The End of VHRTs? (Make Money Without The Grind) | Star Citizen

[@latenightcynic3582]

If you like using LEAD pip, once you target a ship, you can press the 8 key (or rebind it) to target specific parts of the ship. You can see this once you select your target with T, then press 8 and you will notice your Target MFD highlight the area you are targeting.

[@CitizenFrost]

Had no idea you could do this, absolute top tip there, thanks!

[@gatorpika]

Yeah, that is cool but seems like a PITA to scroll through aim points in combat. I have not really used it in combat though, only played around with the feature. There is a pip toggle option in the keybind menu and that's what I use since I prefer lead for nose to nose fighter combat and lag for close in or to target specific areas on bigger ships.

[@latenightcynic3582]

@@gatorpika I use the function by having my gunners press 8 (once or twice) so I can at least make sure they are hitting the same shield face as I am on larger ships while we dance around avoiding getting hit.

[@gatorpika]

@@latenightcynic3582 Yeah, that's actually a really good idea. Will have to give that a go.

[@Spaco1]

If you ever get the "This is a raid" combat beacon, just jump away and you'll immediately complete the mission. :)

[@CitizenFrost]

Thanks for the tip! Oh wow that's broken. Not sure if I've come across that one yet.

[@hypertion]

That is broken... but its no fun to let them go 😋

[@WallySketch]

Sometime enemy ships will appear with a white marker and be irresponsible. If you're outside of a com reach you can just shoot at them and kill them, it will still count as a kill for the mission. You will however get a CS if you shoot at them and the com array is active. In that case you can go near them and they will turn red.

[@TheEldritchWon]

one important thing to note for the critical threat beacons is that the hull for the Idris seems to be about 3 times more dense for RMC than any other ship in the game, if you have friends with a vulture or reclaimer, that 300k can easily become up to 550k. And while the hull stripping may take a while, you can be running more combat beacons while they clean up the idris.

[@Lithane97]

One thing I've found, when you first hop into a server, it can be beneficial to take some regular bounty hunting missions in your planned area of operation, as this really seems to bump the chances of service beacons. Also, if you don't have any service beacons available, jump to the main OM points around the planet you are operating around, I get service beacons faster there. An important thing to note, I've found that service beacons that show up while you are at the Lagrange points seem to pretty much always spawn 30mil+ km out from you, so don't look for them there, and make sure you check the distance before you accept.

[@IRSmurf]

Don't forget to take the "A Call to Arms" mission in the Mercenary tab, every single time you log on. And then un-track it. It pays out for every criminal killed.

[@CitizenFrost]

Good tip, really boosts income.

[@paulnolin862]

Nice tips from you and those below. New Sub, see you in the black!

[@CitizenFrost]

Thanks, much appreciated!

[@marksfarmcraft1888]

I really like doing these. Once you do a few, the payout jumps up and if they are available,you can make good Mahoney on just the low and medium beacons. Lately in PU tho, they have been few and far between. Hopefully 3.19 gives out more. Thanks for the vid!

[@CitizenFrost]

Yeah outrageous earning potential when they are available. YGlad the video helped. You're welcome, glad the video helped.

[@scottmahony4742]

Wut?

[@LeifPalmin]

Nice video, thank you Subed!

[@CitizenFrost]

Thanks for the nice comment and sub 👍🏻

[@APolishedTurd]

Hahahahaaha “Can I have one mil please” It’s only my 5th day and I find that fucking hilarious.

[@APolishedTurd]

Players have actually given me money without saying anything twice now just for being cool and playing and talking and helping etc etc

[@CitizenFrost]

Indeed, everyone likes making friends but no one likes a beggar.

[@redwing1629]

Interestingly, in the 3.19 PTU, there's like up to 35-36 Service beacons available at max

[@CitizenFrost]

Oh thats actually alot, they must he trying to balance it to make then easier to get?

[@RoxxSerm]

@@CitizenFrost We can only hope? Even if the payout would just be half as good, they are so fun. Because they are quick accessible action. Id love to spam Beacons especially when i only have an hour or two to play, in a game that otherwise is very time demanding. Ill try your methods today to see if this makes them available/enjoyable for me.

[@Maddock_]

Yeaaaaa they're all gone on live.

[@malachiashley528]

Thanks for this information.

[@CitizenFrost]

You're welcome, thanks for watching and happy it helped.

[@arrclyde4325]

Just food for thought: once physicalise damage and armor is in the game, you'll have to chose what becaons/missions you can take on. Some ships will simply not beatable in a starter ship, like hammerheads and Idrises. Also the way and pace of how you make money will change drasitically. Its not meant to play quick quick quick all the way. And lastly: a few more wipes will happen until the game is in its relese state where everything you earn will last forever. But that point is not now as its still in alpha. So don't burn yourself out just yet. By the way: bounties get a lot more lucrative with 3.19 given you use the right ship (Avenger titan for example). You can detach weapons and components and sell those too after you destroyed the ships.

[@CitizenFrost]

Completely agree, all good points there. The game balance is going to drastically change. Right now there is little downside to death. Later when SC is released the gameplay loops should be way slower and more difficult, but much more risky and rewarding.

[@Delta_N9ne.]

Every time I do critical threats the Idris wanders away from the mission giver and it fails on distance.

[@BrainDmgBahhh]

I did some beacons in PTU today for fun in Microtech and i had around 17 beacons since noone really do them in PTU but total networth of those beacons i think were around 2mil aUEC

[@CitizenFrost]

That's a good haul! Are you saving for a new ship?

[@BrainDmgBahhh]

@@CitizenFrost Just messing around preparing for PU.

[@CitizenFrost]

Do you have any tips for running service beacons? Please share in the comments below! 👍

[@WarriorTech_FTW]

Bring friends that have salvage ships for extra pay out. Guns and hull material is quite valuable

[@kaeseritter1482]

Im doing crits with a Partner most of the time , me in the corsair in the Partner in another strong ship. Just focus the idris together and the mission is a easy win

[@TheDestroyer702]

I've always thought it was funny that the guy decided to hop on the coms just to scream in your ear

[@CitizenFrost]

Yeah as if his final dying act was to hit that comm button 🤣

[@apfeldealer3638]

1:42 How is the ship called and where can I buy it?

[@CitizenFrost]

That's an Aegis Vangaurd Sentinel. It's a beast. You can buy it at New Deal, Loreville.

[@Dazvanu]

yeah, really when everything goes right it's very easy to make credits, however something really frustrating is happening from the high risk, the ship that we must protect invariably runs towards the hammerhead inevitably dying, super disappointing, I've witnessed it countless times in the critical the ship to be protected explodes by colliding with the idris, is there anything that can be done to prevent this?

[@DragonHalo99]

Ah yes the classic escort mission in any mmo. Where the person or thing you are escorting heads straight for the closest and most dangerous thing possible. Classic. I had the same thing happen 3 times in a row and honestly just gave up.

[@CitizenFrost]

Unfortunately this does happen a lot. It just comes down to chance. I've been using a fully ballistic loadout on a corsair and it kills hammerheads relatively quickly which gives a better chance of success.

[@Sader325]

The Inferno can solo High Threat beacons, and they pay up to 250k, not 200k. 300k service beacons all involve an Idris and are actually a complete waste of time and money for what you need to kill the Idris. Even if you use a retaliator to do it, the warping in and out, along with the torpedo costs makes it not worth doing.

[@CitizenFrost]

Hi, as I said in the reddit post, high end high threat is the sweet spot for me in the humble mustang, I can make credits really quickly when I can get them. Some of the easier critical threat beacons are ok too. Agree that the high rank critical beacons probably aren't worth the difficulty.

[@notcarson2227]

Literally every time I do the high threat beacons there are like 3 hammerheads which would be fine normally, but the ai I have to protect always dies to them

[@CitizenFrost]

Oh no that's bad luck. I rarely come across that many hammerheads. It's usually caterpillars or connies I tend to see a lot of. And tonnes of valkryies.

[@notcarson2227]

@@CitizenFrost I do the mission in microtech a lot so maybe location has a role in what type of ships you fight

[@CitizenFrost]

If it helps I'm normally at Crusader when I do them.

[@Hamisback]

Problem is the beacons hardly ever spawn... even when people arent chaining them.

[@CitizenFrost]

Yes it is hard to get started. My method is to login early on a morning and you have them all to yourself.

[@steinmayer2791]

Low is 1k to 10k Med is 12K to 50K High around 50K to 290K Critical is 300K up to like 430K

[@steinmayer2791]

Also High ones are the best cause you can solo them with a Retaliator within like 5 min or less

[@CitizenFrost]

Agree I think high are best. Critical are just a bit too difficult for me mustang and it's pea shooters.

[@shippy1001]

@@steinmayer2791 Is it worth to solo with a Retaliator? Sometimes torpedos buggs making so you have to jump out to re-arm.

[@steinmayer2791]

@@shippy1001 well If you use the Argos IX yes, you should use the Seeker IX. With that you can just kill everything. The Argos are not good for tracking things smaller than a Idries. When your out, you still have your friendlys and your turrets. Just place yourself next to the guy you have to protect.

[@shippy1001]

@@steinmayer2791 gotcha thx.

[@realnaste]

What I'd like to know is what triggers the beacons to spawn. there is only 100 people on a server. Not all do beacons. Beacons are localized. I'm not buying the idea that they are so scarce because people take them so fast.

[@shippy1001]

Two things essentially: 1: You gotta be near a comm satellite, check for the symbol on the right top corner. 2: Arc corpo might no have it, but Microtech or Crusader might, so if you run out of beacons you can jump to a new area and check if they are popping, they keep moving.

[@Strange-Viking]

The missions are shared across the backend server, not specifically on your server. Not sure on what extent it crosses the backend server, if its region based or not. That is the reason why it seems they are never there and when they are they dissapear so fast.

[@0Metatron]

Better yet use the lead/lag keybind

[@CitizenFrost]

Oh wow I had no idea that was even a thing! What's the default keybind?

[@0Metatron]

@@CitizenFrost I’m not sure, I just bind it to a hat on my right stick I find it useful when I’m backing off to get shields in a dogfight to switch to lead so that I can keep the pip un-neutralised and switch to lag when going back into the fight

[@funfact6880]

VHRT are way more consistent than these. You make more money but it's entirely reliant on the server if you're not in a ship with an S2+ drive willing to hop around Stanton with.

[@CitizenFrost]

VHRTs are definitely more consistent. If you can get into a good loop on the beacons thought the earning potential is way higher.

[@5pacecake]

imagine a newb doing a high threat beacon in a mustang.

[@CitizenFrost]

Yeah I can totally imagine that...not because I'm a noob in a mustang or anything 🤐

[@5pacecake]

@@CitizenFrost if you are the one able to do this in a mustang, don't think you are a noob in any way

[@dedok666]

So it is grinding...

[@CitizenFrost]

Yeah suppose you can see it that way. I think we can agree it's less grindy than VHRTs though.