Ok Now What?

[EMapper]

To start with I have to say I love this game. I play a couple hours every day. I have made the trip to serenity enough to build and equip a Starmaster. I have a full crew all loyal to 100% and about 76Mill in cash. I have a Fusion Laser and an Excaliber Rack. I have navigated all around local space. I have about 430 kills and I have completed 9 or 10 contracts. Can a starmaster take down a capital ship? I found that hitting one with a Excal rack didn't even scratch it. I have gained some skill at "dog fighting." but why can't I get longer range one hit kills Cannons? Why does the Excaliber take so long to reload. It's great don't get me wrong the Excal is great but it takes up all of my hard points and take 2min to recycle. I would like to use more missle but I don't want to have to refuel and re-arm after every battle. So my question is what do I do now. How do I get military rank? Are there more powerfull secret weapons out there?

Thanks

[DaveK]

• go to Sol system, also Riftspace and Vonari space and the Andromeda Galaxy!
• you can start changing your reputation in the systems by doing quests for navy/energy, to change them to "Good", so there won't be any more hostiles in there
• get maximum rank both for civilian and for military
• you can change the economy of systems by building stations (of all types) in those systems (trade stations, research stations, ore stations, energy stations, etc.) See what kind of impact that has. Raise economies! Create good trading systems for relatively new pilots
• join or create a clan
• become a baddy and join the Reavers Clan
• join GDF and help pilots (SAR missions and general help and assistance
• Explore. Either looking for new systems on your own (especially by using a deploy constructor which you can use both for refuelling, and the sensor array which helps you scan the present sector for other AI and human ships)
• There are hundreds of uncharted systems, several asteroid caves with a variety of goodies inside
• Visit the server (9999,9999,9999)
• Or, just load up the coordinates from the many hidden systems already found by other players and go there, see what's there.
• run your own MP server - create a Universe that's a bit different
• organise community activities like a "last man standing" competition
• create a quest - there are people who will help you code it when you've got the story line sorted
• check out some of the "facts" bandied about on the forum; how long can a C1 particle cannon fire for non-stop. Does it depend on the frame? How does it compare to a C10 etc
• If you have the flair, turn some of your adventures into stories for others to enjoy
Evochron a freeform space-sim, a sandbox, so you can do whatever you want.

Source Vice:
And believe it or not, there is also a sizeable number of players who want (and have even demanded from me, lol) that they be given the option to have 'no hardship'. They literally want to fly around in peaceful space as much as possible just to calmly mine asteroids, explore caves, traverse planets, deliver items, transport people, find lost items, design ships, race, and/or recover/sell fuel. It's part of the reason why there are significant areas of peaceful space in the game along with hardship bypasses like high speed travel and stealth/cloaking devices.

You can only et mil frames with mil rank and you can only get mil rank by doing mil contracts in a warzone. Talison WZ is a good place to solo. When you are on MP see if anyone is interested in doing mil contracts in a group - great fun.

I don't know whether Stealth Generator (as opposed to Stealth "one-shot" probe/rocket/deployed) counts as a weapon but I use one to do solo scanning missions.

[SeeJay]

Hi and welcome!

Great start there.

You can take out a capital ship with any frame. I use laser and guns only. Excal are "weak" and
will not do much damage. It take up all hardpoints since it fires 8 missiles every time you use it.
Use a better missile if you need to use any. Exodus or any other that you like.
The loading time of Excal is the "downside" since it reloads itself without any cost.
Strafe behind the capital and target it's engine (U to cycle). Dispatch CM:s as needed.
That is only one way to take it out. There are other ways to.

If you want to gain MIL rank you need to do contracts in a warzone.
Talison WZ (easiest), Sierra WZ, Cerulean WZ and Arvoch WZ (Pearl).
Any contract will do, not only combat ones.

Join MP for even more fun. PvP is great fun and you'll improve much faster.

See ya out there!;)

[morbosfist]

Can a starmaster take down a capital ship? I found that hitting one with a Excal rack didn't even scratch it.

The ship doesn't matter so much as your loadout. That said, cap ships are very tough. It'll take a while, but it's doable.

I have gained some skill at "dog fighting." but why can't I get longer range one hit kills Cannons?

Because there aren't any.

Why does the Excaliber take so long to reload. It's great don't get me wrong the Excal is great but it takes up all of my hard points and take 2min to recycle. I would like to use more missle but I don't want to have to refuel and re-arm after every battle.

3 mins, and better than having to pay for more missiles. Besides, 8 is the maximum. Excal just fires them all at once.

So my question is what do I do now. How do I get military rank? Are there more powerfull secret weapons out there?

Particle and lasers top off at level 15 and 5, respectively. DaveK already explained the military thing.

[49rTbird]

Hello EMapper, 76 million might seem like a lot but to reach the highest Civie rank takes about 5 Billion. MP is great fun so hop on and fly missions with others. Welcome to the forum and the Sim. Have fun and hope to see you in "Multi-Player" sometime.

[Maarschalk]

Hi Emapper, welcome to the game and forum!.....Hope to see you out there some time!.....