I’ve mentioned this game before and those who know me well know this game is like an old lounge chair. When I’m bored I just settle in and blow a few hours in deep space.
So I’m sitting down playing a round this evening when I dock at a pirate base, sell my smuggled goods and head on my merry way. A minute or so later I get an audio from the ship computer:
“Anomalous cargo detected.”
BOOM!
Shields: Gone.
Hull: 35%
Energy Cells: Gone.
Various Cargo: Damaged or gone.
WTF!?
Apparently, this is a hidden feature that never struck me before. Sometimes when you read the bulletin board system (for missions and things) within a pirate station, you get a guy telling you to pay him for ‘protection’. Well I’ve pretty much always told this guy to space himself, but THIS time… boom. (It’s cruel too, because I forgot to even check the BBS, but according to the X3 forum, this will happen if the message is there… even if you don’t read it.)
Limping off to the nearest repair facility…
September 11th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Nice! Very cool indeed. Now that I have a system that can really run it well, maybe I should re-try. (Of course, between Spore and Warhammer there is so little time for others right now)
September 26th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Update - not that anyone will see it. Spore was fun, great idea. Just not re-playable at all.
But the big news: My MMO days are over. I’m done pour so much time into ‘nothing’.
So….can I have X3 back? *lol*
Actually, after reading forums, I’ve decided to go back to X2.
I’ll keep you up to date