Cabin Classes

[Secondhand Samurai]

So I'm not 100% on just how the cabin classes work. I figure the Economy cabins are the baseline. But what I can't figure is why Luxury class cabins are better than First Class cabins only some of the time.

Some Context: When I chose a Transport mission the minimum cabin class will be listed as "FIRST" and the number of passengers will be 4. When I go to "Pick Cabin" sometimes my Luxury cabin will be red (unusable) or orange (useable) yet you'd think that a Luxury cabin beats a First Class cabin. Can someone please explain which cabins are better than others? And what a good mix of cabins is? (I'm using a Dolphin currently)

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

There are some passengers that will only accept luxury cabins. They pay more, but they wouldn't go into anything but the luxury ones. Unfortunately, there aren't that many of such missions to validate the use of luxury cabins.

Some passengers can go into higher class cabins (not lower ones). For example, business passengers can take first class cabins. But higher the class - fewer passengers it can hold.

[Planewalker]

Make sure there is also ample space for you to cram your passengers into a given cabin. =)

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by Planewalker:

Make sure there is also ample space for you to cram your passengers into a given cabin. =)

And keep in mind that VIP passengers will not share free space in their cabins with others. You put 2 VIPs into a 6 pax cabin, and the whole cabin is occupied.

You can cram Economy class ones, though.

[slipperyspace]

if your sight seeing then first class and lux
if your just transporting from point A to B then eccon class..." early game".

once you get to a anaconda cram it with first class only and in a great location you can make upto 15mil per run.

or you could take sum passenger's out to colonia for 50mil

[Secondhand Samurai]

Originally posted by slipperyspace:

once you get to a anaconda cram it with first class only and in a great location you can make upto 15mil per run.

Why this ship and not a Belugia or Orca?

[Bannor]

It's really simple - the higher the level of the cabin, the fewer passengers it can accommodate.

[tomg2012]

First class cabins can take Economy, Business and First class passengers. Anaconda will let you stuff 60 first class seats and have enough firepower to take on hostile ships who want to blow up your passengers. I vote Anaconda for most helpful in grinding rank.

[Secondhand Samurai]

Originally posted by tomg2012:

First class cabins can take Economy, Business and First class passengers. Anaconda will let you stuff 60 first class seats and have enough firepower to take on hostile ships who want to blow up your passengers. I vote Anaconda for most helpful in grinding rank.

Nice, love the sound of that. Where can I find one? (Currently at Beagle 2 Landing in Asellus Primus)

[Yggdrasil Burnes]

Essentially, there are 4 Classes, which as everyone has mentioned, are Economy, Business, First Class, and Luxury.

Economy Class are cramped, utilitarian, and affordable. Families, refugees, laborers, and businessmen will use these as daily commutes, so they aren't very rewarding jobs to take, but they do have a very important purpose outside of travelling. More on that later.

Business and First Class cabins are mechanically the same, except that Business holds less than Economy, and First Class holds even less than Business, but certain jobs REQUIRE these cabin classes or higher to take. They are better than other multi-passenger jobs, but still relatively unrewarding.

Luxury Class is unique in that they hold the least passengers, starting at only ONE passenger, and they can only be equipped on Liner Class ships, the only three so far being the Dolphin, Orca, Beluga, and apparently the unseen, non-pilotable Narwhal, which are all owned by Saud Kruger.

Luxury Class Passengers tend to be rich, snobby, needy, and generally feckwadding insane, asking you to pick up a fridge and some groceries in the middle of a firefight, getting upset if you get scanned by law enforcement, or accidentally park too hard.

Gameplay wise, there's really only 3 you need to worry about: Luxury, First Class, and Economy.

Luxury Jobs are a good source of money and reputation, and you really don't need to worry about Passenger Demands unless it risks them failing the mission. Used to be the meta for farming cash, but it's still a 'fun' way of increasing Exploration rank. The beacons can be interesting to read about if you haven't done them to death.

First Class lets you make the same amount of money as most luxury jobs, if not more, but only if you have the space to accommodate 3 or 4 A level cabins. You don't have to deal with Luxury Requests either, so no risk in failing the mission because of a random bandit ruining a few thousand light-years of work.

Economy Class aren't good money when it comes to transport jobs, but the huge personnel space makes them almost mandatory for Rescue Missions from distressed outposts and stations. Doing these will skyrocket your reputation. Just find a station that's burning and go in with some heat sinks. You'll be fine, probably.

[slipperyspace]

Originally posted by RedFlash913:

Originally posted by slipperyspace:

once you get to a anaconda cram it with first class only and in a great location you can make upto 15mil per run.

Why this ship and not a Belugia or Orca?

anaconda can fit more first class than any other ship and it has a better jump range.

use this link you can build a ship before you buy
https://coriolis.io