A day in the life of a Freetrader

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• olddaddy Member Posts: 3,356

  February 2008

  Originally posted by olepi
  
  
  I play a Freetrader, level 30, on Blackbeard. I'm in a great guild, and here is a typical day for me: I have to choose what I want to do,a nd usually mix it up.
  - Hauling and production -- I have an Atlas Bark (720 cargo), and take on hauling jobs for our guild members. I also make my own stuff (leather, sugar, wheat flour), and haul that around. A typical run is to dock in the ports around Bartica, and gather up all the contributions to the guild from the members with stuff in those ports; then take it to our home base. I run out to Tampico every few days to pick up sulfur. As a Freetrader with decent reputation, I can trade with the European traders for guns, wine, and other goodies.
  - Convoys -- some of our guild are always out hitting NPC convoys, and there is almost always room for me to come along. We are all on a Vent server, and regularly take on multiple ships much higher than we are. I usually use one of my buffs, maneuver mostly, and sail in the Postillionen.
  - Missions -- in my spare time, I run missions to get cash, and also we help out doing missions with others. We normally help newer players run Red Tide and any other more difficult missions.
  - PvP -- our guild also usually has at least one full group out doing PvP, port contention usually. Even as a Freetrader, I can make a decent contribution to the group I'm in, and I love seeing the masts of two full groups riding together waiting for the Pirates.
  So a typical day for me is some combination of these, and it is fun. I never get to do all of it I want in a day, and I am looking forward to each day and what I can accomplish. Our guild is going to help take over the world, and I love helping it along
  

  Errrr matey, so all I have to do is wait for you around the ports of Bartica, and off Tampico every few days, and I can grab meself a free cargo.....errrrr

   

   
• luckdragon Member UncommonPosts: 34

  February 2008

  Originally posted by olepi
  
  
  I play a Freetrader, level 30, on Blackbeard. I'm in a great guild, and here is a typical day for me: I have to choose what I want to do,a nd usually mix it up.
  - Hauling and production -- I have an Atlas Bark (720 cargo), and take on hauling jobs for our guild members. I also make my own stuff (leather, sugar, wheat flour), and haul that around. A typical run is to dock in the ports around Bartica, and gather up all the contributions to the guild from the members with stuff in those ports; then take it to our home base. I run out to Tampico every few days to pick up sulfur. As a Freetrader with decent reputation, I can trade with the European traders for guns, wine, and other goodies.
  - Convoys -- some of our guild are always out hitting NPC convoys, and there is almost always room for me to come along. We are all on a Vent server, and regularly take on multiple ships much higher than we are. I usually use one of my buffs, maneuver mostly, and sail in the Postillionen.
  - Missions -- in my spare time, I run missions to get cash, and also we help out doing missions with others. We normally help newer players run Red Tide and any other more difficult missions.
  - PvP -- our guild also usually has at least one full group out doing PvP, port contention usually. Even as a Freetrader, I can make a decent contribution to the group I'm in, and I love seeing the masts of two full groups riding together waiting for the Pirates.
  So a typical day for me is some combination of these, and it is fun. I never get to do all of it I want in a day, and I am looking forward to each day and what I can accomplish. Our guild is going to help take over the world, and I love helping it along
  

  So, you basically do everything that the other classes can all do better EXCEPT haul stuff around for your guild? Doesn't sound like a fair trade-off to me!

  You're a Free Trader and have to make your cash by doing missions? All the other classes can do that better, too.

  It sucks when each nation does a vast majority of their trading out of only two ports and prices are about the same at all of them. Not much free trading to do, is there?

  My first toon was a FT, too. Fortunately, I soon realized that there's more to PotBS than the size of your hold!