Hello peeps,
the following guide has one, let me emphasis this again
one purpose. This is to maximise your eco when playing
EU... Its solely based on my experience (so feel free to disagree with points) But if your budget is small or you are down on peds feel free to consider the odd suggestion I am giving here to increase your eco, consequently to reduce your losses ... Okay, here we go:
Hunting
- Do not hunt on taxed land
EVER -
Ma's average loot-per-mob is lower than the cost-of-kill (we all know that). So why give away 1-5% of that loot to landowners ?? Have a quick look on
pe-wiki to find the mob you like to hunt and in 99% of the case you can hunt that exact same mob in Eudoria without paying taxes. There really is no good reason for hunting on taxed land at all. A good friend has hoffed on
CND for 7.2k a few weeks ago (thinking about it made me realise that Jon Neverdie hoffed on his hof !!!)
- Hunt without armor - Everytime I hunt in my shogun + 2a's Atrox in Ithaca my repair bill exceeds 20 ped (granted, I am considered a n00b and am hit often, but even an uber does get hit, hence will have decay). Save decay and hunt smaller mobs where armor is not necessary.
- Unless you have an adjusted improved or modified fap, stick to a fap-5. Please note, you do not need an emergency fap if you hunt mobs you can kill without fapping. IF you get in trouble, you clearly hunt mobs that are bigger then you can do un-armored without fapping.
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Guns Now everyone can probably write a few pages about the right gun-setup, so here are my thoughts in a nut-shell. Seriously contemplate your skills and decide whether you are ready for a non-sib weapon. Since this guide focuses on ECO only I suggest that unless you have a HA of 10.0 and max damage you stick SIB weapons as they are more economical. The best l-rifle ECO has the Breer M2a (L) which you can buy in Sakura City for just 44 ped giving you an ECO of 4.04 (unamped) and amped with an A102 of 4.18 (not many weapons give such an extremely good eco whilst having a SIB bonus)
- Do not tt your loot. Throughout my time within
EU, I have seen many people who simply shredder about everything they loot because they cannot be bothered to sell/auction it. Whilst this is okay for those who are not eco driving, most items have a mark-up on them (even wool sells for 101% if you have a sufficient amount for sale).
Trading
- Do not auction stackable amounts under 50 (preferably 100) PEDs It costs 50 pec inserting fees for each auction, so why auction off 5x 10 (paying 2.5 PED), if you can auction 1x 50 ped worth of stuff (paying 50 pec). In addition to the saved insertion fees, bigger amounts are generally higher sought off so you will attract a higher price for your goods.
- Have a buyout in every sale. That buyout should be higher than the current paucation price. Reason being is that most buyers rather have the item now then waiting another few days until the auction finishes. Most of those buyers do not mind paying a little over the odds for a nice big amount of stackable ready to have NOW
As I don’t do mining or crafting I could not give any advise in those directions. And should you think this is boring (I wanna hunt with my ghost + plates and kill atrox with my MK. IV then by all means do so, this guide is only aimed at eco, nothing else
Comments Welcome
ILW