EV NOVA for WIN!!!11!!1

[Tis I]

here is a map of all the systems.

http://www.carnotaurhq.com/event_horizon/eh_map.gif

some good routes are buying bioweapons at codec in codehaven and selling them at the station in lesten. With a couple pegusi, i was making three million per run. Pirates are only a problem rarely in the codec system, usually though you'll jump in with a couple destroyers in system so even if there are pirates they won't bother you.

also if you're friendly the polaris, run opals from Tre'ar illini to Tre'pirana.

[MattH]

Hey, thanks. Is there some table of the ships+equipment and what is available where? I couldn't find a system to buy lev.'s or pegi.

[Tis I]

now that i think about it, i think leviathans and pegusi only become available for purchase or hire after you finish the first Sigma Shipyards mission.

[Drake Tungsten]

Yeah, that's right, Tis. I'd forgotten about that.

You should always do the Sigma Shipyards missions, if only to open the hypergate system.

[MattH]

Ok, I did the first one to get the ships+ upgrades (never got them before ). Before that, I just bought a Cambrian and held down the 'b' key for a long time .

Any clue how many shipping missions I have to do before more (hypergate) missions become available? Or do I just have to wait?

Right now I'm just tooling around in a Sarbridge with about 4/5 million in upgrades, doing missions and waiting for stuff to happen. I know better than to go into the Port Kane bar

[Drake Tungsten]

Any clue how many shipping missions I have to do before more (hypergate) missions become available?

You should've gained access to the hypergate system after the very first Sigma Shipyard mission, IIRC. To test it out, just select a hypergate like you would a planet and try to land on it. If it turns on, you've got the code and are good to go.

and held down the 'b' key for a long time

You don't have to do that. If you hold down Option (maybe Alt on the PC?) and click the buy button, you can automatically buy the maximum amount you can carry or you can enter any amount you want. Saves a ton of time.

[MattH]

Aargh, why don't I know these things?

I used to be a EV/EVO expert- that's what I get when I don't play for years.

The levethian seems to be a bit expensive for a freighter. 12M credits, iirc, for 4000 tons vs. 2.5 milllion for 3500 of a cambrian. Or maybe I'm remembering the numbers wrong.

[Drake Tungsten]

Cambrians are better, of course, but it's hard to access Polaris space in most mission strings.

[MattH]

What I did was rack up cash before taking on any missions. Once I had ~50 million, I bought a starbridge and added all the sigma upgrades, rebel missiles, etc. THEN I started on the missions

Now I've got to wait and pay for the game. I finally got the second "Insert coin to continue" message . Oh, well. I've got no choice.

[Grumbold]

Two mistakes nearly made me give up on this game:

- hire loads of freighters, fill them up with cargo, then lose all of them and their/your freight because you didn't quite keep enough cash to get them to the destination, so they all desert @!£$%^!

- accept the vell-os mission which means you're stuck with zero options since you can't work through the mission chain in the shareware version. (Bet they've lost a few registrations due to this dumb idea)

[Drake Tungsten]

The Vell-os string does suck if you're un-registered, but it's awesome once you do. Winter's Heart is the coolest weapon in the game.

[Henrik]

If they removed the Gejfon route I might actually give this a try again. I thought it was way too easy compared to it's predecesors last time I played as I recall (I did register though, partly becouse I didn't do so for EV and EVO which didn't require you to register in order to finnish the game ).

As I recall the Auroran mission string was cool though, you can get a really cool ship while playing it (though it's easy to miss).

[Drake Tungsten]

My favorite mission string is the Federation/Bureau. You don't get a cool ship at the end, but it has the best story by far.

[Drake Tungsten]

bump

[Grumbold]

Can you play more than one major mission string with one character or are they all mutually exclusive?