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Ostraka Kadesh
Doomheim
#1 - 2012-01-04 03:07:01 UTC
Having a certain standing with a faction enables one free shuttle available for use at stations owned by that faction.

It's apple pie all the way down.
leviticus ander
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2012-01-04 06:26:26 UTC
would be cool if there were just free shuttles everywhere in NPC stations. make them non refinable.
Jask Avan
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2012-01-04 06:45:21 UTC
They aren't cheap enough for you? Hell, I pay more in market order fees in a day than the shuttle costs.
Kahega Amielden
Rifterlings
#4 - 2012-01-04 08:00:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Kahega Amielden
Jask Avan wrote:
They aren't cheap enough for you? Hell, I pay more in market order fees in a day than the shuttle costs.


Not every station everywhere sells them.

That said, shuttles used to be sold at every NPC station for a flat 9K ISK (e.g., free). They were removed.
Simi Kusoni
HelloKittyFanclub
#5 - 2012-01-04 14:15:43 UTC
But then how would I make my trillions shipping shuttles to random systems and selling them for 3 million isk?

[center]"I don't troll, I just give overly blunt responses that annoy people who are wrong but don't want to admit it. It's not my fault that people have sensitive feelings"  -MXZF[/center]
Jafit McJafitson
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2012-01-04 15:50:31 UTC
What's wrong with pods and ibises?
Velicitia
XS Tech
#7 - 2012-01-04 16:14:36 UTC
Kahega Amielden wrote:
Jask Avan wrote:
They aren't cheap enough for you? Hell, I pay more in market order fees in a day than the shuttle costs.


Not every station everywhere sells them.

That said, shuttles used to be sold at every NPC station for a flat 9K ISK (e.g., free). They were removed.


yeah, the free trit was kind of a problem Cool

One of the bitter points of a good bittervet is the realisation that all those SP don't really do much, and that the newbie is having much more fun with what little he has. - Tippia
Elindreal
Planetary Interactors
#8 - 2012-01-04 21:08:01 UTC
Jafit McJafitson wrote:
What's wrong with pods and ibises?


what he said
just dock up in your pod and get a free rookie ship
it's a shuttle with a larger cargo bay!
Goose99
#9 - 2012-01-05 00:07:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Goose99
You should just buy those shuttles priced at 8.888 mil. Lulz@ alliterations to Chinese joke. You know who to thank for those shuttles.Lol
Elindreal
Planetary Interactors
#10 - 2012-01-05 01:36:01 UTC
Goose99 wrote:
You should just buy those shuttles priced at 8.888 mil. Lulz@ alliterations to Chinese joke. You know who to thank for those shuttles.Lol


it's not alliteration, it's a homonym; the number 8 sounds like prosperity
Obsidiana
Atrament Inc.
#11 - 2012-01-05 03:05:06 UTC
How to get free shuttles everywhere:
Step 1: Buy a shuttle BPO.
Step 2: Make copies for your regular haunts.
Step 3: Build ships from loot grinding.

They are cheap and easy to make. Your production efficiency isn't a big deal. They also can squeeze inside a battleship cargo hold.


That said, how about this: Faction navy shuttles for pure LP.

Wait, no... the Gallente shuttle would be even uglier then. It's already been nerfed enough.
Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#12 - 2012-01-05 11:48:04 UTC
Feature exists. Dock in a station you don't have a ship in. There's your free shuttle (An ibis is just as good.)
Akatenshi Xi
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#13 - 2012-01-06 09:02:02 UTC
Please excuse the OP. He just finished smoking crack at the time of his post.
Lucjan
Deutzer Freiheit
#14 - 2012-01-06 17:48:18 UTC
+1 Free stuff / bonuses from high standing with faction in station



Dunno if shuttles is the first thing it'd pick but sure whatever gets you hot.

How about shuttles bought with LP then?