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Old September 25th, 2002, 11:47 PM
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Default Re: Frequently Asked Questions for Newbies

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Originally posted by Shyrka:
quote:
Originally posted by Slick:
Are you using missiles? I don't believe missiles give you experience.
Really? Then, I think this is a bug


It was always that way. It was rationalized as the guy who poked the fire button didn't really learn anything new, the missile tracked the ship.

The missile might have picked up some good tactics but ...

Ensign Jane: "Lieutenant ... I uh..."
Lt. Liu: "Speak up ensign"
Ensign Jane: "I got a strange telemetry reading from that Last missile the struck the Ammonkre destroyer"
Lt. Liu "Well what was it"
Ensign Jane: "It said: "I know everything"
Lt. Liu "Pay no attention to that, the robotic core usually releases some such foo ... it's a side effect of the advanced AI tracking heuristics"
Ensign Jane: "But what if ..."
Lt. Liu "Ensign... if you can't handle combat, maybe you need see the med lab...NOW..."

"Admiral Jones, the frigate Firestar had lost it's entire munitions supply, apparently some shell shocked ensign jettisoned the entire magazine yelling "You're free ... you're free ... experience the universe ..."

[ September 25, 2002, 22:48: Message edited by: Arkcon ]
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