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Learning Trading

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Post Wed Feb 01, 2006 5:01 pm

Learning Trading

Hello All,
I am a very very new "cadet" and am a bit daunted by the vastness of the trading world in FL, I suppose I shall have to just start doing it to learn, as I dont like to cut corners, etc.....and want to experience the game as they intended it to be......soooo, am I wrong in thinking that we must just begin a voyage and start out, with the hints that we get to see what is out there? I am not asking for hints or spoilers but didnt want to miss on facts that are offered in the booth, I only ran through the specs on the planets quickly, can one pick up a sense of what is needed where by a careful reading of the text entriees?

This looks like a fantastic game i just got both FL and SL, and am like a horse with two carrots, which one, which one.....

ah well, i consider it a great treat to have waited this long to do these wonderful games....

thanks for the great forum.....lots to catch up on and read. And all the Mods, what a treasury.

Thanks

Full Speed Ahead

Doc

Post Sat Feb 04, 2006 6:53 pm

You can do like I did and DL a copy of the commodities, print it out and keep it handy (along with a calculator). Or you can do what the rest of us do. But I won't tell you what - I think I can hear the Admin broom coming to sweep this one onto the spoiler forum.

You always find what you're looking for.

Post Sun Feb 05, 2006 1:45 am

Trading is simple. Look at the prices of commodities. Buy low and sell high!

Just one bit of advice. Make sure you are friendly with the base you plan to sell to. I travelled some distance to trade the first time I played through the game, only to be attacked by my intended customers.

Post Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:03 am

Thanks both of you for the great replies, I think I just felt a bit overwhelmed,
with all the different systems, planets, bases, etc.....i am sure it will get
easier by doing, but buying low and selling higih trading is tough for me
in this universe let along the FL one. thanks agian.

much apprecaited.

Full Speed Ahead

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