' Wrote:I recently reinstalled freelancer after I discovered the mods that had been created for it. I Haven't played in years, and never played multi player, but this looks like it will be a lot of fun.
I do have a concern though; it seems there are rules for everything! I like playing a trader, but it seems as if I cant just buy X on planet A and sell it on planet B since rules tell me what and where I can buy and sell, which paths I can and cannot take to get there, what ships I can and cannot use, and if I mess up any of these rules then I lose millions of credits or get banned for 30+ days.
I am sure it is not quite as complicated once I start playing and get used to it, but it looks like quite the ordeal to get settled into the universe.
You're right on the money, it's not that complicated once you get used to it.
Don't just lose your head in all the rules, but try to think about why they are they way they are, why they make sense.
For your trading, just pick a corporation you'd work for, or go as an independent trader(Get standard Trader ID), or go illegit(Smuggler ID).
But watch for cargo space limitations, independent traders don't have as good access to roomy ships as the corporations do.
Don't sweat it too much, just play. It's not really that complicated.
Oh and, you won't get banned for 30+ days.
Just don't go insulting people out of RP, swearing at them, using profanities and such, as there's children playing too, and it's against the rules.
That kind of thing will get you banned, but a simple mistake you might make won't result in a ban, and you'd probably just get a warning.
Feel free to ask me about anything you might need.
' Wrote:I read over the newbie guides that I could find on the forums, which answered some questions, but I still have a few more.
1. I think I primarily want to run trade routes, but sometimes I like to mix it up and go blow stuff up. It does not seem like good RP to just change lifelong occupation on a whim. So, am I stuck trading forever?
Well, you see, you don't have to have just one character.
You can always have multiple characters, the number's actually unlimited.
You can, for example, have one character who's a trader, one who's a Freelancer, the third a pirate, and so on and so forth.
Every account can have just 5 characters, so if you ever need more, you'll need to make another one and store it with a program called Freelancer Account Manager.
In order to make a new account, just do this:
Install Freelancer Account Manager(You can google it for the download link)
Enter it, so it saves your current account.
Make a new windows user account and switch to it.
Enter FL, go to Multiplayer, and get your multiplayer ID created.
Exit FL.
Enter Freelancer Account Manager again, save the new account.
You'll now have two accounts in the program, and can activate them by a simple double click.
You can delete the temporary windows user account after that.
' Wrote:2. A couple of friends would probably start playing with me. The Discovery universe sounds pretty dangerous, and they like to fly fighters, so they would probably escort me around the galaxy (if we are permitted to travel through the entire galaxy) keeping me alive and I would split the profits with them. Is that allowed, or do we need to join an already existing faction and do what their higher ups ask? It seems at a certain level (40?) you can't just be a civilian cruising planet to planet and have to affiliate with someone.
That's of course allowed, you can create your own groups.
When it tells you that you have to affiliate with something after level 40, it just means that you can't be with a Civilian ID anymore.
You just need to buy any other one, depending on what you want to do.
Police, Pirate, Trader, Mercenary, Freelancer, and over 20 others, linking you to specific NPC factions, like the Liberty Navy, Outcasts, Corsairs, Blood Dragons, and many many more.
The thing about the "You must affiliate" means that you must join an NPC faction, meaning the tag and ID of them.
You have to understand the difference between the whole NPC faction, and a player faction.
There's a thing called "indies". It's basically a person who has an ID of some FL faction,
complies with the RP of it, but doesn't really have to listen to other human players.
You and your friends can form a little group of your own, of course.
You can for example use a trader ID, or some corporate trading ID, and your friends could use Freelancer or Mercenary ones, it's perfectly in RP.
' Wrote:3. The threads I read mentioned fines of millions of credits, pirates demanding millions of credits, etc. That is a ton of money! I am going to be starting out with 500, right? How am I supposed to get a million credits to pay a pirate ransom if everyone else in the galaxy is already flying a 50,000,000 credit death machine?
Those people are fined credits depending on how much they have.
Anyways, don't worry yourself with getting sanctioned. Just use your common sense, brush up on the rules (With understanding!) every once in a while, and you'll be perfectly fine.
Anyways, those pirates rob people for sums of money depending on how much they have.
If you're a pirate, and you see someone, and know he's making 5 million with the route, you'll ask for say.. 2 million.
But if you see he's earning 500k per route, you'll rob him for maybe 100k.
It all depends on the situation.
Also, don't worry, there's a rule protecting people under level 40.
People can't attack or pirate you except in selfdefence until you reach a level over 30 or 40, can't remember exactly right now.
And don't worry about having or not having money, it all evens itself out sooner or later.
For getting startup funds, you can feel free to talk to me, seeing how you seem like a nice player, I can boost you up with a bit of cash just to help you get on your feet.
I also recommend mining Silver in the Colorado Silverton field and work your way up with bigger cargo ships up unto a transport.
' Wrote:Overall the mod looks great, and I am excited at the prospect of playing on a multi player server. If someone could give me some feedback on my questions I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks
Risiko
I hope I helped you enough, ask anything else you might need.
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