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#4489684 - 09/16/19 06:10 PM Finally  
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Finally got through exploration. What a slog. I don't know how you explorers do it. Mind numbing for me.
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Once I got within 30% of elite I had the idea of using EDDB to finish this. I just entered a system I used to call home over two years ago, entered earth-like and water worlds as search targets, printed the result and BAM 30% completed in a day. Every jump was another earth-like and or water world. Glad that's done!!

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#4489687 - 09/16/19 06:15 PM Re: Finally [Re: WingNuts01]  
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So when does the playable map expand from just the Milky Way to the entire universe? That's what I want to know!


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#4489688 - 09/16/19 06:18 PM Re: Finally [Re: WingNuts01]  
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Can't figure out how to get the screen shots to show. frown


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#4489696 - 09/16/19 07:34 PM Re: Finally [Re: WingNuts01]  
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Congrats Wingy. Triple Elite!!!

Secret billionaires? Not so secret I don't think!



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#4489714 - 09/16/19 11:33 PM Re: Finally [Re: WingNuts01]  
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Congrats!


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#4489742 - 09/17/19 10:19 AM Re: Finally [Re: WingNuts01]  
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Well done mate!... I have ages to go on that one frown

#4489746 - 09/17/19 10:44 AM Re: Finally [Re: WingNuts01]  
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I only have elite status for "Trade" so far. I'm very far from getting elite for either combat or exploration.


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#4489749 - 09/17/19 11:20 AM Re: Finally [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Cheatin bastige!
Grats, Wingy! Gonna use that method to slog thru Xplo rank. Thanks for the heads up. <s>

#4489750 - 09/17/19 11:23 AM Re: Finally [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
I only have elite status for "Trade" so far. I'm very far from getting elite for either combat or exploration.

Same here, PM. 1 1/2 ranks to go for Xplo, if I recall correctly. Only bout %70 more for combat, so that’s not so bad. Now that the crew seems to be back in action, I’ll log in more frequently.

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#4489795 - 09/17/19 07:18 PM Re: Finally [Re: WingNuts01]  
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Bo, nice thing about this method is you can pick back up from where you left off (helps to reduce mind numbing repetition). Considering what I had left over on my "Gende" list I figure the total would have generated 40 - 45% to Elite. Suggest you make a list for Shinrarta Dezhra then one for Gende. You'll be surprised on how many have two and three targets in them. You may need up to three lists to get there though, infantly easier though this way.. Q's you know how to reach me.


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#4489850 - 09/18/19 01:32 PM Re: Finally [Re: WingNuts01]  
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Thanks, Wingy!

#4489982 - 09/19/19 06:38 PM Re: Finally [Re: WingNuts01]  
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I endorse the Wingy Method!! My big exploration jaunt got me a big bump in EXPLORER rank, but left me 30% shy of ELITE status. It also scarred me for life smile and made me never want to do it again.....

Using's Wingy's method, I've been tooling around the bubble for a couple of nights.. maybe 1-2 hours each night, and raised my status by 14% (and enriched my bank account by about 26 million credits).

The end is in sight for DOUBLE ELITE!!

....next I have to start haunting Compromised Nav Beacons to kill ELITE ships to get the next 26% to COMBAT ELITE...


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#4490029 - 09/20/19 02:59 AM Re: Finally [Re: WingNuts01]  
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Good job Recluse! Little bites and everyone is a big value. You'll be there in no time without the mind numbing head ache.


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#4490137 - 09/21/19 03:13 AM Re: Finally [Re: WingNuts01]  
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I have joined the club!!! At the end I turned in twice as much as I needed!! Wanted a cushion but I didn't think I had that big of one. The credits won't go to waste, but I hit my weekly ARX limit.

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#4490155 - 09/21/19 12:24 PM Re: Finally [Re: WingNuts01]  
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That's awesome Recluse! Congrats on double Elite. Triple's just 'round the corner.


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#4490156 - 09/21/19 12:26 PM Re: Finally [Re: WingNuts01]  
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Congrats guys! Quite a few hitting Elite now.

I'd love triple Elite but I don't do combat frown

What in your opinion is the worst of the 3 to grind?


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#4490158 - 09/21/19 01:00 PM Re: Finally [Re: WingNuts01]  
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Combat is far and away the most grindful of the three. No contest. In my opinionation that is.


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#4490160 - 09/21/19 01:19 PM Re: Finally [Re: WingNuts01]  
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I'd second that. It seems to take forever to level up. I found Trade the easiest after deep core mining became a thing, though OG mining Painite seems to be the new hotness.
I'm dabbling with Elite again, grinding up Empire rank to get a Cutter, then I was going to work on the Exploration Elite myself for the double.


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#4490185 - 09/21/19 07:51 PM Re: Finally [Re: WingNuts01]  
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CONGRATULATIONS RECLUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your play style will determine grind. I enjoy the combat. This was my first Elite (took 21 months of play). Trade was next (34 months), thanks to void opel I ran through the final rank in about a week. Also added several B to the bank account. Last was Exploration (43 months). You can tell what I hated the most here!

I guess based on time the Combat Elite will take the longest though. I enjoyed the combat the most so it didn't feel as grindy as I just gravitated toward that play style. Finishing all three I'm glad I figured out the EDDB trick as I wouldn't have gone on another mind numbing trip to nowhere again.


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#4490195 - 09/21/19 09:28 PM Re: Finally [Re: WingNuts01]  
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I'll probably go for Exploration soon, I'll definintely use that trick!!


Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
This is known as "bad luck.”
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