Confessions of a Closet Power-Trader

[Drake]

I have to admit something.

I don't like trading. Not at all.

I tried smuggling, only to find that it's just as boring, just with a different group of people to avoid on your routes. I know some people enjoy the thrill of encountering resistance (whether a pirate or lawful), so they can RP, fight, flee, etc. But I really don't, I just want to make my credits and get it over with. I find sitting around a populated system (such as NY) with my freelancer and chatting with people and seeing if any jobs drop into my lap to be far more enjoyable than trading.

My current trader is my original Discovery character, Bretonian ex-pat turned Zoner, Isaac Drake. He has RP to back him up. He chats with people in the systems he passes through. He chats with pirates, and pays without much fuss, and even makes agreements ahead of time if he know he'll be passing through a pirated system. He flies a Whale... I could say because it's the perfect large in-RP transport for a peaceful Zoner, but mostly because it's the largest transport which can reasonably still be considered 'smallish', at least when compared to the Adv. Train, Lux Liner, and Tanker. Plus I think it looks cooler than most other transports.

I don't really enjoy playing Drake, at least not as a trader. I only play him when I need money, and my goal is to make as much as possible as quickly as possible without doing flagrantly ooRP things (such as using Chokogu as a highway). I rarely trade more than a half-hour or forty minutes at a time, because I grow bored quickly. Grouping with other traders to chat with while you fly is nice, but, to be perfectly honest, I'd just as well use the private comms for pure OOC banter as I fly along. The only reason Isaac Drake still exists (at least in his current profession) is because trading is a necessity for anyone without ungodly amounts of free time or some salable talent (such as signature-making).

My first character upon re-joining the in-game community was Garrett Frost, a Junker trader and sometimes smuggler (though never a slaver). The Firefly is a nice enough ship (though ugly texture), but it didn't make money fast enough, so I ended up resurrecting Drake and getting him the Whale (after a Zoner Guard tag... ugh). Not sure what I'll do with Garrett now, since I do like him as a character, just not as a trader. I think I may get him a nice freighter when things get re-balanced in 4.85.

Drake will be switching to Jinx's wonderful Zoner Transport when 4.85 rolls around. Fitting for the character, as well as having more cargo space so I'll make money faster. Best of both worlds, eh?

I'm not looking for tips on how to make trading more enjoyable... I know them all. It just... Isn't.

Anyway, my rambling is over.

[bluntpencil2001]

I'm the same. The only thing that alleviates my trading boredom as my Bowex indy is by being as rude to everyone in system as humanly possible, especially in Liberty.

Even then, I get bored of telling people to wash my windows and get a bloody job pretty quickly.

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[n00bl3t]

I smuggle, when trading doesn't give me the thrill.

However, trading when there are pirates and trying to avoid them is rather fun.

(When there are no pirates it gets annoying. I just put on some music, write up some RP that I will never finish or read whilst trading.)

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[Agmen of Eladesor]

Actually, I'm doing something similar at the moment. I've a goal in mind, as far as funds are concerned. So I'm just sitting here, sipping a beer, listening to some music, reading a book, and keeping a mild eye on the screen.

During the times when others are on, I may trade so I can have escorts, or get in one of my other ships. But when the server population is small - it's trading time, because that doesn't hurt anything and I still get my game play in.

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Oh god... The end of days... Agmen agreed with me.

[Vic]

I haven't seen any Bowex on of late so I haven't really done much trading. Mishs aren't to bad for making some credits. Then again I'm rep grinding several factions, I'm mostly paying attention to the rep bars rather than the cash.

The best way to make trading "fun" is to set up a quota and a route. Stick to the route until you meet your quota and then swap to another character. I have yet to be making a million or even half of that in a day so I take what I can get.*

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[Lux]

I'm the same, Drake. Whenever I trade, I can never seem to do more than one or two trips max per time online; it's just not my thing. I try to get it over with ASAP, and distractions like pirates, although sometimes fun, are in general simply slowing down the flow of cash I need for whatever I wanted in the first place. Still, playing as a RepEx character was fun, although I traded less than just hanging around NB, to be honest:P

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[guitarguy]

I really think they should raise mission rewards so you can make the same amount of money as you would trading.

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[Drake]

I really think they should raise mission rewards so you can make the same amount of money as you would trading.

From what I hear, they don't because so many people doing missions would lag the server terribly.

[tansytansey]

I pretty much power trade too, but I try to converse as much as I can with a pirate. I dislike trading so much, the most money I've ever had on my trader was 400 mil, but it usually sits around 300 mil.

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[Lt.Cmdr.Olsav]

Thank god other people feel this way about bloody trading, i personally have a kushan freighter that i use to try and make some money (Ring-Ibiza-Shetland-Ring) but i can only ever manage about half a route before i fall asleep from boredom and believe me ive tried music and reading.

Too bad about the mission reward issue.

what would be neat would be if we could pay a sum to a trader group or company and they could trade it up for someone and keep a percentage of the profit.

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