I took a break at Master rank and dipped over to Esposito City to pick up an Imperial Courier. The grind becomes a lot better once you’re wrapped in sweet Gutamaya luxury lol.
@@onnajy1915 i did do the donations, u would say to pack 40 million b/c the money you get from all the other missions somewhat decreases how much your actually spending overall on the donation missions
i can second that comfirmation, i was master, now at the moment i am going to get my earl rank... two reps to go and i can get the cutter ( dont ask, i just want it lmao). i am still struggeling with how he actually does this trick, but i got pretty good at @simulating@ this trick ( no assist lol) as for the donatrion missions, i started out with only 210M ish... and now im hovering around 200M. so the income of doing all other missions isnt that bad if you look at it!
PSA: I'm doing this now, and things may have changed over the last year, I am constantly fighting interdictions even with courier missions. I decided to bring my warship and farm mats with security help but still, be prepared to fight interdiction even though you aren't carrying cargo now. Ty for the vid!
Finally back in the bubble after more than a year floating aimlessly out in the black. Built a mining pyhton, only to promptly decide I've been putting off getting the Vette and Cutter for too long. Back to Sothis...I'm dead inside.
Thank you for the guide Commander, it certainly helped me out a lot! Another helpful tip that I've noticed on my grind is that the percentage that the rank goes up is linked to how many "+" follow the Rep. An example; Rep ++ = 2% progress in rank vs. Rep +++++ = 5% progress in rank. Be alert that even if a mission offers Rep+++++ it may not be worth taking over the courier missions. CMDR Macfuzzy out
So.. Like an idiot, I traveled for a straight 1.5+ hours in my unengineered Krait MK2 to get to Sothis, LOL... I did not want to wait to outfit a different ship. The trip was hell, but I'm so glad I decided to try this. I'm now one rank away from having my Corvette, thank you so much for this video and I can promise you I would have given up the grind well before I got this far. You rock, Hawkes!! Thanks a ton
Great video. I'm 3x Elite with a FC called Crocodile Island, even though I didn't need to watch as I'm ranked up with those groups, I thought I would see how you do it. Wasn't suprised it was data runs, as that's the safest way. I enjoyed the way you do the commentary, simple and understandable.
Hi I'm fairly new to the game and have a question From My understanding, just grinding reputation alone doesn't rank you up correct? Aren't you supposed to do these rank up missions every now and then? Or is it enough to just keep grinding rep and then doing one single rank up Mission in the end?thaaanks
@@happypants555 Yes, you need to do rank up missions. however your ranking points keep accumulating even when you are at 100% progression towards the next rank. You can grind up enough reputation to go from none to Duke before you even rank up once and then do like 10 rank up missions in a row.
@@samonrandwone5169 sounds cool And do I have any way of knowing what my rank reputation is at, after I filled it the first 100%? Or just have to guestimate, when I'm at Duke for example
@@happypants555 no way of knowing, unfortunately. luckily one of these three stations for imperial grind will give gou delivery rank up missions from time to time that are along your way
It would have been really good if the systems to go to were in the description so we don't have to pause the video and try to work it out for ourselves
I am not sure if you can buy a Corvette there, but you can get the permit to buy one. Along with other permits like the Sol permit and things like the Federal Dropship.
Doing this in 2022 and it still works well. I've only had to deal with 1 interdiction so far. The only thing I can add is that data delivery missions are flooding the lists; so it may be profitable to scoop those up as well. If you only take courier you might be at a disadvantage.
I made Duke last night even though I'm not a fan of large ships, now it's off to the federation to unlock yet another large ship I wont use but it gives me something to do. I just like the experience of traveling the bubba and VR. I also only play in the open for the thrill, had a fella interdict me while I was flying in my cobra sadly for him it's semi-engineered and I just outran him and rejumped. I sent him a direct message telling him he's a failure...lol fun times!
I just finished the Imperial ranking, wasn't paying attention, and hit King before I knew it. Three to four round trips and you quickly go up one rank. Easy and quickly. Now heading over to do the Federation.
Great video man, but I gotta say it takes quite a bit more than 5 hours to grind the imperial rank at least it did me, think I was at least double that time so 10-12 hours Oh and yea it’s right at about 100 million credits in donation missions, plus you still gotta do tons of courier missions. This method works just very grindy and time consuming
i need 5 more ranks........ just found this video im hoping it wont take me to much longer to get the rep. but i still 200 mil short on credits to buy it and pimp it out. even if i got the rep right now... still though bored doing passanger missions. after 350 mil i ready for something else lol
When the vid was made, it was an effective way to grind Fed rep, many of those systems had since fallen under Imperial control at the time of my comment. Personally, I did the grind stacking pirate missions, making a butt-load of creds and blowing stuff up as a happy accident on the side. @@powersquire8537
I’d also recommend the Canopus exphiay cargo delivery missions in a type 9. Took me maybe8 hours to go from nothing to corvette. Also it actually gives you some good money
Another trick, 'most' star ports and especially 'signals' will let you slow down almost instantly if you throttle to 0, offset your alignment and 'unlock' the target. You can get very close to the target much much faster than even the trick you mentioned in your video. :)
I've been cruising back and forth between Ceos and Sothis in a Sidewinder, doing primarily courier and sensitive data missions, and carrying no cargo. I didn't get interdicted a single time until I reached the rank of Petty Officer, and now get interdicted constantly. Fortunately, I learned the escape vector mini-game pretty quickly (easy in an agile Sidewinder), and haven't been stopped once yet. Having said that, I'll probably lose my little ship soon, lol - luck is made to run out
Mike...THANKS for vids like this. quick info. Correct info. A dab of humor but nothing cringy. I love it. ED has been lots more fun for me because of you!
perfect commander hawks or should i say admiral just picked up my corvette what a grind but getting dicked five on the same trip perfect to learn to escape from must have done the best part of 400 missions just get in the grove, even made money from turning in missions, took her out and what a difference blasting those pirates out of the sky thanks again sir keep up the good work
What about passenger missions with a beluga? I read somewhere that was a way to rank up for fed as well. I did the grind for imperial and have a cutter all engineered. Now I want a vette. Let me know hawk as I have a beluga parked at ceos. You forgot to mention to the viewer's how far away these 2 systems are from the bubble. Something to consider. You remind me of my self when I was your age. I'm 62 and am fascinated with space exploration but back in the late 80's and early 90's there wasn't much as far as pc games that let someone explore that dream. Keep up the great work.
I didn't realize the recipient faction affected reputation also, thanks for pointing that out. I'll use this when I go for the Cutter (already unlocked my death star)
The grind is real. Took me probably over 12 hrs total to grind to Duke and over 100 million in donations! And now on to the Vette! Thanks for the videos love your tutorials
It seems we share a love of Sci-fi and space. Love your videos and they have taught me quite a bit. Not far into the game, and currently mining in Type 9, just doing Painite runs from Delkar to Kommovy, but inching closer to buying the Anaconda, and starting faction work on the Cutter. Thanks for the great content.
This is an awesome guide. I also used a Diamondbacks explorer and tore through 60m by the time I got to Earl. Just a heads up though, I got an interdiction every 3rd cycle, and the last time he got me, my own fault. I got complacent with super cruise assist and didn’t see I was about to get smacked until it was too late to evade. Keep enough cash on hand to pay the insurance on your boat and you’ll be fine. I’m a little slower but did the grind this way in 7 hours.
Huh, what great timing. Just one day after I'm done with both (finished the Fed grind yesterday and can now buy my very on Elite Star Destroyer)! I did Mainani-Ngalinn for Empire, I only rarely went to Aitvas (mostly when there were next to no missions to either of the former systems), and I used next to no donations, just courier jobs. For Federation, I did the Canopus-Exphiay trade runs, doing cargo/courier jobs in a Type 9 Heavy, with a few donation missions - most of them eventually gave me some followup missions, it seems. It may not have been the most efficient route, but I watched a lot of YT in the background, while waiting for the 40k Ls trip in Canopus to end. Plus I got paid a bunch of credits and engineering mats.
Thank you! I'm a few days in, and thanks to your vids I am running these Ceos / Sothis missions in my Asp Explorer and beginning to rank up. And that supercruise trick? Awesome! saves *so* much time!
Thank you for posting this video! I got the game during the steam sale, and found some extremely profitable trade routes. I already have the credits for the cutter and corvette, now to unlock access to them!!!!
Try also the systems near Mainani! Tewinicnii-HIP 10716-Wu Guinagi-Rynchi... Always maxed out courier missions, nearly only empire minor factions, and a lot of donation missions as well. The stations are close to the central star. You will rank much faster and you have a backup, if the system states of the mainani-loop are switching.
Time to fill up the Type 9 with platinum, I think I'm gonna need the cash. I will get a Cutter and Corvette, and I will stay married, I hope. Great vid btw, helped me out a lot subb'd!
Thanks for the vid...almost there with the Federation grind. Hope the Empire one is easier and quicker. Taken so long... sort of knew the super cruise time saver but didn’t know the speed and distance it works from; will be taking note for the future. Didn’t know the pick missions via destination either so that should help. Two more tips; filter on Transport for the missions and if you don’t get a courier rank up mission, try exiting game into Open play and check the board again as sometimes it changes that mission. Then can enter back into Solo play to continue. Cheers for the vidz Hawkes! Much appreciated. Luckily I started the grind after a few good LTD mining runs so plenty of cheddar in the bank!
I guess they nerfed something, but there's no way you can grind federal rep from zero to corvette in 7 hours, i've been following this guide to the letter and spent over 2 days grinding, still no federal corvette, also there are no engineering resources available as rewards.
No way this is possible in 7 hours even if you are getting 20 missions per run. I'm doing it now and it sis taking longer than 7 hours. But I guess he's got to lie about the time for the views.
I’ve been looking for a video like this for weeks. I’ve seen others that were meh but someone on a random vid mentioned these systems in the comments but no guidance. I spent days trying to get there and even needed to call the fuel rats lol. Literally the day I made it to ceros this vid came out. Also yesterday was my birthday so the galaxy is good to me!
One thing about the assist is that its easier to think about it like this. 75% throttle (blue) when target is 6 seconds away. I just have a bind to throttle me to 75% (RS+LB) or whatever u want.
OK, so I've been doing the Sothis-Ceos Loop for a little over a day. This is a GREAT LOOP, THANK YOU! But a couple modifications to make to the advice how to do this. First, do not take a DBX or any other small/medium ship set up to explore, with tiny shields. There are 1-4 Killer Anaconda NPCs sent to kill you on every leg of this loop. Much better, bring a solid fighting medium ship like a Krait M2 and kill an Anaconda or two when they Interdict you on each leg of the loop. You can build Combat Rating while you grind Fed Rank, pick up tons of those juicy new bounties, and a pile of engineering materials to boot. There are also 4-5 star Rep missions for delivering 80-180T along the loop, and some of them pay very well once you're Allied w/ Federation Unite! faction. So take your Fuel Scoop, Guardian FSD Booster, and a couple HRP out of your build and put Cargo in so you can do those in one trip. Just make sure you're confident killing Anaconda NPCs because they are out in force, everywhere.
I did the Fed rank grind almost exactly the way you suggest. This was about a month ago. The game kept siccing NPC assassins to interdict me and some of those had godlike powers. There was no way to avoid interdiction, and I would essentially die within about 30 seconds of dropping out of FSD. And they wouldn't always stop after killing me once. Many times the same NPC would kill a second and third time. I had one kill me 6 times in a row while I was traveling between the same two stations because I had courier missions to hand in, which by the way don't go away when you die, they are still valid. I can't tell you how close I came to rage quitting and uninstalling. The whole grind, because of the repeated interdictions took, I am guessing, about 30 hours. And it was miserable.
@@bamandabp You don't understand. I would only get maybe 5 seconds to evade the interdiction, then be forced out of cruise and be dead in less than a minute. I don't think there is a player alive who could have beaten that, not flying an Asp Explorer.
@@mikewilson3169 Mike that usually happens when you accidentally throttle back. Youre very best bet is to do those types of missions with a ship that is very maneuverable. That way evading interdiction is a piece of cake. Just dont throttle back on accident.
Sothis and Ceos don't work any more as there is only one Federation faction there now. Chakpa and Ochosi might work if the faction states are right. Otherwise just find a system with 3+ Federation factions in them and just keep running any missions that offer 4 or 5 rep.
Doing your credit grind at the moment. After I get enough credits I'll start looking into things like this! I got the Python thanks to you and those 2D mining lasers kick ass compared to the ASP explorer with 1 2D and some 1D's.
hey i saw this video and i have been doing this for a bit and i decided to do passenger missions in brunell hub instead. it probably takes a little bit longer but some of the passengers give a high rep boost and almost all of them require me to jump to the same system and scan the same beacon that isnt too far away from the systems sun. also they give more money even if i choose the rep boost. not only did this video did help me grind my ranks, but i found a new way to make loads of money and parts too.
When I did this , I donated about 5 million for the rep . Then did a round trip between the 3 stations ( 20 missions ) . That should net you about 4 / 5 million. Then you go back , cash it all in , load up another 20 worth , then donate the 5 million you just made back for extra rep . Rinse and repeat that . You´ll be done quickly and not cost you any money ( except the 5 mill you started with) I used to mix in a few easy assassin pirate missions just to break it up abit . You get some good rep / money . You dont have to do that though ( takes longer , but if you get bored, lol ! ). Those Imperial War Grannies LOL !
I was literally in Sothis, Ceos, and Robigo doing passenger mnissions for cash. Then I went back to the bubble to do rank griding. Didn't realize I now have to go back 250 LY to do your guide :(.
@Asagi Asagiri There are multiple triple hot spots for diamonds as well as a super strong three / four on diamonds. Right now there are at least 3 really good places to farm diamonds in. Before we only had Borann and one triple near Colonia. The triple I showed off the day of the patch is only 60 ly from Borann.
It's worth mentioning that if you do this in open play you will eventually come across someone who is chilling on the landing pad so you won't be able to dock. Just another reason to do in solo mode.
Of course you can pick planetary landing missions. Just outfit a small ship with enhanced thrusters with dirty drag drives (Viper Mk.3 is a cheap and reliable choice), head down to the planetary settlement, scan the beacon from inside your ship at point blank range then scram your 4$$ off before ground weaponry inflicts significant dmg on your ship. From personal experience, the great majority of imperial rank missions were planetary scans.
Will be helpful when I relearn how to play the game again after being away for a while. One note while being fast and to the point your vids tend to be a bit too fast for us that don't know what you are talking about or lack some knowledge (IE the supercruise trick) leaving us (well me at least) sometimes more in the dark than enlightened. But l guess it is better than the vid's that take over 4 mins and an unskippable add to get to the point of the video then drag it out for what seems like hours.
supercruise trick is just using the Supercruise Assist module to automatically pull you out of supercruise when you get within range, regardless of your actual speed.
This guide is OK, but not quite applicable to the current status. A bunch of these stations don't offer donations anymore, or don't have many currier missions. I'm not sure what's better though, so it still works. Ngurii is still the best spot.
I'd suggest starting the Imperial rank grind first when you get a Cobra with an A-rated FSD. I did the Imperial grind first. By the time I got to Sothis and Ceos I had a Clipper and Cutter, doing the cargo missions as well as the data mission made me a great deal of money while I did the Fed rank grind. I ended up making enough money to fully kit out my Cutter, a new Krait MK2, 6 other ships(3 of them Medium), and still have enough to buy a Federal Corvette at base price, much more then two birds with one stone. There's a lot of money to be made, I'd suggest at least having a ship with the same cargo capacity as a Python as a minimum for the Sothis and Ceos runs.
Supercruise, by accident i found that if you are either going a little faster than 2c, or if you lock to the target just before 3s it will actually drop you within docking request range, usually just 3km i dont have this down as a science just yet and i've actually passed through a few stations and emerged with the station behind me(but still within docking range)
At first, all three destinations were filling me up completely on missions but now none of the three areas are giving me any carrier missions, all 3 systems are in boom
Once I learned to land myself, this game opened up to me, the next thing I knew, I was trying to boost a beluga through the port hole of every station carrying illegal passengers, and slaughtering everything in sight with an FDL or larger.
If there are damaged stations about (which I think there is in Imperial space right now), passenger rescue missions grind rank even faster. In a Python fitted to carry 96 passengers, three runs allowed me to jump two ranks in no time.
@@HawkesGaming Thank you so much! I wasted so much time on the Ochosi(?) route... I left the imperials for the next, so a bit more 'pleasant' grind will be my last. Again, huge thanks!
Conclusion: After 4 days with 10h playing time, I finally got the "Duke" rank with 30%. 168 million credits were invested. So make a total of 40h! lots of credits. No, it definitely wasn't a quick way away, it was definitely not my "lucky day" when I found your video. Thanks anyway for the effort and work, test it next time!
I think you might've had some really bad RNG or didn't do what the video asked for, I went from Outsider to Duke in about 6-7 hours since I avoided all of the donate (materials) missions. I did spend about 150-200 mil as well.
if the planetary mission is for the same settlement it works out. the mission data point will reset after 2 min no logout and in stuff. scan it 20 times tour all set deliver, i think it was HIP 68065 near ceos.
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Lol I was just about to look for a vid to grind rank then yours came out Imao :)
Now time to get a mining imperial ship which one is best? Thx for heart and pin
The Cutter is best with the Clipper being pretty darn awesome as well. Heck all of the imperial ships are actually really good.
Damn that's what I was thinking I saw someone get 900mil and I was like I'm doing that. Thankyou
I have the starter ship!
I took a break at Master rank and dipped over to Esposito City to pick up an Imperial Courier. The grind becomes a lot better once you’re wrapped in sweet Gutamaya luxury lol.
5:20 if you're looking for the start of the federation
A scholar and a gentleman. I salute you
Wonderful man
thank you!
Much appreciated commander, o7
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Velinski Enterprise: We are currently experiencing a deadly outbreak.
This lad: Excellent.
I’ll just not leave my cockpit, and to clean out my cargo hold later I’ll just pop the cargo hatch when fuel scooping.
Made aa lot of $$$ delivering meds 2 outbreak systems
This dude's voice ensures you that you're getting the goods as promised.
Number 15: Burger king foot lettuce
Yeah he sounds like he's given a lot of mission briefings over the years.
the host from total drama island
Totally on point 😂
It's called clinical depression
I did the empirial grind as he explained it and i do confirm that IT DOES STILL WORK! got to duke in about 6 hrs game time
Thanks for confirm, bud. And thanks Hawkes for this amazing video!
Did you do the donos? How much did it cost overall if you did?
@@onnajy1915 i did do the donations, u would say to pack 40 million b/c the money you get from all the other missions somewhat decreases how much your actually spending overall on the donation missions
i can second that comfirmation, i was master, now at the moment i am going to get my earl rank... two reps to go and i can get the cutter ( dont ask, i just want it lmao). i am still struggeling with how he actually does this trick, but i got pretty good at @simulating@ this trick ( no assist lol)
as for the donatrion missions, i started out with only 210M ish... and now im hovering around 200M. so the income of doing all other missions isnt that bad if you look at it!
What about Federation Ranks? I’m looking to get the Corvette.
PSA: I'm doing this now, and things may have changed over the last year, I am constantly fighting interdictions even with courier missions. I decided to bring my warship and farm mats with security help but still, be prepared to fight interdiction even though you aren't carrying cargo now. Ty for the vid!
you accidently showed me a good way to grind reputation for Sirius Corporation which you need for an engineer so thank you for both
Finally back in the bubble after more than a year floating aimlessly out in the black. Built a mining pyhton, only to promptly decide I've been putting off getting the Vette and Cutter for too long. Back to Sothis...I'm dead inside.
Thank you for the guide Commander, it certainly helped me out a lot!
Another helpful tip that I've noticed on my grind is that the percentage that the rank goes up is linked to how many "+" follow the Rep. An example; Rep ++ = 2% progress in rank vs. Rep +++++ = 5% progress in rank. Be alert that even if a mission offers Rep+++++ it may not be worth taking over the courier missions.
CMDR Macfuzzy out
Just what I needed for Fed rank. I already grinded out my beautiful Cutter, so this is mad helpful! You just earned a patreon, my guy.
So.. Like an idiot, I traveled for a straight 1.5+ hours in my unengineered Krait MK2 to get to Sothis, LOL... I did not want to wait to outfit a different ship. The trip was hell, but I'm so glad I decided to try this. I'm now one rank away from having my Corvette, thank you so much for this video and I can promise you I would have given up the grind well before I got this far. You rock, Hawkes!! Thanks a ton
Great video. I'm 3x Elite with a FC called Crocodile Island, even though I didn't need to watch as I'm ranked up with those groups, I thought I would see how you do it. Wasn't suprised it was data runs, as that's the safest way. I enjoyed the way you do the commentary, simple and understandable.
I am literally grinding Federal rank right now and very much appreciate this video.
Good guide, as of 2nd february 2021 this is still a valid strategy, it took me 6 hours from none to Duke.
Hi I'm fairly new to the game and have a question
From My understanding, just grinding reputation alone doesn't rank you up correct? Aren't you supposed to do these rank up missions every now and then?
Or is it enough to just keep grinding rep and then doing one single rank up Mission in the end?thaaanks
@@happypants555 Yes, you need to do rank up missions. however your ranking points keep accumulating even when you are at 100% progression towards the next rank. You can grind up enough reputation to go from none to Duke before you even rank up once and then do like 10 rank up missions in a row.
@@samonrandwone5169 sounds cool
And do I have any way of knowing what my rank reputation is at, after I filled it the first 100%?
Or just have to guestimate, when I'm at Duke for example
@@happypants555 no way of knowing, unfortunately. luckily one of these three stations for imperial grind will give gou delivery rank up missions from time to time that are along your way
25th of February. still works.
went from 0% to duke in a day of playing thanks dude!
It would have been really good if the systems to go to were in the description so we don't have to pause the video and try to work it out for ourselves
Aitvas
Ngalinn
Mainani
Also Sothis and Ceos
@@ern1353 but can u get the corvette there?
I am not sure if you can buy a Corvette there, but you can get the permit to buy one.
Along with other permits like the Sol permit and things like the Federal Dropship.
Doing this in 2022 and it still works well. I've only had to deal with 1 interdiction so far. The only thing I can add is that data delivery missions are flooding the lists; so it may be profitable to scoop those up as well. If you only take courier you might be at a disadvantage.
I made Duke last night even though I'm not a fan of large ships, now it's off to the federation to unlock yet another large ship I wont use but it gives me something to do. I just like the experience of traveling the bubba and VR. I also only play in the open for the thrill, had a fella interdict me while I was flying in my cobra sadly for him it's semi-engineered and I just outran him and rejumped. I sent him a direct message telling him he's a failure...lol fun times!
Got me from courier to clipper in like an hour. Great strat thank you
Thank you for helping us space newbs with these guides much space love.
I just finished the Imperial ranking, wasn't paying attention, and hit King before I knew it. Three to four round trips and you quickly go up one rank. Easy and quickly. Now heading over to do the Federation.
Great video man, but I gotta say it takes quite a bit more than 5 hours to grind the imperial rank at least it did me, think I was at least double that time so 10-12 hours
Oh and yea it’s right at about 100 million credits in donation missions, plus you still gotta do tons of courier missions. This method works just very grindy and time consuming
This is the only video I have found that points out the redemption agent is more important than the dispatcher. Huge thanks bro!
Thanks to this video I was able to grind from 0 to Baron in just under 3 hours! Just bought my first Clipper, all thanks to you!
0 to baron in 3 hours? doubt
@@ShiShawPocketSand this is a year late but i have come with a second testament. i have gotten to baron in 170 minutes from 0
Finally got my Vet...not a fun grind. Even with this strategy, it SUUUUUCKS! Thanks for the great video. Keep up the great work brotha.
i need 5 more ranks........ just found this video im hoping it wont take me to much longer to get the rep. but i still 200 mil short on credits to buy it and pimp it out. even if i got the rep right now... still though bored doing passanger missions. after 350 mil i ready for something else lol
So those two systems are still good? this will be my weekend
@@FastDuDeJiunn If you had spent half the time you did doing passenger missions doing mining instead, you'd have made multiple billions of credits.
If you're here in 2023, this is sorely out of date. It's turned into an Empire grind, not a Fed grind.
Wym?
Could you explain
When the vid was made, it was an effective way to grind Fed rep, many of those systems had since fallen under Imperial control at the time of my comment. Personally, I did the grind stacking pirate missions, making a butt-load of creds and blowing stuff up as a happy accident on the side. @@powersquire8537
I got one, I got one!!!!! An imperial mission.... After 10h of carrying Currier and transport missions
I didn’t know that federation mission count even tho they go to a different person, very helpful
I’d also recommend the Canopus exphiay cargo delivery missions in a type 9. Took me maybe8 hours to go from nothing to corvette. Also it actually gives you some good money
That is correct! 8h to get the federation rank up:
www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/g9y56s/psa_grind_how_to_get_federation_empire_rank_in_12/
I'm looking for Canopus Exphiay set up, but for empire. Can't seem to find.. Should be noted, that i'm doing this with Corvette, so i need large pad
Another trick, 'most' star ports and especially 'signals' will let you slow down almost instantly if you throttle to 0, offset your alignment and 'unlock' the target. You can get very close to the target much much faster than even the trick you mentioned in your video. :)
Tells us to always choose Reputation reward then at 7:42 takes the money instead. What a total sellout!
Lol, great video, thanks for the information!
LOL Yeah a couple times I screwed the pooch and clicked on the money. It's hard to let go of that cheddar fetish.
Cheddahs gonna chedd.
I've been cruising back and forth between Ceos and Sothis in a Sidewinder, doing primarily courier and sensitive data missions, and carrying no cargo. I didn't get interdicted a single time until I reached the rank of Petty Officer, and now get interdicted constantly. Fortunately, I learned the escape vector mini-game pretty quickly (easy in an agile Sidewinder), and haven't been stopped once yet. Having said that, I'll probably lose my little ship soon, lol - luck is made to run out
Thanks to your mining guides I have found myself with too many credits and too little imperial rank... timing couldn't have been better! 😊
How awesome! Glad to have helped your gameplay Commander!
Thank you very much for this tutorial! I look forward to buying my Imperial Cutter!
Just found your videos (did the materials grind one) - really well presented. Easy to follow and also entertaining to listen to :) Thanks.
Thanks. Your video helped me get the Cutter and Corvette. Both done over the weekend.
Mike...THANKS for vids like this. quick info. Correct info. A dab of humor but nothing cringy. I love it. ED has been lots more fun for me because of you!
perfect commander hawks or should i say admiral just picked up my corvette what a grind but getting dicked five on the same trip perfect to learn to escape from must have done the best part of 400 missions just get in the grove, even made money from turning in missions, took her out and what a difference blasting those pirates out of the sky thanks again sir keep up the good work
At first i was a bit annoyed the gutamaya ships dont get luxury cabins. Then i remembered who the Gutamaya ships are FOR.
Not your passengers
Thank you for turning the monotonous into the tolerable. As a new player I greatly appreciate it.
I love you, Hawkes, you always know what I want before I even type it on the google search bar.
Love your tone man funny and direct!
Thanks for the great tut!
What about passenger missions with a beluga? I read somewhere that was a way to rank up for fed as well. I did the grind for imperial and have a cutter all engineered. Now I want a vette. Let me know hawk as I have a beluga parked at ceos. You forgot to mention to the viewer's how far away these 2 systems are from the bubble. Something to consider. You remind me of my self when I was your age. I'm 62 and am fascinated with space exploration but back in the late 80's and early 90's there wasn't much as far as pc games that let someone explore that dream.
Keep up the great work.
I didn't realize the recipient faction affected reputation also, thanks for pointing that out. I'll use this when I go for the Cutter (already unlocked my death star)
How can you tell the recipient faction is federation?
The grind is real. Took me probably over 12 hrs total to grind to Duke and over 100 million in donations! And now on to the Vette! Thanks for the videos love your tutorials
That's about what it took me too. Very happy to see that duke rank finally pop up.
It seems we share a love of Sci-fi and space. Love your videos and they have taught me quite a bit. Not far into the game, and currently mining in Type 9, just doing Painite runs from Delkar to Kommovy, but inching closer to buying the Anaconda, and starting faction work on the Cutter. Thanks for the great content.
This is an awesome guide. I also used a Diamondbacks explorer and tore through 60m by the time I got to Earl. Just a heads up though, I got an interdiction every 3rd cycle, and the last time he got me, my own fault. I got complacent with super cruise assist and didn’t see I was about to get smacked until it was too late to evade. Keep enough cash on hand to pay the insurance on your boat and you’ll be fine. I’m a little slower but did the grind this way in 7 hours.
Huh, what great timing. Just one day after I'm done with both (finished the Fed grind yesterday and can now buy my very on Elite Star Destroyer)!
I did Mainani-Ngalinn for Empire, I only rarely went to Aitvas (mostly when there were next to no missions to either of the former systems), and I used next to no donations, just courier jobs.
For Federation, I did the Canopus-Exphiay trade runs, doing cargo/courier jobs in a Type 9 Heavy, with a few donation missions - most of them eventually gave me some followup missions, it seems. It may not have been the most efficient route, but I watched a lot of YT in the background, while waiting for the 40k Ls trip in Canopus to end. Plus I got paid a bunch of credits and engineering mats.
Canopus-Exphiay is the best way to grind Fed rank in my opinion.
Same
Thank you! I'm a few days in, and thanks to your vids I am running these Ceos / Sothis missions in my Asp Explorer and beginning to rank up. And that supercruise trick? Awesome! saves *so* much time!
Thank you for posting this video! I got the game during the steam sale, and found some extremely profitable trade routes. I already have the credits for the cutter and corvette, now to unlock access to them!!!!
Try also the systems near Mainani! Tewinicnii-HIP 10716-Wu Guinagi-Rynchi... Always maxed out courier missions, nearly only empire minor factions, and a lot of donation missions as well. The stations are close to the central star. You will rank much faster and you have a backup, if the system states of the mainani-loop are switching.
I literally kissed a planet doing that trick... but overall 10/10!
Time to fill up the Type 9 with platinum, I think I'm gonna need the cash.
I will get a Cutter and Corvette, and I will stay married, I hope.
Great vid btw, helped me out a lot subb'd!
Still working as of April 2021 for fed grind
Needed this for my Cutter. Thank you!!
You're most welcome!
Thanks for the vid...almost there with the Federation grind. Hope the Empire one is easier and quicker. Taken so long... sort of knew the super cruise time saver but didn’t know the speed and distance it works from; will be taking note for the future. Didn’t know the pick missions via destination either so that should help. Two more tips; filter on Transport for the missions and if you don’t get a courier rank up mission, try exiting game into Open play and check the board again as sometimes it changes that mission. Then can enter back into Solo play to continue. Cheers for the vidz Hawkes! Much appreciated. Luckily I started the grind after a few good LTD mining runs so plenty of cheddar in the bank!
The Empire Grind is way faster than the Federal one when you do the donation method.
I guess they nerfed something, but there's no way you can grind federal rep from zero to corvette in 7 hours, i've been following this guide to the letter and spent over 2 days grinding, still no federal corvette, also there are no engineering resources available as rewards.
Got it in 8 hours
I dont remember working this hard to get my fed rank. All I did was delivery missions from what I remember and this was probably in 2015
No way this is possible in 7 hours even if you are getting 20 missions per run. I'm doing it now and it sis taking longer than 7 hours. But I guess he's got to lie about the time for the views.
@@TWIGGSTO Look at the upload date smart boy probably this has been patched to the heavens.
I’ve been looking for a video like this for weeks. I’ve seen others that were meh but someone on a random vid mentioned these systems in the comments but no guidance. I spent days trying to get there and even needed to call the fuel rats lol. Literally the day I made it to ceros this vid came out. Also yesterday was my birthday so the galaxy is good to me!
One thing about the assist is that its easier to think about it like this. 75% throttle (blue) when target is 6 seconds away. I just have a bind to throttle me to 75% (RS+LB) or whatever u want.
OK, so I've been doing the Sothis-Ceos Loop for a little over a day. This is a GREAT LOOP, THANK YOU! But a couple modifications to make to the advice how to do this. First, do not take a DBX or any other small/medium ship set up to explore, with tiny shields. There are 1-4 Killer Anaconda NPCs sent to kill you on every leg of this loop. Much better, bring a solid fighting medium ship like a Krait M2 and kill an Anaconda or two when they Interdict you on each leg of the loop. You can build Combat Rating while you grind Fed Rank, pick up tons of those juicy new bounties, and a pile of engineering materials to boot. There are also 4-5 star Rep missions for delivering 80-180T along the loop, and some of them pay very well once you're Allied w/ Federation Unite! faction. So take your Fuel Scoop, Guardian FSD Booster, and a couple HRP out of your build and put Cargo in so you can do those in one trip. Just make sure you're confident killing Anaconda NPCs because they are out in force, everywhere.
I did the Fed rank grind almost exactly the way you suggest. This was about a month ago. The game kept siccing NPC assassins to interdict me and some of those had godlike powers. There was no way to avoid interdiction, and I would essentially die within about 30 seconds of dropping out of FSD. And they wouldn't always stop after killing me once. Many times the same NPC would kill a second and third time. I had one kill me 6 times in a row while I was traveling between the same two stations because I had courier missions to hand in, which by the way don't go away when you die, they are still valid. I can't tell you how close I came to rage quitting and uninstalling. The whole grind, because of the repeated interdictions took, I am guessing, about 30 hours. And it was miserable.
You can easily win the interdiction mini game, it isn't that hard. I took about 7 hours for imperial and 10 hours for federation ranks.
@@bamandabp You don't understand. I would only get maybe 5 seconds to evade the interdiction, then be forced out of cruise and be dead in less than a minute. I don't think there is a player alive who could have beaten that, not flying an Asp Explorer.
@@mikewilson3169 Mike that usually happens when you accidentally throttle back. Youre very best bet is to do those types of missions with a ship that is very maneuverable. That way evading interdiction is a piece of cake. Just dont throttle back on accident.
I’m watching this while in my corvette. With my cutter in the hanger. Why am I watching it? Cause it’s hawkes!
You are the man!
I just got my cutter, and am hesitant on the corvette. Is it worth it?
Sothis and Ceos don't work any more as there is only one Federation faction there now. Chakpa and Ochosi might work if the faction states are right. Otherwise just find a system with 3+ Federation factions in them and just keep running any missions that offer 4 or 5 rep.
Doing your credit grind at the moment. After I get enough credits I'll start looking into things like this! I got the Python thanks to you and those 2D mining lasers kick ass compared to the ASP explorer with 1 2D and some 1D's.
hey i saw this video and i have been doing this for a bit and i decided to do passenger missions in brunell hub instead. it probably takes a little bit longer but some of the passengers give a high rep boost and almost all of them require me to jump to the same system and scan the same beacon that isnt too far away from the systems sun. also they give more money even if i choose the rep boost. not only did this video did help me grind my ranks, but i found a new way to make loads of money and parts too.
When I did this , I donated about 5 million for the rep . Then did a round trip between the 3 stations ( 20 missions ) . That should net you about 4 / 5 million. Then you go back , cash it all in , load up another 20 worth , then donate the 5 million you just made back for extra rep . Rinse and repeat that . You´ll be done quickly and not cost you any money ( except the 5 mill you started with)
I used to mix in a few easy assassin pirate missions just to break it up abit . You get some good rep / money . You dont have to do that though ( takes longer , but if you get bored, lol ! ).
Those Imperial War Grannies LOL !
I was literally in Sothis, Ceos, and Robigo doing passenger mnissions for cash. Then I went back to the bubble to do rank griding. Didn't realize I now have to go back 250 LY to do your guide :(.
just did this exact grind a few weeks ago to get the cutter, and then head to the new Boronn to make a space cheddar
You must be rich at this point then Commander! =)
@Asagi Asagiri There are multiple triple hot spots for diamonds as well as a super strong three / four on diamonds. Right now there are at least 3 really good places to farm diamonds in. Before we only had Borann and one triple near Colonia. The triple I showed off the day of the patch is only 60 ly from Borann.
It's worth mentioning that if you do this in open play you will eventually come across someone who is chilling on the landing pad so you won't be able to dock. Just another reason to do in solo mode.
Corvette lookin like a star destroyer
Of course you can pick planetary landing missions. Just outfit a small ship with enhanced thrusters with dirty drag drives (Viper Mk.3 is a cheap and reliable choice), head down to the planetary settlement, scan the beacon from inside your ship at point blank range then scram your 4$$ off before ground weaponry inflicts significant dmg on your ship. From personal experience, the great majority of imperial rank missions were planetary scans.
Will be helpful when I relearn how to play the game again after being away for a while. One note while being fast and to the point your vids tend to be a bit too fast for us that don't know what you are talking about or lack some knowledge (IE the supercruise trick) leaving us (well me at least) sometimes more in the dark than enlightened. But l guess it is better than the vid's that take over 4 mins and an unskippable add to get to the point of the video then drag it out for what seems like hours.
supercruise trick is just using the Supercruise Assist module to automatically pull you out of supercruise when you get within range, regardless of your actual speed.
This guide is OK, but not quite applicable to the current status. A bunch of these stations don't offer donations anymore, or don't have many currier missions. I'm not sure what's better though, so it still works. Ngurii is still the best spot.
been playing since the beginning and I got my corvette this year ;) not been into grind after grinding the cutter which is awesome
Sothis was on lockdown when I went, what a bummer.
yeah. what an arsehole cmdrs did that.
Was just there yesterday and it's once again open
I'd suggest starting the Imperial rank grind first when you get a Cobra with an A-rated FSD. I did the Imperial grind first. By the time I got to Sothis and Ceos I had a Clipper and Cutter, doing the cargo missions as well as the data mission made me a great deal of money while I did the Fed rank grind. I ended up making enough money to fully kit out my Cutter, a new Krait MK2, 6 other ships(3 of them Medium), and still have enough to buy a Federal Corvette at base price, much more then two birds with one stone. There's a lot of money to be made, I'd suggest at least having a ship with the same cargo capacity as a Python as a minimum for the Sothis and Ceos runs.
just reached Duke rank thanks to this vid! gotta grind for the money now lol
Is there a more up to date version of this grind?
Supercruise, by accident i found that if you are either going a little faster than 2c, or if you lock to the target just before 3s it will actually drop you within docking request range, usually just 3km i dont have this down as a science just yet and i've actually passed through a few stations and emerged with the station behind me(but still within docking range)
At first, all three destinations were filling me up completely on missions but now none of the three areas are giving me any carrier missions, all 3 systems are in boom
Once I learned to land myself, this game opened up to me, the next thing I knew, I was trying to boost a beluga through the port hole of every station carrying illegal passengers, and slaughtering everything in sight with an FDL or larger.
i did the corvette grind and it took me two weeks of constant grinding to do it so hopefully for the cutter it will take me a few hours or days.
I only used delivery missions FROM feds... thank you commander !
If there are damaged stations about (which I think there is in Imperial space right now), passenger rescue missions grind rank even faster.
In a Python fitted to carry 96 passengers, three runs allowed me to jump two ranks in no time.
Did I undestand it correctly? I could pick up non-fed missions and they could lead me to federation ranks when I turn them in in other stations?
As long as the beginning or ending agent is federation then yes. You can tell by the picture when you to go select it.
@@HawkesGaming Thank you so much! I wasted so much time on the Ochosi(?) route... I left the imperials for the next, so a bit more 'pleasant' grind will be my last. Again, huge thanks!
Up to Count following this method. Thanks for the guide.
Can you explain or point me to that slingshot you're talking about?
Conclusion:
After 4 days with 10h playing time, I finally got the "Duke" rank with 30%. 168 million credits were invested. So make a total of 40h! lots of credits. No, it definitely wasn't a quick way away, it was definitely not my "lucky day" when I found your video. Thanks anyway for the effort and work, test it next time!
I think you might've had some really bad RNG or didn't do what the video asked for, I went from Outsider to Duke in about 6-7 hours since I avoided all of the donate (materials) missions. I did spend about 150-200 mil as well.
"Mobile Death Star" omg I lolled so hard 😂 epic
Im not trying to insult you but you sound like frank from raising hope. Its why i subbed
if the planetary mission is for the same settlement it works out. the mission data point will reset after 2 min no logout and in stuff. scan it 20 times tour all set deliver, i think it was HIP 68065 near ceos.
Awesome. It was aggravating doing assassinations and courier missions in other areas.
"I suck at landing" ....... me too
Thanks for this update. It's so painful to try to figure this out on your own!
If I hadn't already grinded for my cutter in week 2 of playing because of how much you showed off Money Bags, this would be perfect for me hahaha
I love my money bags haha!
The Cutter in two weeks, how sad Elite has become, back in the days there was some sense of progression toward something.
The cutter is like buying a heavily armed space fairing 727 and the the corvette is the federations heavily jewled pimp hand.
As always Great guide Hawkes, don't know how you do it buddy.
Just got the clipper today now im working on the cutter then the corvette
Now, if only you'd listed those systems in the description so I could actually find them... 😢
Type in ceos for the first system and sothis is almost right next to it. This is only for federation.
EMPIRE RANK
1 NGALINN (HICKAM SURVEY)---->
2 MAINANI (MIES VAN DER ROHE'S CLAIM)---->
3 AITVAS (FLETTNER SURVEY)---->
REPEAT
@@salt6 thanks!
Started my Federal rank grind yesterday taking a break from the LTD mining..
Super helpful that i've got a Cutter to do it.