Running costs, crew requirement got me worried about the Merchantman

[Mich Angel]

I'm not worried about the running cost for BMM or Carrack compared to what they might bring in it might cover it and then some, but I am an indecisive bastard too when it come to what ship I want to use. So I buy more an more ships to cover the possibility I might have to do some escort, combat, hulling or exploring mission on my own which I think won't happen that often. But just in case it does I have ships that cover that part and I can enjoy being an indecisive bastard and change ship every hour.
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CHEEERS! :beer::beers::beer::beers:

 

[Havrek]

I plan on being something like an age of sail ship owner where I don't actually captain some of my larger ships but rather bestow them to someone who doesnt have one but wants to play it well. Splitting profits 40/30/30 - captain/crew/owner while i putter around in something else until my kids are more independent. Hoping this kind of playing would work out since MM, Reclaimer, and Polaris probably have good profit margins for their respective trades.

This game is shaping up to last year's if not a decade or more. In that time I'd like to be able to swap ships for a time as well....I let you use my Polaris if you let me borrow your reclaimer for 3 months.

 

[CosmicTrader]

Not to worry my friend.
Making money (UEE Credits) is easy...
It's staying alive that is the tough part.

We are a team...We will conquer ALL.

We will go CityBoppin & BarHoppin and make you tons of Credits.
Of course, you will be spending some of them on booze, trinkets, and 'other' pleasures. Ha. Ha.

 

[Aleph0Null]

And I thought I'm the only one who melted the BMM when I saw it gets bigger. I prefer ships I can run solo, or make short low-cost trips. I bought Genesis Starline and my plan is to use it as a low-cost transporter to travel between UEE space to newly discovered systems (which will be quite a lot I bet) and after the exploration hype will fade and people will have money I plan to convert it to first class starline. think of what happened in GTA online after 2 years, people just had too much money and started given it away to anyone who asked.

 

[Thugari]

I have no worries, I plan on starting trade in a freelancer durr, working up to a constellation Aquila, then my caterpillar. Tracking my trade runs with a database I plan of forming as to that commodities are trading for on each place a visit. I understand that this is a game, but when it comes to profit and trading there is a lot of legwork involved. Knowing what buys low and sales high will take a little time, but with some effort you can earn a nice profit to make in big runs in no time. I also have a starfarrer to make fuel which will always be in demand. By the time I am in my merchantman making runs, money wont be an issue.