' Wrote:Hello, I am a player who played freelancer in 2004, beat it single player and loved it. Then me and my friends moved on to WoW,CSS...newer games. My friends and I decided to play freelancer again, and after reading these forums for a few hours, quite frankly i cannot wait to get started. My friend and I are going to either pirate (which is robbing freighters right?) or smuggle, either way something illegal. We both relish combat and love to fight, but are going to involve ourselves in the RP side as well. I am here looking for guidance and or answers to various questions.
1.Although it may seem trivial, because of our WoW heritage we always like to aspire to become the most powerful;essintially, what are some of the best ships around in the different classes, and what is a bomber?
2.Considering we will ALWAYS be playing together, and hopefully with friends we make playing this game, what are some factions or what I have gathered reading (clans) or whatever the smaller more defined groups are called. Which of these groups will fit our illegal,robbing, fighting style of play.
3.Although it will be hard being attacked at the early stages, what is the best way for me to acquire one of the ships you hopefully listed above, and how fast can me and my friend do so?
Thanks very much for your help everyone!
-Milamber
Read the rules carefully before you interact with anyone, especially before you start playing and robbing or fighting people. Discovery is a role-play server - admittedly combat forms a large part of it, but if you don't role-play, your time here will be short-lived and unenjoyable.
1. A ship is powerful depending on what it is used for. A gunboat is powerful for pirating, but gets chewed up easily by a cruiser or two or more organised fighter/bombers. A fighter is good against freighters and bombers and can dodge the gunfire of a large ship quite easily, but is vulnerable to gunboats. You will never find the Swiss Army Knife of ships because everyone is restricted in some way. Try ships out, see what suits you best. Bigger is not necessarily better. A bomber is a powerful, well armoured, but inagile small ship custom built to down large ships. Some are excellent for piracy.
2. Illegals - robbing, fighting? Depends on where you choose to base yourself. Try joining several factions or working with players in game.
3. There is no fast route to make money, and you will never find the Holy Grail of ships. Just enjoy the game in all its forms.
