#X3 terran conflict terran ships full#

Not so: those pirates are accurate and their weapons powerful. I figured that I was about 200 km/s faster, so it would be a cakewalk. In previous attempts, I had tried to take these guys on too. Easy peasy.Д«ut that still left the 3 pirate ships. Once those Xenons arrived at my location, they were set upon by some local merchant ships, distracted, and left open for the kill. But since I was about 35 km away, the Pirates themselves took down one Xenon, while the other 2 Xenons flew toward me. Usually I would be right in the thick of it, shooting hard and dying fast. At the 2nd base, I docked, saved, and SETA'd until the little cutscene of the transport jumping out turned on. Took the advice about picking and choosing fights, and finally finished Mission 2.ДЄfter jumping into the new sector (the one with two pirate bases), I went to the 2nd base, rather than follow the pirate's ship to the 1st base (where the Xenons spawn). I'm eager to progress into the story, but I'm pretty chuffed that I'm getting slaughtered repeatedly (this is made worse by the Spartan save system).

#X3 terran conflict terran ships full#

I went from baggin Xenons with full wing support in friendly space, to being attacked by 3 pirates and 4 Xenons in enemy space. I know this is something that every review and forum thread discusses, but man, I was totally unprepared for the jump in difficulty that hits in the 2nd mission. It's a damn hard game: The learning curve is incredibly steep. A high cost, imo, for a game that's about flying around in space. This does - as the reviews warn - come at great expense I've had to turn my AA down to 2x to get 30fps. It's a beautifiul game: The different fighter ships, bases, platforms, frigates are all carefully textured and intricately detailed. So far, I've completed about 3 hours, mostly SETA, playing as the 'Terran Defender'. So I'll probably quit Spring for the next month or 2.I picked this game up from Steam on the weekend. Speaking of which, you just reminded me that I need to start playing again. However, you shouldn't wait for them before you start capturing. That's exactly what you'd want for capturing ships. PBEs burn through shields like nothing, and they do low amounts of hull damage. To do this, you'll need to either earn enough cash and rank high enough to buy it from various factories. Have that ship follow you into friendly space, while eliminating the other ships that you don't want in the process.Д®dit3: General capturing tip: Any way you can, get PBEs. Mass a large group of M3+ from either the Xenon sector or buy it from Terran sectors if you have access, and go out there and take whatever you want.Д®dit: Oh, Xenon assault missions were also very fun in X3, not sure how they play out in TC, but they're a double win since they're (usually) easy money if you have a decent fighter, AND they quickly rank you with whichever race you're fighting for, allowing you to get equipment access rapidly.Д®dit2: Here's a Xenon sector raiding tip: wait around the Xenon border gates, either in the Xenon sector or in the friendly space, then wait for the class of ship you want to arrive. The easiest way to earn fast money is to look up the chart of abandoned ships, then get all of them one by one, THEN start raiding Xenon sector for M3+.