Freelancer Online

Sat Mar 06, 2004 11:38 am by Vance

Are there any plans for a Freelancer Online game?

I currently enjoy both EVE Online and multiplayer Freelancer.

I enjoy the diversity and quantity of people on a single server in eve as well as the number of star systems (a galaxy).

I also enjoy the fact that in Freelancer, your success is reliant upon your ability as a pilot, and not what the computer can do with the skills and equipment that you have. I have always liked that aspect of Freelancer as well as the entire series of Wing Commander & Privateer II.

I have taken note at what was said in the Cinematics Introduction of Freelancer, and it sounded like that was leaving an opening to go back to fight the coalition in their home system. The Coalition has no doubt by this time expanded into several quadrants themselves. That seems like a great starting point for a stoyline in a Freelancer MMORPG.

Thanks, I appreciate your time!

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Sat Mar 06, 2004 12:00 pm by H.Q. Victor

@Vance, if you have Freelancer, when you open the gme to start, you can choose MP game and play online. Came with the game. Multi player forum Try here for more MP info.

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Sat Mar 06, 2004 12:07 pm by Megistos

Vance, if you mean one massive online version, no, no plans for that have been announced and I would not expect any to be, either, the regular FL multiplayer is very good as it is

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Sat Mar 06, 2004 12:28 pm by Vance

Yes, massive is what I meant. Currently the software can support up to 128 people, but most servers will not go over 50 due to bandwidth and server stability issues.

Thanks for the reply

Sat Mar 06, 2004 2:04 pm by Visconti

I agree many times mmo games tend to turn into banal pokemon card collecting. I'd like to see games where skill is what it takes more than your equipment.

Edited by - Visconti on 3/7/2004 1:21:58 AM

Sun Mar 07, 2004 12:52 am by Megistos

An online Freelancer would have the potential to be great, but as big as 45 systems are, you'd get "clogging" from sheer numbers of players after 300 or so

"A good pun is its own reword"

Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:27 am by Vance

Would have to expand known space to include more territories. As I said, with EVE u have an entire galaxy to explore and the server holds 7000+ simultanious players, so it can be done.

Someone just needs to do it.

Sun Mar 07, 2004 10:49 pm by Stormscape

TNG servers can hold 75 no problem. One Server actually has 120 poeple on it soemtimes.

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Mon Mar 08, 2004 12:20 pm by Sh|ft

That's still not alot. If someone has some secret plan to steal a government supercomputer and get some sorta huge bandwidth internet connection, sign me up

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