Quick note: As of Nov. 30, this method will no longer award merits, at least for the time being. One way that I've been getting 50,000+ merits an hour is mining. See here: ruclips.net/video/XfPRC-Qg_10/видео.html
Just for the FYI and chuckles. That much maligned Loop Of Shame is actually quite handy for evading NPC pirates when you're pretty sure they are tailing you but you just don't feel like dealing with them.
I am making good merits doing bounty hunting in res's in a system that is ran by your faction of choice. Buy yourself a couple of expensive items from the market (to attract pirates) then head over to a low or standard res (I do not recommend res's higher than that because carrying the cargo WILL attract the pirates - which we want but do not want to get over pegged) every kill you make money and merits, if you have collector limpets use them to collect ship parts for your engineering needs and make sure to pick up escape pods as the make very good merits also. So basically its a win win WIN ! :)
I always stack wing pirate killing missions from stations around the area I'm going to be grinding. I get tons of engineering materials and money and I play in Multicrew alot and share them with other players. For me this is roughly 3k merits an hour which isn't great because I'd have to play for 325 hours doing this to achieve max rank. But the flip side is that it's basically all of the farming all at once. Meanwhile you can fly to a stronghold carrier and blow up fighters to get 10k an hour with no other benefit and actually a ton of other issues. Or earn a fleet carrier and get way more by storing rare goods and doing so with very little effort.
So, I tried this, and while I am getting merits, it's really slow. I even stepped up to a High RES, and the max I'm getting from each kill is in the 20's. Any ideas?
Ya this worked Day 1 when I did a video on it at a rate of 46,000 per hour. Not so much right now. But mining seems to be around 5-6k per hour in the right systems and I have a very fun way to do 6500 per hour with kills but without getting bounties. Rates will come back though so if you watch this video a few months after it was made try rares again ;)
Funny how it's come full circle. Back in 2015 I flew a Cobra 3 back and forth from the Old Worlds to Witchhaul to make my first million. Almost a decade (and 10 billion credits) later, I'm flying a Cobra 5 back and forth from the Old Worlds to acquisition systems.
Ive been just hitting what has the most quantity (on inara with in ~160ly) with my type 8 (320 inventory). Altair, Kamitra, Leesti, Vega, and Kuma for rare goods then Ive been dropping off in Diaguandri (Li Yong-Rui) i made about 10k merits my last trip. (last run done was 11/13/24 around 3pm MNT) Hopefully this works for others *cheers*!
Just a small comment - please do not try to earn merits (or credits) the quickest and easiest way. Play Elite the way you like, you will still earn merits and credits, maybe slower, but you could enjoy the game much more...
I agree although there are moments you want to push this or that for whatever reason... But yea, these routes are gonna be full of gankers so you should traverse them in solo and imo that takes the magic away from the game...
Agree with this but Fdev have made it so hard to get to a good rank they don't respect the players time at all. So we have to do things like this. Just doing combat which is most fun would take you ages to rank up
There's so much more to do in the game also that I want PP2.0 rewards but I don't want to spend 4hrs everyday just gaining merits. Their balancing is way off in regards to respecting someone's time vs achieving stuff on their game. Alot of ED player base is older than average....meaning we all have jobs, businesses, families. You can't expect the average player to want to play ED for the rewards but also neglect a marriage 😂
Absolutely agree, people are rushing this ladder and then will complain about there being nothing to do. On the flipside, there are people who enjoy playing this way and to each, their own.. I personally like to mix it up, so i'm just gonna jump on and try this route now because I can, and i'm bored and want to fly ships.
I found the Vega/Altair shuttle to be really efficient - you can get 158t in just two stops that are really close together. Vega is permit-locked, though, and having FC nearby is what really makes it work
@Mile13Gaming I used a Clipper for a combination of speed and cargo space, and with my FC close to a nearby star I could do a full loopr in about 12 minutes
One could also collect meta-alloys from Hyades sector aq-y d-81 (can’t remember planet) for a slightly more dynamic grind. It’s good for some “starting out” nostalgia and they’re technically rare.
2 steps forward, 3 steps back. They made the gameplay fun and engaging, but that means nothing since the amount of gameplay you need to do to get anything makes it an unfun grind.
@@Mile13Gaming I use my Corvette; you can take some NPC pounding if need be while the limpets are working, and kill them if desired for more credits. I first scan the nav beacon for targets, but when those run out the FSS scanner will show them. An SCO FSD helps for the more distant targets. I usually can fill a 64T cargo rack about the time I need to refuel and hand in. 60 credits per pod.
Great video - sadly for the moment completely useless. Followed your instructions and I never got a single merit. Digging around the fourms reveals that they have completely disabled this feature, for now - yet NOWHERE in the game does it say this
When I found I could get 4500 merits for a load of 80 Soontill Relics at launch my first thought was "Well that was cool, wonder how long before they nerf this?" But to my surprise, I think this is good balance and fdev did ok just adjusting supply. It shouldn't be dead easy, make me think a little. Thanks for the advice!
So, good video but point of note. They didn't nerf the volume, the bgs nerfed the volume based on a variety of things not limited to but including previous tic sales
So I did try that, and I can't seem to get it to work. I get NPC ships spawning (not fighters), and have to duck out eventually after taking out a few, and get giant bounties on my head. Even after shooting the fighter bay. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
@@oriwan3786 Managed to find a system to get pods from and yeah you can get silly amounts but you can't get merits because anarchy sys disables turning them in
@@Sighman Forge your own path is such BS old rhetoric. I played this game on and off for 10 years and it's the same story. There is no forging your own path. How do you forge your own path to prismatics? You can't steal them, you can't build your own. There's one way and it's even worse now if you did it as intended without methods like this video. There's a reason why this games player count has stagnated for 10 years.
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Quick note: As of Nov. 30, this method will no longer award merits, at least for the time being. One way that I've been getting 50,000+ merits an hour is mining. See here: ruclips.net/video/XfPRC-Qg_10/видео.html
Just for the FYI and chuckles. That much maligned Loop Of Shame is actually quite handy for evading NPC pirates when you're pretty sure they are tailing you but you just don't feel like dealing with them.
Yeah, that's what I was doing - I was practicing evasive maneuvers!
That and an SCO Drive o7 CMDR
I am making good merits doing bounty hunting in res's in a system that is ran by your faction of choice. Buy yourself a couple of expensive items from the market (to attract pirates) then head over to a low or standard res (I do not recommend res's higher than that because carrying the cargo WILL attract the pirates - which we want but do not want to get over pegged) every kill you make money and merits, if you have collector limpets use them to collect ship parts for your engineering needs and make sure to pick up escape pods as the make very good merits also. So basically its a win win WIN ! :)
I always stack wing pirate killing missions from stations around the area I'm going to be grinding. I get tons of engineering materials and money and I play in Multicrew alot and share them with other players.
For me this is roughly 3k merits an hour which isn't great because I'd have to play for 325 hours doing this to achieve max rank. But the flip side is that it's basically all of the farming all at once. Meanwhile you can fly to a stronghold carrier and blow up fighters to get 10k an hour with no other benefit and actually a ton of other issues. Or earn a fleet carrier and get way more by storing rare goods and doing so with very little effort.
I think it's time to bring out the big guns for this: my AFK Type 10 seems like the perfect ship for the job
So, I tried this, and while I am getting merits, it's really slow. I even stepped up to a High RES, and the max I'm getting from each kill is in the 20's. Any ideas?
@@Mile13Gaming yea it's worthless unless you are in a haz res and scanning
@@Mile13Gaming my squad mate says hes getting 180 - 300 per kill in hazardous
I glad that I unlocked every module back then. This is just old fashion grind.
Same.
close to uninstalling elite over this crap
The grind is the initial part, thankfully there's a good deal more going on with pp2.0 than the old one. It's actually kind of fun to participate in.
@@timbrown9905 What are those "good deals"?
there is a new one though
You forgot to pick up “Leathery Eggs” at Ridley Scott Station in Zaonce.
Just 5 eggs are not really worth the stop, imho.
Good point. But you might get a zenomoroh. Imagine what that sells for? If you survive.
Yeah, I skipped those because it's so few, it's not worth it. But love the Aliens reference they threw in. :)
Ya this worked Day 1 when I did a video on it at a rate of 46,000 per hour. Not so much right now. But mining seems to be around 5-6k per hour in the right systems and I have a very fun way to do 6500 per hour with kills but without getting bounties. Rates will come back though so if you watch this video a few months after it was made try rares again ;)
Funny how it's come full circle. Back in 2015 I flew a Cobra 3 back and forth from the Old Worlds to Witchhaul to make my first million.
Almost a decade (and 10 billion credits) later, I'm flying a Cobra 5 back and forth from the Old Worlds to acquisition systems.
Ive been just hitting what has the most quantity (on inara with in ~160ly) with my type 8 (320 inventory). Altair, Kamitra, Leesti, Vega, and Kuma for rare goods then Ive been dropping off in Diaguandri (Li Yong-Rui) i made about 10k merits my last trip. (last run done was 11/13/24 around 3pm MNT) Hopefully this works for others *cheers*!
Nice! I'll give those a try!
This is exactly how I got to level 118 in the first week. It’s just slower now.
The currently lower supply of rare goods did not got nerfed, but is the result of the market mechanics.
Finally a good guide! thanks you!
Glad it helped!
Just a small comment - please do not try to earn merits (or credits) the quickest and easiest way. Play Elite the way you like, you will still earn merits and credits, maybe slower, but you could enjoy the game much more...
I agree although there are moments you want to push this or that for whatever reason... But yea, these routes are gonna be full of gankers so you should traverse them in solo and imo that takes the magic away from the game...
Agree with this but Fdev have made it so hard to get to a good rank they don't respect the players time at all. So we have to do things like this. Just doing combat which is most fun would take you ages to rank up
There's so much more to do in the game also that I want PP2.0 rewards but I don't want to spend 4hrs everyday just gaining merits. Their balancing is way off in regards to respecting someone's time vs achieving stuff on their game. Alot of ED player base is older than average....meaning we all have jobs, businesses, families. You can't expect the average player to want to play ED for the rewards but also neglect a marriage 😂
Absolutely agree, people are rushing this ladder and then will complain about there being nothing to do. On the flipside, there are people who enjoy playing this way and to each, their own..
I personally like to mix it up, so i'm just gonna jump on and try this route now because I can, and i'm bored and want to fly ships.
Stfu! I need those weapons and stuff. NOW! The new system takes for ducking ever. Nobody asked you for advice.
I found the Vega/Altair shuttle to be really efficient - you can get 158t in just two stops that are really close together. Vega is permit-locked, though, and having FC nearby is what really makes it work
Thanks for the tip! I'll try it out!
@Mile13Gaming I used a Clipper for a combination of speed and cargo space, and with my FC close to a nearby star I could do a full loopr in about 12 minutes
One could also collect meta-alloys from Hyades sector aq-y d-81 (can’t remember planet) for a slightly more dynamic grind. It’s good for some “starting out” nostalgia and they’re technically rare.
This feels like even more of a grind then powerplay 1.0. Seriously what a major step back
2 steps forward, 3 steps back. They made the gameplay fun and engaging, but that means nothing since the amount of gameplay you need to do to get anything makes it an unfun grind.
I've seen some other comments that the actual merit payouts for rares have been nerfed as well. I have not confirmed that though.
Are you saying there is no "merit" to the idea that systems in Boom gives more rare goods?
If you aren't part of the Kumo Crew, you are nobody.
And you need, what, 700,000 merits to reach max rank of 100? Just shoot me now, do it! This is torture, pure and evil.
How’re you supposed to get merits from illegal goods?
I am making close to that with collecting occupied escape pods. You can collect and hand in in same system
I've heard that - I need to try that as well.
@@Mile13Gaming I use my Corvette; you can take some NPC pounding if need be while the limpets are working, and kill them if desired for more credits. I first scan the nav beacon for targets, but when those run out the FSS scanner will show them. An SCO FSD helps for the more distant targets. I usually can fill a 64T cargo rack about the time I need to refuel and hand in. 60 credits per pod.
another antal pledge playing in private group I see.
No way! Only 48 hours of grind for the new cannon??? why so easy Fdev?? Love this loop! robbed quite a lot of Corn and other stuff in that system.
Time for my type 8 to shine!
Great video - sadly for the moment completely useless. Followed your instructions and I never got a single merit.
Digging around the fourms reveals that they have completely disabled this feature, for now - yet NOWHERE in the game does it say this
When I found I could get 4500 merits for a load of 80 Soontill Relics at launch my first thought was "Well that was cool, wonder how long before they nerf this?" But to my surprise, I think this is good balance and fdev did ok just adjusting supply. It shouldn't be dead easy, make me think a little. Thanks for the advice!
It’s not really a nerf. It’s an old mechanic that limits quantity when demand is high. Happens during community events as well.
Pretty sure i was earning credits for selling rares in Exploited systems as well.... can anyone confirm ?
So, good video but point of note. They didn't nerf the volume, the bgs nerfed the volume based on a variety of things not limited to but including previous tic sales
Fair point. 👍
You should try the stronghold method.. killing gu-97 fighters with seekers. 72 merits a kill and its consistent
So I did try that, and I can't seem to get it to work. I get NPC ships spawning (not fighters), and have to duck out eventually after taking out a few, and get giant bounties on my head. Even after shooting the fighter bay. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
I was only getting like 52 merits per fighter, it was total bullshit
You need to update this video so that people understand this no longer works
antal type cmdr... surely in open play... :clueless:
Overall pp 2.o is kinda better, however it has no content for those of us that have finished it in 1.0
15k merrits/h possible now with killing passengers in anarchy system and selling capsules in stronghold system.
Can you elaborate on this pls this sounds sick
@@hazzaman175 go to an anarchy system with tourist beacon kill the tourists ships, recover escape pods and give it in a stronghold system.
@ oh wow that sounds dope as hell gonna give that a shot
@@oriwan3786 Managed to find a system to get pods from and yeah you can get silly amounts but you can't get merits because anarchy sys disables turning them in
Just tried this. Got them in Hot Jupiter, then turned them into a Power Contact in my stronghold system, and got 0 merits.
Yay!
Ah Elite....this is "gameplay".
No, Elite gameplay is 'forge your own path'
If players choose to watch how-to-grind videos and then go off and grind for themselves, that's on them.
Nice Yamiks reference!
@@Sighmanexpect you can't. If you want to reach something without grind, you have to play thousands of hours.
@@Sighman Forge your own path is such BS old rhetoric. I played this game on and off for 10 years and it's the same story. There is no forging your own path. How do you forge your own path to prismatics? You can't steal them, you can't build your own. There's one way and it's even worse now if you did it as intended without methods like this video. There's a reason why this games player count has stagnated for 10 years.
True. I will not come back for this shit. I am glad I exploited the prior Powerplay system and got all the special modules I need.
Also wik
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When i go to any acquisition system i get a fine for illegal goods. And selling rares doesnt give any merits... Wasted 2 hours for this garbage
No need for that high pitch bell. Its annoying or the high pitch mario coin
Ok. Thx but no. Not coming back for these stupid merits.