well, patch 1.4 has been released now, and no change to this mistake.

The Paranid Hercules TL still has the mining drill fitting on the main gun.
It is still useless for mining.

I thought this was being looked into for 1.4.
Oh well.

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perhaps reading this post would be more productive:

http://www.egosoft.com/x2/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32628

Regarding the Hercules mining drill hardpoint:

http://www.egosoft.com/x2/forum/viewtopic.php?p=366120

this is being looked into, as originally the hardpoint was on the left, and for some reason was accidentally moved to the front.

for killing the largest fresh clusters of khaak, nothing beats the paranid perseus with three beta PSG's. ALL the m5's are gone in 4 seconds, and to get the M3 just change to alpha HEPTs to knock out its hull.

total carnage: 26 ships dead in 10 seconds, 17500cr bounty, and not a dent in your shields.

i once had the same sort of problem in Motorcross Madness 2. I would be using my Microsoft Sidewinder Precision 2 (non force) and it would work fine, until at some random point, the controller would be "stuck" in a corner, causing the bike to go round and round and round. I wouldnt be able to fix it...

X2 comes with its own built-in 'ruler' - the ecliptic projector. manouver a large ship onto the grid, and count the squares. this gives you an accurate scale without the distortion of the FOV.

Queued commands, such as "Fly to Sector X, Attack all enemies" or "Attack X, Attack Y, Attack Z, Protect W" An audial/visual alert when a ship has no commands, such as docking at a station you've asked it to. A complete overhaul of the menu system, preferably making use of the mouse and click contex...

missiles make a difference too.

my OOS dragon keeps getting its shields blasted down to 50-60% due to pirate ships carrying hornets.

the paranid are at war with the argon, so they see each other as enemies.
the same goes with argon-split, boron-split relations.

this didnt happen pre1.2, but now fighters/capital ships actively seek out insector foes (even transports).

Anyway, this guy was flying around Paranid Prime sectors, each time was about 5 to 7 Mizuras. Then when I'm in Emporers Ridge (Whatever sector is south of Paranid Prime) he said: "I need to go to Soyery beta in Paranid Prime in [1 Mizura"!!! No matter what I did I couldn't get there. I flew noramal...

i've taken out an imperial frigate with an a-wing, it just took a long long time.

X2's problem is the strafe drive. its just too easy to avoid projectiles.

so once again, no clues about sectors to look at etc. its in a sector with four gates. there are only about 7 such sectors. And it has a bluish nebula in part of the sector. it is either due north or due south of the center of the sector, about 400-600 km out. elevation is a little hard to tell, it...

Nukester wrote:so once again, no clues about sectors to look at etc.

its in a sector with four gates. there are only about 7 such sectors.

i got a perseus with an extra 34 speed. its my lucky bounty.

target the station, and press 'c' for comms.

listen to the voice, and choose 'request permission to dock'.

now, find the docking tube (it should be highlighted by floating green lights) and fly into it less than the speed indicated to the left of your current speed.

here's a way you can prove it to me...

target it, and press 'i', press 'F9', then post the screen shot here.

no difference, apart from the sound files.

energy shield... not a perfect physical barrier. the info says shields protect from lasers and small "mini-asteroids", not entire ships.

if theres a bug anywhere here, its the fact that hitting something physical with full shields doesnt damage your hull.