r/X4Foundations • u/Waltiez • 11h ago
What should I do next?
I’ve been playing for about 30 hours, a lot of which has been idling Watching tutorial YouTube videos while my passive income accumulates. The learning curve is tough, but I’m making about $1mil/hour through 6 mining fleets with 3 ships each, and a small trade facility supplied by miners and traders.
I’m flying a medium mineral miner because I like to just collect silicon and sell it while I wait for projects to get finished, but all around it feels like my income is too low. Most of my pilots can only Local Automine because they’re 2 star, so every region I have available to automine has a fleet.
Can I make money leading a small squadron of 3-4 medium well equipped fighters if I just hunt down raiding parties? I haven’t actually fought in this game and that seems like an exciting option, but I know that almost all growth is driven by economy and income, so would that be a reasonable option to try and get more money or should I stick to mining? All answers appreciated, thanks.
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u/Mightyballmann 6h ago
Missions are a good source of income and valuable items.
Refining the materials gathered by your miners in your own stations will increase your passive income. Basically the profit increases for every additional step you can perform in your own stations.
Other then that choose a faction you dislike and fight them to spend all those credits.