I imagine there comes a point in ED where you have every ship that you want to own, all the equipment that you wish to own, and being financially in such a position where credits become a bit meaningless, and they just keep piling up. I am sure there will be many here who will be able to confirm if that is correct.
If for the sake of argument we call the top of the tree the point where you have everything, and you are just at the point where you are no longer concerned about credits, and the bottom of the tree being a loaned Sidewinder and 1000 credits. I think I am probably about the half way stage. My current assets are half a billion. I own an A rated Cobra Mk III, a D rated AspX, a D rated Orca and an A rated Python, a selection of different pieces of equipment, along with 150,000,000 credits. I will now be selling my Orca and using most of my credits to get a suitable fitted out Beluga Liner. I will then want to keep all the ships I own, and so my next ship will have to be saved for with no, for the want of a better description, no part exchange.
It will be a very long time before my Imperial or Federation ranks rise so much as to allow me to buy a Vette or a Cutter, so my next ship will be an Anaconda. Now I know I might be too cautious, but never buy a ship unless I can also fit it out for the purpose I want, and be left with 2x the insurance cost of my highest value ship, in this case it would be the Conda. From what I can figure out, to buy and fit the Conda as an A rated combat ship will be about 800,000,000 credits, plus 2x the insurance 64,000,000 making a total of 864,000,000 credits. That’s insane lol! That’s almost double my total worth now after all this playing time!
Now let me say I am not complaining, or criticising the game, and in time it will come and I will enjoy the journey, but right now it seems like it’s a lifetime away, so full credit to everyone here who has done it. I take my hat off to you all.
I have wondered a few times. After I buy the Beluga, it’s going to be a VERY long time before I have the pleasure of buying another ship. I wonder if another ship added to the ED range would be a nice idea. Something between the Python and the Conda. Seeing as both of those ships are classed as multipurpose ships, maybe a dedicated combat ship. What do you think? Maybe I will drop a line on the ideas section of ED.
Wonder how long my beard would be if I did not cut it between now and the Conda?