I just restarted EVO after a year's shore leave (!) with a new pilot. Are there any good UE space trade routes? I'm getting kinda bored with shuttling cargo from planet to planet and almost getting killed in Chorca. I need the money to get a decent ship.
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I dont think there is any way round the painful start, my friend. Not unless you use some cheat like ACE, or a plug.
Ive started EVO many times now and I find that its best just to swallow your pride (as a fighter) and get some serious trading done.
Many people will say that its best just to upgrade from your shuttle to something more nifty and with a bit of muscle once you have built up your money, but they will almost always tell you to stay away from frieghters in terms of getting that money. My advice is the opposite.
My tactic is this: Make enough money with your shuttle to hire and fill a freighter with Medical supplies at Atlantic Station and make sure you have enough cash to cover the freighters fees for the return trip to New Calcutta in the nighbouring system and back.
Keep doing this till you have enough money to repeat the process with another freighter.
Carry on until you have six Freighter escorts and then save up enough cash to buy yourself a freighter and be able to fill them all with medical supplies. You can buy a frieghter at new Tokyo, so it wont involve paying any fees to your escorts for a hyper jump.
Then keep going back and forth from Atlantic station to New Calcutta....for AGES!!!
I find this is the quickest way to save up enough money for a fully kitted out Lazira (10 or 11 mill credits). However, this plan will work much faster if you are going for a lighter (and cheaper) ship, such as the Arada.
With the Lazira, you can start raiding pirates and that is the fastest way to make money!!
There is a system to the south (I think it lies between Duios and Unobot) where you can even indulge in a spot of piracy yourself and not attract any loss in status. I have been able to capture many Miranu Heavy Freighters as escorts (so no fees!!) and that is a very good way to make lots of money, if you decide to go back to trading. But its more fun to just take out the pirates!
Cheers
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rřß
Try this route:
Centauri to Atlantic Station for food
Atlantic Station back to Centauri for ferilizer
Safe route, use a freighter or a Miranu Heavy Freighter if you've gotten the money.
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Why don't you do the Paaren Station trick?
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Rob said:
I have been able to capture many Miranu Heavy Freighters as escorts (so no >fees!!) and that is a very good way to make lots of money, if you decide to go >back to trading. But its more fun to just take out the pirates!
When I capture ships and use them as an escort, I don't get an increase in my fleet's cargo capacity. Only the hired help adds cargo space. Your comment implies otherwise, Rob. Surprised me. Does everyone else get to transport cargo on captured ships? I never have.
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It depends what you're boarding, traders or otherwise. I tend to board pirates (after having drained their coffers, natch), they don't augment cargo space. Go for the traders if you want but they won't give you much defence.
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Yeah, if you board traders, then you get to use their space. I just do it now and again, if my finances need a little boost. But as Alan said, they are crap as defence. Far better to get yourself some cresent warship escorts and just clean out the renegades!!
Happy Hunting!
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rřß
My opening money getting scheme is to trade enough to get a scoutship (quick), and then head for Miranu space. With a cargo pod, and the Miranu trading organization missions opened up, I start doing 50K to 100K credit ferrying missions. The money for an Arada or Lazira comes pretty quickly then. And it's more interesting than running trade routes - you get to see all parts of the galaxy.
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I sided with the Zidagar in the strand war and every time i saw a Igazdra it was simple(and legal 
to wait for it to kill its opponents and then disable it while it is at low health. Sometimes if it is going to lose the fight i can stay on top of them and board them before they are destroyed. They usually carry around 500k so it's easy money. However the monty python maneuver won't work because their turrets will reach at least as far as yours.
On peut parfaitement faire le coup du Monty Python ŕ des Igazras en adaptant un peu, męme dans EVO 1.0.2. Le truc est d'aller toujours légčrement plus vite, puis légčrement moins vite qu'eux. Ils ont une portée supérieure, c'est vrai, mais ils ne commencent pas ŕ tirer dčs que tu es ŕ leur portée. Le truc est de rester entre le point oů ils sont ŕ ta portée et celui oů ils commencent ŕ tirer. Lŕ, tu peux les descendre assez vite
You can perfectly MP some Igazras, even in EVO 1.0.2, if you adapt a little the mehod. The trick is to always go slightly quicker, then slightly slower than they are. They have more range than you usually do, specially when you begin, but they don't start firing as soon as you're within range. So, you've got to stay between the beginning of your range and the distnce they start to fire. Then, you can get them down quite quick
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Stupid, stupid voinian creatures.
Originally posted by Andrew M:
just restarted EVO after a year's shore leave (!) with a new pilot. Are there any good UE space trade routes? I'm getting kinda bored with shuttling cargo from planet to planet and almost getting killed in Chorca. I need the money to get a decent ship.
Well I am not the best player in the world, but I would get a scout ship and open up as much of the map as you can, you might get some good missons. Or you could attack traders and take there money.
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I personally found the best ships to capture for cargo trading were Voinian freighters.. hell of a lot of armor and a serious chunk of cargo space.. and as far as cargo goes.. Tourists from Earth to New Rome.. descent profit short jump route.. this is what I use in order to make money..
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Ouaip, on peut pirater dans n'importe quel vaisseau. Mais c'est vrai que le commerce permet de se faire du fric ŕ la vitesse grand V, beaucoup plus vite que la piraterie, avec notamment la route des Crassworms (je ne sais pas ce que c'est ŕ part des vers, donc je ne peux pas traduire).
Yeap, you can pirate in every kind of ship. But it's true with trade you make big bucks really quick, lots quicker than doinf piratery, with for instance the Crassworms road (I don't know what this is, except some kind of worms, so I can't translate).
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Stupid, stupid voinian creatures.
On Omm you can buy medical supplies( i think, otherwise it's equipment). You can sell them two systems away to the left on your way back to dogovar for a bit of extra cash. there you can buy equipment(if its not that, its medical) and sell that at dogovar.
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i even start pirating as soon as i get a scoutship.