X3: Terran Conflict Megathread - Games

[QUOTE=Thom12255;29512150]I'm terrible at combat too. It's those pesky M5's that are impossible to hit that cause all the problems. Trading is where I spend all my time and I'm pretty good at it.[/QUOTE] Invest in some Wasp Missiles. They're beautiful against small fighters and screw up the missile defences of turreted ships so you can slip more powerful ones through. If I'm flying any combat ship bigger than an M4 I always bring a few of them along. They're cheap, too.

[QUOTE=imadaman;29515229]The fuck are you talking about titans and mammoths This isn't ice age Anyway I presume titans would be M2s and Mammoths would be TLs. Oh wait I think those names are used for those classes sometimes.[/QUOTE] Umm...those are the names they are called. M1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/etc are hard for me to remember. So I remember the actual names better.

This game appeals to me like Eve Online does. It's boring as fuck, but it's also addicting as fuck.

[QUOTE=EastBayWilly;29514702]Which ever the Titan and Mammoth is. Mammoth for transporting stations, Titan for protecting the Mammoths. Either way, a fully equiped High Class ship of that size shouldn't be so easy to take out, even if by another of the same class.[/QUOTE] Titan is a big battleship, you should be able to take something out with that. But the Mammoth has the same fighting ability for its size as a regular freighter, ie very little. Capital ship fights do seem to go too quickly, though. There's a combat mod that makes them longer.

Cruisers are the best personal ships.

is there thread about the new X game from Egosoft yet ? :) name is X-Rebirth

[QUOTE=MegaJohnny;29519137]Titan is a big battleship, you should be able to take something out with that. But the Mammoth has the same fighting ability for its size as a regular freighter, ie very little. Capital ship fights do seem to go too quickly, though. There's a combat mod that makes them longer.[/QUOTE] TLs actually have pretty decent weapons, but the weapons are spaced out along the hull, and the TLs are so fucking huge that their relatively small shields (1gj) fall quickly to anything bigger than a M6, or a squad of M3s. [QUOTE=Thom12255;29512150]I'm terrible at combat too. It's those pesky M5's that are impossible to hit that cause all the problems. Trading is where I spend all my time and I'm pretty good at it.[/QUOTE] Get some phased repeater guns or pulsed beam emitters. PBEs have a nearly instant travel time but have only reach out to 1km. PRGs have better range but don't travel nearly as fast.

I've not tried actually fighting with a TL or anything. But yeah, a TL would be killed by an M6 pretty easily, as a TS would be killed by an M3.

my current computer can't even run X3 :saddowns: [editline]1st May 2011[/editline] has anyone ever owned a fleet and conquered each race?

Just managed to scrap up the credits for my sector, activate the first gate pair in the Hub and get a second M2 (now I have an Osaka and a Boreas). Shit is cash. I'm also actually making progress with my thesis.

[QUOTE=EastBayWilly;29517524]Umm...those are the names they are called. M1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/etc are hard for me to remember. So I remember the actual names better.[/QUOTE] hm, i haven't used the names in ages, it's easier to just use designations (M0-M7) [editline]3rd May 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Dwarden;29519591]is there thread about the new X game from Egosoft yet ? :) name is X-Rebirth[/QUOTE] Yes we all know of the new game and this is the X game megahread so the discussion stays here.

Running Xtended now and in about 15 hours of real time play I've gotten 7 Uni traders and 24 million credits built up.

If I remember correctly the designations go M0 Planet Destroyer M1 Carrier M2 Destroyer M3 Heavy Fighter M4 Fighter M5 Scout M6 Cruiser M7 Frigate M7M Missile Frigate

[QUOTE=imadaman;29587585]If I remember correctly the designations go M0 Planet Destroyer M1 Carrier M2 Destroyer M3 Heavy Fighter M4 Fighter M5 Scout M6 Cruiser M7 Frigate M7M Missile Frigate[/QUOTE] I need to see a picture of the M0 :byodood:

M0 isn't a planet destroyer, it's just an incredibly big, incredibly powerful destroyer.

It destroyed a planet, that's how it got it's name. Bloody Kha'ak.

[QUOTE=imadaman;29587585]If I remember correctly the designations go M0 Planet Destroyer M1 Carrier M2 Destroyer M3 Heavy Fighter M4 Fighter M5 Scout M6 Cruiser M7 Frigate M7M Missile Frigate[/QUOTE] You also have M3+ Super Fighters, M4+ Medium Fighters & the M8 bombers, the M0 is also not a planet destroyer (although it can) It is classified as a Battleship. All according to the X Encyclopedia. [editline]3rd May 2011[/editline] I also now have 2 Terran Tokyo's in my possession. this will go well with my supreme fleet of Mammoths, Heavy Ospreys, Titans and many other assorted vessels.

heh, i think it was called planet destroyer in X2. oh well doesn't matter it's bad news whatever it's called. poor omicron lyrae (sp) [editline]3rd May 2011[/editline] and i left + designs out on purpose, they're "just" variations

[QUOTE=imadaman;29587978]heh, i think it was called planet destroyer in X2. oh well doesn't matter it's bad news whatever it's called. poor omicron lyrae (sp) [editline]3rd May 2011[/editline] and i left + designs out on purpose, they're "just" variations[/QUOTE] That was probably just the name given to that specific ship, The Xenon have an M0 Battleship and so do the Kha'ak.

oh yeah i had forgotten the xenon m0 from xbtf. [editline]3rd May 2011[/editline] silly me m6 are corvette

So I managed to snag a Argon (TP) Express for around 150,000 credits. Should I use it? If so how? Currently I have a Mercury, and that's pretty much it.

How could I Have forgotten M8 class, I don't really use them bombers though.

Install trading software on it and let it trade in some area.

[QUOTE=mu ha ha;29591848]Install trading software on it and let it trade in some area.[/QUOTE] Give it weapons or an escort too if your going into a pirate area.

how do you access the trading software?give it orders i mean?

Shall we put together a list of the best/most useful mods for X3:TC? Or throw some opinions around anyway of the mods you're using.

Here are some of my favourites: Improved Races - makes use of the engine to create large scale wars and aggressively expanding enemy races [url]http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=273973[/url] PSCO1's cockpit mod - some very nice cockpits with HUD information on the model [url]http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=254635[/url] Combat Mod 3 - major changes to weapons - slower capital ship battles, less one-hit-kills, more variety, prettier and less laggy effects [url]http://www.thexuniverse.com/threads/13553-Combat-Mod-Terran-Conflict[/url]

Okay so I started playing this recently. I started as a humble trader or whatever it was, and I've been trading energy cells and a little bit of Ore. How much money do I need before I can get a better ship? What ship should I get, and where from?

Depends what you mean by better ship - a medium fighter (M4) should be less than a million credits to buy and equip. A heavy fighter (M3) could be several million depending on which one.

Is there a reason the trader AI goes full retard when I try to make it fly to the HUB system?