Good to read the efforts of players, Me ! I was struggling .
My Hotas throttle is hopeless, so have to revert to to Z X keys.
Tried for ages to sort that out but no luck, and had to restart.
Tried the start up tutorial, That I failed completely. Nothing worked. All I could do was fly around and shoot. Not a clue what to do, or how to do it. Not a very intuitive tutorial …..
And yes, I spent years playing x3 games.
So abandoned the tutorial in frustration and went for a walk.
Activated game, as the Gonar start, it saying ( what was that word !) Challenging !
Ship is as slow as a slug, probably carrying those huge shields is slowing it down.
Wondered around, logging all the local sectors.
Standard stuff, put the plot on hold whilst I mapped the sectors, so I knew what was what and where !
As the ship was so slow, I used the meagre funds to upgrade it to max speed. Still not that fast, so SETA is a must for getting around.
Realising my money is not a lot, I spend time ferrying energy cells back and forth. This I quite liked, as I get to dock at my old favourite Solar stations.
Activate the plot,
And stumble about wondering how this scanning thing works! Once the brain cells connected, I was off. Doing as was told. Got shouted at by the Piranid to **** off.
Now the scanning device is pointing at the new finds to locate,
Got too close to the cute little ship to be claimed, and damaged it.
OOps.
As it was late, I went to bed.
Conclusion thus far, the text is so small, I have to get so close to the monitor to read it….
The ship is insanely slow.
It is a typical x Game start, very slow, and methodical. I am worried a wrong move, and I have to restart. And that I am not wanting to go through again.
So managing my saves is a big part of the beginning of the game.
Love it.