Sound Logic expanded version.
QFT here, and in fact I'm going to break it down further.. so get ready for Ben Coyote's wall of text (iin the form of a 30 meter high tsunami of Ino..L:ets start off with this series of comments and I'll break it down..
if you keep loosing a significant amount, reconsider from scratch your play style.
You just have to be doing something wrong..
This is propably the first bit of information that needs to be examined.. and in fact, like he said, changing your gameplay style might not hurt.. In fact changing only a few things actually might help you save some ped...For example.. in the next comment that this poster makes it makes perfect sense..
There are some very good "blogs"here on forum, where people show how to play sucesuflly on low budget.
Ah reading.. Something the modern gamer doesn't do al lot.. but they should. Reading these bits of information can actually help you play better, and even smrter.. A famous Cartoon Duck once said to "Work Smarter and not harder and this duck was a billionaire.
Like the poster sid, reading and gaining information is important, and having an open mind and learning is the key.. But sadly a lot of players who come into this game are either sadly miinformed or they don't read.. or a bit of both.. Blogs and Posts (like these in this thread) are very helpful and can be infightfult.. So above all read.. It'll help you understand the game better, and if you know someone who is skilled and is a friend of yours have them mentor you.. or better yet go look for a mentor.. (And if you don't like them, try another, who might, and keep going until you find one who does help you with the information.. that's what the Mentoring program is all about.)
I would probably recommend starting from low level again, so you learn how to play.
My mother said it best, sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards and starting aagain from a low level is a good option.. But if you ahve sunk a lot of peds into the game the best option is to learn from your mistakes and ramify them..
For example, you lost a lot of ped and If it were the case then it could be that you had low evade.. you ignored perhaps some ofo the most boring work out thee, and that is of course seeating.. without that evade, you might as well hand MA your Ped card.. So if you want to be the best evader in game, sweat, and sweat like the win.. and when you want, go out and take a wlk around.. and find those stones fruit and sung..(After all they make you money too, especially the fruit..
Biggest mistake people are doing is that they go and kill something they can barely kill.
This is perhaps the biggest mistake that people make.. They think they can take on an Atrox with an Opalo alone.. or that they can take on an Oratan or an Argo with the same weapon..
Sometimes doing a bit of reasearch and a bit of information gathing can help you learn to do things differntly..
Initially when I was a player, starting out young and fresh, I actually just did what the other players did, I just shoot and killed and looted, and in a way I was sort of a drone.. just shoot kill loot, over and over aiain.. I didn't pay attention to details like counting your shots or looking at the loot and cross comparing it to what you put out.. That right there is key to all this.. It's what I call "Knowing how to hunt within a budget and means.." If you think you can take a mob, do the research and then use the math and figure it out, (and if you hate math, have someone help you.. After all having someone who has information and knowledge of how this game works (And hence back to the mentoring system again) might mean the differnce between only losing a few pec versus losing a few if not tens or hundreds of ped.. So yes Research and information are the key, and what better way to do this than to read..(Refer back to my first port of this post..
The fact you can kill something, does not mean you should hunt it
I tend to agree with this person and in fact this logic is very sound.. IN fact while many people go out and hunt a specific mob, doesn't mean you should go out and do it as well. In fact I use a method that I like to call "Rotating your mobs"
In short thake all the mobs you can kill and that you can acutally do so without an issue, and look for the good loot using the information you know and have.. If the loot is bad, switch to a differnt mob and try agsin.. Even on Arkadia the startnig player has 7 options and all are reasonable provided they have the skills to shoot a gun (and yes stay away from Melee weapons. They'll kill your ped card faster than most..only use a TT Blade that is in fact able to handle the mob if you run out of ammo and the mob doesn't have much life and is a slow regen speed. Otherside if all that fails do one of two things.. Take off your armor and let it kill you, or run.. Your call on that one..
Then small runs is another common mistake.. Bigger the mob , bigger the bankroll you need.
How true this is, and in fact you gotta do the research.. Goin gout on any 20 ped run on A mob that requires 200 ped is downright stupid.. if not ignorant.. This is where Researching your mobs like what you can and can not take and how much it'll cost for each, will be the real issue ehre. Do the research, Go look at the mob on Entropedia and do the math.. (and yes there is a set formula many skilled players know.. and in fact some of us get down to knowing how much each shot will be.. and how many shots it will take (or should take) to kill a mob.. Learn the system and you won't go wrong.. Ignore it? And well Hand MA your ped card..
[/QUOTE]Stay away from crafting!
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This one is a mixed bag, and in fact the one type of crafting i would reccommend to stay away from is in fact Explosives crafting.. Anyone who does that one, is what David Harnum said.. They're the sucker born every minute.. (And believe me I have a pharse I've coined.. and that phrase is "Explosive monkeys"
Why this phrase? These people aren't too bright when it comes crafting, and in fact with skills you have to have the skills to back you up, without those skills then you ARE handing MA your ped card..
Want a smarter way? Invest into RK-5's an Welding wire, Get on a mother ship and repair.. Get those skills up and have fun on board a ship.. Sure it's right up there in sweating when it cmes to boredom, but if you want your skills to improve you hae to do something, and repairing a motehr ship is one of the petter options.. Once you reach a certain level and you feel comfortable.. Craft anything BUT explosives.. (Textures are a nice little start off and then move up to Electronics, Metal even Components.. In short, pick a path and stick with it..
But as for Explosives I would say no.. other than that, after you repair and get a lot of skill, then if you want, take a small chance and do a run, see if you like it or not, after all sSome hunters and miners were never meant to be crafters, and some crafters were meant to be hunters or miners..
But agian Player smarter not harder.. Enoufh said..
Do not TT stuff like idiot.
Now this is why he's intelligent After all if you TT stuff to the Trade terminal (or what i like to call "The Blue Bin of Death), then you're only going to get 100%, no markup.. after all yo might have something someone else needs and some folks will pay handsome money for it.. others might just want to byp you out of the ped.. but then you have to pick and choose who you trade with.. that's why channels like Arktrade and Caly trade and all the planetary trade channels are important.. you might find a good deal to sell an item.. or buy one that you want and need, that plus it's a good way to socialize.. and to talk to other players.. If you are anti-social, well then my advce is get out of the game and play something else.. (and if you get bored, take some time off.. and rethink your strategies, modify them if need to, and above all work within the budge you set up.. Otherwise, have fun "Not playing Cause tis isn't a strange game.. You amke it strange because of the habits you use, Modfiy your habits and stick to a game plan.. Usually that is the best way to do it.
Track your returns and share with us
This is perhaps the best example of logic yet.. After all some people are like Ebenneezer Scrooge and want to keep the money to themselves, others are like Andrew Carneige, and learn to run an economy.. and people then wonder why the economy is so horrible? it's the greedy Scrooges of the world who are unreasoable.. Those who are Andrew Caarneige types usually keep the economy of a planet or planets running like a well oiled machine..
In short, track your trurns yes, but then be reasonable.. if you think the price is too low? Find another buyer and try again. and again and again keep trying.. and in the mean time stockpile what isn't being used.. you one day might find a use (Now if someoen has Cap 4 -Desert BP's I'll take your LEgfur and Any metal res you got.. And then you'd see what you get back in return.. a full TT Gun that you can enjoy until it breaks.. But that's besides the point..
IN shrot, spread the wealth around, don't be greedy and above all have fun..
*Wipes Forehead*
Man I should talk more often like this..
(Sgt) Benjamin Ben Coyote, IFN Marines
a.k.a."The Blind Sniper" (and ) "His_Dog_Spot"
