milk runs

here · Post by **Fatleaf** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:15 am

TGHC wrote:
but you are limted to selling or buying a maximum of 125kg at a time.

Close but no banana! It is 127kg.

Switeck · Post by **Switeck** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 7:04 am

As for buying, a station will not have more than 63 of an item available for sale UNLESS you already sold some to them.

TGHC · Post by **TGHC** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:41 pm

Fatleaf wrote:
TGHC wrote:
but you are limted to selling or buying a maximum of 125kg at a time.
Close but no banana! It is 127kg.

Damn and I like bananas

PhilHibbs · Post by **PhilHibbs** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:52 pm

My ideal milk run would be a very close Poor Agricultural to Rich Industrial with one being an Anarchy. Any of these? I'm using Ra (Poor Ag) and Quator (Mainly Ind Anarchy) at the moment.

Rese249er · Post by **Rese249er** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 7:07 pm

Which galaxy? I'm thinking of adding a section to pilotsArt with high-profit runs and a government rating as well; gonna use this thread as a starting point.

CaptSolo · Post by **CaptSolo** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:07 pm

PhilHibbs wrote:
My ideal milk run would be a very close Poor Agricultural to Rich Industrial with one being an Anarchy. Any of these? I'm using Ra (Poor Ag) and Quator (Mainly Ind Anarchy) at the moment.

Ra is the smallest planet in chart one, which means it has the shortest route from WP to station. Although there are no guarantee's, it does mean you may bump into fewer bad guys. Unless, of course, that is what you want to happen.

Website · Post by **Cody** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:05 pm

PhilHibbs wrote:
My ideal milk run would be a very close Poor Agricultural to Rich Industrial with one being an Anarchy. Any of these?

To find the sweet-spot of your choice, spend a little time with the zoomable

Vector Maps, published by Clym&Angus - astrocartographers of renown!

Switeck · Post by **Switeck** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:36 pm

CaptSolo wrote:
Ra is the smallest planet in chart one, which means it has the shortest route from WP to station. Although there are no guarantee's, it does mean you may bump into fewer bad guys. Unless, of course, that is what you want to happen.

Depending on how system populator adds npcs, the shortest route from WP to station may have roughly the same number of pirates as any other anarchy...just "compressed" together, so they may be within radar radius of each other. This can mean you'll have to fight multiple pirate groups at once if you inject near the first group you see.

Website · Post by **Cody** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:04 pm

Switeck wrote:
... so they may be within radar radius of each other. This can mean you'll have to fight multiple pirate groups at once...

<chortles> Now that's what I call a milk-run - sweet!

CaptSolo · Post by **CaptSolo** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:04 pm

Switeck wrote:
CaptSolo wrote:
Ra is the smallest planet in chart one, which means it has the shortest route from WP to station. Although there are no guarantee's, it does mean you may bump into fewer bad guys. Unless, of course, that is what you want to happen.
Depending on how system populator adds npcs, the shortest route from WP to station may have roughly the same number of pirates as any other anarchy...

I'm sure you are correct and it seems a logical development. It's only my experience that says different which is, of course, purely subjective.

maaarcooose · Post by **maaarcooose** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:32 am

El Viejo wrote:
PhilHibbs wrote:
My ideal milk run would be a very close Poor Agricultural to Rich Industrial with one being an Anarchy. Any of these?
To find the sweet-spot of your choice, spend a little time with the zoomable Vector Maps, published by Clym&Angus - astrocartographers of renown!

Or for a shameless plug, my OOliteInfo program:
http://www.theramist.co.uk/blog/?page_id=80

!m!

ClymAngus · Post by **ClymAngus** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 3:35 pm

We do have maps to help you visualize possibly financially viable routes......

http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Oolite_planet_list

Switeck · Post by **Switeck** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 10:21 pm

CaptSolo wrote:
Depending on how system populator adds npcs, the shortest route from WP to station may have roughly the same number of pirates as any other anarchy...
I'm sure you are correct and it seems a logical development. It's only my experience that says different which is, of course, purely subjective.

It could also mean that there's more traders in close proximity and they beat some of the pirates (more) quickly. You probably also fight from long range and thus don't get close enough to trigger multiple pirate groups at once. Initial conditions of a system only matter if they stay that way.

PhilHibbs · Post by **PhilHibbs** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 2:05 am

Rese249er wrote:
Which galaxy?

Well I was going to say Galaxy 1 but I just did the first mission so now I'm in G2. But it's not really relevant any more as I'm making most of my money on gold and gemstones deliveries.

PhilHibbs · Post by **PhilHibbs** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 2:23 pm

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