x2 - finding gunnery crews?

[mystikmind2005]

I changed my post from ( 'can annyone give me a link'? I am looking for links to some decent information on AEGIS and gunnery crews for x2?)

What i really need are useful tips that would make hiring gunnery crews a bit easier?

[apricotslice]

Go to the X2 scripting and modding forum, they were third party scripts, so should be in the sticky thread there. The OP should tell you eveything there is to know.

[CBJ]

Go to the X2 scripting and modding forum...

This thread is now there too.

[mystikmind2005]

Go to the X2 scripting and modding forum...

This thread is now there too.

Thank you... no reply's there yet.

Anyway, i spent about two hours chasing military transports trying to buy gunnery crews. I even bought a trading dock to get the transport reports.

I must be doing somthing wrong because in 2 hours i only managed to get 5 crewmen!

Seems as though it would be an advantage to know your sectors really well.... i don't, so any tips on finding crewman would be much appreciated?

[apricotslice]

You ahve to find the transports. Check their details to see their destination, go there first and be waiting when they dock to buy the moment the crews appear. They are only there for a few seconds apparently.

[johntarmac]

you can cap the military transports with crew onboard but you will get a bit of rank drop

i used to put a gunnery crew into my eq-dock next to the trading station in argon prime and then get a high level bph trader to buy them, worked well..

[Tw122le]

One way to get the Military Personnel is to use X2 's multilple buy exploit ; as long as goods are stocked in the local EQ dock then when you buy multiple ships from the in-sector wharf or shipyard all the ships bought get the same amount of goods no matter that that exceeds the stock level. So as long as one of the Military Transports is heading to an EQ dock with the required wharf/shipyard nearby you buy the ships and hold on the equipping screen until the transport is docked and the Personnel show as items to equip with then equip all the ships with the Personnel and you get up to 10 times the number dropped off.

[mystikmind2005]

One way to get the Military Personnel is to use X2 's multilple buy exploit ; as long as goods are stocked in the local EQ dock then when you buy multiple ships from the in-sector wharf or shipyard all the ships bought get the same amount of goods no matter that that exceeds the stock level. So as long as one of the Military Transports is heading to an EQ dock with the required wharf/shipyard nearby you buy the ships and hold on the equipping screen until the transport is docked and the Personnel show as items to equip with then equip all the ships with the Personnel and you get up to 10 times the number dropped off.

Brilliant idea! I usually do that for shields and weapons since high end equipment Fabs are so increadibly slow then only hold 2!!! hehehe it is such a joke i have to laugh.... otherwise i'd cry!!!