Sat May 31, 2003 9:39 pm
Freelancer players most intolerant I have ever seen
After browsing the forums and having a few bad experiences with multiplayer Freelancer, I have come to the conclusion that many of the people who frequent these areas are probably the most intolerant group I have ever seen towards new players. I am not saying everyone is like this, but I have encountered several things that are just amazingly intolerant to me:
1) Anytime ANYONE posts on a topic that has been answered before wether it was a few days or months ago is usually immediatly flamed for being a "Newbie" and failing to "Properly search the forums". I always thought that forums were used for asking a question then coming back later to see if there was an answer, not spending a half an hour searching for a remote topic that may have been covered 29 days in the past. If you dont like it how about not reading it? If you are another new player you might read it because YOU dont feel like searching for the answer either. And if you are kind enough and know the answer you might answer it for fun or something.
2) After trying to play Freelancer on some of the servers I had a few bad experiences:
- I asked if anyone would be kind enough to give the basics on playing on a multiplayer server- I was immediatly booted from the server
- I joined another and asked how people go about hitting targets when there is so much lag- I was wasted by someone even though you were not supposed to kill players in the new york system(I guess to prevent what happened to me)
- Yet another server I joined someone asked if I needed help, I accepted gladly, 2 minutes later someone wasted the person who was helping me and said "dont help the ****ing newbies.
Now I have a few questions for multiplayer and I personally dont give a **** if they have been asked before because i dont feel like searching for 2 hours to find my answers, if you want to reply thank you if you dont than stop reading this:
1) Is there no way to import your single player stats into multiplayer because it is awfully annoying having to start with practically nothing and play weeks on end to get somewhat powerful again
2) Is is just my computer lagging or is hitting the target practically impossible because it jumps across the screen from the lag
3) Are there servers that have more than a few player slots available? I mean it an awfully big universe to explore with only 32 people or whatever the servers usually hold, I thought there would be two or three main servers with hundreds of people on at a time
4) If you do have to start from scratch on Multiplayer servers what is the fastest way to gain levels without some ass blowing you away as soon as you leave the designated no pvp kill zones?
5) And lastly, Is there no way to use the same character on different servers? It seems that it would be really annoying haveing to start from new every time you join a different server.
Sorry if I seem a little agitated but it is annoying seeing so many intolerant people playing a great game like this, share your thoughts if you have something constructive to say and if it is something negative about this post keep it to yourself.
1) Anytime ANYONE posts on a topic that has been answered before wether it was a few days or months ago is usually immediatly flamed for being a "Newbie" and failing to "Properly search the forums". I always thought that forums were used for asking a question then coming back later to see if there was an answer, not spending a half an hour searching for a remote topic that may have been covered 29 days in the past. If you dont like it how about not reading it? If you are another new player you might read it because YOU dont feel like searching for the answer either. And if you are kind enough and know the answer you might answer it for fun or something.
2) After trying to play Freelancer on some of the servers I had a few bad experiences:
- I asked if anyone would be kind enough to give the basics on playing on a multiplayer server- I was immediatly booted from the server
- I joined another and asked how people go about hitting targets when there is so much lag- I was wasted by someone even though you were not supposed to kill players in the new york system(I guess to prevent what happened to me)
- Yet another server I joined someone asked if I needed help, I accepted gladly, 2 minutes later someone wasted the person who was helping me and said "dont help the ****ing newbies.
Now I have a few questions for multiplayer and I personally dont give a **** if they have been asked before because i dont feel like searching for 2 hours to find my answers, if you want to reply thank you if you dont than stop reading this:
1) Is there no way to import your single player stats into multiplayer because it is awfully annoying having to start with practically nothing and play weeks on end to get somewhat powerful again
2) Is is just my computer lagging or is hitting the target practically impossible because it jumps across the screen from the lag
3) Are there servers that have more than a few player slots available? I mean it an awfully big universe to explore with only 32 people or whatever the servers usually hold, I thought there would be two or three main servers with hundreds of people on at a time
4) If you do have to start from scratch on Multiplayer servers what is the fastest way to gain levels without some ass blowing you away as soon as you leave the designated no pvp kill zones?
5) And lastly, Is there no way to use the same character on different servers? It seems that it would be really annoying haveing to start from new every time you join a different server.
Sorry if I seem a little agitated but it is annoying seeing so many intolerant people playing a great game like this, share your thoughts if you have something constructive to say and if it is something negative about this post keep it to yourself.
One way to make quick money is to pirate the transports. Some servers handicap the amount of cargo dropped, but i know you can get a couple hundred cargo on DA Patch and Raptor.