I also want more than what I think I see with the combat system. Holman wrote:I've almost bought X3 several times, but I keep being put off by the idea that it's more a trading game than anything else. I'll look for it but I can't seem to find it yet. There was - and still is, I can't find it now - a shorter, sweeter Tutorial series of posts on a forum that I once enjoyed because they gave me some specific advice useful at various early stages. Simon Greene's soap opera Deathstalker gets me in the mood for X3.īlackhawk's already posted the YouTube tutorials series link. Ships disappear sometimes, and are never seen again. Every year more worlds are brought into the Empire, and the frontiers press hungrily outward. The Empire is growing too large, too cumbersome, though no one will admit it, or at least, no one who matters. Never enough ships to cover the vast areas of open space.
Starcruisers patrol up to the Rim, but there are It's easy to get lost out there, far away from everything. Beyond the Rim lies uncharted darkness, where no stars shine and few ships go. Strange planets and stranger people can be found on the edge of Empire, where habitable worlds are few and civilization grows thin. I may not be enjoying it in the same way a Left 4 Dead or Fall Out frenetic way, but I do like the feel of its more leisurely pace. I haven't played in a year but at one time X3 was almost all I played: it's the sort of game that once I get into, I'm kinda hooked. Granted, this is all with mods - but the vanilla game does have the derelict ships to find, which makes starting off leagues easier. Then I start using that for assassination missions, and keep the ball rolling.
I'll work out a few small missions while trading, scout around, and generally try to keep myself in a low-profile mode until I can afford a better fighter craft. During this time, I try to explore as much as I can in my acquired scout to pass the time. Now I've got a repaired Trade ship, a good Transport ship, and a serviceable Scout ship. My second big task is to try and find another derelict "transport" class ship, which I use to increase my trade. Once it's fixed, you can start doing faster manual trades and keep exploring. After that's done, I need to fix my ship - which is a long process of manual trading with a SLOW ship. I've memorized where a "freebie" derelict ship is near where you start - which makes that my first task. I like to start with the Teladi Trader, which gives me a battered old hauler to start with. Getting your first few trade ships in X3 is always the absolute hardest, sloggest, pain-in-the-assest part of the game.
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