Playing With Seven Headquarters (in Vanilla X3AP)

[Bothersome]

GeminiFire, thanks for the kind words.

I'm going to put my reply about game save #2 in the spoiler below...

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The game starts you out in an Unfocused Jump Sector. The only way out is to jump out (a ship with a jump drive and energy and Shift-J). The challenge for that start is to figure out a way to save all 7 player headquarters, even the ones in that unfocussed space. It can be done, but you cannot be in the ship when it jumps if you want to save the last two. (just a hint)

If you do not care for all 7 PHQs then just play with the 3 you found and continue from there to build your empire. Of course, you could exploit 4 more or even more PHQs yourself. But then, you kind of take away the challenge of the start.

ConCorDian, thank you, your apology accepted.

[Vayde]

Awesome thread, very entertaining, with a happy ending. Man you should write a book

[ThommoHawk]

Having thought about this a bit more (I will title it "The Bothersome-Expert Incident" ), what really stands out to me now, is these guys knew about this for what - 3 years? (not sure) but a looooong while anyways. I doubt that anyone else could have contianed this higly classified info for as long as they did. Most folks would have been bursting themselves to post it up on a thread. So with that as a thought, I would not have blamed these guys if they had extended the time for the GREAT REVEAL for even a month or more. Interesting contrubutions like this can only enhance this forum ...

[Olterin]

Wow, this certainly is/was an interesting thread - fun read, too

As for the exploit itself ... wow, just, wow. Nice catch!

[David Howland]

Congratulations on the revelations and a most entertaining thread Bothersome, enjoy the kudos fellas!



I will point out here that, though I seem to have developed a reputation in certain circles as a clumsy, difficult debater who is likely to go off the deep end at the least provocation? I have been reading this thread from the beginning and adding in posts of my own, I AM NOT one of the many wolves who beset Bothersome with demeaning accusations and now owe him an apology!
SORRY Bothersome for lowering the tone of this post but I do not have long before the wolves gather and banish me from these forums forever!

[MaxEd]

Having thought about this a bit more (I will title it "The Bothersome-Expert Incident" ), what really stands out to me now, is these guys knew about this for what - 3 years? (not sure) but a looooong while anyways. I doubt that anyone else could have contianed this higly classified info for as long as they did. Most folks would have been bursting themselves to post it up on a thread. So with that as a thought, I would not have blamed these guys if they had extended the time for the GREAT REVEAL for even a month or more. Interesting contrubutions like this can only enhance this forum ...

Well for some ppl this game is "just a game"...the rest can argue this statement forever