Can you make money any other way besides trading? (credits)
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Chocoholic_Jedi
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Piracy... get a couple of like-minded people together, pick on some trader or other... if you kill a ship in space, you get its cargo. You still have to sell it (which might stll count as trading) but it's not exactly stockmarket, is it.
Having said that, it's pretty hard to kill someone in space at the moment: missiles will take down shields, and lasers will take out ships, but lasers aren't that powerful... with some buddies it's a lot easier, but at the moment there's no way of splitting the "kill" - whoever fires the killing shot will get the cargo. It's work in progress at the moment.
And, of course.. you should be afraid of some of the more wealthy traders. They can afford the best ships, and the most missiles/counterdefenses etc. And you might find they have friends too :)
(the whole space combat thing is quite simple at the moment... future updates will include more combat options (ie more weapons, floating cargo and the ability to scoop it up, Elite-stylee) - but it works, more or less)
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Having said that, it's pretty hard to kill someone in space at the moment: missiles will take down shields, and lasers will take out ships, but lasers aren't that powerful... with some buddies it's a lot easier, but at the moment there's no way of splitting the "kill" - whoever fires the killing shot will get the cargo. It's work in progress at the moment.
And, of course.. you should be afraid of some of the more wealthy traders. They can afford the best ships, and the most missiles/counterdefenses etc. And you might find they have friends too :)
(the whole space combat thing is quite simple at the moment... future updates will include more combat options (ie more weapons, floating cargo and the ability to scoop it up, Elite-stylee) - but it works, more or less)
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Chocoholic_Jedi
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We need to test the countermeasures thing, cos a few people seem to be having problems with it. As far as I know, it works, but... if someone can prove it doesn't, stick it on the bug report forum.
Basically, if you have countermeasures installed (ie, you've bought some from a spacestation somewhere) - whenever you get an incoming missile alert, you have to click the countermeasure icon as soon as possible. It's a speed thing - the quicker you launch the countermeasure, the better the chance of destroying the incoming missile (I think).
At the moment there's only one type of missile (standard) and one type of countermeasure (also standard). So it's an easy choice. In future there will be more types of missile, and more countermeasures to defend against them... so the game will become, choosing the right kind of CM to defend against the incoming missile. And we'll probably add expensive auto-defense capabilities and so on you'll be able to add to your ship, too. All that stuff :)
Choco, the planet thing: is this all worlds, or just one in particular? Did it start after installing the latest patch? If not, have you installed the latest patch?
Basically, if you have countermeasures installed (ie, you've bought some from a spacestation somewhere) - whenever you get an incoming missile alert, you have to click the countermeasure icon as soon as possible. It's a speed thing - the quicker you launch the countermeasure, the better the chance of destroying the incoming missile (I think).
At the moment there's only one type of missile (standard) and one type of countermeasure (also standard). So it's an easy choice. In future there will be more types of missile, and more countermeasures to defend against them... so the game will become, choosing the right kind of CM to defend against the incoming missile. And we'll probably add expensive auto-defense capabilities and so on you'll be able to add to your ship, too. All that stuff :)
Choco, the planet thing: is this all worlds, or just one in particular? Did it start after installing the latest patch? If not, have you installed the latest patch?
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Chocoholic_Jedi
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Yes, I have installed the latest patch, but I played for a while before this started happening. This happens on all worlds as well. I'm gonna reinstall everything...that might fix it.
EDIT: O yea...it's treating me as a new character when I reinstalled it. If I create a new account, then I'll have a multi...could you just wipe the account so I don't make a multi?
EDIT: O yea...it's treating me as a new character when I reinstalled it. If I create a new account, then I'll have a multi...could you just wipe the account so I don't make a multi?