Smuggling makes no sense and does not work

[Val]

I've been trying all day to sell some illegal stuff, but I can't land because I will get arrested. It just does not work. I have the shielded cargo and the jammer, yet the chance of getting away with it is ZERO. Now I'm stuck with goods I can't remove because they are quest-related.

[dot]

Just in case point out that the contraband must be stored in the ship cargo and not in your inventory. In you inventory you always have 0% chance.

[ChrisG😎]

Originally posted by dot:

Just in case point out that the contraband must be stored in the ship cargo and not in your inventory. In you inventory you always have 0% chance.

And the ship storage has to be shielded. And/Or install jammers too.

Or simply fly to the Wolf System, you can sell your Contraband there, No Scanners.

[Val]

Originally posted by dot:

Just in case point out that the contraband must be stored in the ship cargo and not in your inventory. In you inventory you always have 0% chance.

its on the ship cargo hold and is shielded i pay for it on the Key to have it install and i have a single jammer too

[Stoowox]

Put the contraband in the ships cargo, not your pocket or on the ground.

Put less kg of contraband compared to max kg of the shielded cargos.

Don't forget it's not 100% chance, but way more than 50% so it should not be detected all the time lol

[ChrisG😎]

Originally posted by Omega:

Originally posted by dot:

Just in case point out that the contraband must be stored in the ship cargo and not in your inventory. In you inventory you always have 0% chance.

its on the ship cargo hold and is shielded i pay for it on the Key to have it install and i have a single jammer too

Where you ever arrested before?

[-VG- Napster]

Originally posted by Omega:

I've been trying all day to sell some illegal stuff, but I can't land because I will get arrested. It just does not work. I have the shielded cargo and the jammer, yet the chance of getting away with it is ZERO. Now I'm stuck with goods I can't remove because they are quest-related.

this is potentialy worth testing for you.

or you just save the game let them arrest you.
and then look for all of your items in the chest that may or may not have a lock close to your prison cell and steal all of it back (potentialy stealth skill needed)
the fine you pay will be nothing compared to the smuggeld goods you have if you have some of them.

[JaxWinz]

YOU HAVE to have put enough points in deception for that to work. Otherwise it dont matter how shielded your cargo is or if you have the jammer.

[Val]

Originally posted by JaxWinz:

YOU HAVE to have put enough points in deception for that to work. Otherwise it dont matter how shielded your cargo is or if you have the jammer.

the damn game does not even tell you. this seem to be what other people also say

[doublejesus]

Originally posted by JaxWinz:

YOU HAVE to have put enough points in deception for that to work. Otherwise it dont matter how shielded your cargo is or if you have the jammer.

Not true it's based on how full your cargo hold is but caps at 59% without a jammer.

[Lyric]

It does work. I just flew to Jemison with contraband in my shielded cargo. No points in deception and no jammer. It gave me a 73% chance of not getting caught.

[Private Pyle]

Go back to new atlantis and tuck in your shirt. This life isnt for you.

[Decay Tempest]

My smuggling ship as two small shielded cargo, and two jammers, only put contreband in.. and the junk it force put in cargo. >.> that usually gives me 90% smuggling chance, I do have deception 1, tho can't say how much impact that skill does. But you really need to make sure your cargo is mostly empty for best effect.

[ChrisG😎]

How to Smuggle!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3037225338

[Val]

finally manage to do it as people say just get alot of shielded space
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3037814457

[Kai]

Contraband is useless, because at higher levels weapons starts to sell for greater value than these, and you find weapons in plentiful amounts when you raid and slaughter crimson fleet outposts.

What's better, is if Contraband gives XP instead of simply money, like for every 100 credits earned, you earn 10 XP, so making a profit of contrabands on say 1000 is 100 XP, and a profit of 10,000 is 1000 XP.

But that wouldn't work if you can buy back the contraband, so it would have to be a system that takes it from you and automatically converts it without relying on Vendor credits.

Like a speech option when talking to a Trade Authority vendor, to 'sell contraband' and it automatically happens.