As long as you keep the ground fights

those would make it very interesting

Yeah, they would be interesting, but they would make it really really complicated. I'm in favour of making this thing a little simpler. What we might be able to do with them is have every fighter-pilot, after defeating the enemy ships defending a planet, be able to land on the planet and become a guerilla warrior or whatever they're called. It seems a little more realistic, plus less expensive.

What I really like about 2.1 is that DSQrn eliminated all the commodities except food and metal. That makes everything SO much easier to keep track of.

Edited by - [ACWilde on 12/16/2004 7:00:04 PM

ABSOLUTELY NO GROUND FIGHTING!

It is unnessacary and way too complicated.

How dare you wilde you will pay for that

There is no reserving factions until the next "Reserve a Faction" thread comes up.
I too am opposed to the ground fighting for two reasons.
1- It adds a overly complex part to the game.
2- It has NOTHING to do with Freelancer. In the game, there was no mention of armies or any sort of fighting on planets. The only thing that resembled that was Trent shooting at the Chancellor in the final part of the game. One freelancer with a gun does not count as the armies that DSQrn has added for 2.1.
I expect to post the 3.0 rules on the CYOF site today or tommorow. Then, you guys can take them apart and examine them here. I will make changes accordingly.

Whoa Whoa Whoa.
Umm,
the resource changes are bad, I hate them.
Ground Combat = good

"I like liberty rogues, they make a funny little popping sound when they die"
10 points to whoever guess what I messed with for that

Definitely don't like the idea of ground troops. Some kind of boarding parties mabey to allow a base to be captured rather than destroyed. Actually I dont like most of the changes. This RPG went well it just needed a few tweaks, not a complete overhaul. And simplifying the rules by removing strategic aspects like multiple resources and ship stats is going to make the game seem boring to those of us who already know how to play.

Edited by - vorticaldwarf on 12/4/2004 1:37:31 PM

Exactly.
All 3.0 needs to be is a few tweaks on 2.0's rules. I have nearly completed the tweaking process, so expect things to be ready for unveiling soon.

um I would be intrested in being Xenos but would I have enough stuff to stay hidden/survive for more than 3 turns?

Yes. With the new rules, I don't think you will have a hard time at all doing that.

127.0.0.1 if my secret idea works than you would be able to be safe for a while. If it doesn't i'm pretty sure jakob will think of something else to keep factions like the Xenos alive.

Hey, the 3.0 rules are up on the site!
Check them out under the "New Projects" section.

Awesome rules! Especially because my idea was used lol. I do have one question about the secrets though, when a faction buils a new base, can they keep it a secret or do they have to anounnce where it is?

k, good . Could Radiation/ Debris field damge be added? ex : Badlands have a ton ofdebris flyign throught it would cost x damage to your crusiers based on dice roll. That way the capitols could stil attack it ( I doubt with all the damge you would take you would want to but..) Is thier a manuvering lvl ie could lf's be capable of dodging all of capitol ship fire ?
Base Per Turn:

House- 50

Large Faction- 40

Small Faction- 35

I assume that means credits per turn right
Sorry for so many questions