What's your favorite type of ship in Freelancer?

[pjcolon]

So far my favorite type of ships are the freighters with their big cargo holds and the 5 turrets they can equip. What is your favorite type of ship so far the light fighters the heavy fighters or the freighters?

 

[naddicott]

I'll have to say the very heavy fighters, although I've only tried one so far. I'm not sure it is as much the ship as me finally figuring out how to dogfight and not take 5 mintues to kill each bogey (I was staying too close, they were always moving off the screen). Still, I enjoy being able to mow down an enemy ship in one or two passes.

Flying the freighter was fun, but I almost never fired a shot when I was using one, just tucked tail and ran.

 

[datalink7]

Titan w/ 4 class 10 weapons, a class 9 and a class 9 missle launcher 🙂

Only thing that gives me trouble is, well, nothing. 🙂

 

[Argo]

Originally posted by: datalink7
Titan w/ 4 class 10 weapons, a class 9 and a class 9 missle launcher 🙂

Only thing that gives me trouble is, well, nothing. 🙂

How/Where did you get that ship?

I just saved the world from nomads and i'm level 18. Don't really know what to do now, so I'm flying missions, trying to level up. I got order heavy fighter with 6 level 6 weapons and a level 6 turret. The only better ship I found so far is in reinland with level 8 weapons. But it says I need to be level 24 to buy it.

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: Argo

Originally posted by: datalink7
Titan w/ 4 class 10 weapons, a class 9 and a class 9 missle launcher 🙂

Only thing that gives me trouble is, well, nothing. 🙂

How/Where did you get that ship?

I just saved the world from nomads and i'm level 18. Don't really know what to do now, so I'm flying missions, trying to level up. I got order heavy fighter with 6 level 6 weapons and a level 6 turret. The only better ship I found so far is in reinland with level 8 weapons. But it says I need to be level 24 to buy it.

The Titan can be found only on the Corsairs bases. I think Omicron Alpha or THeta or something. I don't remember names very well (the systems to the south/south east of Rheinland).

You pretty much have to go to a bar near their bases and bribe them to like you, then you can go to their base and land. It costs 750,00 credits.

Class 10 weapons can only be found on derelict ships... I forget where I got mine 🙁

 

[Argo]

What about the storyline? Is it over or is something else going to surface soon?

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: Argo
What about the storyline? Is it over or is something else going to surface soon?

It is over sadly 🙁 13 missions is WAY too short considering the ammount of time they had to write a story.

I'm sure there is an expasion in the works, but still...

You can go up to level 38 trading and doing random missions. I am at 33 (have to be 30 to get the Titan) and I think I'm done. I just wanted to get the Titan. Playing random missions is only fun for a short while.

 

[kleinesarschloch]

Playing random missions is only fun for a short while.

nothing random about those missions. they are all EXACTLY the same. i got to level 38 VERY quickly, and once you get a titan or a sabre, and you get all the lvl10 weapons, and maybe a few nomad weapons, there is really NOTHING left to do. very dissapointed by freelancer.

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: kleinesarschloch

Playing random missions is only fun for a short while.

nothing random about those missions. they are all EXACTLY the same. i got to level 38 VERY quickly, and once you get a titan or a sabre, and you get all the lvl10 weapons, and maybe a few nomad weapons, there is really NOTHING left to do. very dissapointed by freelancer.

I LOVED the game... while it lasted. But it had WAY more potential, and should have been way longer.

 

[MrBond]

You guys saying it's too short, did you venture online at all? I think it'd be fun with some friends so you could setup trade routes and have them there to guard you in light/heavy fighters.

Early in the game, I am liking the Rhino freighter. The lack of manueverability is easily made up by the shear amount of weapons you can mount on it and the cargo capacity.

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: MrBond
You guys saying it's too short, did you venture online at all? I think it'd be fun with some friends so you could setup trade routes and have them there to guard you in light/heavy fighters.

Early in the game, I am liking the Rhino freighter. The lack of manueverability is easily made up by the shear amount of weapons you can mount on it and the cargo capacity.

Yah, I tried Multiplayer. That too had a lot of potential that just isn't there.

You just go on a bunch of the "random" missions. You can team up with buddies if you want... but it doesn't really get more interesting than that.

THey should have set up factions, allowed you to wage war, get battleships and cruisers, etc etc etc. But they didn't.

I'm looking forward to an expansion pack hopefully.

 

[DARRIN]

Just played my first mission las night. Looks like it will be a pretty interesting game.

 

[pjcolon]

It does feel like they left alot of things out of the game, perhaps for expansion packs or bonus patches. I hope they also add ballistic weapons instead of just the energy weqapons in the game right now.

 

[Rayden]

ballistic weapons?
here is the definition.

ballistic missile
n.
A projectile that assumes a free-falling trajectory after an internally guided, self-powered ascent.

there is no falling in space really, no up or down. so are ballistic missiles possible in space?

and there are guided missiles in the game, along with torpedoes.