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Re: So is X3 THAT boring?

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From: Xan
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 18:55
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"Nats" <nstutt@nstutt.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message 
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> This is another really stupid thing about X3 imo (ok so I know Im not a fan 
> but these things really seem obvious omissions to me). One of the most 
> imortant things in terms of marketing the game is that you can supposedly get 
> massive fleets and fight massive enemy fleets. But to do this you would have 
> to play the game for six months constantly and no one with any sanity is going 
> to do that. Why on earth didnt they just add an option to start the game with 
> a massive destroyer, and another option to start with a war fleet for ships. 
> So for those of us who would want to experience that side of the game could do 
> so without all of the boring trading. Its just another example of the short 
> sightedness of the developers to me. Elite allowed you various start options 
> for those of us who wanted a challenge and for those who wanted an easier 
> option. Would it have been so blooming difficult to implement. Or are the 
> developers so serious about their game that they expect everyone who buys it 
> to be so interested that they they will play it for the rest of their natural 
> lives?

More irony like this and I'm going to GPF! =D

// Xan, Ph.D.
// As you command, Divine Shadow. 
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