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A nice newbie safe profitable trade route

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Post Mon Mar 10, 2003 7:33 am

A nice newbie safe profitable trade route

Location item 1 item 2
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Planet Denver optronics 462 engineering parts 825
Planet Houston optronics 770 engineering parts 600

2 hyper jumps no nasty hostile.

Post Tue Mar 11, 2003 5:44 pm

Did you test this route in mp?

Post Tue Mar 11, 2003 6:36 pm

Was it ever determined if different MP servers have different commodity values? Every time I log into a server I forget to check that.

I know there's a difference between SP and MP commodity values, and was hoping there would be some randomization between different MP servers. Or even customizable via .ini entries..

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The only thing I like more than pie is having more pie than I'd like.

Post Tue Mar 11, 2003 7:00 pm

my experience took roughly 12 mins one way, with 2 lane interrupts and some few enemies buzzing around the 2 jump gates. enemies were lvls 1-4. not too bad for the ca$h.

I believe prices at locations are constant throughout all the servers

cheers

Post Tue Mar 11, 2003 7:42 pm

Yep i did the run with my rhino at lunch and made 42640 profits. So if I do that run 5 times Ill have enough for a humback. then it will be roughly 140,000 a trip.

But the route works and isnt to rough in a rhino

Post Tue Mar 11, 2003 7:47 pm

If you're just sticking around friendly/easy space just get a dromedary. It doesn't handle like quite as much of a POS and can hold an extra 25. The handling i really like; that lousy humpback gives the AI real trouble when it's trying to dock. I've had it fly around for a few minutes trying to dock at some bases, even timing out so the base tells me I'm cleared to land a couple times.

Post Tue Mar 11, 2003 8:43 pm

so what you are saying is that I should head west and get the dromedary instead of heading east for that fat humpback?

Post Tue Mar 11, 2003 9:27 pm

I'm currently on the New Los angeles to Freeport 4 run its 50000 credits for 2 jumps in a clydsdale

moo

Post Tue Mar 11, 2003 9:49 pm

Well Ill be doing this run for a few days then i think ill get an eagle or sabre and with its 70 cargo space ill make very long runs that will pay me like 100000 a trip one way only.

Post Wed Mar 12, 2003 12:01 am

the stupid humpback handles like a garbage scow =/
how's the dromedary in comparison, btw?

Post Wed Mar 12, 2003 12:27 am

like a titan *g*

Post Wed Mar 12, 2003 2:50 am

Yeah the humpback is a friggen slug, but a slug with 8 shadowblades.

Post Wed Mar 12, 2003 3:58 am

i trashed my dumptruck (humpback) too and went back to the drone. other then the cargo space, does the dromedary do better or worse then my dear old drone?

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jero

Post Wed Mar 12, 2003 5:13 am

Im using the dromedary atm, you get it from the mactan base which is Lane Hacker territory. 275 cargo space, pretty maneuverable compared to the humpy. And Max Class 6 weapons. The only downside is that you only get Class 6 shielding max and hull is pretty weak. But as long as you stay away from player pirates you're pretty good with the drom.

Heres a pretty profitable run which may or may not be dangerous depends on who youve pissed off.

Planet Manhattan - Luxury Goods > Anyu Base (Hokkaido) = 1000+ profits
Anyu Base - Cardamine > Planet Manhattan = 1000+ profits

Im neutral with Golden Chrys and Blood Dragons so I dont get any shyte from then up north. And the cops arent really that smart you can outrun them pretty easily headed to Manhattan, and as long as you dont make any unecessary pitstops along the way good chance you wont get scanned by the po-pos.

Good Luck,

groove-monkey -

Dromedary Class 6 > 2.5 million lvl 35

crazy_glue -

Sabre Class 10
*Weapon Loadout
2 x Tizona del Cid Class 9
2 x CERBERUS Class 10
2 x Nomad Energy Cannon Class 10
1 x Salamanca Class 9 Turret
*Shields
Advanced Brigandine HF Class 10 - 8280 defense

Post Wed Mar 12, 2003 6:23 am

This is what I did my frist couple of runs untill i could buy a better ship...

Buy H-Fuel at Fort Bush and run it to Westpoint Academy

it's $59 per item and it only takes about a 120 sec...

(note this comes from the Freelancer Guide....)

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