X3tc finally used some missiles!!

[Jamumools]

So I've been playing this game off and on since it came out. I never really got too far with it before moving into something else. Recently been "in between" jobs so decided to give it some proper time. I started playing with the Cheat Pack and played for long enough to want to play without cheating. I have started a Poisoned Paranid start, have got my Hyperion (230m/s) and am enjoying rocking around in it. I had started the Terran plot line and there's a Q rocking round in Black Hole Sun so I thought, "right, imma boss this clown" and rapidly got taken out a few times. I decided to give missiles a try as I've always steered clear for some reason. Quick jump to Herrons Nebula, purchased a number of different types, came back and boom! no more Q!! Safe to say I feel converted

[Alan Phipps]

Wait until you get and use an M7M for gaining big ships for your war effort on the cheap. As Dorothy might have said in Wizard of Oz style: "Flails, Hammers and Pods, oh my! Flails, Hammers and Pods, oh my!"

[Jamumools]

I don't remember that line in the film

But yes, that is next. Marines are training as we speak!!

[Alan Phipps]

(Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!) - You probably knew that though.

[Jamumools]

So... a few days later and I feel I'm getting somewhere, but also maybe not...?

I've got several small, open complexes up and running making me about £2.5m - £3m/hour:

2 x 1MJ shield in Argon Prime - buys ore, cahoonas and EC, selling at av-1.
2 x 1MJ shield in Kingdom End - buys ore and EC
2 x 1MJ shield in Emperor Mines - buys EC
5 x Adv Sat in Trinity Sanctum - buys EC
2 x Teladiadiamaiamn (that stuff) in Trinity Sanctum - buys EC
2 x Teladwhatsit in Tharka's Sun - buys EC (but sells very little)
2 x Teladiaidiaaimaim in Family Whi - buys EC (but sells nothing)
2 x Space Fuel in Heretics End - buys EC
2 x Space Fuel in Savage Spur - buys EC

I also built a 5 x HEPT forge (buys EC) in Antigone Memorial for my own use but am now selling those at the EQ Dock in Argon Prime until I need some more.

I have built a 5 x Tornado factory in Ceo's Buckzoid (buys EC) for use in my Hyperion. I am currently laying down a 5 x Flail complex in Patriach's Retreat (buys EC) and will probably add a 5 x Hammer complex there next.

I also copied Timsuptonothing's Ice and Water CLS grid in Terran space which is just as profitable as the 1MJ shield complexes. I use his methids to "capture" E-Cells so I always pay 12 credits each on all my factories. For the 5x forge complexes you need 4 SPPs with traps and transfer ships to power them.

My marines are getting close to ready. I got a Cobra as a return ship mission and kept it - except while I was fighting off the police I managed to bang into it with my Hyperion taking me down to 65% hull on the Hyperion. By the time I fixed that, and the repairs needed on the Cobra, I may as well have just bought one off the shelf!

I'm definitely at the "what next" stage... Obviously I'm about to start boarding which I'm psyched about, and I'm about to start getting into the plots. I wanted to do "A New Home" before getting the Hub so that I could use my home sector for the chip-plex, but obviously that needs about 400m credits!

How do people go about getting "mega money"? I priced up a self sufficient 10x Space Fuel + 10x Space Weed complex - spread across Asteroid Belt and Heretic's End - I think it was over 250m credits but would make over £5m/hour. Is that the route? Obviously boarding and doing missions will be needed to get the capital to do that.

[Alan Phipps]

You *probably* won't get many helpful answers on economy tactics and 'best way to make money' from a thread titled about missiles ...

[Jamumools]

Haha you're probably right - tbf I'm amazed/impressed anyone is still on this forum. What a great game!!