oneoff Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Ok so this is a little bit thinking out loud and a bit discussion about profession we will undertake in the PU. Anyway, I have been thinking about my profession choice and trying to tie it in with my character. I tend to give my characters a little backstory so that I have something to base all my characters decisions off of and that is where I get into a little personal conflict. While T&I activities will be my primary interest and part of the story of my character and dabbling a little into exploration and combat on the side. I wonder how a character focusing on the other profession plans to make a life in the verse. Combat seems to be a bit easier to make a living by running escort, bounty hunting etc. But unless you are discovering things exploration seems to be a pretty difficult way to make a life. I had thought about making exploration my primary focus but I was having trouble finding a way to make it profitable so I settled on T&I primary. Anyway How did you decide your profession? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyvyrias Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 A friend decided, I decided the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danredda Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I like blowing stuff up If there was a Luxury VIP Transport division, I'd probably join that though. Can't wait to get the 890J and Constellation luxury variant Switch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overlord Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I love discovery but I have discovered I like to blow things up. D-Nasty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlord5366 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Well I went to college, and I found a job that gave me some money...so thats how I choose my profession.. SteelPhoenix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lover Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 My pimp hand was strong... WarWulf and Quette 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ywaik Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Since being a trader in SWG (my first PC game) before the NGE, I always liked to tinker with the trade and crafting elements in any game I play now. I have other ships to do other things, so I believe I can spread my assistance to all Imperium members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer173 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Since owning a computer (!!! seems like an eternity) I played everything from MMORPG all the way to FPS and loved them all. Most games I always was in a combat role but enjoyed being a rogue Tdader as in Privateer, Feelancer and other games as such. I joined SCB because I like what the T&I Division was all about and can see myself being part of Imperium's growth making money from resources to mining with the various ships I can use for such missions. Having multiple ships of various variants I can see myself having a cross genre within my squadron during our missions, not just for T&I but using my Freelancer MIS and Constellation for gunship capabilities. my fighters for escort, my Hornet Tracker/Ghost for forward obsevation or scouting and my Tanker for their fuel supply. Since I enjoy flying ships i feel confident that I will be an asset to my Squadron Leader and other members as needed.. Well! There you have it @ and hope I can be of assistant if the need should ever arise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonwealth Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I have always just loved trading in games and even playing trading-driven games. I love Rise of Venice for instance. I was a miner in EvE, but I think I would like trading more. Oh and in like X3: Terran Conflict, trading was super fun. I enjoy combat, but I hate it when my ship blows up or I have to constantly repair it. The way I look at it is that, with trading, its not a zero-sum game. Everyone benefits from a good trade deal. Producer, trader, and consumer all are happy. Ok maybe not happy, but at least not dead. haha I just imagine myself going from my Constellation, to owning a bigger ship with my own crew, maybe even hiring a few guys as full-time escort. Eventually I might own a factory or something, but I would be happy just building up to a bigger ship, more crew, more escort, and even adding more ships to my own convoy. I will start small and eventually be known as a trading mogul. dubliquid and DiscoLiz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minted Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Well I like to help people, combat is were most of the fun will be (relative to peoples opinions) and with 3000+ members...that's a lot of people that are going to appreciate me and others being on call to immediately help out. Its a very important aspect to Imperium and although trade and exploration is equally important they wont be able to function as efficiently without combat ops to back them up. I personally plan on starting out in the PU by immediately making myself available as protection for traders and explorers. Although I would hope very quickly that combat ops will be required for large military ops such as Bengal/station claiming etc . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeyfeast Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Seems like with a classless game-system like they are creating in SC - you'll actually have the ability to change what you're doing depending on mood / interests. I think that while many people have an idea of what they'll enjoy as a profession right now - until we are in the PU and see what the game mechanics are, it will be fluid. DiscoLiz, Lover, Zepheris and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zepheris Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Yes I agree with @evilOlivɘ Although I have chosen Trade and Industry, Space Combat is what I look forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osiriss2 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 A friend decided, I decided the same. Woot, influencing decisions erryday! On topic, I chose trade and industry because that's what I'm good at. Plain and simple, I'm looking forward to combat but I'm holding off on actually joining a combat wing until I'm certain I'd prefer it to industry. Nothing is certain at this point. pyro nl and DiscoLiz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeyfeast Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Nothing is certain at this point. ^This. DiscoLiz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Argon Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I love economics and the complexities of large corporations. That made my choice pretty easy. T&I But unless you are discovering things exploration seems to be a pretty difficult way to make a life. I had thought about making exploration my primary focus but I was having trouble finding a way to make it profitable so I settled on T&I primary. If you're looking for a back story for an explorer I suggest you hit Wikipedia and look up Explorers throughout time. There have always been people driven to explore and nations or companies willing to back them. Many explorers are more motivated to see new things than to get rich. But successful ones do both. Perhaps you are on the fringes running distant trade routes while also keeping an eye out for new planets or warp gates? Or maybe you sit in a major trade hub getting rich and spend vacations searching (that's how some early paleontologists did it.). Or maybe you can say you are backed by a corp hoping to cash in on a wormhole or salvage a lost cruiser? Good luck, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneoff Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 Seems like with a classless game-system like they are creating in SC - you'll actually have the ability to change what you're doing depending on mood / interests. I think that while many people have an idea of what they'll enjoy as a profession right now - until we are in the PU and see what the game mechanics are, it will be fluid. That is one of the reasons I am excited for SC. The ability to do what you want when you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneoff Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 I love economics and the complexities of large corporations. That made my choice pretty easy. T&I If you're looking for a back story for an explorer I suggest you hit Wikipedia and look up Explorers throughout time. There have always been people driven to explore and nations or companies willing to back them. Many explorers are more motivated to see new things than to get rich. But successful ones do both. Perhaps you are on the fringes running distant trade routes while also keeping an eye out for new planets or warp gates? Or maybe you sit in a major trade hub getting rich and spend vacations searching (that's how some early paleontologists did it.). Or maybe you can say you are backed by a corp hoping to cash in on a wormhole or salvage a lost cruiser? Good luck, I didn't consider gleaning inspiration for character motives from historical figures. Thanks Dr. Argon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuu Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 T&I was from the beginning on my favorite. Exploration looks pretty fun but for me that is something I would rather do on the side whenever I have had enough of trading for hours. Combat seems like it will be present in any kind of profession anyway, even just transporting stuff we will be under constant attack from pirates/aliens. T&I is what I was looking forward to because I love the technical aspect of it, trying to figure out the perfect route, make the most money for the least amount of transporting, etc. As far as MMO's go I have always played healer, for some reason it has never appealed to me to be a damage guy. I like to have a solid, necessary position in my group and the fact that everyone is relying on me, makes me try even harder. The last and main part was when I was reading through the economy page on the RSI website and saw that we can own parts of a factory, that just had me hooked and now all I want to be is a CEO of a factory, make sure my population/workers are happy and do big trade runs on the side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amedeus Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I'm kind of planning to make Imperium my PU profession. Everything from expanding it, defending it, to helping members with whatever I can. I picked Combat Ops, because there wasn't a Do Everything division. Plan on getting a large ship Frigate sized, but possibly not an Idris, I'm sure there will be various types of Frigates, and doing everything. Combat jobs, trade jobs, exploration jobs. Most likely all at the same time Ala Star Trek. Pick up some cargo on a planet, and a job to wipe out pirates, lure the pirates in with all my cargo, blow them up, find some interesting stuff to explore on the way to sell the cargo. Maybe a Corvette class ship would be better.. Depends what CIG comes up with ships I guess. DelaWolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valenquo Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Bongwater Jones, DiscoLiz, pyro nl and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firestorm183 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I thought, "money" and I was like "Hey Trade and Industry!" And that was pretty much that. Bongwater Jones 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judah Warrior Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 i want to take out our competition rivals pirates etc lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyro nl Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I love trade, but moved to explorer flying into the unknown and finding planets and alien ships gives me a cool star trekkie vibe combat is proberly something im not all togood at with the joystick but I always love defending stuff I often fall inlove with industrial ship designs, athough at star alot ships look yust freaking awesome ;o DelaWolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokoro Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I am a natural explorer. Playing any dungeon or MMO games, I always have to reveal every last bit of the map, so being in an explorer profession was a natural choice. I also love to do some trade and industries on the side. I like the idea of hauling goods from one system to another with my Taurus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon1812 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I decided that I would play the role that I was most interested in. You can figure out a way to make anything profitable, you just have to be creative with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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