Yes I agree. With a limitless procedural universe empty systems are much less of an issue, especially if you're given the tools to make it eventually less empty

Oh sure, that was just theoretical talk. Could be great features for LT4 and our 128 core CPUs tough

With all the procedural stuff going on it would be quite fun seeing stars stealing planets from nearby systems or a planet gobbling a host of asteroids :-) Gameplay wise though that would have limited interest and would even detract from some aspects such as navigation as per Grumblesaur post. I thi...

Diving Duck wrote:I always found that the systems in the X series felt more like a series of square rooms than a real area of space.

Yep, that's my problem right there

vlasticz wrote:freelancer felt quite natural though it has gates as well ...

True as well! My gripe really isn't with jump gates, but with sector representation. And anyway, from what we've seen so far I'm not worried about how space and sectors will be represented in LT

Oh sure we need to keep them, they do make space travel more bearable after all ;) In X3 however it really felt like there were a couple stations in a sector which you could fly through in three minutes, surrounded by two to four jump gates. i-war for example has to me a somewhat more exciting repre...

Hey Josh, That sounds great! I definitely don't have an issue with having to work for the goods, after all the fact that you had to invest so many hours to get that Silicon Mine was what made it so special to own once you finally made it, but you raised the exact problem I also have with that: there...

I fully agree with you, I'm certainly not saying I want to get the biggest carrier in the game after playing for two hours. If I take the example of X3 however, it took me maybe 40 to 50 hours to have enough cash to start the empire building part of the game (in part because I didn't focus on it and...

Thanks for the reply! I did see this topic before posting mine and thought the questions raised were somewhat different, with this topic focusing on time investment (how long will it take me to build my armada?) while the other one focused on difficulty and AI scaling (will I still have a challenge ...

So, I'm guessing there will be two types of LT players: 1) Those who have lots of time on their hands 2) Those who haven't :) Basically, how long should we expect to play to progress in the game? I loved X3, and the fact that it took you hours and hours on end (especially at the beginning) to achiev...

I like the Idea of settling planets, it ties in with creating factions. think about it. you could be like the Sith empire, flee the known galaxy with a group of people start settling unknown planets and eventually return as a full blown empire to devastate the area's you left behind. Yes please, gi...

Yes, I would also favor having some kind of scouting / scanning of the planets. I'm not sure I would want it as "low-level" as Mass Effect though, I want to fly my ship(s) around to some other location of this limitless universe, not spend 10 minutes on each planet locating the resources I need :) ....

A few years ago, I was the master of my own space empire... well okay, that's a bit overblown, let's say I just owned a few long distance haulers and 4 or 5 stations. That was in X3 by the way, probably one of the most fun I had playing a space game thanks to the intricate mix of piloting fighters a...