EV NOVA for WIN!!!11!!1

[Tis I]

you can download a plugin (if you're registered) that clears your pilots missions so you can keep your ship and money and do another string. But its known to cause problems...

[Victor Galis]

So this version is a lot more limited if you're not registered then? I remember, in the original EV, not registering had virtually no consequence (aside from that one time I managed to take down and capture a corvette in my argosy, only to be blown up by Captain Hector almost immediately).

[Drake Tungsten]

So this version is a lot more limited if you're not registered then?

Yes. All the mission strings have certain points you can't get past if you aren't registered. You also can't capture ships or use plug-ins until you're registered. The capturing thing is what finally broke me down; nothing's better than doing trade runs with 6 captured Leviathans.

[Victor Galis]

Trade runs are for the weak... but yeah, not even having a shot at capturing my first Auroran Cruiser was annoying. I was going to register, but I suppose I'll have to do it sooner rather than later.

[Drake Tungsten]

Trade runs are for the weak...

Or the lazy and impatient. I'd much rather do the Gefjon run () for an hour then spend hours getting credits the hard way.

[MattH]

Yeah, it got sooo dull just sitting and shooting things. But with this ship and 46 million, it's a snap .

Registering this week so I can continue with the missions.

[Drake Tungsten]

I used to be able to get $100 million in an hour or two at Gefjon.

[Victor Galis]

It will be a little while before I can manage that. Just traded in my terrapin for an IDA Frigate.

[Tis I]

good run for ya'll.

Go to Codec in codehaven and buy bio-weapons
sell at Menin in Lesten. Buy equipment.
sell equipment at Europa in Sol, buy luxury goods
sell on Earth, buy medical supplies
sell at sirius II, which puts you one jump away from codec to start over again

[Drake Tungsten]

I just rediscovered my favorite route from back in the day on EV Classic.

Industrial from Capella to Darkstar in Nemesis
Luxury Goods from Darkstar to Capella

Capella sometimes buys Luxury Goods at "Higher" prices, so you can rake in the cash.

Darkstar also sometime sells Equipment for "Lower" prices (5 credits a ton!). When that happens, you buy Equipment and take it to Luna in Sol. Not only is Luna the closest planet that buys Equipment at high, it also sometimes buys Equipment at higher. Buying for 5 and selling at 480 makes you a ton of cash.

Buy Medical Goods on Luna and take it to Capella to restart the run.

[Victor Galis]

In the original EV my standard run was enter Darven system... disable all pirates, loot their ships and continue on my merry way (usually jump one system away and return). Sometimes I'll just go towards confed space, and do the same thing (except substitute 'confed' for 'pirate').

Well, almost as soon as I registered, I stumbled upon an Auroran Pegasus that was somewhere where it wasn't supposed to be and siezed it. Now I have something of an escort fleet that can carry stuff.

[Victor Galis]

Argh! The Vell-os mission string is the worst mission string ever programmed. Whoever came up with that should be immmediately fired.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

I beat the Vellos string yesterday. Took me about 4 hours. I also started a terraform string, and now Im trying to qualify for the Bounty Hunter Guild (I need to destroy some auroran ship) If I had had 50 million credits at the end of the first string, I could have bought the Kestrel. Now Im pretty much stuck with the Javelin.

[Victor Galis]

The Vell-os string is offered too early in the game, and there's no realistic way to escape it once it's offered (I mean you can refuse it, but then you're forced into another mission string... stupid Bureau, they will all burn horribly (once I get my hands on something more powerful than an IDA frigate)).

[FlameFlash]

Heh... and how long have Mac users been able to play these games?