Some toughs about this game from a "green" space pilot !!!*****SPOILERS*****!!!

[Xanix]

Hello to all. As I've already written on another post some time ago, I've bought all the "Starwraith" games, but, never got the time to pay/enjoy them until now.

Some days ago, I've started "Mercenary"; great game! I've followed the I.M.G. quest, read some "spoilers", made some money and developed my game character. Right now, I've a good civilian ship, a good military one and some more money.
I've also tried multiplayer on "Galactica" server. That was perfect. Everyone was kind and helpful. That was a great experience!

Right now, I've concentrated my attention to the travel/exploration part of the game…my thoughts… long post…



Let's start…

Humans are at war wit a vicious alien civilization; the Vonari! They're in the same Galaxy, but, luckily up North.
We have three systems in the north border: Sierra, Talison and Cerulean. They are the blockage points in the war; so, we have there, three war zones: Sierra war zone, Talison war zone and Cerulean war zone. That makes sense!

The problem is; going down the space map chart, strangely we found down south, on Pearl, a war zone too!?! How the Vonari go there from the blockage on the north? There's no enemy presence on the others nearby systems. This doesn't make sense!

Maybe they're presence on Pearl can be justified by some worm hole leading to that system… I haven't found none!



Read on…

On RiftSpace, Vonari, Andromeda, WolfZone, we can find worm holes leading to: Sol, Rigel, Sapphire, Cerulean, Aries, Rucker, L573, …
So, If the Vonari are present on that systems, why they don't use the worm holes to go to the other systems and raid/attack them from time to time?

Maybe some Vonari riders should appear from time to time on those systems! Everyone will join up, the A.I. (including the player if he also want to) and defend the system, from this "little" attack fleet.



More…

RiftSpace is like "a no man's land" system. I can only find Vonari presence there. The strange thing is; there, you can find a Space Station! A "dead/ghost one"? No. It is working and you can use it too. So, to whom it belongs to? Has I've already written, only Vonari ships are there. I ask myself, how could that station survive until now?

Next one; there's a Space Station on Vonari home system too. Strangely, It's working and you can dock/use it if you pay the docking fees!?! I find it really strange that, the Vonari tolerate it and don't destroy that station. Are they making war and at the same time, selling fuel to human explorers? This is not logical…



And more…

Why the other space ships don't use the space stations and the gates as the player to refuel/trade…?

Sometimes when working for the Navy, I'm fighting the reds… The Navy CAP flights nearby don't do nothing, don't help me; just watch! Are they on the pause/eating donuts moment?
Same for the Navy "Cruiser" class ships. Sometimes I fight the reds near them… Why they don't help? Are they on the cleaning moment or on strike? They should help me; maybe firing to the bandits wit the big guns…



Some suggestions…

Why not had some pirates to the game? Some hidden pirate base stations and some pirate flight groups; flying near the gates, transport lanes, looking to plunder some cargo ships for easy credits? The player could fight them (help request) or join them on the attack. Maybe buy some illegal goods at the pirate stations too.

Watt about adding 1 turret to the medium class ships and 2 turrets to the heavy class? they could operate on automatic or manual. The player could accelerate, turn IDS off, then go to the turret to fire at the enemies and try to defend the ship. Maybe, on multiplayer, place 2/3 players on the same ship. One "driving" and the other/others on the turret/s station/s, firing to the attacking enemy group. That would be really fun!

Another one. Mr. Vice is working on a new update… This game will be even more beautiful! Would it be possible to use high resolution pictures/materials to map the planets? Maybe, at least, the planets on the Sol system? That would make the voyage much more enjoyable. Watt about creating 4 mega star ports on Earth: one on America, one on Europe, one on Asia and one on Africa? Add very high ships traffic going up/down the planet and… LET US LAND ON THERE TOO!!!

I think that, it would be also interesting to let us dock to other ships; specially when doing some SAR missions.
A nice feature, also, would be to let us "radio" to the AI/human ships when out of fuel/requesting help when attacked.



Now a spoiler/help question. Is there something special to look for on RiftSpace/Vonari/Andromeda systems? Some unusual things to find? I've read something about a lost/dead human space carrier. Where can I find it? Watt are is coordinates?


Thank you very much for this great game/simulator Mr. Vice. I'm really looking for the next "big" update.

Best regards,

Xanix

[Edited on 7-15-2012 by Xanix]

[Austin]

On RiftSpace, Vonari, Andromeda, WolfZone, we can find worm holes leading to: Sol, Rigel, Sapphire, Cerulean, Aries, Rucker, L573, …
So, If the Vonari are present on that systems, why they don't use the worm holes to go to the other systems and raid/attack them from time to time?

Maybe some Vonari riders should appear from time to time on those systems! Everyone will join up, the A.I. (including the player if he also want to) and defend the system, from this "little" attack fleet.

I like this idea and it just makes sense. It would boost there floundering war efforts... and provide a wealth of fresh VonBurger meat...

RiftSpace is like "a no man's land" system. I can only find Vonari presence there. The strange thing is; there, you can find a Space Station! A "dead/ghost one"? No. It is working and you can use it too. So, to whom it belongs to? Has I've already written, only Vonari ships are there. I ask myself, how could that station survive until now?

Next one; there's a Space Station on Vonari home system too. Strangely, It's working and you can dock/use it if you pay the docking fees!?! I find it really strange that, the Vonari tolerate it and don't destroy that station. Are they making war and at the same time, selling fuel to human explorers? This is not logical…

I have wonder the same things since I found these stations. I'm wondering if you found anything interesting near the station at Vonarion?

Now a spoiler/help question. Is there something special to look for on RiftSpace/Vonari/Andromeda systems? Some unusual things to find? I've read something about a lost/dead human space carrier. Where can I find it? Watt are is coordinates?

Well lets see... I think RiftSpace should be pretty obvious if you've been there

Vonarion might have a few sights hidden away from the main part of the system.

The derelict space carrier was in Evochron Legends, I believe I've read that it has been picked apart so much between EL and EM that it's just gone. There still may be a few secrets left to find in Andromeda though I recommend taking a tractor beam with you

[Marvin]

Yeah, I just left there ... accidently energized my tractor beam while pointing it in the wrong direction. Next thing I knew ....