
First of all this is my first time playing such a game, never played a space game like thise before. (x-wing 10 years ago

Second thing is i got 2 computer next to eachother so i play on one thing and on the other computer i have the sector map (http://www.geocities.com/sephirosu/x3/demand.jpg)
My first day
I started easy wich is recommended to all beginners. So here i am in my buster in space wow. I did the first mission and after that i went further on my own. The first thing i did was selling the buster and upgrading the mercury. Installed a lot of upgrades (realized later that i upgraded a lot of crap that i didn't need). So whats next i thaught lets do some exploring.
In the beginning i was very frustated about this game. But after some hours playing pieces come together. Since i have a computer next to me i wrote all data for every sector down, what resources they have and what they need and what the prices are to have a clue what costs stuff. In the beginning this can be verry usefull to get an idea of the prices. Later in the game with the best buying an seller locater i throwed the list away.
After 4 hours of i started trading silicon wafers and ore in Herron's nebula to Aragorn prime wich is a good start for all beginners its an easy money maker. Then i found that fuel distillery that can make a lot of proffits but found out that it is illigal.

After 6 hours of playing i started to really like the game. Money making was still hard but soon found out about nav satelites. This thing can be bought in aragorn prime and be sold in the same sector in the trading center and it makes good profits.
Second day
More pieces fall togethor now. I'm beginning to realize how more rank i get more specific things i may buy.
In the beginning your buying stuff like engerycells for 14 cr and after a while your buying fighter drones that are 1000 times more expensive but give you much much more profits.
The first day i went from 400.000 to 600.000 the second day in 3 hours from 600.000 to 1.3 milion.
So what do i do with this money. I heard something on the forums about universe traders. (Ships you buy that trade for you in the sectors)
That looked nice to me. So i went to the shipyard in aragorn prime and buyed 2 mercuries. Then i sended them to the equipment dock to fill them with the upgrades. Then i ordered my other ships to follow me to home of light to Terracorp HeadQuarters where you can get the mk3 upgrade and the jumpdrive. I realized that this stuff is very expensive and i ended up with a bank account of 805 cr

And it was time to let my ships go. Sector trading. In the first time i found this very annoying cause every 5 min they went on standby but after an hour playing they did fine.
day 3
I went to sleep sunday morning at 5:00 cause i went to the bar. Woke up 3 hours later 8:00 to turn on my computer for x3 reunion

Played a lot of hours and my money went from 150.000 to 750.000
First thing i did was ordering 1 of my ships to get to cloudbase southwest (i think) to get the 25MW shield so it would turn i a universal trader.
now it was time for my first factory

Later in herron's nebula my factory arrives woow. And bang there it is my own factery. That feels great.
In the beginning it was a little bit frustating how to handle the factory but soon i found out i needed my other ship to buy wares for this factory.
I transfered the half of my credits to the factory 100,000 cause i din't have much anymore.
So i went back trading. That went very fast to 800,000 again.
Now it was time for some big stuff i thought. Somewhere in the borrons sector i found a very good buy. Iron disrupters wow they cost around 250.000 but i could buy them at the factory for 210.000. 40,000 profit each hmm. And here begins one of the many big mistakes

Hmm nice.. after this mistake i went exploring every boron sector to found an equipment dock in need of iron disrupters.
0:00 in the night i found myself great beef in the very very south of the map. And manage to sell 1 iron disrupter. My factory made about 400,000 now and it was time for some sleep.
And tonight i return back to x3 reunion to find again a place to sell my iron disrupter.
My tips and found on this forum
Trading tips
- At your first playing hours write down all factory product data like products and resources and there prices. It will give fast give you a better idea about the prices and where some products can be found.
- Get the trading system extension with this ext you can view all factory data in a sector without docking with them.
- Gaining more rank, more rank will give you more products to buy with more profit
- A factory with a full load of products are always cheap products.
- nav sats, these nav sats can be bought at a location and most of the times sold in the same sector with good profits.
- Later on if found buy a best buying selling locater with this you can access the 5 and 6 keys to view the products with most profit in a sector
- Satelites, dropping an satelite in a sector will give you information from all factories when your not there.
- Sector/universal traders can trade for you. But make sure you have a good bank account with 1 milion or higher they can buy bigger stuff with bigger profits.
- Always be carefull with high profit products there could be a reason why they are cheap at that moment like in my case with iron disrupters. Everyone already has that product and no one wants one. But if you have the money just buy it and you can sell it later.
Misc things
Jump drivep, with the jumpdrive you can go to each sector you have in your map by pressing the shift-j key but keep in mind you always need enough energy cells.
LOCATION: This jump drive can be bouth at the terracorp hq in home of light.
MK3 SOFTWARE with this sofware you can make a ship an sector/universal trader.
LOCATION: terracorp hq in home of light.
25MW Shields - To be an universal trader the ship need a high level and 25mw shields.
LOCATION: Cloudbase South-East Medium Shield Production Facility
Sleep, eat and drink
Dont forget to drink and eat when you're playing. you will soon found yourself dryed out hungry and full of sleep while playing this game.
Some of my facts
I didn't fire one laser in free space except in th first mission
I'm in space for 3 days without any shields except for my universal trader.
And a little question for the end
1. Since the beginning of the game i'm thinking about placing an solar plant in aragorn prime since there's a lot of factories there. Or would it be better to place the solar plant attached to my wheat factory in herron's nebula?
2. Where can i view the trade level of my sector/universal traders
3. does anybody wants to buy my ion disrupters for 250,000 a piece
