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Qloshae

Dec 4, 2018 @ 5:20pm

Best passive income?

I've flown around and put satellite in most sectors I've come across for updated prices, but the trader makes like 50 - 1000 per trade run, each trade run is about 2 min in SETA. so overall I get a very tiny amount of money from my 1 auto trader.

As such, I am wondering what gives the most money passively, an auto trader, an auto miner, or a station? In the case of a station, what type of station?

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Originally posted by Sirs:

Auto Miners I have a L miner with 5drones mining silicone and ore. About 3mil per hour

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Sirs

Dec 4, 2018 @ 5:23pm

Auto Miners I have a L miner with 5drones mining silicone and ore. About 3mil per hour

Sillls

Dec 4, 2018 @ 5:25pm

Originally posted by Sirs81=VX9=:
Auto Miners I have a L miner with 5drones mining silicone and ore. About 3mil per hour

How do you get them to trade?
I have to tell them to trade every time.

CMDR Erik Alan has X4: Foundations

Dec 4, 2018 @ 5:26pm

Originally posted by Sirs81=VX9=:
Auto Miners I have a L miner with 5drones mining silicone and ore. About 3mil per hour

What's your L mining ship loadout

Sirs

Dec 4, 2018 @ 5:26pm

Then put one trader in the sector to buy and sell energy cells to keep the economy moving. Once you get enough money build stations.

Stealth

Dec 4, 2018 @ 5:27pm

Originally posted by Sillls:
Originally posted by Sirs81=VX9=:
Auto Miners I have a L miner with 5drones mining silicone and ore. About 3mil per hour

How do you get them to trade?
I have to tell them to trade every time.

search for stations that refine ores, put up some satelites there, check how many jumps your miner is allowed to do

Sirs

Dec 4, 2018 @ 5:32pm

20k storage shields 5 mining drones 5 cargo 10 crew + 1 3star cap

Sirs

Dec 4, 2018 @ 5:33pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D56yUrSRFaI how to setup auto miner. I also find they mine and trade faster if you are not in the same sector.

Stealth

Dec 4, 2018 @ 5:37pm

Originally posted by Sirs81=VX9=:
I also find they mine and trade faster if you are not in the same sector.

x in a nutshell^^

Last edited by Stealth; Dec 4, 2018 @ 5:37pm

azmuth Dec 4, 2018 @ 5:40pm

awesome info

Sillls

Dec 4, 2018 @ 6:05pm

thanks

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Aladine Dec 4, 2018 @ 6:28pm

Wait.... Why cargo drones? What do they do?

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Qloshae

Dec 4, 2018 @ 6:33pm

Well, you certainly didn't lie!
I sold the trading ship that I claimed for about 1.2 mil, and got 2 medium miners from it and about 2 SETA minutes later I had about 80k about to be sold. About 80 times as efficient as the trader usually is.

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