What to do with money in Legacy?

Radikal · Post by **Radikal** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 11:24 pm

I'm not sure what purpose there is for a lot of money in Legacy.
Building requires material, so you can't use money for that, and a decent frame doesn't really cost that much.

What do you do with over 25mil??

Brian Paone · Post by **Brian Paone** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 11:51 pm

From post: 184106, Topic: tid=12362, author=Radikal wrote:I'm not sure what purpose there is for a lot of money in Legacy.
Building requires material, so you can't use money for that, and a decent frame doesn't really cost that much.

What do you do with over 25mil??

Well, personally, I've been investing it in purchasing spare modules to share out with newbies in multiplayer. You could also use the money, I suppose, to buy up engineering/weapon lab components and see what kind of mad science you can cook up.

Radikal · Post by **Radikal** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 12:06 am

MP is out due to lack of good 'net connection.

The engineering lab is just whacked, unless you have a good idea of what you're doing.

I use money in Mercenary to build outposts during exploration, but what in Legacy uses lots of money?

Even buying stuff for MP players and material for the lab wouldn't use money as fast as I've been making it lately, so it remains, what do you use a lot of money for in Legacy?

Brian Paone · Post by **Brian Paone** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 12:16 am

From post: 184117, Topic: tid=12362, author=Radikal wrote:MP is out due to lack of good 'net connection.

The engineering lab is just whacked, unless you have a good idea of what you're doing.

I use money in Mercenary to build outposts during exploration, but what in Legacy uses lots of money?

Even buying stuff for MP players and material for the lab wouldn't use money as fast as I've been making it lately, so it remains, what do you use a lot of money for in Legacy?

...I guess you could stuff a mattress with it and fall asleep on a pile of credits? I wouldn't mind doing that before I die, personally. But all of the uses for a game's currency I can think of tend to revolve around multiplayer - never had much use for the stuff myself. Sorry I couldn't be of more help!

Post by **Marvin** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 12:42 am

Legacy is less of a money game. A few million will probably buy you that ship you've been wanting, along with the Mantis drive, terrain walker and stealth generator. After that, you're pretty much in the same situation as Citizen Kane ... money is just a means to an end. Luckily there are a lot of "ends" available in EL.

Janus · Post by **Janus** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 12:45 am

Only someone who was rich could ask this. You could ask someone like Bill Gates the same thing. For someone who has tons and tons of anything, the thing they have tons and tons of doesn't mean a lot to them. Whether it's logs or money. Once you get to a certain point, it's kind of meaningless; in life or a game. So fly around and have fun. Give some money away if it makes you feel any better. Beat up on some NPC's. Or try to beat up on some players. If they kill you, so what? It won't hurt your credit balance any. Or if it does, it will be like a flea biting a sperm whale.

Bodega · Post by **Bodega** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 1:30 am

Maybe we can get someone to do some nice modding, cockpits, textures, sounds, HUDS and convince Vice to release a capital ship DLC, where they cost in the billions...would give people something to work towards. I can dream...

Janus · Post by **Janus** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 1:41 am

I don't think a capital ship would be able to dock. That would likely entail putting mooring fixtures on the stations and adding mooring fixtures to the build list for stations. And forget about landing a capital ship on a planet. Those beasts are creatures of space.

Radikal · Post by **Radikal** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 1:52 am

From post: 184120, Topic: tid=12362, author=Brian Paone wrote:...I guess you could stuff a mattress with it and fall asleep on a pile of credits? I wouldn't mind doing that before I die, personally. But all of the uses for a game's currency I can think of tend to revolve around multiplayer - never had much use for the stuff myself. Sorry I couldn't be of more help!

Those credit chips are very lumpy!
I'd love if you could save ship loadouts and configurations when saved to a hanger.

Zarrakis · Post by **Zarrakis** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 2:56 am

From post: 184139, Topic: tid=12362, author=Bodega wrote:Maybe we can get someone to do some nice modding, cockpits, textures, sounds, HUDS and convince Vice to release a capital ship DLC, where they cost in the billions...would give people something to work towards. I can dream...

A super duper, almost unobtainable capital ship would be an awesome goal for players. Just the fact it would be available for purchase at some far away deep space station would be cool.

The ship Shouldn't be too OP , but rather a badge for people to show off "Yeah.. I had that 20 trillion dollars, and I spent it on this ride"

But thena gain, players could bind to it's gunning making it a mobile space fortress. Or it could have a hundred cargo slots for long freight missions.

AHH! okay I'll stop now.. was getting a little too ahead of myself.

Iron man · Post by **Iron man** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 3:35 am

Keep in mind the last civil rank is about the same amount of money required ......

Post by **Marvin** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:12 am

Civilians can't buy an operable battleship. Maybe an admiral could command one ... but, if that were true in EL, it would mean making it a lot harder to reach the rank of admiral.

CS-ACI- · Post by **CS-ACI-** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:25 am

Hello,

The need for money is real, once you know what you are doing.

Crew, they cost money all the time, even if you switch too a military frame.

If you want to explore, a full crew is a wise choice as each adds to your ship.

I blew 2 mil credits in a couple of hours, easy to do when your 'burning' fuel.

Money is also a good way of buying plans for all sorts of things, not spoiling it though with a list, oh and buying tech.

Steve

Post by **DaveK** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:54 am

I agree; exploration is an expensive hobby

At the moment I think the balance between making money and the amount you need to survive in the game is about right. In EM I made money as a relaxation activity - around 20 billion on my main profile - because the easy ways were repetitive (and therapeutic). Money is harder to get in EL, but costs (hangars, crew, fuel, updates) are at a level where I don't have to go back to work full time just to keep my frame repaired and fueled and food on the table and clothes on my back. The required occasional cash making sessions still allow plenty of time to do the things and pursue the goals that make the game fun (for me anyway)

Issues with the longevity of MP servers aside there are hundreds of systems that don't appear on the charts. You could choose one to 'own' and convert it into an impregnable base for your faction, enhance it's trading opportunities for visiting mercs, and become a tourist atttraction by building a few megastations and megacities.

In EM money was too easy to get in relation to the 'need' for money in game. EL has a much much better balance.

Radikal · Post by **Radikal** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 7:44 pm

The idea of those "secret tech" modules was interesting for a bit, but without getting any recipes I've pretty much let it go.

I have a lot of fun building stations in opposition territory, and also attacking Vonari.

I've found great mining places (700,000 - 1mil for each full 10 bay load and roughly 10 minutes of time).

I was just wondering what all that money could be used for in SP play. I suppose I'll try long-range exploration, although that's not really my thing. I just wanted something useful to do with my funds.

Many thanks to all the suggestions.

Post by **DaveK** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 4:21 pm

From post: 184210, Topic: tid=12362, author=Radikal wrote:The idea of those "secret tech" modules was interesting for a bit, but without getting any recipes I've pretty much let it go.

I have a lot of fun building stations in opposition territory, and also attacking Vonari.

I've found great mining places (700,000 - 1mil for each full 10 bay load and roughly 10 minutes of time).

I was just wondering what all that money could be used for in SP play. I suppose I'll try long-range exploration, although that's not really my thing. I just wanted something useful to do with my funds.

Many thanks to all the suggestions.

The whole idea of the 'secret' tech and 'engineering lab only' tech is to enhance the longevity of the gameplay and reward persistent exploration. The games only been on release for a couple of weeks so if you'd found everything by now what would be left to do?

I've been looking for a Mantis Drive for a couple of months so far - though to be fair I've realised that it's a bit overrated compared to a C5 FJD - though I suspect I'm just telling myself that to cheer myself up

1 000 000 for 10 bays = 1 000 000 / (10x25) = 4000 per unit of mined material

If it was 700 000 for 10 bays that would be 2800 per unit - still definitely top whack

but remember that the price drops for each unit you sell as you start to saturate the system market, so you have to keep an eye open for other good price systems and keep moving around. Vice has worked hard to eliminate the infamous milk cow routes in EM (30 million plus/minute possible for as long as you wanted) Hence that large number of multi-billionaires zooming around the EM Evoverse trying to find something interesting to do

MiaZ · Post by **MiaZ** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 4:58 pm

From post: 184210, Topic: tid=12362, author=Radikal wrote:The idea of those "secret tech" modules was interesting for a bit, but without getting any recipes I've pretty much let it go.

I have a lot of fun building stations in opposition territory, and also attacking Vonari.

I've found great mining places (700,000 - 1mil for each full 10 bay load and roughly 10 minutes of time).

I was just wondering what all that money could be used for in SP play. I suppose I'll try long-range exploration, although that's not really my thing. I just wanted something useful to do with my funds.

Many thanks to all the suggestions.

In SP you could spend a lot of money hiring NPCs to fly in your fleet.
Not sure what the limit is to number you can hire but in EM single player
I had a large number for a while and I was losing money fast.

Radikal · Post by **Radikal** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 1:41 pm

I just check the system information to see what minable material is in huge demand.
I admit I greatly miss the "commodities exchange" on Mercenary's map.
One good system I found shares a name with an old Chevrolet. I also recommend searching around the hunter.

DeathTech · Post by **DeathTech** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 1:58 pm

I guess you could always have a nice old space bond fire with the money.

Gotta keep warm somehow.

Radikal · Post by **Radikal** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 2:02 pm

From post: 185150, Topic: tid=12362, author=DeathTech wrote:I guess you could always have a nice old space bond fire with the money.

Gotta keep warm somehow.

Tried that after a bunch of drinks, those credit chits smell really bad when they burn.