Make urgent cargo jobs more common

[dry heath]

For large freighters, cargo jobs actually don't pay much more than charters. Urgent cargo jobs however pay substantially more; the only downside is they're difficult to find. I think urgent cargo jobs should be made more common, making them more competitive against corporates especially for mid/later-game grinding.

Pros: Would make freighters, transport planes, and any other vehicle capable of doing cargo jobs more economically viable. Especially with extremely large transports like the An-225, C-5, etc. which already have very poor profits given their price.
Cons:

[gritty linden]

[gritty linden]

it may require a large sample size to properly gauge its rarity in comparison to other jobs

but some adjustment could help, altho i think an overall rework is required to make larger aircraft viable

[topaz burrow]

I think the better option is to just increase pay on basic cargo jobs

[gritty linden]

This would make airliners outclassed

And flat-buffing everything would just ramp up inflation

[grizzled bluff]

C-160 bias

[dry heath]

but this also affects other planes too!!!

[magic olive]

is it possible to also get the airliners some cargo pay as well ?
in irl because of demand and accessibility somtimes airliners also carry "some" cargo for deliveries while also transporting passengers

[dry heath]

Isn't that what regular transport jobs are

[gritty linden]

Combi transport is planned for future iirc

[magic olive]

ah ok ok thats all I need to know ty

[gritty linden]

[magic olive]

ehhh I thought that means "just transport cargo" not passengers

[topaz burrow]

Airliners do definitely need that buff because evne tho the game's entire lore livery community is centered around airlines, they're amongst the worst ways to amke money

[tawny dune]

Dank is AFK: eep - 19 minutes ago

[proper gorge]

I mean it says transport plane on the description so like a repositioning flight

[gritty linden]

Giving things a flat buff is almost never a good idea unless players are actively trying not to engage with the feature

[topaz burrow]

Well

how many people do you see recommend airliners for grinding

[gritty linden]

Became airliners are already extremely popular, a flat buff would just cause inflation

A job chaining rebalanced would help improve their usefulness without unbalancing them

[dry heath]

-# nobody except maybe the C990

[gritty linden]

How many people do you see grinding*

Everyone just boats

[topaz burrow]

in airliners

[dry heath]

I don't boat anymore

[topaz burrow]

or cargo liners

[dry heath]

I usually either job chain or surv

Or maybe mach loop

[topaz burrow]

everyone the moment they get their first surv plane is gon

no more airliners for their entire time in the game

[gritty linden]

The thing is flying an airliner 200 nmi doesn’t require skill

What justifies them paying as much as recon

[topaz burrow]

maybe not as much as recon

[gritty linden]

and recon doesn’t even pay much in the grand scheme

[topaz burrow]

but it def needs more pay

An A380 pays you like 20k for flying an hour

thats the biggest one we have

747-8F somewhere around there too

so yes

players do not actively engage with the feature

[gritty linden]

About 30k yea
With a decent job a bit more

[topaz burrow]

ask around the server and see how many players fly airlienrs for grinding

[gritty linden]

Nearly every player on the map is flying some sort of airliner or freighter

Buffing all of them would spark humongous inflation

[topaz burrow]

if it can make at least 50k an hour it'd be great

and airliners wouldnt become something yuo use for your first 10 hours in game

[gritty linden]

There’s a difference between a manned hour and an AFK hour

[topaz burrow]

Im flying blackhawks and making more than I woukd in a 747

[gritty linden]

I agree that they need a balance patch but buffing everything on the baseline is just recipe for disaster

[topaz burrow]

def not buffing recon or mach loop

or boating

def not boating

not corporate either

only charters and cargo really

[gritty linden]

Every airliner and freighter

[topaz burrow]

supply runs pay a decent too

SAR and MSAR good too

as is Medevac

just charters and cargo

[gritty linden]

Aside from boating those are all more skill based missions

A transport buff can be justified if there is an aspect of skill

IE job chaining

[prisma dome]

wait how?

[proper gorge]

Chaining prob

[topaz burrow]

Job events and oil rigs