Trading Routes and Tools

[albert]

Now that this has been stated is it unethical and cheating by proxy? I would say given it's been going on for over a week there could easily have been a server side tweak to fix this and FD have allowed people to exploit the hell out of it. Fill your boots!

[Lameduck]

Upgrade 1.07 d'loaded (small) this afternoon and the bug is still there :yahoo:
Pocketed CR 1.2 million in just under an hour

[BrotherTobious]

Hmm I can see going to have to park my Cobra and get back in the Hateful Hauler

[albert]

Try this:

Macuayan (Tarter Dock) <---> Gridge - (Unsold Hub) | Commodities: Palladium and Consumer Tech | Profits up to 1220 and 1550 / T. | 21.51 LY to 3 jumps | very stable at the moment

Curtiesy of Maeyae

That's hardly 1-way. Though 2.8 k/t is not so bad. Consider using http://bloodhound.ethx.net/ to find an even better route.

That URL anyone heard of it?

Cheers,

Bert

[ArithonUK]

Hmm I can see going to have to park my Cobra and get back in the Hateful Hauler

Yep. Made around 20M Cr last night then spent it all on buffing my Anaconda (9M on A7 Power Distributor and 11M on A6 FSD upgrade, 2.2M on A4 Fuel Scoop), the rest went on Beam Lasers, Missile batteries and cannons.

Back down to 5M Cr

[ArithonUK]

If you laugh, you're trading too much.

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[OldBloke]

If you laugh, you're trading too much.

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Superb

PS don't mention the un-spellable place :flirty:

[Lameduck]

I'm trading too much:lmfao:
However, now that the traders seeking luxuries have moved on and the place is now a war zone, I've found a nice little legitimate trade route in an adjacent system.
Ancante - taking tobacco to Challis Vision and returning to Vogel Orbital with Marine Equipment, under 700ls away. In my Type 7 I'm clearing 360,000 a lap.

[Sn00ks]

Fancy a rares route that no-one else has been doing? Well you can use this to plot one http://eliteraretrader.co.uk/. It even lets you save them.

[Ranualf]

Hello Everyone

I made some spread sheets for some quick easy profit routes, centered around Lugh and the starting area of Erevate.
I also added the big money maker in also, its a very easy route, and makes roughly 1414Cr per ton.

I have also added other documents for mining materials & metal base values, and reputation ranks(unconfirmed data).

Edit- added in information about ship upgrades, costs, and runs req to gain the creds.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxMxwl6KtsP3fnhPeEdfWFpwSGQ4bUp6WWtUYTNlemFKZV9BblJCRWRsNTVhODhURndSQVk&usp=sharing
Updated 23/04/15.

Note to start with, you will mostly be trading low value items (power generators, food etc), until you can get more cash for better trade goods- Money makes more money!
Once you have a hauler you can make a decent amount of cash quickly, and step up in the trading world.
Save up, and grab a Cobra Mkiii, and with a little effort, you`ll have a 40 ton money maker, with guns!

Basic rules of trading

Your starting ship-the sidewinder, dump your scanner and get +2 tons module ASAP (huge profit difference), as the scanner doesn't not give any really profits unless your 20+ light years away from your scanned system (useless starting out, but handy later on in a big ship)

Use the bulletin board, and match your cargo run to the quest destination (ignore 3+ jumps)
Make some cash, grab a +2/4 ton module but leave enough to pay for insurance(buyback) and cargo

Check out your current system for trade routes on http://www.elitetradingtool.co.uk/
It`s not 100% up to date, but the rough figures are working, and you Will make you profit, should you do it correctly

Do a few checks with the site above, with your starting destination- using alternative end ones, try to keep jumps less to than 4, as fuel may be an issue
look for a quick easy route- a 3 way trip can make you a lot of cash, or even in system trading can make a decent amount for smaller ships (Erevate)

Before using your precious cash, make sure you write it down (yes pen and paper, or a tablet/ duel screen if your posh) and compare to the above site

Make sure you map it correctly, and use the fastest route- in the cartographer - double check the route until your familiar with it.

I`m more than willing to help out the community the same way.

If you are interdicted(attacked in cruse mode) look at your target (press 1- contacts, lock on) if you have any doubts about you winning the fight, RUN AWAY!
This is more so when you have a full load of cargo (its not insured) and you can lose a lot of your precious initial funds, i learnt this the hard way, damn pirates!

Stay safe out there!

[Ranualf]

New trade route

East India Company Announces Galactic Silk Road

The East India Company, one of the larger pilots’ federation members, recently announced a new initiative they are calling “the Galactic Silk Road”. This is a public trade route available to all, and features seventeen of the most highly profitable stops in civilised space.

Although profitable trade routes are nothing new, the East India Company spokesperson in charge of the route, a CMDR Bunny, announced that the organisation will provide protection to those traders wanting to benefit, and has even gone as far as to say that arrangements have been made with the Federal Navy, Mercs of Mikunn, the Merchant Marines, and other factions, in order to patrol the route and protect traders.

The new route is named after the famous four thousand mile trade route across Earth’s continents of Europe and Asia, first seen over three thousand years ago, where merchants made large profits trading silk cloth, while the wealth helped the emerging cultures along the route to prosper and develop.

I`ve done the math, and its not really worth it, longer jumps, more time consuming and less profit. This is multiplied by roughly a factor of three, when taking into account the distance to be traveled.

For those wishing to see the math, and profit calculations look here https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxMxwl6KtsP3RmQ3ZjJRNlE1QWs/view?usp=sharing

please read and leave feedback

[Sneakytiger]

GLIESE 868-RA ROUND TRIP

pick up paladiem and gliese 868 -bacon port
take to RA kazantev dock-pick up crop harvesters-gliese 868-houssay terminal take tea to bacon port-then repeat.

[Ranualf]

Thanks sneaky for repeating whats in the spread sheets
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxMxwl6KtsP3fnhPeEdfWFpwSGQ4bUp6WWtUYTNlemFKZV9BblJCRWRsNTVhODhURndSQVk&authuser=0

[Ranualf]

Updated ALL ship data and mineral values https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BxMxwl6KtsP3fnhPeEdfWFpwSGQ4bUp6WWtUYTNlemFKZV9BblJCRWRsNTVhODhURndSQVk
There a lot of significant changes to all the ships shields/ armour values! It seems that shield were just a bit too strong, and that armour was too weak in some cases the ship armour has been increased by a factor of 3!
Check em out

[Ranualf]

I found a neat new trading tool!
http://etn.io/#

It is VERY easy to use
Just type in the system you are at in the 1st box.
Now go to the right side, select your ship- if its fitted out for trade- click optimized
Click search and watch the magic happen!

Edit- you can scroll in and out with your mouse wheel too (provided your web browser is set up that way)

Enjoy