User blog:DimentioDimentio/Mining or Trading?

I've done both, but have prospered more in mining, all of this is my opinion and my experience.

Profit
A lot of people say trading makes more, and I can agree with that, so long as you are taking a short, profitable route, and staying focused. Other than that, mining makes more. Your profits with mining are also more stable, only going up with loyalty. If your trade route is widely used and not constantly stocked by miners, you'll lose the route, and sometimes have to plan for another route. Trading also can't be done in some servers due to starbases being too poor or no profitable routes. Mining is possible in most servers, unless the server is a peaceful endgame run mostly dry of ore.

Risks
All the time I hear that trading is much riskier than mining, however, I disagree. While mining, you are sitting around without warp, always at risk. Trading, you are warping about the map, from starbase to starbase. So long as no pirates camp a base on your route, you'll be okay. Sometimes with mining, you are either too slow or not paying enough attention to know when a pirate would sneak up on you, making you much more vulnerable.