tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36733892.post5924576247356310421..comments2024-03-22T11:13:26.808+00:00Comments on Life is a Mind Bending Puzzle: X3 Reunion updatembphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09037758442729422620noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36733892.post-29671373156580410962011-11-23T14:55:11.561+00:002011-11-23T14:55:11.561+00:00Hi VH. Useful info thank you. 500k for software is...Hi VH. Useful info thank you. 500k for software is outside my budget just yet but I can start preparing by dropping Nav Sats. <br /><br />From reviews I have read TC did allow a pilot to get started far more quickly than Re-union but I wouldn't underestimate my own clumsiness either. My biggest difficulty with capturing ships for example is killing my self by crashing into the ship in my space suit when I space walk over to claim it. <br /><br />Did they overhaul the user interface in TC I wonder? I am continually frustrated by menus that have a life of their own. Reading mail for example requires a completely different path through the menus when in station than when flying. <br /><br />Like you however I am actually treating my difficulties as part of the experience.mbphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09037758442729422620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36733892.post-78196253898967650032011-11-23T14:03:46.243+00:002011-11-23T14:03:46.243+00:00I'll concede the documentation is shocking, bu...I'll concede the documentation is shocking, but I think I'm treating that as part of the fun, because I'm odd like that.<br /><br />Strafing is enabled by the Boost Extension upgrade, which has nothing to do with afterburners as first I thought. I have no idea if the AIs can use it.<br /><br />Pirate ship capture is a solid consistent income and quite repeatable. Some of them even make for decent cheap fast mini haulers. Best tactic there is strip the shields as usual, take the hull down to 80% or so, then plink carefully at it with one single unlinked gun each time the shield starts to recover. Each hit below 80% hull dicerolls for the eject, but it might take several goes to get a specific ship. Works for M5/M4/M3 class - M6 and bigger need Marine boarding, which I'm not sure if Reunion has.<br /><br />Most software needs to go in the remotely operated ship, but you'll need the Trading System Extension in your own currently piloted ship to remotely trade.<br /><br />For fully automated trading, you'll need the trading ship to have the Trade Command Software Mk3 installed. Costs about 500k and is only sold at Teladi Equipment Docks - costly, but it will pay for itself fairly quickly. This allows the 'Start Sector Trader' command - autonomous trading in a chosen sector. <br /><br />It gains its own xp and levels while doing that, and at Lv8 and with a Jumpdrive equipped, you can turn it into a Universe Trader, at which point it will just take care of itself. You'll need a lot of Nav Sats deployed around the universe, so it knows where to find the deals. Clever and ultimately liberating, but initially quite complicated to set up.<br /><br />I've no idea how much tweaking went on between Reunion and Terran Conflict, but sounds like you're having much more of a harsh time of it than I am!Van Hemlockhttp://howtomurdertime.com/noreply@blogger.com