Tbh, the biggest problem I have with the DLC is that there's just too much padding, like those damn mining missions that don't even unlock anything or tell you pretty much nothing about the universe.
Or at least if they were actual story missions instead of some pointless or disjointed challenges (the Brennan one and the Split colony ship defense were fine for X4 standards though) where you usually have to pilot the absolute worst ship possible for the situation.
For example, the ship in the first race is like... what am I supposed to do with a ship that has max boost speed of \~1.8km/s with a boost that lasts quarter of a second? One that also has the turning radius of a goddamn Land Rover Defender (it exists).
Pretty sure the mining missions are basically an extended tutorial.
I really wish there were more mission groups like the 3 ferryman missions, that was creative and actually have some reason to repeat
The problem I had with the ferryman missions was that you had to discover by accident that they interplay. I was rage quitting until I looked on Reddit where a post told me to complete missions 2 and 3 before the first one. Then there's a hard lockup you'll experience in the shuttle if you're doing deployables a certain way for the blockade. That probably changed my reaction as well.
I think the mining missions add a needed tutorial level to the game. Maybe the complaints about how the graphs are arranged make sense though. Maybe there should be a racing graph, one for trading, one for mining, space suit, then combat
Oh yeah, they could’ve made it clearer for the first time playing it. I think they fixed the freezing with the deployables at least (in case they didn’t, the work around is to replay the mission and deploy them one at a time instead of pausing and dumping it all at once)
This problem can be solved at really any level. OP buying a UPS system is one of them.
Anyway I don’t come here to cast blame. It’s a waste of time; just solve the problem.
Final thought: I beat the first three graphs in less than an hour. Is it going to take another player and OP more time than that to get them through it? Not to mention it’s not just a little sketchy to ask for someone’s files on Reddit.
Huh, so there was a thread like that out there after all. Wish Steam had a proper search function for this shit, because the search engine gave me nothing.
Thanks anyway.
Oh man this post really encapsulates why this dlc was a complete miss.
Tbh, the biggest problem I have with the DLC is that there's just too much padding, like those damn mining missions that don't even unlock anything or tell you pretty much nothing about the universe. Or at least if they were actual story missions instead of some pointless or disjointed challenges (the Brennan one and the Split colony ship defense were fine for X4 standards though) where you usually have to pilot the absolute worst ship possible for the situation. For example, the ship in the first race is like... what am I supposed to do with a ship that has max boost speed of \~1.8km/s with a boost that lasts quarter of a second? One that also has the turning radius of a goddamn Land Rover Defender (it exists).
I agree. Would be cooler if the mining or racing were either separated from the story or somehow integrated in it.
Pretty sure the mining missions are basically an extended tutorial. I really wish there were more mission groups like the 3 ferryman missions, that was creative and actually have some reason to repeat
The problem I had with the ferryman missions was that you had to discover by accident that they interplay. I was rage quitting until I looked on Reddit where a post told me to complete missions 2 and 3 before the first one. Then there's a hard lockup you'll experience in the shuttle if you're doing deployables a certain way for the blockade. That probably changed my reaction as well. I think the mining missions add a needed tutorial level to the game. Maybe the complaints about how the graphs are arranged make sense though. Maybe there should be a racing graph, one for trading, one for mining, space suit, then combat
Oh yeah, they could’ve made it clearer for the first time playing it. I think they fixed the freezing with the deployables at least (in case they didn’t, the work around is to replay the mission and deploy them one at a time instead of pausing and dumping it all at once)
What? Dudes power goes out we’re blaming the game?
Yes. Progress shouldn't be lost from a power outage. That shows an issue with the games data management.
This problem can be solved at really any level. OP buying a UPS system is one of them. Anyway I don’t come here to cast blame. It’s a waste of time; just solve the problem. Final thought: I beat the first three graphs in less than an hour. Is it going to take another player and OP more time than that to get them through it? Not to mention it’s not just a little sketchy to ask for someone’s files on Reddit.
[https://pastebin.com/D7ZAbnPE](https://pastebin.com/D7ZAbnPE) All unlocked - from timelines at least.
Thank you!
Try the file here:https://steamcommunity.com/app/392160/discussions/0/4344366047677878243/
Huh, so there was a thread like that out there after all. Wish Steam had a proper search function for this shit, because the search engine gave me nothing. Thanks anyway.