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Is there anything particularity good at making money this patch? I generally just do bunkers, but I'd like to find something more profitable.

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[–] EverStar289@citizensgaming.com 11 points 1 year ago

It's just hard because the other types of money making are more of a risk from 30ks and crashing and stuff. Bunkers are still good, but I guess the Service Beacons can make a lot of money as well? I just never see any that aren't the low-risk ones.

[–] Planetur@citizensgaming.com 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been having fun helping reclaimer crews do hammerhead salvage missions. They'll usually pay a decent amount (250k or so) per ship. You don't have to buy any new ships since other people are always looking for people to help crew theirs.

[–] Tenesto@citizensgaming.com 4 points 1 year ago

Same. It's not hard for find a crew to join and you don't have any of the risk when the servers crash, etc.

Just start building a list of captains that you like to work with. Grinding money is the same no matter what you do... It's a grind. But with a crew you can have a ton of fun doing it!

[–] Chronova@citizensgaming.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are some good FPS missions like Ghost Hollow that pay well, when they work. You should look into those if you like doing ground missions!

[–] Inventis@citizensgaming.com 3 points 1 year ago

With the "money for nothing" mission, there are a lot of PvPers siphoning money from the atms at ghost hollow. Just be warned if you go there and be on the lookout.

[–] Inctura@citizensgaming.com 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Looting the risky salvage missions is still profitable, but they've been nerfed pretty hard. For a 30k aUEC investement, you can generally make $120k, and if you know where the secret illegal commodities console is, you don't have to risk going to a salvage yard with no armistice zone

Here's a good video on the differences from 3.9 to 3.9.1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq80R3HRxXw

[–] Nova@citizensgaming.com 5 points 1 year ago

There's something about this gameplay loop that is super fun. Just be real careful if you have to go to the salvage yard.

But if you have a couple friends, it makes the game great when they have to come give you protection. This is how the game is supposed to be played!

[–] Inventis@citizensgaming.com 3 points 1 year ago

I didn't know there was cargo in these! That seems like pretty good profit, honestly, with not a lot of risk.

This is what I've been doing primarily for cash. the 30k missions almost always have 4 boxes in them with a decent chance for 5 (or sometimes none, but that's rare). Then you can go to CRU-L4 to sell risk free.

[–] Rabalyn@citizensgaming.com 2 points 1 year ago

I find begging for money works pretty well :D there's lots of cash floating around from the drug dupes.