Can we give credit or ships to friends?

[Patricia Cassoulet]

I don't see anything about this and am a little surprised that we can't "help ourselves" in this way.

[Jeebs]

No, you can't give them credits or ships. You could drop cargo for them to scoop up but you're likely better off helping them earn the credits some other way.

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by Jeebs:

but you're likely better off helping them earn the credits some other way.

Like teaching them how to play the game and to earn everything while having fun playing the game.

[♥ Beepy ♥]

Originally posted by Claire Chabal:

I don't see anything about this and am a little surprised that we can't "help ourselves" in this way.

We've done that before in our squadron, and honestly, not one of those players is still playing. Because they got a sum of credits, bought a Conda thinking it's the best ship in the game and get destroyed by a few novice NPC's. Then not have the money to re-buy anything but a Sidewinder because they literally blew it all on said Conda.

Learn the game, learn the ships and work your way up if they're new. If they're experienced then credits aren't hard to find.

[Reggit]

Help with materials for engineering makes sense...

But as people have said, credit-wise - it's generally faster just to build a decent ship with it's own 'credit-gathering-niche' o7

[Thbran]

you can help them by doing a wing mission that pays like 30 to 50 million and invite them so they also get the reward that should more or less give them access to most stuff that they want to try

remember i got invited to a wing and got like 50 million when i started let me try everything i wanted without really worrying about needing to grind to get like a fully fitted vulture for combat etc

[Sam Willet]

Originally posted by Thbran:

you can help them by doing a wing mission that pays like 30 to 50 million and invite them so they also get the reward that should more or less give them access to most stuff that they want to try

remember i got invited to a wing and got like 50 million when i started let me try everything i wanted without really worrying about needing to grind to get like a fully fitted vulture for combat etc

True but you can do 4-5 ground conflict zones now on foot and make 50-60 million.

For materials, they just need a collector limpet to go to HGEs, a trip to Jameson for encoded, and a trip to a crashed Conda for raws. A couple of material trades later and they'll have everything they need for 3-4 ships.

BTW I posted a few months back that it seemed like teaming up with a cmdr who has certain engineers unlocked will also unlock them all for a new player. E.g. Selene Jean and 3-4 others. I proved this a couple of days ago with a brand new alt.

[Slugbug]

Man I need friends like this to play with lmao, I'm sitting here thinking a million was a good haul from mining lol nope not even close

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by Slugbug:

Man I need friends like this to play with lmao, I'm sitting here thinking a million was a good haul from mining lol nope not even close

Did you have fun getting that million? If yes, then it was a good haul, because that's the reason to play games - to have fun.

[Kobs]

Ship wise new players think one of those ships has to be indestructible (or better than the others)... the truth is, any ship can be better than the others it all depends on the guy behind the controls and for that you have to learn how to play
Flying a conda without rebuy is not knowing how to play loll

[Sam Willet]

Originally posted by Slugbug:

Man I need friends like this to play with lmao, I'm sitting here thinking a million was a good haul from mining lol nope not even close

I'm in a team of three now, made 600 million in an hour fighting thargoids. It's something you work your way up to - if you could do it when you first load the game, you'd skip hundreds of hours of other varied content.

[Slugbug]

Originally posted by Sam Willet:

Originally posted by Slugbug:

Man I need friends like this to play with lmao, I'm sitting here thinking a million was a good haul from mining lol nope not even close

I'm in a team of three now, made 600 million in an hour fighting thargoids. It's something you work your way up to - if you could do it when you first load the game, you'd skip hundreds of hours of other varied content.

Right I get that for sure there is a lot to this game that i can gather. I tried getting on a squad but the guy was told me everything but the name hahahaha I will get there I'm sure thanks for the feedback.

[funkynutz]

Originally posted by Slugbug:

Man I need friends like this to play with lmao, I'm sitting here thinking a million was a good haul from mining lol nope not even close

Fancy trying your hand at exobiology? I cut a tour short recently and came back to the bubble. We'll be going back out again the weekend after the Mandalay update.

[Agony_Aunt]

Originally posted by funkynutz:

Originally posted by Slugbug:

Man I need friends like this to play with lmao, I'm sitting here thinking a million was a good haul from mining lol nope not even close

Fancy trying your hand at exobiology? I cut a tour short recently and came back to the bubble. We'll be going back out again the weekend after the Mandalay update.

The pay $$$ to use the Mandalay update coming soon or the pay in game credits to use the Mandalay coming 3 months later?

[atom heart]

Being one of the old barnacles who played Elite & Frontier Elite, I never considered having a running start from friends. What I have earned I kept because I learned how to earn and keep it. There is a difference.

[funkynutz]

Originally posted by Agony_Aunt:

Originally posted by funkynutz:

Fancy trying your hand at exobiology? I cut a tour short recently and came back to the bubble. We'll be going back out again the weekend after the Mandalay update.

The pay $$$ to use the Mandalay update coming soon or the pay in game credits to use the Mandalay coming 3 months later?

Probably 1st or 2nd of Nov... Unless it's mandelayed again