Unless they've changed in X3, PSGs do a small amount of hull damage (IIRC, equivalent to about 5% of the shield damage for APSGs, bit more for the others). It's one of the things which made the Oddy so awesome in X2, and its, um, kind of the point I was making

The K needs mending, and the P is strangely vulnerable, but the rest seem fine to me. Only taken out one Xenon station so far, but that was a bit broken too: the model hung around after the station had been destroyed.

Not sure it's the turret placement: it seems that the turrets on one side simply don't work. Given how much trickier its sister ship, the J, can be, the K could be quite a mean destroyer again if they sort this out.

It seems to come and go. After a spell when I was almost overwhelmed by Khaak and pirates, I've hardly seen either for a while now. I think there must be some triggers for these things in X3, and in some ways I like it better than X2, where you were under constant siege until you could afford a lot ...

Targ wrote: It should still have shields left when it blows, guaranteeing that your shield-ignoring rounds got the kill.

Except when some head Paranid with PSGs arrives at the last minute and claims the final 0.000001%. (Sob)

I don't know whether the rate of decline is the same at all levels. I forgot to pause the game the other day while I had a bath. Not a long bath, and I wasn't on SETA, but I lost 7% combat rank (I think it was when I was at Warrior). I don't really object to this: it doesn't infringe some basic righ...

Oh btw I now have 2 things I hate more than anything in X space. 1.Paranid M6 with GPSGs coming to my "aid" in Xenon invasion mission 2 Couldn't agree more. They wipe out your shields, damage your hull, steal your kills, and then object if one of your shots pings off them. Next time, I intend to ig...

Shadam wrote: YOu got to wait until the shipyard is half full off S and M before it will produce L.

I'm not sure that that is the case. You should be able to get L by making sure that the local EqD has the necessary bits, but quite often simply reloading seems to do the job, as in X2.

It's been noticed by quite a lot of people. No explanation for it that I've heard, though.

I know the manual says different, but in the game itself, for some reason, Combat Ace 3rd comes after Warlord in the Combat Ranks. Not sure whether any other ranks are inserted further up.

I get it on a Mamba: drops to 100. Reported it ages ago.

Fighters can dock. Sometimes they can't get in, though, if you're too close to a station/asteroid/gate which messes up their pathfinding. Try moving a bit. You don't need to open your cargo bay.

Yeah, I grumbled about this a while back. The only way you seem to be able to stop it is not to carry alternative loadouts, which is a real pain.

All depends what you want it for. At the stage you're at, probably best go for an M3 (Nova or Mamba, according to taste). If you have the money and rank, you can sort out your pirates pretty easily with an M6 (Centaurs are most popular).

It's certainly true that groups of M3s have become incredibly dangerous. Forgetting all the questions about realism etc., this does pose a problem for gameplay. Now that all my pirates seem to have taken early retirement, I'm spending a lot of time fighting Xenon, who are determined to go round in b...

Why would you want gamma Kyons for a Xenon P?

I think shield regeneration needs seeing to on M6s, too.

I believe you should get the credits offered for having a police licence for the race (if you bought one), a minor race boost and a minor combat boost. Not to much to ask when you can just buy your way up the trading ranks. I don't disagree about getting the police license money or the race boost. ...

So people want to buy their way up the combat ranks? Doesn't seem much of an achievement to pay a lot of people to do your dirty work for you, and sending out sector patrols doesn't make you Nelson. In answer to the original question: buy a Centaur, equip it with MDs, and then fight a lot. There are...

Pirate falcans are a joke (unless they have psgs!!) there slow, and there turning circle is bigger than jupiter. they are my first target when in pirate sectors. usless. Not all of them. They seem to be easy early on, but with a group of them maxxed out with speed and weapons, they can become quite...