Idiocy? Obviously! Much to learn, even for Veterans!

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I will tell you a small story, dear community.

I found out, that if you target another ship in space, it name appears, you can see the distance from it to you.

And there is another number, that you can see:



So, obviously this number shows the level of the charakter. Yes, yes, now i know, too.

I played Freelancer from ~2004, and reached Disco ~3,5 years ago. As you can see, i signed on forum 3 years in the past.

I am not a newbie, it seems. But believe me or not: I found that level-thingie out only ~5 month ago.

Ok, i needed 2 weeks, from the start, until i recognized, that i can move a zoomed in system map by click and drag, but this level-thingie is awesome. As i found out the meaning of the number, i thought: 'What a handy tool... since when we have that?'
Around ten seconds later, i thought: 'Crap, i guess it is hardcoded since 2003...'

Blind spot it seems. I felt ashamed more than a bit, being such a blind guy, that i have waited 5 month. But now i will share this nice lil' story about failiure...

Did you experienced a similar blind spot on you own game-eyes? If so, please post.

Others are invited to give a polite comment, thank you.

Same as, played freelancer since game first came out "on and off" with some long breaks in-between. Only about 3 weeks ago did I realize with trade lanes, you fly towards the one showing green light to dock with. Before that I always flew in middle of lanes and let auto pilot pick which ring was being docked with, top or bottom one.