I'm pretty sure that there are a group of us from the DF forums who are thinking about buying EM. I have just a few questions/suggestions before hitting the trigger on paypal though
I really like the feeling of modded freelancer -88flak- and X3:TC with -fleet invasion- mods. This meant that factions at war would constantly spawn fleets that invaded neighboring systems to seek and destroy, and in the case of X3:TC, completely take over.
So my question is, I can't witness this in the demo, is there any way to increase NPC spawn rates or have constantly invading fleets in warring systems in EM and definable borders through owned stations/planets? Perhaps as you get closer to a faction's home system have more fleets and ships spawn to have continuing warfare. It would really up the immersion level of EM and make it an easy sell to me and my mates if we could have a multiplayer version of an ongoing space war in which we could play a small part ala Freespace 2.
Basically, I really want to feel as a small part of a living, warring universe - but criticism I've read of EM say that it can feel rather boring and lifeless in it's space.
The demo and videos are a tough sell, as there isn't much to be seen.
What do you diehards have to say about EM? Thanks in advance for any answers.
There's at least one screen shot around here showing how territories are displayed on the quadrant map. Other than that, Sapphire is a piece of cake. Nowadays, even Olympus can get hairy when doing a combat contract.
there is a good selection of different clans that have similar Goals in mind but are quite diverse in other actions...and if you just want to explore on your own during MP that's ok too...I see a lot of new pilots testing out MP before getting too involved with others and they have found themselves welcomed by the community with open arms and when they have questions there is always someone who is able to help them....Boring?? Naw that's just a state of mind for someone who cannot allow themselves to be immersed in the roll play of the Game...After a Good battle with Hostiles, PvP or CvC you can bet there will be mentioned of it in the Forum where the jibes and jabs will continue in Friendly Fashion...and if your lucky someone may just have remembered to have taken a screen-shot or two so you can share the experience through a Visual display 
And mad cat
Oddly, when I was flying with Starbuck today, with both of us in our own ships, the number of reds never got out of hand. It wasn't until we teamed up in one ship, with one of us as a turret gunner, that the reds multiplied like rabbits. And the only other time I see it like that is when doing contracts alone.
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