Posts by sweents

  • Final Elite Server announcement! Good and bad.

    I read all the posts regarding this down server and I have a few questions. 1) Exactly why was the Elite server shut down? I don´t know anything about admin 2) I saw a server in the UK that charges ~$6/month Is that an option? Too much paperwork and more admin probably?? Well that slammer is a hell of a guy.

  • Freelancer Rebalance 3.12 discussion

    OKay I downloaded, installed and played a few hours of Rebalance 3.12 My System Config Duron 900 Mhz 200 Gig Hard Drive GEO MX4 with Nvidia latest drivers Win98 SE USED SPmod. bat Used L1mod.bat - No Crashes Observed Review ---------- This is a big mod. I was suprised at all the changes. Start out on Earth with an XWING Like Fighter Make sure you buy nanobots and shields before you launch Make sure to take an easy mission to start with The ship now has: - an engine - a power generator Now you can buy this cool stuff for your ship: - Upgraded Engines Go Faster (Expensive) - stronger Power Generators - Small, Medium and Big? Block Generators - Shield capacitors - Various Components that affect the Shields - Armor Upgrade +25% increase - New Sunfire Weapons that pack a big punch but require ammo If you don´t have enough power then your afterburners shut down right away and your guns drain down if you are using too many guns. My XWING crusied at 100 but when I bought a new engine then I got 114 speed. I bought a medium block but it was hard to notice any improvement. The medium block had an output of 5000 while the corsair lf power gen had an output of about 3500. I saw a power gen for sale with a gen capability of 20000. Some shield regenerators take power away from the ship. Some don´t. You have to read the specs There are new ships everywhere. I even saw an enterprise for sale on a planet in the earth system. All the ships are big time expensive. But there are some serious cargo haulers sold at different bases. Manhatten has a fedex freighter for sale for about $159K. I think it had a cargo space of 500. The missions rewards are directly tied to difficulty. Don´t try any of the $100K missions until you own a better ship. New Toyko had missions in the range of $20K to $30K and the missions were doable but long and difficult. Battle Comments Shields go down when you hit something (makes sense) Shields go down as much as standard release But you only need 1 shield to regenerate (you get 25 to start) Opponent ships have shield regenerators now Much harder to kill with weak weapons I found my self using missles alot more The Sunfury is great but you will run out of ammo I think some of the missions are new Minor Flaws -------------- These flaws may have to do with my WIN98 OS but I would be suprised. Flaws are not bugs but rather small annoyances that show up. Flaw 1 -------- XWING is a light fighter but came with a Heavy Fighter Generator when I started in single player mode. When I deselcted it I could not reload it. So I had to buy a new power source. Weird Flaw 2 --------- When you go to the ship meachant and look at the different ship models. Some ships are called a Heavy Fighter but since the orginal release of FL had a light fighter there the second line states light fighter. You need to read the description to know for sure. Obvousily you can tell from the armor rating. Flaw 3 or Feature --------------------- When you trade goods with the mearchant none of planets in earth system show up in the trade database. This might be a feature or a flaw. Maybe the prices keep changing. I am not sure yet. I will have to write them down. Overall ----------- I was very suprised by the scope of this mod. Some one or a team of people did alot of work. I think they should get paid for a mod of this size. I bought the game for $30 at Fry´s and this is a completely different game now. Microsoft should be looking at this stuff. There are two lines of thought. - Increase the exploring, Flying, fighting, trading experience (rebalance 3.12) - Provide a more dynamic campaign and more complex RPG interface with more characters. I think both are appropriate and enjoyable if done well. Thank You for Rebalance 3.12