Sisco
grandmaster league revivalist
+493|6595
Factories, hands down. But SecTraders do give some nice boost, especially when leveled up, so start them early. But factories (and later on complexes) always come first.
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eleven bravo
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is this game like eve cept its single player?
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Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6040|Catherine Black
and fun
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eleven bravo
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+1,399|5510|foggy bottom
looks interesting
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Aries_37
arrivederci frog
+368|6826|London
Holy shit just got my first m7. One of my plot missions bugged and became too hard to complete (they were spawning 2 xenon Q's when I was in a Nova) so I had to grind up 40 milion for a Cerberus. Not a great M7 but I walked in with Flak batteries and CIGs into the middle of a giant Xenon swarm and watched the enemy fighters melt Gunned down the Q's easy easy.

At least this game knows how to reward you properly for all the grinding.
Adams_BJ
Russian warship, go fuck yourself
+2,054|6874|Little Bentcock
Got a ship as a reward. No guns on it. pulled guns and equipment off old ship. Sold old ship. Could only fit one type of laser on it. Old kind weren't that. Try to buy some. Notoriety too low. Fuck. You.
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6040|Catherine Black

Adams_BJ wrote:

Got a ship as a reward. No guns on it. pulled guns and equipment off old ship. Sold old ship. Could only fit one type of laser on it. Old kind weren't that. Try to buy some. Notoriety too low. Fuck. You.
Shoulda maybe checked then, silly.
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Spark
liquid fluoride thorium reactor
+874|6926|Canberra, AUS
Yeah that's bizarre - why the hell do they give you a much shittier, less decked out ship as a "reward"?

But I checked first

Last edited by Spark (2011-07-07 06:33:34)

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~ Richard Feynman
eleven bravo
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should i use a joystick for this game
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Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6040|Catherine Black
yes
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eleven bravo
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cool
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Sisco
grandmaster league revivalist
+493|6595
I played with mouse just fine...
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Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6040|Catherine Black
joy > mouse
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Sisco
grandmaster league revivalist
+493|6595
For flying yes, but for everything else...

Last edited by Sisco (2011-07-07 14:11:23)

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Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6040|Catherine Black
I only use the mouse when I'm SETA'ing, cause it doesn't cancel it. urrother time it's joy.
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Aries_37
arrivederci frog
+368|6826|London
Are the developers trolling with the terran sectors? They're absolutely huge. You can't jump to or between them. Aldrin is the biggest waste of time I have ever seen, you have to fly around some 5 billion km wide asteroid to get to one weapon factory.
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6040|Catherine Black
You're gonna love the Bala'Gi missions...
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Adams_BJ
Russian warship, go fuck yourself
+2,054|6874|Little Bentcock

Finray wrote:

Adams_BJ wrote:

Got a ship as a reward. No guns on it. pulled guns and equipment off old ship. Sold old ship. Could only fit one type of laser on it. Old kind weren't that. Try to buy some. Notoriety too low. Fuck. You.
Shoulda maybe checked then, silly.
I assumed you could fit any laser like in freelancer. Clearly I was mistaken. I started a new game
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6040|Catherine Black

Adams_BJ wrote:

Finray wrote:

Adams_BJ wrote:

Got a ship as a reward. No guns on it. pulled guns and equipment off old ship. Sold old ship. Could only fit one type of laser on it. Old kind weren't that. Try to buy some. Notoriety too low. Fuck. You.
Shoulda maybe checked then, silly.
I assumed you could fit any laser like in freelancer. Clearly I was mistaken. I started a new game
What did you choose?

Best is to go with Quick Start, do the escort mission, then get your trading ship (which should be moored in Argon Prime) to go buy energy cells in Ore Belt, and sell them in Argon sectors, Prime, Cloud Base South-East and Home of Light are good places to sell.
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TimmmmaaaaH
Damn, I... had something for this
+725|6691|Brisbane, Australia

Anyone redeemed the summer tickets for X3? I have but havent tried it yet (the summer stuff, have played the game).
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Aries_37
arrivederci frog
+368|6826|London
Got it yesterday. The new sector apparently gives a mission reward of a Solar power plant station. Worth millions
Spark
liquid fluoride thorium reactor
+874|6926|Canberra, AUS

Finray wrote:

Adams_BJ wrote:

Finray wrote:


Shoulda maybe checked then, silly.
I assumed you could fit any laser like in freelancer. Clearly I was mistaken. I started a new game
What did you choose?

Best is to go with Quick Start, do the escort mission, then get your trading ship (which should be moored in Argon Prime) to go buy energy cells in Ore Belt, and sell them in Argon sectors, Prime, Cloud Base South-East and Home of Light are good places to sell.
Could you give a general noob's guide to the first 5-10 hours or so, of what one should be doing in general?
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6040|Catherine Black
Well, basically, do that, then once you've amassed enough credits, go for more expensive wares, scout the sectors and see what's needing and find a place where it's being sold cheap. Once you get 500k then make the trading ship into a sector trader by buying the trade command mk3 from Home of Light. From there, the sector trader should get you enough money for a factory, a space fuel distillery in the sector above Argon Prime works really well.
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Sisco
grandmaster league revivalist
+493|6595
Go for trading ore after power cells, buying in Ore Belt and selling in the surrounding areas. First factory should be space fuel like Finny said, the secotr is Herrons Nebula iirc.
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Aries_37
arrivederci frog
+368|6826|London
Go find and claim a few of the abandoned ships near your starting sector. The m3's are worth over a million each and jump-start your game a fair bit. Will save you a few hours of cobbling together pennies doing trade runs.

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