X3 help..

Mobius 1 · 23 Feb 2006 at 18:13

I bought X3 a while back.. I played it for about 3 hours, got bored of getting nowhere and havent played it since. I'm finding it really hard to make any sort of money or anything. Does anyone have any good tips to get started with this game ? Thanks

Mobius 1 · 23 Feb 2006 at 19:03

Hmmm.... okay then.. Problem is, doesnt it all seem a little slow? I don't mean graphics wise, i mean gameplay wise, it takes ages and ages to get the ball rolling, not that ive actually had it rolling yet :-/ Thanks for the advice and also for the link i shall check it out.

Mobius 1 · 23 Feb 2006 at 19:19

Buzza said:
things start getting faster and more addictive once you start buying more or new ships and weapons. When you have at least 1 trading ship with its own pilot(sector trading or universal trading) u can leave the game running overnight with the accellerated time on and the money comes rolling in.

Like elite it can be slow to start, but its worth it, I couldnt stop playing it for 2 months or so(which is a long time for games these days). What ruined it for me in the end though, was when i had a bunch of carriers, each with multiple fighters in, and the frame rate started getting very poor during large battles.

Your machines better than mine so you should be fine though

Never thought of leaving it overnight... Hmmm. But if pirates attack you doesnt the SETA turn off? Or if something like a ship comes close to it also turns off? I'd hate to leave it over night for the seta to turn off after 20 mins :/

Mobius 1 · 24 Feb 2006 at 16:08

Thanks for the input guys... kinda peeved at the moment with X3, i was doing a run in Argon prime (i think) of space fuel in my larger ship, the murcury. I had spent all my money on a cargo of space fuel when the police or whoever the hell they were said stop, they wanna inspect my ship, so i said no way, and carried on flying to the Free argon trading place. And got wiped out! Losing my ship, and my cargo, also my life. How can you make loads of money when the most best things to trade are also illegal? I never new space fuel was illegal either...¬_¬