Just got Reboot... needs help

random50 · #1 06-28-2013, 07:50 PM

Yes, it got much harder. This is the new normal. The game is now loseable and you have no serious chance of taking on the doms for several years on impossible. However...once the coalition is down to a very limited number of systems (3, I think) then the only dom that will attack is Keller. He attacks with slightly weaker forces than the others that you can actually hope to take on with a rocket launcher and/or frequent planet landing, and if you take him on in the black hole and beat him, your remaining system(s) will be safe and able to develop to the point the coalition can start fighting back.

SpringRocker · #2 07-01-2013, 01:21 AM

I would give the rocket launcher thing a shot, but there wern't any. I went back to the game and decided to run a trade between two worlds. It was a really good one and I dropped off my weapons on one to carry all the goods I could (you can prolly see where this is going). after that I cloaked my ship and jumped into a dom system to drop some probes off and grab some loot, only problem is I went without picking up weapons. Right before I jumped back I saw that the last system was taken over. I went on for another for a couple months cloaked while probing planets (heh heh). I never did find any weapons before the probes broke, I waited 14 years hoping one of the systems would be taken back. It never happened and I had to start over :/

This time I'm adjusting to "hard" rather than "hardboiled" for dom difficulty, lol

random50 · #3 07-03-2013, 06:08 PM

Some starting ships have a rocket launcher and you can get a 2nd one from the starting equipment selection. From memory, when I've started with this configuration, there has sometimes then been a 3rd launcher available to buy (very briefly!) but you definitely can't rely on that possibility.

You'll have to spend the early years in coalition planets most likely. As you saw, going in to dom territory is too risky as you need to help out against Keller.

sylviapotts · #4 06-27-2023, 05:13 AM

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bloxd io said: Some starting ships have a rocket launcher and you can get a 2nd one from the starting equipment selection. From memory, when I've started with this configuration, there has sometimes then been a 3rd launcher available to buy (very briefly!) but you definitely can't rely on that possibility.

You'll have to spend the early years in coalition planets most likely. As you saw, going in to dom territory is too risky as you need to help out against Keller.

I agree with you