS2 for distribution, though, is in situations where you want to give certain NPC factories priority - let's say you really want to have, for example, Cluster Flak Arrays available to you whenever you want them - then you might use CLS2 to ensure that the CFA Forges get preferential treatment with their requirements.
Just mentioning this as both paths are viable, it just depends on what you're trying to accomplish, and how much bookkeeping/admin you want to engage in.
