NEWS: X3: Terran Conflict news, all in one place for your convenience - 22-10-08

bounty_hunter66 · Post by **bounty_hunter66** » Fri, 29. Aug 08, 18:03

that would be GREAT

BugMeister · Post by **BugMeister** » Fri, 29. Aug 08, 18:15

- looks like the Missions Director will get a real boost,

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=196971

- assuming it all links in with the new interface, etc..

- thanks for the update, BurnIt!

Post by **Nanook** » Fri, 29. Aug 08, 18:27

Demotruk wrote:Didn't one of the things that were translated from German mention the ability to go to deep space between sectors? Perhaps the layout of sectors has changed, so that the boxes are not closed as they are in X3.

That would make sense for the Sol System, where all travel is relatively short-ranged interplanetary journeys. But it wouldn't make sense for the vast majority of systems, since they could be galaxies apart physically but neighbors via the gate system. If I were you, I wouldn't count on a complete rewrite of the X-Universe lore just yet.

Poacher886 · Post by **Poacher886** » Fri, 29. Aug 08, 19:09

I notice on new content is 'Boarding parties'.

How will these work then??????

unknown1 · Post by **unknown1** » Fri, 29. Aug 08, 19:23

The Terraformers are coming .More advanced more powerful.YYYYYY HAAA.Let them come to me.

Post by **Cycrow** » Fri, 29. Aug 08, 20:08

Poacher886 wrote:I notice on new content is 'Boarding parties'.

How will these work then??????

no information is available about them yet

shilhi · Post by **shilhi** » Fri, 29. Aug 08, 20:20

Until it comes out, I am patiently waiting...

Im still hoping they have an awesome Kha'ak custom start.

BugMeister · Post by **BugMeister** » Fri, 29. Aug 08, 20:41

will the current X3Bonus Pack items all be included in TC, as standard..??

- sorry if it's been asked before, but the post on TC is becoming vast..

Post by **Nanook** » Fri, 29. Aug 08, 20:48

All currently known official info on what X3:TC contains is available in the OP. Anything else is pure speculation.

A5PECT · Post by **A5PECT** » Fri, 29. Aug 08, 21:04

Even if the Accelerator Gates are functionally similar to X-universe Jump Gates, there's still one obvious difference:

The former probably won't offer jump drive compatibility.

Draakon · Post by **Draakon** » Fri, 29. Aug 08, 22:40

bounty_hunter66 wrote:My biggest fear is: Having the new mission interface and more missions is acctualy hiding the fact that there is no PLOT, only side little missions. And apart from that, the usual, "new ships new sectors" thing.

There is a PLOT. Always been. Its even in the books or movies. A PLOT is a main story of current act. But sometimes game,book or movie can show or will show other stories too that don't connect with the PLOT. And normally for games, to continue the PLOT line, you need to do missions, even sometimes you have to do 5 missions at once or complete non-plot stories.

KennethX3Freak · Post by **KennethX3Freak** » Fri, 29. Aug 08, 22:50

unknown1 wrote:The Terraformers are coming .More advanced more powerful.YYYYYY HAAA.Let them come to me.

thats good, i eat xenon for breakfast and khaak for lunch, (ABSOLUTELY NO PUN INTENDED)

ill wipe out those xenon so fast they wont have time to say "danger will robinson danger!"

Cr0ssbow · Post by **Cr0ssbow** » Fri, 29. Aug 08, 22:55

Draakon wrote:
bounty_hunter66 wrote:My biggest fear is: Having the new mission interface and more missions is acctualy hiding the fact that there is no PLOT, only side little missions. And apart from that, the usual, "new ships new sectors" thing.
There is a PLOT. Always been. Its even in the books or movies. A PLOT is a main story of current act. But sometimes game,book or movie can show or will show other stories too that don't connect with the PLOT. And normally for games, to continue the PLOT line, you need to do missions, even sometimes you have to do 5 missions at once or complete non-plot stories.

Yeah I'm not too worried about this, mainly from the audio clue in the Think video where the narrator said that we will be "guided visually through 1 of up to 5 missions" which makes me think that we'll have 5 "plot" missions such as in Brennan's start in X3 with the cutscenes and the voiceovers, etc etc.

Of course, I realize that it is probably a mistake to put so much speculation into a single line from a promotional video, but if I'm wrong...I always prefered the sandbox non-story starts anyways.

EDIT: while I was rewatching the THINK video to quote that line, i realized the mission panel had a difficulty rating on it...now that's reeeeally interesting. Will I finally not have to sit and try and gauge what I will be fighting by the # of credits I'm getting? No more being asked to take down a TL with my Discoverer? Will the difficulty scale depending on what ship I accept the mission with? (I doubt it and hope not) I NEED THIS GAME!

Poacher886 · Post by **Poacher886** » Fri, 29. Aug 08, 23:03

I hope the game plays well, with all stations and HQ's available to the NON plot player like myself...

I don't mind the odd ship thats not found if your playing without the plot, but the inclusion of NPC's creating their own empires must definately exist in the non-player game.

Another thing is the mention of making the game much easier to start....i hope they dont bombard you with ships and weapons to start the campaign off with, much better to start with nothing and build slowly.

MegaJohnny · Post by **MegaJohnny** » Fri, 29. Aug 08, 23:20

Cr0ssbow wrote:
Yeah I'm not too worried about this, mainly from the audio clue in the Think video where the narrator said that we will be "guided visually through 1 of up to 5 missions" which makes me think that we'll have 5 "plot" missions such as in Brennan's start in X3 with the cutscenes and the voiceovers, etc etc.

Of course, I realize that it is probably a mistake to put so much speculation into a single line from a promotional video, but if I'm wrong...I always prefered the sandbox non-story starts anyways.

EDIT: while I was rewatching the THINK video to quote that line, i realized the mission panel had a difficulty rating on it...now that's reeeeally interesting. Will I finally not have to sit and try and gauge what I will be fighting by the # of credits I'm getting? No more being asked to take down a TL with my Discoverer? Will the difficulty scale depending on what ship I accept the mission with? (I doubt it and hope not) I NEED THIS GAME!

I interpreted one of five missions as you can have up to 5 parallel active missions at once. But who knows, we'll have to wait.

bounty_hunter66 · Post by **bounty_hunter66** » Sat, 30. Aug 08, 00:16

The 5 mission thing is refering to taking 5 missions simultaneosly. BBS style missions NOT the PLOT, STORY. Normal Default missions like....taxi, kill this, kill that, transport that etc.

Tycow · Post by **Tycow** » Sat, 30. Aug 08, 01:01

To: Mr X

This email is only an acknowledgement of receipt of your order which has been passed to our dispatch department to be processed.

Thank you for ordering with www.play.com

Please check the following order information:

Order Reference(s) : X3TCX3TC

Item : X3: Terran Conflict
Price : GBP 17.99
Quantity : 1
Delivery Cost : Free

Woo! Preorder is in and now I'm excited... this is going to be the slowest month ever.

It's like waiting for Xmas (get it? Hehe!)

A5PECT · Post by **A5PECT** » Sat, 30. Aug 08, 01:55

I remember hearing that there will be multiple plot-enabled starts available, but I'm wondering if there will still be some available without any storyline at all.

Demotruk · Post by **Demotruk** » Sat, 30. Aug 08, 02:00

KloHunt3r wrote:I remember hearing that there will be multiple plot-enabled starts available, but I'm wondering if there will still be some available without any storyline at all.

I think he said there was. "Enabled" was on some of the starts on screen so I assume "disabled" is there too unless it's just a relic from X3.

KennethX3Freak · Post by **KennethX3Freak** » Sat, 30. Aug 08, 02:16

i figured id post the TC trailers for viewing if there are anymore people like me who cant use anything other than youtube. so here they are, quick to load and decent quality, enjoy.

TC teaser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUXlmQXrUQs

TC Build Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhRO9bQZnXU

TC Think Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErS5eOxNqU8

NEWS: X3: Terran Conflict news, all in one place for your convenience - 22-10-08

Terran Conflict Trailers (for those who only have youtube working)