Two things badly needed for the new players

[Dab]

I'd be happy to bash anyone who complains about being a GC and that the GC hate them.

You know how long it took my GC-tagged fighter to get full green with them? Approximately 50 minutes of shooting Kusari ships. Woop-de-do, get to work.

As for instant docking, do it manually. No more pesky NPCs. Farthermore, you shouldn't hit dock until your at the place where dock goes to widescreen mode. Doing it anytime sooner than that is just stupid, as even if it was normal docking, your ship would fly around to the docking port. Fully able to be shot. Its a part of the game, and your expected to find out how to deal with it just like the rest of the game. Complaining didn't stop the Nomads. Or anything else for that matter.

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[onca]

(Hey Jes, you wanna take this one or shall I?)

~sighs~ Kittani I really don't know what your problem is. I, and everyone else around here, has no problem flying a fighter, not getting dock-raped, raising sufficient money, and obtaining an ID. Myself, I fly a Rhino in Rheinland and the zone worlds, with those guys shooting at me all the time, and I get by ok. I've never heard anyone complaining about NPC's being too hard.

I suggest you need a little more practice in the SP sandbox before playing with the big boys. Did you finish the original storyline, for example?

This mod has speed-docking enabled, and it's really not very hard finding the docking points on each base -- then you zoom up in your fighter on cruise, hit F3 and *bam* instantly in the base. Just takes a little practice. Hint: Speed-docking points for planets are the mooring fixtures (not the dock rings).

The monetary thing is quite balanced. Stuff in Discovery is more expensive, sure, but you also are given a lot more money. Missions give about 2x over vanilla Freelancer, and they also drop much more loot, including pilot which fetch $1000's. Starting money of $8500 is spot on.... what, you want to go to an Eagle straight away?

Asteroid fields also drop much more loot. One Q&D (quick & dirty) strategy for raising cash, is simply go to the Colorado fields and collect silver and sell at Manhattan. It can be done in under a minute to fill a Starflier, to sell for $13,000. After a couple of runs *bam* you can upgrade to a much better ship.

Oh but wait, there are level 1 Xenos in Colorado.... you may have too much trouble.

As for the thruster thing.... complete rubbish. I regularly take Centurions/Titans apart in my Drake in exactly that manner, and I can tell you shooting off the thruster (and other equipment) does work.

I occasionally have issues with the starting rep, if I'm making a pirate character. But it just takes a bit more work (and bribery cash) to get your rep right.

Well sorry for being so long winded, but honestly Kittani I've never seen such a bunch of complaining. Maybe you should stick to cruising into asteroids at 3600 m/s.

[Fellow Hoodlum]

Kittani, think this mod is not for you then really is it ? No one else has had such a ferocious attack reserved so
early, for something they have given so little time to.
Never going to be happy with whats on offer are you ? Doesn't suit everyone obviously, just we sort of like the
way it is, makes you have to use a bit of brain power to get to where you want to be. Did you not consider the
fact that its the same for absolutely everyone else, didn't hear a peep from them.
Tell you what, I'll pick up the tab for your coat check, and thats the door over there. Apparently we are 'The
Wolfpack', we sort of look after our own ...

Hoodlum:P

Damn O. ... Tooo much talking while I was typing, beat me to it ... Ah well its here anyway

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Some say he is a proud member of: "The most paranoid group of people in the Community."

[Eppy]

Tell you what, I'll pick up the tab for your coat check, and thats the door over there. Apparently we are 'The
Wolfpack', we sort of look after our own ...

Hoodlum:P

"We are the Wolfpack"?

Dear god...Apologies...That wasn't supposed to be used like that at all. It's original attempted meaning seems to have been completely lost. If anybody sees this, don't use it like that.

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Quick comment - we thought that Panzer was the Leader, Swift. -Agmen

Which Dreadnought was that?

One of your nine.

[Doom]

is this first time u play this game on line?
even in unmoded vanilla FL u get warning that game experience may change on line...and if some of us can fly in starflyer to border worlds and even to nomad systems..u sure can manage your way around new york to get some money...later when u get more experience u will see how easy is to get money and ships...

I also heard that u didn't know your way from Honshu to New York...how the hell did u even got to Honshu in the first place?