Oolite Bulletins

Hello everyone,
I'm relatively new to the forums, they are really great for general oolite discussion... 'normal' people don't seem to be that interested.

I've been playing oolite for a month or two now, and just recently upgraded my cobra mk 1 for a mk 3. Being too young to have played the original, I'm discovering all sorts of new things on the journey, like how great it feels to get a new ship.

I'm now Dangerous (1426), in G2, and mainly a bounty hunter. I have only one question: does anyone else think that the chivalric combat is a bit too easy to get money from? I currently stop myself after winning around 20,000 cr., out of guilt.

Welcome aboard!

A fellow hunter, eh? Good to know! Depending on how ironassed your mk3 is, you might consider DeepSpace Pirates and ToughGuys 3 OXPs. I've found the combat generated by those to be quite the help with my hunting. More enemies equal more challenge and profit.

Other OXPs also help with that. RandomHits is a great one.

Welcome to the forum HAL

Some of the Random Hits missions can be quite challenging.

Oh by the way Smivs is going to love your Avatar.

Are you talking about Feudal States OXP, HAL? I've never used it, myself.

Welcome. And I agree the combat challenges in Feudal states are fairly easy money. Random Hits though is very difficult once you get to the difficult hits. I even cancelled a hit this week because no matter what I couldn't kill it.

Welcome Hal... for the record things we hope not to hear from you include "Look, Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill and think things over. I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you." *grin*

Have you tried the Thargoid Carrier OXP yet?

Thanks for the welcome, much appreciated.

Rese249er: I'll have a go with those two, but as for random hits, I'm onto the 4000cr bounties at the moment. My next client is a commander judebert, who has had to wait a while due to feudal states, which bought me the mk3.

Shipbuilder: that visit was the highlight of my Ooweek, just had to take a screenshot.

El Viejo: yep, feudal states. I find it's a bit too easy to bet 10,000cr on a 10:1 fight, and win. I mean, if my ship was really in danger, now that would me more interesting...

pagroove: oh, the only time I gave up a hit, I crashed in shame straight away, and persisted! Took ages, but I kept my dignity!

cpt: no, I haven't, but I do have thargoid wars. I'll have a look. Ooh, and just a thought, how about an OXP ship version of Rama?

HAL wrote:

I mean, if my ship was really in danger, now that would me more interesting...

Try installing [wiki]NPC-shields_OXP[/wiki], HAL (if you haven't already, of course) - that makes life a little tougher, and [wiki]Escort_Formations[/wiki] adds to the 'interest'.
Also, [wiki]Fair_Cobra_III[/wiki] is a nice little OXP - again, it adds to the 'interest'.

Shipbuilder wrote:

Oh by the way Smivs is going to love your Avatar.

He does, it's very tasteful

I always assumed NPC's already had shields... Suppose that's a must now, I've been living a lie I'll definitely try those fairer play OXP's, El Viejo, but maybe after commander judebert has payed a visit to lord giles
Smivs: glad you like it, I thought I should have a pizza my ooniverse for all to see

If you like a 'tough' NPC ship in your game, try the [wiki]Green_Gecko[/wiki] - it only appears rarely, but it will occasionly test your skills to the limit.

Welcome HAL.

[cough]customshields[/cough]

Your eyes will thank you, and it's customizable too for both ambience and game mechanics.