Freelancer

Well I got the game yesterday and I love it, is there a way to get a different storyline if you join the outcasts?

 

unfortunatly no.

other then the main story there is no story.

 

Is there any chance of this being released on Xbox? Since, ya know, its a Micro$oft game. I'd be one happy camper cause my PC can't handle much.

 

unfortunatly no.

Is it possible to be friends with the outcasts?

 

Sure. Blast a few Liberty Police ships, and after a while you'll be friend with them. Of course, after that you won't be able to land on planets and use trade lanes..

 

I heard this is a quite good game. Not as ground breaking as microsoft hyped it up to be but quite good. (John Rhys-Davies yay!)

X2 on the other hand....

 

dont deal with the outcasts, deal with the corsairs!

that way you can get a Titan, and they have bases all over in Omega

 

Hey everyone who has Freelancer, list your stats.For me

Ship:Hammerhead(Bounty Hunter Guilds best ship)
Credits:$722,803
Weapons:6 reaver Mk 1's and a Reaver Turret mk1
Level:31
Kills:1,187

 

Am I the only one who thinks that this game is higly addictive?

dont deal with the outcasts, deal with the corsairs!

that way you can get a Titan, and they have bases all over in Omega

Thanks for the hint Does this also count for MP?
And is it possible to buy a battleship (so many question )

 

i wish you could buy battleships!

hey i wish you could destroy battleshios outside of the SP stroy, but you cant.

TheBigP(MP):
Titan (Corsairs Very Heavy Fighter)
2 THOR'S HAMMERS (lvl 10)
3 Angelito MK III (Lvl 8)
300,000 credits

 

Bah, they should add that in the game, that makes the game more fun. They should also add more diversity in missions. Because basicly every mission is combat (I know that the game is combat orientated, but still more diversity means even more fun )

And my ship is too weak in MP and it's not powerfull in SP. So I won't bother mentioning it

Oh yeah best trade route is:
New Berlin - New Tokyo

 

How are the controls for space battles?

 

Well, there are two modes. Basically you hold down the left mouse button to 'drag' your ship around. (It flies toward the cursor as you move it on the screen.) Then you hit the right MB to open fire toward the cursor. The thing is that by releasing the LMB, you can click on the various interface buttons in the hud. Easier than remembering a hundred of various key combinations. You can switch to free flight mode too, by hitting space. Then you don't have to hold down the LMB to move, the ship automatically follows the cursor.

 

Best trade routes:
diamonds from Solaris station (omega 11) to New tokyo (B: 211 S: 1350)
Engine parts from New tokyo to Freeport 4 (magellon) (B:225 S:1400)

if you have a humpback you can make about 300000 credits a run, or a bit more. but if you dont have something that strong forget about Solaris station, lots of outcasts and heassions.

 

Dromedaris has a greater cargo capacity then a humpback so Dromedaris is the best to go when trading however it's armour is poor compared with humpback.

 

Do you find the controls fairly good or intuitive after a while?

 

it sounds cool, I haven't played it yet

 

Yeah, it's very intuitive... But I've always prefered playing space shooters with the mouse, so I'm not sure you can trust me.

Anyway, you can just try playing the demo...

 

correction on the one trade route:

Engine parts from Honsue to Freeport 4 (B:150 S:1350)

Edit:
and the mouse system actually works pretty well. its easier to line up range shots and you dont need to bother with changing out mouse and joysticks

Edit 2:
my current SP character:
Titan (Corsiars VHF)
2 BlUE BLAZE (lvl 10)
2 THORS HAMMER (lvl 10)
Cutter Mine

 

My characters current specs (why? because i like to show off)

Lvl 38 (Max)
Personal Value: $3,200,000
Cash on Hand: $800,000
Ship: Corsairs Titan VHF
Weapons:
2x Salamanca Mk II
2X Nomad Energy Blasters
2x DIAMONDBACK
1x SunSlayer Torpedo Launcher
1x Ripper Mine dropper

Invintory:
2x BLUE BLAZE
2x WILD FIRE
2x THORS HAMMER
2x JADE
2x ONYX
2x GAURDIAN


as for all those lvl 10 guns i have, trust me when i say they are not that hard to find when you know where to look *sigma-13, around the riegnland wreakage area*

 

I finishing up the SP game now. I'm going to the Nomad home base next. I'm sure it's gonna be a bitch but I'm looking forward to it. That last mission, I used up all of my nano and shields and had half my armor left before the tide turned and I was able to regain my shields.

 

What ship did you use for the last mission? I used the Anubis.I could have gotten the Titan and used Lv. 10 weapons but I don't like to be all powerful.

 

I picked this one up yesterday. It's pretty fun so far, I'm only lvl 4.

A couple of things tho..

No invert mouse? boo!
And if I hear, "got something for me?" or "You're new around here aren't you?", I'm gonna lose it!

 

Standard Freelancer conversation



Trent:Got anything for me?

Average Joe:Hey You new around here?

Trent: Uh...sure

Average Joe: I work for Bretonia mining and metals......This is OURRRR base

 

i can admit the conversations get very repedative very quickly. but thats how trhey can squeez the thing into one disc is making all that stuff compact and canned.