BubbaBrown
03-05-2010, 12:51 AM
I'm always one to play the game fairly as long as the game does so too. Well, the game stopped playing fairly and either the mission designers completely putzed on this one mission or they designed it without thinking of the limitations imposed by the game's mechanics.
To avoid giving spoilers, I'll put it this way: I'm on a mission in a remote part of space, I've gotten the best equipment I could find after getting a nice reward... I thought I was ready. Got jumped and killed by a particular type of enemies. Fine, I reloaded and refitted properly... no issue next time. Continue along the mission... to be far away from a station... running into new enemies with different tactics. Fine, but I can't refit the mothership in space. (Really dumb design move there, especially with the limited number of system slots. Also no training in space? Really?) Okay... This would be fine if it wasn't for only the tactic change, but now this new group of enemies also have a SIGNIFICANT increase in firepower, too. Despite finding weapons that could be put to use to equalize the playing field... I can't use it because it is of a particular technology. So, now I'm stuck... When I really shouldn't be.
I'm able to get to what I think is the last part of the mission after pulling every trick in the book to run into the trump card: A *spoiler* frigate. Really? I'm on the third mothership upgrade (the gatecrasher barge), equipped with an expensive shield boost, repair system, and laser defense system. My 3 other pilots are flying tech 3 and 4 ships with decent weapons. And I've got the best main cannons on my mothership I can find... At least those I can find, since they seem to be RARE as can be. No matter what I do, I can't beat it. I even try just running from it... which doesn't work because of the unimaginative and uncreative lengths the designers went to railroad encounters a particular way. Seriously, this game punishes players for being smart and employing good tactics. Also, since there's a neutral following me that needs to survive... I can't do the intelligent thing and pull him inside to make a break for it... weathering the attacks on the run. I'm just out of options. I can't even use my player's special abilities for an edge when piloting the mothership... Why get those abilities if they can't be put to use?
So, are there any cheat codes in the game before I start with the memory editors and hex editors? I'm REALLY TIRED of this figuring out this mission. It just wasn't designed well at all and I could go into long lengths about all the problems with it... but no... I just want to get past it to the rest of the game. The only thing I can think of is that I may have missed some crucial on-the-way encounter because of the game's "single jump" skipping system.
Until then, I'm just going to have to break the game back into some work around.
To avoid giving spoilers, I'll put it this way: I'm on a mission in a remote part of space, I've gotten the best equipment I could find after getting a nice reward... I thought I was ready. Got jumped and killed by a particular type of enemies. Fine, I reloaded and refitted properly... no issue next time. Continue along the mission... to be far away from a station... running into new enemies with different tactics. Fine, but I can't refit the mothership in space. (Really dumb design move there, especially with the limited number of system slots. Also no training in space? Really?) Okay... This would be fine if it wasn't for only the tactic change, but now this new group of enemies also have a SIGNIFICANT increase in firepower, too. Despite finding weapons that could be put to use to equalize the playing field... I can't use it because it is of a particular technology. So, now I'm stuck... When I really shouldn't be.
I'm able to get to what I think is the last part of the mission after pulling every trick in the book to run into the trump card: A *spoiler* frigate. Really? I'm on the third mothership upgrade (the gatecrasher barge), equipped with an expensive shield boost, repair system, and laser defense system. My 3 other pilots are flying tech 3 and 4 ships with decent weapons. And I've got the best main cannons on my mothership I can find... At least those I can find, since they seem to be RARE as can be. No matter what I do, I can't beat it. I even try just running from it... which doesn't work because of the unimaginative and uncreative lengths the designers went to railroad encounters a particular way. Seriously, this game punishes players for being smart and employing good tactics. Also, since there's a neutral following me that needs to survive... I can't do the intelligent thing and pull him inside to make a break for it... weathering the attacks on the run. I'm just out of options. I can't even use my player's special abilities for an edge when piloting the mothership... Why get those abilities if they can't be put to use?
So, are there any cheat codes in the game before I start with the memory editors and hex editors? I'm REALLY TIRED of this figuring out this mission. It just wasn't designed well at all and I could go into long lengths about all the problems with it... but no... I just want to get past it to the rest of the game. The only thing I can think of is that I may have missed some crucial on-the-way encounter because of the game's "single jump" skipping system.
Until then, I'm just going to have to break the game back into some work around.