Not missing anything, you have to do the story line in single player mode if you want to advance.

No, you don't have to follow the storyline in single player most of the time. The storyline allows you to advance in levels sometimes, but there are many, many, many ways that you can "do your own thing".

IF you are creative.... For more advice from creative people (warning this links to the spoiler forum):

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If you just want to fly around from the beginning with no storyline to "bother" you at all, you can play multiplayer or download a tool from this site that will disable the storyline entirely.

Me no gun


Edited by - Iron Giant on 14-03-2003 19:30:15

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The storyline allows you to advance in levels sometimes

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Following the storyline is the only way to advance in levels, not just sometimes.

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"Play missions randomly or follow the storyline". How is this possible? It seems that you cannot gain levels unless you complete the SP missions first. I've played through the SP missions once already, but it seems that I'm limited unless I follow the path. Am I missing something.

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Oh, ok. Lets back up a minute.

Yes, there are times you HAVE to advance in the single player campaign to go up a level. If you want a ship or piece of equipment that is only available at level 13 and you are at level 10, you will NEED to complete some story missions. SOMETIMES you will be able to break away from the SP story and do your own thing.

If your goal is to get to the highest levels, you MUST complete the single player storylines, or, you can download a hack from this site that gets rid of the single player story entirely and you can then just fly around, doing random missions or making money to go up in levels.

You say you completed the SP story so you have no restrictions now. Go, be free. See the universe.

But, there are times in SP when you can do the same thing, EXCEPT that you will be restricted by what ships/equipment you can buy.

To recap this dead horse:

1. If you want to gain levels for whatever reason, you need to complete the SP story to advance, or download the hack tool here.

2. If you want to "do your own thing", then after you and Juni leave Liberty space, you have no restrictions OTHER than level. There are pleanty of ships to buy, missions to perform, cargo to haul, places to see, people to meet, wreakage to find at level 11.

Me no gun

I dontkno about later on w/ restrictions and/or the lack of, but right now i havent even done the 3rd story mission, and i'm still in liberty!!! I have been playing for over 25 hrs, so clearly there are lots of ways to get around doing the story.... maybe ill do a sotory mission once i peak 500k....

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