Thank you! I appreciate the feedback! The game is SUPER in depth, but to me that is what makes it super fun!

Thank you for the feedback! I'm glad it was helpful. It is a little long, I'll admit, but with all of the nested intricate systems involved, leaving something out can confuse more than help. Like you said, it IS X4. Totally worth it once you get it figured out, though!

@@cykotich fully agreed. That's what I was trying to say, not complaining one bit. Just my english getting in the way hehe

@@Roark3675 No worries! :) I'm sorry I misunderstood!

Thank you! Glad I could help! I didn't know about modding at your own shipyard. I'll have to give that one a try as well. Thanks for the tip!

You're very welcome! I noticed that too. I had to piece together what I know from experience, Wiki articles, and snippets I've overheard from others. There doesn't seem to be any real compilation of knowledge for this game. It's a fantastic game, but very in depth and that can definitely work as a barrier to entry for new players.

I know what you mean. There are lots of breadcrumbs of information regarding this game spread across the internet, but figuring out which are true and which are false is a full time job in and of itself. A lot of what I learned about X4 came from experimentation and verifying things that I had read. The game is amazing and SUPER in depth, but there's not much good explanation regarding it. I hope that this helps you set up your own powerhouse fleets!

Absolutely. If Egosoft could just hire one more person whose job would be exclusively to translate the team's genius ideas and designs and present them so that a new player (Or even me, 200+ hours in...) can actually access and digest it all WITHOUT having to trawl google, youtube and reddit for weeks (And still only have half of the whole picture), everyone would benefit from it, even them given that I'm sure if more people weren't turned off from the lack of explanation of almost anything in the game, they'd probably sell more copies and/or DLC. With depth comes complexity, that's a given, but a broader in-game encyclopedia with descriptions that are actually descriptive which go beyond the current (And VERY German) "This is [Thing] and here's the raw numbers", and a way to directly access a new relevant encyclopedia entry on that game system or menu option whilst mousing over it, like the bombardment option for example - "Press [KEY] to open 'Escort and fleet orders' encyclopedia page") would have made my entry into this otherwise magnificent game a whole lot less stressful. Kinda glad I was already bald before I started playing, to be honest 😅

I feel you there. I will say it's worth the effort, but it does require just that... effort. I adore the game and the things they've done with it, but the descriptions are quite a bit lacking. I have over 1,000 hrs in the game and I still periodically learn new things about it. Don't lose hope! It does help to keep the game fresh and new after a ridiculous amount of time in, though.

You're very welcome! I'm glad it helped!

That is the hardest balancing act in any kind of game design. To make an enemy that is simultaneously challenging without making them impossible. It would've been nice to keep that functionality, though. For analysis if nothing else!

Awesome! I'm glad it helped! The uses of all of the fleet options seems to be the most obfuscated part. Although coming from games like Freelancer and Privateer 2, the lancing combat mechanic took a bit to nail down as well. I was too used to dogfighting.

@@cykotich I noticed you reduced the protection area at 34.57 from 40km to 10km. Although you're right about a better response to get the defence station doing its job, you have to be careful not to overcrowd it with your own ships when you're in sector [especially the L/XL] as they will suffer from friendly damage coming from stations large turrets. They are too slow to get out of the way of a wave of plasma bolts. I made that costly mistake and lost a fully loaded carrier & 2 destroyers. I rather prefer to use large groups of laser towers, blocking the gate, to initiate the response of the defence station. Actually it is very effective to stop any wave of s/m ships & even stop L/XL ships giving the defence station a better chance to eradicate them. SETA is great to overcome waiting times, but also has the disadvantage that you may be too late to respond accurately to a sudden event. For fleet options, I found "mimic commander" [e.g. leading a larger group of destroyers] to be very ineffective as somehow the response time is way too slow?

You're very welcome! I'm glad it helped!

You're very welcome! There is precious little data on how the fleet system and mod system work running around. As well as ship-to-ship combat being less dog-fightery than other space games. It took me the better part of two playthroughs to get it nailed down. I hope I saved you some heartache!

You're very welcome, and I certainly hope so!

You're very welcome! I'm glad you found it useful!

I'm glad you found it potentially useful! I hope the fleet breakdown will help you when organizing your own. Don't forget about formations. sometimes it's best to have the point man out front, and sometimes you want a battle line.

@@cykotich new update looks very promising.

@@gplusgplus2286 Agreed. I'm just waiting for pay-day to pick it up! :)

You're very welcome! Glad to be of help!

I like doing odd RP things like that in games to keep them fresh and breathe a bit more life into them. The boron tech is going to be tough, but rewarding if you do it correctly!

@@cykotich I have no idea what I'm doing, i'm learning as I go, and I have a mega factory that makes everything for the boron shipyards and prints money, but when it comes to fleet logistics and keeping my carriers supplied so they can repair my fighters, I am STRUGGLING BRO

struggling to figure out how to keep all my bombers supplied with torpedos consistently

@@araulius2132 So the easiest way is to have a supply ship, and assign a medium/large trader to it. If it is set to re-supply your fleet, it will resupply ships that are running low on torpedoes and the trader will go to the nearest place it can to supply the supply ship. Sometimes it's a little finicky, but usually it works pretty well.

@@cykotich do i not need to specify for the supply ship traders what it needs?

Yes, the game splits ships into fighters and capitol ships. L and XL are capitol, xs s and m are fighters.

@@cykotich perfect, thanks

@@wheelerthree Not a problem!

Always a worthy goal!

With a game as intricate as X4, more care needs to be taken when explaining things.

I mostly only watch long play videos, so that audience is there. Keep being awesome and thorough!

@@oldmankatan7383 Thank you! I appreciate it! There are a LOT of hidden nuggets of tribal knowledge for this game that aren't explained very well throughout the game. Some of it you can find online, but it's usually fragmented, some of it only comes through experience. I figure if we all share what we learn, everyone will have a better time.