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vogelap · Post by **vogelap** » Mon, 14. Nov 05, 22:43

Since you asked, yes... Here are some suggestions to improve a very good guide.

Your guide states that it is aimed at total newbies, so it would be useful to discuss HOW to accomplish certain things. For example, you instruct people to switch "from your Buster to your Mercury" but don't discuss how to do so.

I know that the manual has that information buried inside (the manual isn't very well-written or useful), but it would be better if your guide was a one-stop resource that a user could follow along during the critical 'getting started' period of the game.

Also, spell-check and grammar check your guide to make it more readable and professional.

Gimlis · Post by **Gimlis** » Mon, 14. Nov 05, 22:58

Something I found but lacked the resources to take full advantage because I started on normal

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The Drone Factory in Red Light was near full and selling at close minimum
at the begining of the game
If I remeber correctly I was able to buy around 30 drones & made around 700cr per drone selling them in Argon Prime.
So keep an eye on the drone fabs theres alot of money to be made if you can catch one with full stores .

GL and have fun

Gimlis

Apocholypse · Post by **Apocholypse** » Wed, 16. Nov 05, 23:35

Will do, and thx, and thx for the tip, might be an idea to stick that in somewhere, if you don't mind? Copyright and all that

(@Gimlis)

Vogelap, will correct grammer soon

augustheat · Post by **augustheat** » Fri, 18. Nov 05, 02:26

wow! i spent all day running energy around lol this is MUCH better!! tx!

MonarchX · Post by **MonarchX** » Fri, 18. Nov 05, 02:33

How about the same guide but with addition to those who start the game with NORMAL MODE.

I got no mercry, and I got no 100K credits! I just have the buster, and 5K credits! I can't start ANY trade with that!

Apocholypse · Post by **Apocholypse** » Fri, 18. Nov 05, 13:44

Absolutly, I working on my word document version and will post it when it's done

If you need any questions answerin in the mean time just post on this page and I'll answer any of your querie's.

MonarchX · Post by **MonarchX** » Fri, 18. Nov 05, 13:58

You can look at my HOW TO START trade thread, lol...

Apocholypse · Post by **Apocholypse** » Fri, 18. Nov 05, 15:25

Right I've read your thread MonarchX, cool neame by the way.
I know you don't want to start again, thats fine, though you would save alot of time plz note. But I will continue on the assumption that you are not going to start again.

[/spoiler]Now you can still get a frieghter, go to M Frontier (can't spell it so..) there is a Touchan next to an astriod way out of sector. Or you can search family Whi for a fully maxed Iguana, which you can both cap and trade with.

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But if you don't want to thats also fine. And you don't have 5000 credits you have 50,000! So you can trade in small quantities with your Buster.

(Credits to Gimlis)
The Drone Factory in Red Light was near full and selling at close minimum
at the begining of the game
If I remeber correctly I was able to buy around 30 drones & made around 700cr per drone selling them in Argon Prime.
So keep an eye on the drone fabs theres alot of money to be made if you can catch one with full stores .

Thats something to keep an eye on. Also satilite factories, if there on full by as many as you can take and sell them to a trading station and you'll make dead easy profit. This is also something to look out for in all race Home sectors.

A good way to make money in a buster is of course capping. Now I would go and hunt pirates but you don't have to cap them, if you do consider it a bonus for the time being. I suggest picking on weaker vessels like harriers or other busters and taking their freight. Then sell it at stations, if space fuel, sell it to Teledi or pirate bases. Also if you see other ships locked in battle, wait to one is defeated and then nick what ever debris there is. Scavenging is a dead easy way to make money, and if you find some missles, well...sorted! So be on the look out for goodies.

Now, putting Scavenging aside, capping. Whats the best way to do this?
Well I am far from an exspert at this, but I do have a few pointers. Now I have captured 15 ships so far, all of them by chance, as they just happened to be in the sector. Now I have found that the best way is to scare the hell out of the pilots, and to do this you need to do a quick opening run which takes down the enemies sheilds and damages their hull. 80% of the time they bail for me. Don't be stingy on the amount of damage your dishing them to try and conserve their hull strength so you make more profit, it just takes ages and they are alot less likly to bail. So give em hell is my advise to you. Also your more likly to get weapons intact if you do less hits and hit em hard, then picking away at them for a few millenia.

There is also another option, you can, not destroy but pick on local freighters, and hit them hard a few times and order them to drop their frieght, once they do this wait till they go and pick it up, then go and sell it and make some profit!

I add aload new stuff to my guide, and maybe exspand on what I just said, but for the moment this should keep you busy.

The Rogue Trader · Post by **The Rogue Trader** » Fri, 18. Nov 05, 15:38

Don't suppose there's any additional information people want to know or that could be added to the guide?

I know silicon is probably the best earner in the game but for a guaranteed profit people could trade in manufactured goods, e.g. weapons, shields and tech with trading and equipment docks. Especially as most of the factories are full at the beginning of the game.

The Rogue Trader · Post by **The Rogue Trader** » Fri, 18. Nov 05, 15:42

Don't suppose there's any additional information people want to know or that could be added to the guide?

I know silicon is probably the best earner in the game but for a guaranteed profit people could trade in manufactured goods, e.g. weapons, shields and tech with trading and equipment docks. Especially as most of the factories are full at the beginning of the game.

MonarchX · Post by **MonarchX** » Fri, 18. Nov 05, 17:21

Capt. Scarlet wrote:
Don't suppose there's any additional information people want to know or that could be added to the guide?
I know silicon is probably the best earner in the game but for a guaranteed profit people could trade in manufactured goods, e.g. weapons, shields and tech with trading and equipment docks. Especially as most of the factories are full at the beginning of the game.

Heh...howcome if I have 50K, I cannot buy something that costs 8K?

The Rogue Trader · Post by **The Rogue Trader** » Sat, 19. Nov 05, 00:53

Probably because your notoriety with the race you are buying fro isn't high enough. (Check page 75 to 78 of the manual for fo race notoriety tables). (English manual that is).

Apocholypse · Post by **Apocholypse** » Sat, 19. Nov 05, 01:08

Thats another thing to add to my guide, cheers capt scarlet. Another reason could be you don't have the right size cargo containers or not enough cargo space.

On the note, of weapons, thats another thing that I totally missed, so cheers CPS!

The Rogue Trader · Post by **The Rogue Trader** » Sat, 19. Nov 05, 01:36

Hy Apoch, I deleted my post concerning Guides. My vocabulary and punctuation is not upto the standards of some. I reread my post and confused myself.

Nice thread.

Apocholypse · Post by **Apocholypse** » Sat, 19. Nov 05, 12:05

My punctuation isn't great

Any other ideas to add to my guide Capt Scarlet whilst we on topic?
Cheers!

The Rogue Trader · Post by **The Rogue Trader** » Sat, 19. Nov 05, 22:04

I've only built 40 stations. I tend to build food fabs mainly. Wheat and Teladianium in Boron Sectors, Teladianium and Bogas in Paranid sectors. Then the same with my complexes e.g Nostrop Oil and Rimes Fact in Paranid Space etc.

Apocholypse · Post by **Apocholypse** » Sun, 20. Nov 05, 00:38

Oh only 40

Coz I only stick to food fabs see

40's loads! Plenty more than you need! (looks out of window to see 4000 Nova's gazing back at him.........well, maybe a little bit more eh?)

Nah 40's pretty darn good!

Churchofyo · Post by **Churchofyo** » Sun, 20. Nov 05, 05:11

Heh...howcome if I have 50K, I cannot buy something that costs 8K?

Probably cos you're in your Buster with M size Cargo Hold and Silicon and Ore are both XL

TheOneWhoIsMany · Post by **TheOneWhoIsMany** » Sun, 20. Nov 05, 05:23

my mercury is now a level 8 + trader so i can go universe trader. however i can't seem to find anywhere that will sell me a 25mj shield. where can i get one?

The Rogue Trader · Post by **The Rogue Trader** » Sun, 20. Nov 05, 13:24

The medium shild complex in Cloud Base South West sells them.

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