Trade Wars 2002

[Shadowstrike]

Boy! This game is fun....

Now to find a Genesis Device..... I need my own planet.

[Shadowstrike]

Why must everything be so expensive?

Edit: That was just a pointless rant after I found that a Genesis Torp costs 20,000 credits.... Never mind me.... Game is great!
[This message has been edited by Shadowstrike (edited April 19, 2001).]

[Dan Magaha FIRAXIS]

quote: Originally posted by Shadowstrike on 04-19-2001 09:32 PM Why must everything be so expensive? Edit: That was just a pointless rant after I found that a Genesis Torp costs 20,000 credits.... Never mind me.... Game is great! [This message has been edited by Shadowstrike (edited April 19, 2001).]

Yeah, everything does tend to be expensive -- but there are definitely economies of scale. If you put all your credits into cargo holds early, you can start really racking up the cash though, but then you're usually underarmed and the Ferrengi just waste you.

The game defaults to starting each player out with a planet for some odd reason, but as I remember playing it back in "the day" when you were actually able to afford a Gen. Torpedo, a planet was a big deal... so I turned off the free planets for new players. When you start you're generally underfunded anyway and planets require an immense commitment to thrive.

Glad you're enjoying the game!

Dan
Firaxis Games, Inc.

[Dan Magaha FIRAXIS]

quote: Originally posted by John-SJ on 04-19-2001 09:02 PM I looked at the gameplay instructions for TW2002, they are LONG! Is there a downloadable/printable version of the instructions available? I hate long stints of reading at my computer. BTW Shadowstrike, if you want to use the Java version to connect go to your IE Tools->Options menu, select the Advanced tab, scroll down to the "Microsoft VM" topic and enable the 3 Java check boxes. Quit and restart your browser and you should be set to go. John-SJ

Yes, they sure are. I think there's a big old text file that contains the very same docs. For some reason, the HTML docs package that John has up on the official game website are all squirrely and are rife with broken links, otherwise I'd have put them up. I'll see if I can't locate those docs and put them up on the game page some time tomorrow, time permitting.

Dan
Firaxis Games, Inc.

[Shadowstrike]

John, I've tried that. I'm pretty sure that there was a problem when I installed IE 5.5, and no matter if I reinstall it, it can't fix itself....

Getting that cargo space up..... Maybe I should go for fighters after that?
[This message has been edited by Shadowstrike (edited April 19, 2001).]

[Urban Ranger]

Shadowstrike,

Try installing a new Java VM from the Windoze update site.

[yin26]

Well, I joined **somebody's** corp and that **somebody** took my fighters away while I was offline. Come back on to see that I had been toasted. I think the lesson here is to build up a bit longer and dictate some terms. I was also beyond Fed space and was a sitting duck, apparently.

Don't know. I'll try to build up over the next few days, but coming back on-line to see everything wasted was a bummer...

[Garth Vader]

Oh man this is sweet. I feel like I'am 18 again!

[Shadowstrike]

Rats! I just got myself up to 30 cargo holds, and then I ran into a mine.... Just hope that I can buy another ship in time.....

[CapTVK]

I've already made it to Lance Corporal.

Question: How do you find the current trading prices for goods? Ports only seem to list quantity available and not the price.

[Helios]

i tried it but the text was way too small to read

[Urban Ranger]

quote: Originally posted by CapTVK on 04-21-2001 09:50 AM Question: How do you find the current trading prices for goods? Ports only seem to list quantity available and not the price.

The price (buying or selling) is a function of the port class and percentage.

[CapTVK]

I take it that the percentages mean how much the port has in store. So I guess that a high percentage means a large supply = low price and a low percentage = high price.


So i should buy goods at a low class port that's filled to the brim and then sell it at a high class port which has a low supply, right?

[Chowlett]

Damn. I was off for 3 days, and got blown up by the Ferengi. I now have an escape pod and no money. There hardly seems any point in carrying on. Any way I can restart?

[MarkG]

you can be surprised with how much the pod can get...