Pennsylvania Helium Drop Rate

[Lorelii_Darksaint]

I believe what you are referring to is the endless loop....E3-4 to Erie. For those who only look at the credits per second.....it makes sense. But...that can be considered power-mining by some , just like power-trading with a 5k. I prefer my longer trade route....it gives more time for interaction with other players , plus real-life needs my attention more than a game....so its win-win for me.

Time for my bit...

For the new and returning players who show up on the server for the first time, this is a decent way of getting their feet wet in the Discovery Universe as well as starting to see R/P interactions in a relatively safe system (well sometimes it is...) . In a fairly short period of time, a player can have the credits necessary to outfit just about any of the smaller ships, complete with a good scanner and armor buff.

Now with that said, I'd much rather take a hold of Helium out of Pennsylvania out to Bretonia, Rhineland or Kusari space. But I guess I'm an exception, I don't look at the credits/second. There's too much mod for me to stay put in one system all the time, and now that I have a ship that has a decent enough sized hold, I usually only come back to Pennsylvania for R/P purposes.
Note: There are times after a lousy day at work that I don't want to travel and just want to hang out with some of the friends that I've made since I've been back. But that's an exception (for me) not something that I do as a rule.

It's my opinion that the Helium Drop rate should be left as is with the understanding that as a starter system, newer players need a place to get some credits fairly easily. It's unfortunate that some players insist on Power-mining (as Gafwmn said...), but every on-line game there are some that find a way to abuse starting areas.

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