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On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 12:23:17 -0000, "Nats" <nstutt@nstutt.freeserve.co.uk>
wrote:

>"Ceowulf" <ceo@NOSPAMii.ATALLnet> wrote in message 
>news:43769da9$0$9972$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>> "Nats" <nstutt@nstutt.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message 
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>> Elite never allowed you to start of with a Panther Clipper and a Large 
>> Plasma Accellerator.
>>
>> You had to earn those, just like you do in X3. X3 does let you start on 
>> varying difficulties, and they make a big differenec.
>
>Well that is true but then the Panther Clipper was the thing that everyone 
>aspired to when playing elite. IF they had provided it as a starting point 
>it would have ruined the sense of gaining larger and larger ships. The 
>difference with X3 is that owning a large ship or fleet isnt the end point 
>of the game its just a mid point. Owning a whole series of stations etc is 
>supposed to be the main goal. I think being given a large destroyer type 
>ship would have been a fun starting point as you could have sold it to get 
>some fast money to really enable you to get into the game.

Yes, and for the money you get for it you could buy what...loads of stations!
Instant end game.

> Anyway 
>progression in Elite was always second to exploration for me. But then 
>exploration was fun in ELite becuase you didnt have to go through ten 
>systems to get to your destination every time. This is a game breaker for me 
>with X3. I dont enjoy it at all. In fact its a right pain in the bum.

You don't in X3 either with a Jump Drive, which funnily enough you are given
at the start of the game. The only difference is you have to have visited the
sector once before. Which makes sense really as how can you jump to somewhere
if you don't know where it is.

>For me FFE/FE and X3 are on opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of 
>enjoyment.

It helps if you understand how the game works.....