Post by madadder on Jun 21, 2008 16:46:45 GMT -5
Wow, I haven't read up on this thread in a long time.
I came onto a new method of hauling a couple days ago that I've been using to great success. It's basically Oddball's method on a smaller scale, making use of Fedterm and F-Keys.
A few months ago, I decided to bite the bullet and put the biggest producers that I actively haul out up to a 20k stockpile, figuring it would probably actually help me make money quicker in the long-run, and it certainly did.
My method of hauling out was pretty simple - ship a few commods to Mykonos (the other planet in the Aegean system), and basically dump the rest on Rhea (it's close to the Link, no facs there, etc.) I'd basically ship 6 bays per commod of the 8 of my commods that produced well and had a high base price. I began to get frustrated at how bad the prices were on Rhea, since a ton of people dump there. Flying into the sun once a week or so wasn't much fun either.
So I devised a plan. I figure I've got 12 F-Keys at my disposal, so might as well ship 6 bays of these "Top 8" commod's to 12 different planets. Using the exchange analyzer and some old-fashioned visiting of planets, I came up with macro's to plug into the FedTerm F-Keys to haul those goods out.
I ship out 72 Bays (5400) tons of each of these commods, then wait a couple hours for them to replenish (give or take, depending on the # of Merchants and Traders online).
The whole process of actually hauling out takes a little less than half an hour, and of course I can just alt-tab and do other things while the client catches up to all the commands that the F-Keys have thrown at it.
I've also got a set of 12 F-Keys saved for hauling IN inputs, which obviously I can do much more often (since 450 tons are eaten up much faster than 5400 tons are replenished).
A quick run of hauling in nets me about 1 meg profit for the planet and 700k for my personal balance.
A full run of hauling out 8 commods nets me with about 5 megs profit for the planet and 6-6.5 megs for myself, so after taxes we're looking at at least 9 meg profit for the planet. Not bad for punching a few buttons!
I'm considering expanding this to ship out a few more commods, but I'm pretty tired considering the work that went into finding 12 trade routes for 8 commods (plus deficits), so I think I'll be content with this for now.
I'm curious as to how often I'll be able to do this - I think it's conceivable that I can haul in at least 6-8 times a day, and would like to see if I could haul out 3 or 4. Saving up money for the builds I need to get some Floating Cities is looking a bit more in reach! ;D
If anything, I figure it would be definitely doable to haul out once when I wake up in the morning and once more when I get home from work, and could probably haul in then as well. This would be a lot more income than I was making when I was happy to pull in 2-3 megs a day with my Agri planet as a Founder when I was learning this stuff!
UPDATE -
So I tried this method yesterday, I can't remember exactly how many times I ended up hauling. From the time I woke up yesterday morning to the time I woke up this morning, my planet's treasury had increased by 60 Meg (yes, I transferred all my personal profit to the treasury, so that is included there). To the best of my memory, that's AT LEAST 40 meg higher than the best day I'd had previously. I don't expect as good of results today, since ex's have been running slower due to fewer merchants / traders and I've been out and about most of the day and unable to haul as much.
I added 3 more commods to the 8 that I haul out, so hopefully that will lead to even more profit.
I came onto a new method of hauling a couple days ago that I've been using to great success. It's basically Oddball's method on a smaller scale, making use of Fedterm and F-Keys.
A few months ago, I decided to bite the bullet and put the biggest producers that I actively haul out up to a 20k stockpile, figuring it would probably actually help me make money quicker in the long-run, and it certainly did.
My method of hauling out was pretty simple - ship a few commods to Mykonos (the other planet in the Aegean system), and basically dump the rest on Rhea (it's close to the Link, no facs there, etc.) I'd basically ship 6 bays per commod of the 8 of my commods that produced well and had a high base price. I began to get frustrated at how bad the prices were on Rhea, since a ton of people dump there. Flying into the sun once a week or so wasn't much fun either.
So I devised a plan. I figure I've got 12 F-Keys at my disposal, so might as well ship 6 bays of these "Top 8" commod's to 12 different planets. Using the exchange analyzer and some old-fashioned visiting of planets, I came up with macro's to plug into the FedTerm F-Keys to haul those goods out.
I ship out 72 Bays (5400) tons of each of these commods, then wait a couple hours for them to replenish (give or take, depending on the # of Merchants and Traders online).
The whole process of actually hauling out takes a little less than half an hour, and of course I can just alt-tab and do other things while the client catches up to all the commands that the F-Keys have thrown at it.
I've also got a set of 12 F-Keys saved for hauling IN inputs, which obviously I can do much more often (since 450 tons are eaten up much faster than 5400 tons are replenished).
A quick run of hauling in nets me about 1 meg profit for the planet and 700k for my personal balance.
A full run of hauling out 8 commods nets me with about 5 megs profit for the planet and 6-6.5 megs for myself, so after taxes we're looking at at least 9 meg profit for the planet. Not bad for punching a few buttons!
I'm considering expanding this to ship out a few more commods, but I'm pretty tired considering the work that went into finding 12 trade routes for 8 commods (plus deficits), so I think I'll be content with this for now.
I'm curious as to how often I'll be able to do this - I think it's conceivable that I can haul in at least 6-8 times a day, and would like to see if I could haul out 3 or 4. Saving up money for the builds I need to get some Floating Cities is looking a bit more in reach! ;D
If anything, I figure it would be definitely doable to haul out once when I wake up in the morning and once more when I get home from work, and could probably haul in then as well. This would be a lot more income than I was making when I was happy to pull in 2-3 megs a day with my Agri planet as a Founder when I was learning this stuff!
UPDATE -
So I tried this method yesterday, I can't remember exactly how many times I ended up hauling. From the time I woke up yesterday morning to the time I woke up this morning, my planet's treasury had increased by 60 Meg (yes, I transferred all my personal profit to the treasury, so that is included there). To the best of my memory, that's AT LEAST 40 meg higher than the best day I'd had previously. I don't expect as good of results today, since ex's have been running slower due to fewer merchants / traders and I've been out and about most of the day and unable to haul as much.
I added 3 more commods to the 8 that I haul out, so hopefully that will lead to even more profit.