Evochron Mercenary Tavern chat

[mlokz]

Hi fellow pilots! I am not a powergamer, I play Evochron on my humble machine single player and I play only for like half an hourn a day max. But I love it! I have 1.828 version. I dont care much about RP, but I wish I could trade some words with friendly people in star starion pub.

So lets imagin you are sitting in one, your old spacecraft is safely docked and mechanics are runing maintnace diagnostics, while you drink some beer.

I do fly around for a while now. I made some money mining and bought a better frame, then I flew in high economy sector and made more money using platinum mining beam. I bought a canon heatsink, anti misile system and phantom cannon. Then I discovered interesting setup, but ill talk about it later. I found out that aliance frames can do better in fight, so I was using Centurion or something like that. I was progressing main quest line, but now I have to kill some bandit lord and he have HUGE fleet. I couldnt do it, so I assigned to military and made it to Colonel (rank 150).

Ok so here I am! My story so far. I have alot of questions and I would love if some experienced pilot gave me some hints. I have the Avenger at this moment, Evoch-E is too sensitive for me and Predator/Chimera too clumsy. But I actualy dont get what is the real diference between military frames.

As I mentioned before, I made interesting combination of hardware. I use Cannon Relay Sync + Shield Recharger with weapons set to +5 and shields set to -5. I can transfer energy directly from weapons to shields which makes me almost invulnerable 1v1 if I shoot all missiles down. So why should I bother about frame Armor class, when all damage is absorbed by shields? Do ship armor class have something to do with shield strenght?

I was using Phantom cannon, but I found out that IceLance cannon is almost as good as Phantom and it uses very little energy. I did some calculations based on info I got, but numbers dont fit. IceLance cannon just crush my enemies one by one and my energy is avaiable for shield recharging. What is your experience?

Also about exploring. Are there star systems beyond quadrants on my map? Can new quadrants be discovered? What it takes to be explorer? I am afraid to just fly in deep black space.. what if I run out of fuel? I dont want to be lost forever in the middle of nothing.

Also I would like to ask you what is your favourite frame and equipment setup and how do you like to fight againts pirates and Vonari. Thanks (-:

[SeeJay]

Hi and welcome.

First, you should upgrade the game to 2.408. That is a free expansion to Mercenary.

You can also hire a fleet if you need assistance completing hard contracts. Target a ship and press F4
then see if you can hire him/her.

Here you have a list of different ships: http://evochron.junholt.se/objectdescri ... object.htm
Main difference is agility and armor. What you chose depends on how you fight.

In the expansion you have a weapons lab where you can create your own weapons. Try it out.
I think you'll love it!;)

There are MANY solar systems not on your ships map out there. I have several of them on my map.
SPOILER WARNING: http://mercenary.junholt.se/
Don't use it if you want to find stuff on your own.

You can pay ships to give you information about new systems (in the expansion). That's the easiest way
to find them. Trilateration is another way. You'll need a known starting position (Planet) to use that method.

My favourite frames are either the Avenger or the Chimera for combat. For Deep space travel I love the Mammoth.
That is also pretty good for fighting if you configure it right.

Hope to see you in MP if you chose to log on. Very friendly people out there and you'll learn a lot.

/SeeJay

[Maarschalk]

Hi Mlokz, welcome to the game and forum!........