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CMDR Henckes

Exploration, was the my activity I felt in love in the games. After so much time trying to fit in combat or trading and mining I decided to invest my time equipping my Cobra Mk III to explore clore regions to the bubble, just the enough to buy my ASP Explorer and then start to go to distant regions of space, specially to the nebulas, I always chose one as my destination and start going through systems scanning planets and landing and exploring interesting ones (remembering this was back then in 2018, there wasn't any FSS, you had to get close to the planets to make the scan)

So after so few nebulas visited I come back to the bubble sold my data and made a few millions enough to buy my first Anaconda and equip it to make longe range exploration, and then few months later I start my first Expedition the Distant Worlds 2. If exploring the galaxy by myself was already engaging to my, make this with other people and interacting with them was an amazing experience, and at that time the Explorer's Anchorage was just inaugurated, the first station built in the Galaxy's center.

And after that I don't need to say the fortune I've made, after that I didn't need to worry with credits in the game anymore, just with engineering materials. And gladly with the new updates and the Odyssey DLC made exploration so much fun and engaging, with a lote of new planets to explore and things to find and scan, and scan the planets was so much easy as well and it made more profitable!

The only sad part is that I'm to focused in the Thargoid War, what is too profitable and fun but nothing will surpass the exploration in Elite!

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Niceygy

Given the recent ahem... Thargoid-Based-Incident, I decided to give evacuations a go. I'm not going to give a Cr/hour number, as it varies between systems and your build. I was pleasantly surprised that the hyperdictions are fairly easily survivable: make sure you keep cold and fast. For those who want my build, it's here.

All you need is a ship equipped with heatsinks, passenger cabins and module/hull reinforcements. Head over to dcoh.watch and find an invasion system with a Starport. Dock over there and pick up passenger evac missions, then jump to the rescue megaship.

When you get hyperdicted (you will!) drop a heatsink and boost away. If your shields go down, disable them (to save on heat/power). Keep below 20% heat and you're golden! For those who want a more detailed write-up, I have a blog post on it here ( Alex Sinclair please say if you want the link removed!)

Enjoy :D

https://embed.bsky.app/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbsky.app%2Fprofile%2Fniceygy.net%2Fpost%2F3lcaxszymb22v

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LiquidMorkite
https://www.youtube.com/embed/TOP8sQZQrKU?feature=oembed

Earning credits, and a lot of credits has always been my passion in this game. Meanwhile I do vary activities between, missions, mining, bounty hunting, exobiology, thargoids hunting is by far the most lucrative activity there could have been. There are different places to fight them, all by yourself, 1v1 the interceptors, in a space conflict zone, but the easiest and most credits effective place is when there is a station/surface settlement being under attack by Thargoids, which permits you to bring in a large ship into the fight and being able to repair it as you dock. You'd need a very well engineered ship, with guardian weapons of course. And it's even better in group! Anti-xeno initiative has a private group where you can join and find yourself in the instance with other cmdrs, which makes even the toughest fights a piece of cake.

Meanwhile the video is not suitable to guide somebody through an Interceptor fight, it does demonstrate how easy it could get when you're doing it in a wing.

Surely it's one of the more complicated game loop. But trust me, when you get your ship sorted out, and a bit of experience, it's almost as easy as flying in a haz res. The hardest part is getting into it, when you're there, it no longer requires such effort.

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thebeardedsoul

Exobiology Brings Wonder and the Big Bucks

I absolutely love exobiology! I get an incredible feeling being the intrepid explorer that is out in the black, lightyears away from civilization, finding life where no man (or woman) has gone before. It's an amazing experience to hear my Science Officer (aka Elite Observatory w/BioInsights) alert me of a possible high-value body.

It's even more exciting when the report she gives me tips me off to the possibility of a Stratum Tectonicas species in the system. Hold onto your space cowboy hats cause I'm definitely flying in for a proper look!

The truth is, while it is very nice to come back from a stint in the black a couple of billion credits richer, the thrill of exobiology for me is in the discovery. Seeing my Codex light up with "Reported" or "Confirmed" makes me feel I'm really contributing to the overall knowledge base of humanity in the stars. Having the Cannon Research plugin also helps with that feeling.

I can't wait to finally come back from the black with enough credits to purchase my Fleet Carrier. At that point, Commanders, I might not come back to the Bubble for years.

In the meantime, fly dangerously. o7

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Alec_Turner

I too am going to go with exobiology (in truth, given I spend most of my time racing, long distance SRV driving and rolling ships down the side of craters it's not only my best money maker but possibly one of my only money makers).

For those looking to give it a go, although there are plenty of "road to riches" guides where you just follow what others have done and go on a tour of well known high payout planets, my recommendation is to do it "properly", head out into the black about 2kly in a random direction and then start looking for undiscovered atmospheric worlds of your own to scan. Not only will you get a sense of being a true explorer but you'll also get the first discovered bonus on your scans which can really bump up the rewards.

Lastly, just to add something fun to this, back in 3308 I took part in a Canonn speed scanning challenge and produced the following video of my run.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/PhD3m7nPAX4?feature=oembed

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Block9

My best way to make money and fast is by fighting against the Thargoids near a station that is on attack, because so in addition to battling against the pagodas and earning money for it, you can still take some missions at the station and earn even more money with it, it is a way to earn money very fast, but very risky. But this is the way I use the most when I need money. I believe that in one day I can get 3 billion credits... it depends a lot on how long I struggle, the longer I struggle, the more money I have. This is my favorite way to make money.

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mastercesspit

my choice is combat, whether assassination, bounty hunting or conflict zones, i just like the dance.

it is quite lucrative when engineered properly, it's nothing to make 20-30 mil an hour in just hazres alone, but if you look around, there are many systems that the factions all offer kill pirates and assassination missions to an adjacent system, if you take 1 mission from each faction to the same adjoining system, each kill takes 1 off the tally of each mission, if you have 4 missions from 4 different factions @20 kills each, you only have to kill 20 ships and all 4 missions are complete, then it is nothing to make over 100 mil an hour

i have many engineered combat ships from an insane DBS to the mighty corvette, i like to mix it up and change ships often, what ship i use depends on my mood, sometimes i want a fast paced dogfight in a mandalay or python mk2, other times the intense sheer power of the corvette, but my kick back and relax while killing is my T10 "battletoad", my mainstay battleship before i ground out a corvette

https://www.youtube.com/embed/4YzjZhOto6s?feature=oembed

have fun 07

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Doc

My choice is Exobiology. It's a very lucrative activity and I enjoy the process of searching for planets with the best specimens. Exobiology is like a treasure hunt and you always get curious when you see the results of your system scan.

Besides that you always see good views from space.

https://twitter.com/dt_os_ch/status/1864355699557339182

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MQC

I am a passionate trader, and I love to take my Type-9 and run through a list of bookmarks I have with several different routes connecting dozens of Rare Commodities that can be obtained in markets that have a large landing pad, and that are some distance from my home system and my faction.

I greatly enjoy doing the different routes I have created for myself by filling the 790 tons of my favourite Lakon. I go without shields, without weapons, with as much cargo capacity as possible. I'm going to roleplay, and enjoy the ride.

Obviously, buying/selling these goods is a good chunk of money (probably not as much as other mechanics, but I don't mind) and now with Powerplay 2.0 a good number of merits as well. And if I love doing this kind of gameplay, what more can I ask for?

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LCU No Fool Like One
https://www.youtube.com/embed/PUbMDs0RA5o?feature=oembed

Clearly I rather enjoy exobiology. I have scanned one of every variety of biological sample in the galaxy. Some of the species are worth 20 million and with the firstfootfall bonus you can make 100 Million for just one set of scans. Kerching!

I originally made the video for Canonn last year but have re-uploaded to my personal youtube for this competition. I hope that is ok.

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MrT

Since the latest rebalance I'd be tempted to say exobiology out in the black is one of the most lucrative. You tend to do exploration at the same time which makes it even more lucrative than just the exobiology alone.

Stacked combat missions can be lucrative but they get a bit same same after a while.

However, I probably enjoy core mining the most even if it's not as lucrative. After all, you get to plant explosives and blow up asteroids!

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CMDR I.N.K.V.I

Greetings pilots

My favorite thing to do is to look for exobiology and part time research, for they are related.

Why do I like exobiology?

It is quite an interesting and fascinating occupation, which also brings a good income.

Exobiology is quite a meditative occupation, you fly from system to system in search of biological life or interesting space anomalies, finding a signal with biological life you are happy, and when they are also a lot (the largest number of exobiologies that I came across is 15), you are a klondike because you can get from this system hundreds of millions if not a billion, this is still taking into account that this system has not been discovered by anyone.

There are dangers in this business, namely gravity and gankers. Sometimes you can not pay attention to the force of gravity and when landing will crash into the surface, for this reason I advise you to put a simple but shield. Also colleagues tell me that there is a problem with gankers, but I have not yet met such.

 

To summarize - exobiology is quite interesting and profitable, but it is not suitable for everyone, as in the case of other occupations, exobiology also has its own peculiarities and requirements, which can be solved quite simply.

https://twitter.com/CMDR_INKVI/status/1870733121425191259

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AndyRice

My current favorite activity is Anti-Xeno Combat.

It’s a highly lucrative job; I earned a billion credits in just a few days by defending the Solar System and participating in several AX Conflict Zones. More importantly, it has made me fall in love with combat in Elite: Dangerous.

For many years, I considered myself an explorer, as I always thought I was terrible at combat. However, the Cocijo Invasion Event made me realize I could do more than just evacuate refugees—I wanted to fight for our home. Before this event, I never thought about learning AX combat because I had always heard that Thargoid Interceptors were the "End Game Enemy," and I feared they would destroy my ship within seconds.

I took my Federal Assault Ship, outfitted it with Enhanced AX Multi-Cannons, and headed to the AX Conflict Zones. After taking down a few Interceptors with the help of other players from the Anti-Xeno Initiative, I gradually started to understand the strategy for defeating them. When I was hyperdicted by a Cyclops, I decided to try fighting it on my own—and I succeeded! With no repairs and 60% hull remaining, I defeated my first Cyclops. That experience ignited my interest in AX combat. By the end of this war, I had taken down dozens of Interceptors in AX Conflict Zones and during hyperdictions. I’m now determined to improve further, aiming to solo a Basilisk, Medusa, or even a Hydra.

In addition, I participated in the bombing operations during the Cocijo event, acting as both a bomber and a repairman. I received not only significant credits but also heartfelt appreciation from other commanders. This has truly been a satisfying and rewarding experience.

Here's the video that I recorded the final moment of Cocijo. Glory to mankind o7

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ojEEIy0CVJk?feature=oembed

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