I recently start playing the mod both Single player and Multiplayer . And is a blast .
The single player mode offer the experience of the rp original game with a large adjust that the mods offer , While the Multiplayers offer the experience of being able to do everything from the start with no restriction . I just love the no restriction and able to play with others:)
One of the things that i learned is that Trading materials/items is not even close to escape-Pods farming .
1 Hour in the new york System i nearly got 4 + millions with just a Defender-ship
The same time on another gameplay focused on trading was not even close to 1 million not only because the trade routes that change every day and sometimes becomes not even worth but because the cargo-limit-spave is way to low on the ships .
The prices of a early single escape-Pod is close to 40-60k from Corporal-Sergeant . And at start you can easily farm them at the point you break the game within few 2/3 hours .
The prices of the Material/trading with cargo-limit and especially at the start make an unenjoyable experience no matter how much you try .I learned the routes and got the best early freighter Dromedary with 275 cargo space.
No matter what i tried the trading option is having a bad design (at least in the 1st 3 hours that i played-that just made me quit) . It's like playing on a mode that every effort give 6 to 10x less benefits from the escape-missons option.
I understand that late game you can buy better ships with 1.5k 2k cargo but at least the start is not appealing at all .
Hope to see some improvements at least in some ships that make people like me that love the rp elements have a better start rather than focusing only on killing just because the benefits are 6-10x more .
Cheer for this amazing mods (really insane the things that have been added over the years).