X3:Terran Conflict has arrived
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Yes it can be very profitable, much more profitable than energy runs, you want to mine Nividium if you can find it (selling is can be hard as well easiest way is to buy a basic transport fill it with NV then sell the TS back to the station) or silicone dont bother with ore its the least profitable.
a full load of nvidium could net you a few millions and a silicone ~500k, the only down side is its very time consuming to manually mine stuff. There was a mobile mining script in X3:R dont know if one exists for X3:TC not looked whats available yet.
Just transporting silicone can be a lot more profitable 200-300k per trip, energy is only worth transporting early on when you dont have much cash.
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There are maps available from X3, but as of yet they don't have the extra sectors on them - still very useful though.
This one is quite handy - http://home.planet.nl/~nijs0240/
There is a map from the previous game here: http://home.planet.nl/~nijs0240/
I haven't found a map for the new game, but thats coz I haven't really looked, I prefer to actually scout and map them out myself ingame just incase they've switched around the location of any of the stations/factories etc.
If your starting as a Terran and wondering where the new sectors fit into this map, basically there is a new North gate in 'Heretics End' which takes you into the new sectors.
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I haven't found a map for the new game, but thats coz I haven't really looked, I prefer to actually scout and map them out myself ingame just incase they've switched around the location of any of the stations/factories etc.
If your starting as a Terran and wondering where the new sectors fit into this map, basically there is a new North gate in 'Heretics End' which takes you into the new sectors.
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thinking of giving X-series a go, problem is im quite simple. So im gonna struggle learning how to play it. I heard this new one is easier to play. Only thing is im not interested in the campaigns, i just want to do my own things, like build an empire
Do i have to play the campaign or can i just do like the tutorials (if any) then go do what i want eg trading killing pirates and making factories.
If the answer is a yes ill be clicking buy
Do i have to play the campaign or can i just do like the tutorials (if any) then go do what i want eg trading killing pirates and making factories.
If the answer is a yes ill be clicking buy
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Picked this up a few days ago and damn is it hard to get started. I think I've done it about 5 times now
Merchants seem to have a rough time of things, as just trying to find decent things to sell is hard enough and then along comes Mr AI and ruins any profit margin you had!
Trying as a fighter this time and hoping that I can still make a decent amount of money.
Merchants seem to have a rough time of things, as just trying to find decent things to sell is hard enough and then along comes Mr AI and ruins any profit margin you had!
Trying as a fighter this time and hoping that I can still make a decent amount of money.
Ok, I have found a new map for X3:TC - first one that I'm aware of.
http://www.after-domination.net/ADG...iversemaps/EN/Universemap_EN_v1.0_594x297.pdf
Enjoy!
http://www.after-domination.net/ADG...iversemaps/EN/Universemap_EN_v1.0_594x297.pdf
Enjoy!
Thanks for the maps, I was more interested as to what the galaxy looked like vaguely seeing as I never played any previous titles. Bakes, as someone who never played X games before and only tried terrain campaign, there's about 2-3 mission stories you do after which you get a small "fleet" that you can sell and fund your empire doing what ever you want. But probably best to ask someone who knows how to play it hehe
thinking of giving X-series a go, problem is im quite simple. So im gonna struggle learning how to play it. I heard this new one is easier to play. Only thing is im not interested in the campaigns, i just want to do my own things, like build an empire
Do i have to play the campaign or can i just do like the tutorials (if any) then go do what i want eg trading killing pirates and making factories.
If the answer is a yes ill be clicking buy
the answer is yes, although some starts like the terran start you need to follow the first few missions to get permissions to go through Mars inorder to get to the rest of the universe.
Tend to agree, you see a station with empty ore etc ....just about to dock and AI ship fills it right up ...becomes a little tiresome after awhile, its like 50/50% chance of making it in time. A couple of stations are out of plankton ...hints of finding this stuff?
Well ive ordered the game off steam, waiting for it to dl.
So where do i begin who should i play as what do i do
The choice is yours, you can play the game any way you want. if you want to jump strait into combat then the Bankrupt assassin, Terran or "what ever the other one is" start are good, if you want to trade then the merchant start is best. What ever start you chose the way you play the game is entirely up to you.
Its called X3 because it uses the X3 graphics engine.
Is there a class that has the benefits of a fighter and a merchant?
If your a fighter how do you make your profit?
It all depends what you fancy doing really. You can own multiple ships, so if you fancy a bit of fighting, maybe aim for a spec'd out M3/4, get your rank up with certain races and you can buy a police license from them, this will give you money when you take out pirates in their sectors. Also you can communicate with pirate ships, so basically you can start a fight and get their shields and hull quite far down, then radio them and ask them to surrender, occasionally they will and they leg it from the ship allowing you to take over it and flog it off for profit. There are also specific fighting missions you can pickup.
But if you don't feel like fighting you can jump into a TS class ship with lots of cargo space and do some trade runs, you can invest in some upgrades to assist such as the best buy/sell upgrades to help with finding the lowest/highest places for goods prices. Maybe invest in a fighter and the addons needed to have it act as your wingman to provide you with cover incase you get attacked. There are also trade missions you can pickup to help with getting some cash in.
No difference at all between the starts other than the equipment you start with and your starting reputation with the races.
Lots of ways to make money fighting...
1) Factory defense missions, im starting to see missions that net >1mill now
2) Patrol missions, double proffittsssss if you have a police licence
3) Invasion missions.
4) Selling captured ships.
5) Salvaging the crates left in space after a battle and selling the stuff.
6) Assassination missions
7) Escort missions
Ive already made > 15mill all from combat, going to start setting up some ST\UT traders now.
The price of a TS class ship can range from around 200,000 for something like an Argon Mercury (S - basic) all the way to over 2 million for a Boron Dolphin (L - highly upgraded). This is going from memory of X3 - Reunion though, haven't got round to getting my first TS ship in Terran Conflict yet, but doubt they'll be priced much different.
The thing to remember is that prices can change depending on where you purchase it from, also when buying ships they can come in three models signified by S, M, L. So each ship could come as S = Not many upgrades preinstalled, M = Some upgrades installed, L = Lots of goodies installed This affects the price a lot
The thing to remember is that prices can change depending on where you purchase it from, also when buying ships they can come in three models signified by S, M, L. So each ship could come as S = Not many upgrades preinstalled, M = Some upgrades installed, L = Lots of goodies installed
This affects the price a lot