First to quell some assumptions:
i) I bought X-T (I ordered it from the online store) so my copy is a legit copy
ii) I have not modded my game in any way when trying to play a proper game.
iii) I want help with trading empires, not alternatives like capturing etc.
I do what most people recommend at the start, and I sell my buster for an Argon Lifter. Now what do I do with it? My tactic has always been to pick up goods for a cheap price and sell them to a factory which requires them for a higher price.
Ie. Pick up energy cells @ 6cr. and sell them @ 17-18cr.
That makes me about 5000-6000cr. Darned if I am going to do that 100 times in a row to earn enough for my first factory.
I try taking passengers to their destinations, but six-twelve hours later (after flying in the wrong direction) I end up getting 1/2 the reward than the one offered... and even the full reward is a pittance. 12,000cr. ??
I cheated once because I got so sick of making <50,000cr profits within the first ten hours of playing, so I gave myself 15 million cr.
With this I bought:
6 SPPs
4 Cahoona Bakerys
4 Cattle Ranches
2 Crystal Fabs
In one hour I made <20,000cr profit from my surplus of crystals, because they take 8 minutes to produce 6 crystals (or is it 6 minutes for 8?) Anyway it's a flaming long time for me, to wait for such a small amount of resources, I figured it wasn't worth having factorys.
If you have a strategy that could inspire me to get playing again could you please share it? I'm so sick of making dozens of trips just to get a tiny sum of money each time. X-BTF had a much better economy model. Crystal Fabs could hold up to 16,000-25,000 crystals in stock, and make more than 200,000cr. profit per hour. What happened to those good old days?
~Lonowski~