What is the BEST way to gain experience?
What is the BEST way to gain experience?
subject says it all.
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(well honestly its the best way for u to get exp -
Harry Krishna
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Taking a chance of being too simple here, but some basic info to hopefully clarify:
Relations:
You start with 500 relations points for your own race. As you trade at a port, you bargain and don't take their intial offer. Successful bargains make your relations with that race increase. There are calculations you can do when you have less than 1000 relations that will maximize your cash/experience, but basically go with 10-14% above/below the offered price. Once you reach 1000 relations points, though, you no longer need to bargain and can take the offer they make and get maximum cash and exp automatically.
Finding a good route:
Many people use the MGU or SMC programs to find the most profitable routes, but you can also just look at the galaxy map and find them. The idea is that the further away a port is that buys/sells the goods, the better the payout. If a port sells computers and in the very next sector a port buys computers, that makes for the least profitable trading place because suppy is so close to demand. On the other hand, a port buying computers that is 12 sectors from the nearest port that sells them would pay ALOT more. The 3 sector distance that Lotus mentioned above is optimal for a formula based on the number of turns it takes to trade, but in general a route less than 8 sectors apart end-to-end that meets the supply/demand conditions is fine.
Relations:
You start with 500 relations points for your own race. As you trade at a port, you bargain and don't take their intial offer. Successful bargains make your relations with that race increase. There are calculations you can do when you have less than 1000 relations that will maximize your cash/experience, but basically go with 10-14% above/below the offered price. Once you reach 1000 relations points, though, you no longer need to bargain and can take the offer they make and get maximum cash and exp automatically.
Finding a good route:
Many people use the MGU or SMC programs to find the most profitable routes, but you can also just look at the galaxy map and find them. The idea is that the further away a port is that buys/sells the goods, the better the payout. If a port sells computers and in the very next sector a port buys computers, that makes for the least profitable trading place because suppy is so close to demand. On the other hand, a port buying computers that is 12 sectors from the nearest port that sells them would pay ALOT more. The 3 sector distance that Lotus mentioned above is optimal for a formula based on the number of turns it takes to trade, but in general a route less than 8 sectors apart end-to-end that meets the supply/demand conditions is fine.
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thank you!Well the ideally best way to gain exp may bot be the best de facto way. There are other things to consider. IMHO it's better to find a quiet route where you don't get bothered by hunters or low stock than taking the uber route in your galaxy but can only trade 2-3 trades before you run out or someone comes to visit.
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Harry Krishna
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Agreeing with Grey. Safety is often more important than the profit or experience you gain. After all, you can make a bundle on a primo route only to have to replace your trade ship every few days.
My rule of thumb is to try to make around 3-5 million and/or 2-4k exp with the 220 turns I get each day in an IST. The 8x4 route you mention Waster could be fine for that.
My rule of thumb is to try to make around 3-5 million and/or 2-4k exp with the 220 turns I get each day in an IST. The 8x4 route you mention Waster could be fine for that.
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