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Driverman
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Posted - 2005.10.04 13:16:00 -
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I dunno how many people this has happened to... I forget the name of the mission, it was a simple, easy level 2 combat mission for that Caldari R&D corp that starts with Kaal (they have internal security agents :). I have a somewhat new policy of looting every single can that I ever come into contact with. Keep in mind, I'm not rich - before this mission I only had about 48 million isk, and my assets are a caracal, an itty mk3, a kestrel and hundreds of assorted basic items.
I looted a can from a Guristas Despoiler (I think), and picked up some random named BCU. I was like, "Oh, cool, I use missles anyway". I right clicked, view market details, and I closed the window and then something in my mind alerted me to an excess number of digits in one of the buy orders. The buy order was 70 mil, which was over 20 mil more than I had.
After soiling myself, I inquired in price_check as to the price, and someone offered 75 million for it. I didn't want to let it get to my head and get ripped off, so I started arguing, though the desire to see that money in my wallet got to me once I got him up to 80 million. I saw one on escrow for 89.5 million, and I'm kinda sure that I let it go fairly cheap, but still, that's besides the point.
The point is that a week ago, I had about 12 million isk. I've been flying these level 2 combat missions for a few hours a night since then, and I've made about 120 million isk doing it. I've found the BCU which sold for 80 mil, I found a 24.2% cargo expander in the habitat in Silence the informant that sold for 12.5 mil, storyline agent +2 perception implant mission which sold for 10 million, and assorted named items that made up the rest of the 20 million, along with rewards.
I don't know why I made this post, I'm not trying to brag, I'm just kinda curious if anyone else has had this kinda luck. Maybe this is nothing at all, I know tons of people have more money than me, but this is so far beyond any amount of cash I've ever had at one time. I'm not planning on getting any more 80 million BCUs anytime soon, but these missions obviously are very profitable, and I was just curious how many other people this happens to.
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Brannor McThife
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Posted - 2005.10.04 13:24:00 -
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There are a number of missions (L2 or L3 for me so far), which have frigates that tend to drop battleship loot. And some of the habitats, etc. also randomly spew up some interesting stuff.
So no, you're not the only one that gets these weird drops, just that your 80m ISK one seems a bit nicer than mine. :)
-G
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Hamsterrama
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Posted - 2005.10.04 13:47:00 -
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I recently started LvL 3 Missions,and since then I haven't found many drops. I used to get plenty in LvL 2 though. Am i just on a streak of nasty bad luck, or is this the way it is with LvL 3's?
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Sadist
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Posted - 2005.10.04 13:57:00 -
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The only expensive mod I _ever_ found was a 25.08% hull expander LONG time ago, from a serpentis mining operation in low sec, from a trucker ship.
It was nice at the time, 20-22 mil or so, but i need a lot more money at the moment 
In missions i dont even bother with the loot, dunno why, i just dont. Maybe if there was a better way to scan those cargo conts 150km away without actually flying up to them.
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Civ Zomas
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Posted - 2005.10.04 14:12:00 -
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I've scanned loot cans with standard cargo scanners before. It wasn't a great solution though - limited range, and big ships take ages to lock cargo cans.
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Diss Champ
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Posted - 2005.10.04 14:33:00 -
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I hire relatively new guys in my corp to come along with a fast frigate picking up cans for me. It's good money for them relative to the other things you can do with a frigate, and gives me the peace of mind of knowing that I'm not leaving an expensive mod behind.
Of course, since I started doing that the loot values have been low, and I usually lose money on the deal. But at least it's staying in the corp, and the new guys learn a bit about missions:).
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Dark Shikari
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Posted - 2005.10.04 14:55:00 -
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I picked up a loot can outside Yulai DED-X before the Cold War patch and found a Domination BCS...
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infraX
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Posted - 2005.10.04 15:25:00 -
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I found a ZW-4100 Siege Launcher in a can from a Level2 mission. Some guy gave me 49mil for it. Long before the missile nerf obviously as they only go for about 7-8mil now :)
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2005.10.04 15:26:00 -
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i guess the mission was gone beserk, and the can was from a dread guristas
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Josh Knight
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Posted - 2005.10.04 15:50:00 -
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I had this happen to me on day 4 of playing ... I had 8 mil before I sold this and then had over 70 mil. It was kind of crazy ... too bad my video card and mother board died so I am waiting for new comp before I can see if I cna find more of these.
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Hoshi
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Posted - 2005.10.04 15:55:00 -
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I have got a Dread Guristas BCS from a level 2 (sold for 200m) and a Dread Guristas 150mm Rail and some dread guristas iron charge s from a level 1 (sold for 30m total).
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Aralon
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Posted - 2005.10.04 17:31:00 -
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On a lvl 2 the other day I recieved a low grade crystal omega. I turned and sold it for 125 mil within a couple hours. I thought it was a nice little boost to my wallet. 
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franny
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Posted - 2005.10.04 18:07:00 -
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I got a local hull conversion expanded cargo mod off a mission, I had it in my hanger for a month or so waiting for my next need to goto empire.. finally traded it and some mins(5m-ish worth) to a corpmate for a domi(he has other BS's, and the domi works for my mining needs)
trying the cosmos missions in Caldari space I got a DG boost amp one day, but it was late I was falling asleep and I screwed up the 0s on escrow 
total money, cash and items off missions, i've made enough for 3 assault frigs, several cruisers, a domi, and 2 hac's |
Sabahl
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Posted - 2005.10.04 18:16:00 -
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 Originally by: Aralon
On a lvl 2 the other day I recieved a low grade crystal omega. I turned and sold it for 125 mil within a couple hours. I thought it was a nice little boost to my wallet.
ARRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Turin
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Posted - 2005.10.04 19:49:00 -
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I have found, that for some reason, lvl 2 missions drop more good loot than ANY other missions, lvl 3 OR 4. I cant tell you how many lvl 4 missions I have ran. And I think a hull expander is the only thing I have ever found that was worth some real cash.
Not sure why its to imbalanced, but thats the way it goes.
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Kerby Lane
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Posted - 2005.10.04 20:39:00 -
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 Petition: CCP nerf lvl 2 please 8)
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2005.10.04 21:23:00 -
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i've got 21worms, 4 DG hardeners, dg standard missile, dg 125mm rail and 2 named BCUs from a certain 2/10 complex
from lvl2s, i've had one uber named BCU and a DG disruptor
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Tara Glynn
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Posted - 2005.10.04 23:51:00 -
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What's price_check? Or to be more specific, since I can see from context WHAT it is, WHERE is it?
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Caldorous
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Posted - 2005.10.05 00:34:00 -
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Originally by: Sadist
The only expensive mod I _ever_ found was a 25.08% hull expander LONG time ago, from a serpentis mining operation in low sec, from a trucker ship.
It was nice at the time, 20-22 mil or so, but i need a lot more money at the moment
In missions i dont even bother with the loot, dunno why, i just dont. Maybe if there was a better way to scan those cargo conts 150km away without actually flying up to them.
I found it in a serpentis stronghold of a vengeance lvl 4 mission, the problem was waiting 45 mins util my apoc destroyed that station
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2005.03.13 01:11:29combatYour 350mm Railgun I perfectly strikes Asteroid (Veldspar), wrecking for 0.0 damage.
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keepiru
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Posted - 2005.10.05 00:45:00 -
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I keep getting local hull expanders from lvl3s.. averaging 1/week... never gotten anything better though, apart from a +3 int plant i once found in rescue the damsel.
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Catholic Priest
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Posted - 2005.10.05 05:46:00 -
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I think you are talking about the gone beserk level 2 mission, which spawns the 95k dread gurista despoiler (which it should NOT spawn imo), which drops mods worth 100k plus, which is complete bs. I thought they fixed it, i petitioned once i hit level 3s realizing that this mission was way out of balance with the level 3 version, because the level 3 ending rat was a 75k bounty cruiser, and the level 2 mission was a 95k frig bounty and the fact it gave insane loot. I was chaining level 2s because that was all i could do at the time, i ended up with 500 mil in loot after a week because of that one mission. I went on vacation after i petitioned and just assumed they fixed it but apparently not.
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Lord WarATron
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Posted - 2005.10.05 11:19:00 -
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Originally by: Diss Champ
I hire relatively new guys in my corp to come along with a fast frigate picking up cans for me. It's good money for them relative to the other things you can do with a frigate, and gives me the peace of mind of knowing that I'm not leaving an expensive mod behind.
Of course, since I started doing that the loot values have been low, and I usually lose money on the deal. But at least it's staying in the corp, and the new guys learn a bit about missions:).
I do this as well, however to catch out the over zelous, I jettison a large turret or some other attractive, but identifyable item during battles, and if it does not show up when we do the mission splits, then I never run another mission op with that paticular player.
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Durnan Stern
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Posted - 2005.10.05 11:29:00 -
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3 days after I started the game and was struggling for making isks quickly, I looted an hull expander on a rat which I had sold something like 4M isks... eight times what I had in bank at that time... Was quite happy ^^ (yes I know these may seem ridiculous numbers (even for the newbie I still am earning now 3-4M/hour in an osprey by mining Kernite) but when you begin, these 4M are very helpful.
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jorrel1
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Posted - 2005.10.05 13:47:00 -
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well if any 1 whnnts some help on a mission ill be more than glead to help them coz yes i atmit im very poor and my regular income a month is about 10 mil so i got a ferox and will be more than glad to help any 1 with any mission to make a little extra cash |
The Enslaver
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Posted - 2005.10.05 14:35:00 -
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From L2 missions?
I've had two beta hulls, a local hull, two arbalest siege from loot drops before.
Not bad if you ask me. Their rarity makes it a good thing imo.
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Randay
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Posted - 2005.10.05 20:13:00 -
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Originally by: The Enslaver
From L2 missions?
I've had two beta hulls, a local hull, two arbalest siege from loot drops before.
Not bad if you ask me. Their rarity makes it a good thing imo.
ARBALEST SIEGE FROM A LVL 2 MISSION???
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Sivalente
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Posted - 2005.10.06 18:44:00 -
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once i got a load of 20M expanders, i was a noob back the nand refined them.
"what, only 20% expand?!?"
REFINE.
---two months later---
"oh ****, im such and idiot"
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Charlie Crocodile
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Posted - 2005.10.07 09:27:00 -
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Last light was rather profitable for me to say the least, doing level 3 missions and I picked up the following in loot - Dark Blood Energized Membrane, Social Adaptation Chip, Micro B88 Core. All worth about 70m+, quite possibly one of the most profitable night for me yet.
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Cmdr Teagen
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Posted - 2005.10.07 09:44:00 -
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I took wrong gate and ended up in genesis, turning back to gate I noticed 3 blood followers (smallest npc bounty's you can get), well as I am 4 days old, I thought "what the heck, just kill them"
Loot contained one Alpha Hull Mod Cargo Expansion.
In my home system (region) the average price was 3.5 mill, I had no hurry getting it sold, so i put up a sell order for 5 mill. Was sold a few hours later
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Stumpydageeza
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Posted - 2005.10.10 11:42:00 -
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Yup - I got a 75 mil BCU when i was doing lvl 2's....
Well happy with that!
Helped me buy my raven... and i've never looked back!
All of a sudden lvl 3's became easy
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