HELP FULL note to all new players.

[AeternusDoleo]

Mining pro's: Higher profit then trading, especially if you use dedicated haulers to haul off the ore and share profit. The mining ships are often well armored and armed, therefor capable of selfdefense... to a degree.
Mining cons: Slower, and you're static while you are filling your hold.
The mining locations are often well known to pirates, so expect a visit every now and then. But, if you go boom, you do not lose money, only time. You will however be barred from mining in that system for the next 4 hours if you die.

Trading pro's: You can do it pretty much anywhere. If one system is pirate infested, go elsewhere where it's safer. You have a very high degree of freedom. Going boom won't bar you from continuing trade, even in the same system.
Trading con's: If you go boom you lose the investment in the cargo you have. Lower average profit then mining. And you'll have to find optimal trading routes... The prices have been modified serverside so using "assistant" applications won't be very helpful to you.

Personally, I favor mining. But then again, I favor mining over pewing even.

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Wide awake in a world that sleeps, enduring thoughts, enduring scenes. The knowledge of what is yet to come.
From a time when all seems lost, from a dead man to a world, without restraint, unafraid and free.

Mostly retired Discovery member. May still visit from time to time.