new BCMgold owner, prior BC player - and a story about my 'lucky' start.

[Antares]

Some background.. I played bc3000ad a long while back, picked up BCM when it came out, but for various reasons (work and a strong addiction to another online game) I didn't dig in like I should have. Anyway, I picked up BCMGold less than a week ago at Gamestop (LAST ONE!).. mostly in anticipation of UC. I had a slightly rough start, but after updating drivers and tweaking, I was up and running. I did encounter a slowdown/stutter a couple of times, but that was around a base with a large number of enemies and even more missiles flying around. It was so slow in fact that I maybe got 1 or 2 FPS for a number of minutes until things settled down.

The story:

(Commander, BC MK3, Galcom Mil)

Boy what a great start it was! I kicked off a Roam Campaign. I figure its easier for me to do roam and re-learn the game before attempting one of the scripted campaigns. Here's a quick rundown.

I ran trades between Galcom and Wraith to pick up some cash and upgrade. The very first trade run, I ran across multiple cargo containers around Wraith. Bogies were being blasted by the locals. After selling what I had found, I had 3.5 MILLION credits! What a lucky haul. There was some high value gear in there. I then started running trades Galcom and Wraith. In a rather short span of time, all my systems were upgraded. I was ready to roll. I had a chunk of change left over, so I picked up a few mining drones and sent them off on their business. I then hauled one load of ore from the mining drones, geared the ship up with some spare parts, missiles, and grabbed equipment for my marines. My first major combat encounter was quite a haul. I was jumping for joy. Suddenly around jupiter I saw two Zenstar and a Aerosomething (a carrier class). I freaking forgot its name. Anyway, After hyperspacing in, one Zenstar was already dead. I set my FATAL and upon arrival, missiles were flying. Instantly the remaining Zenstar was disabled. I was drooling in anticipation of hauling that sucker back to base. I then went head-on towards the carrier. He launched missiles, I hit ECM and swerved.. I came up close, and the opposing commander made a mistake. He turned and I had a clear shot at his broadside and gave me a chance to get on his six. At first I focused all of my firepower to blast his shield and armor down, but I took care from that point onward. I swear.. I thought I saw a body bounce off my bridgeviewer screen, and another guy float by frozen in a death scream on a toilet. Ok maybe that was my imagination. So.. I tuned my cannon's power down to a measly 10% and did short single bursts on the hull to make him give up. There it was. The SOS. I flew up from his six to just over his topside, popped on tractors, and pulled him to base. I launced a shuttle to haul in the Zenstar.

Now that was a great start to a career.

Ship geared up, a nice haul of enemy ships, and some 8 mil creds free and clear in the bank. Next I guess i'll prep and start exploring and hunting bad guys.

By the way.. I was playing X2 The Threat before. Not bad mind you, killer graphics, but its just not the true space simulator like BCMG. X2 is on the shelf, BCMG is in my CD drive.

[Cougar_DK]

Great story and nice to have you back.

[MikE^D]

How much did you get for the zenstar?

[Antares]

Ya know, I have no idea what I got for the Zenstar. 1000EP? 1250EP? I forget.

After patching up UC the other day I got lucky again!

Parked the BCruiserMK3 at GalcomHQ. Hopped into the shuttle and made my way to Wraith. To make a long story short, it was a rather hectic ride. Lots of red bogeys on the way, but thankfully a lot of Ter/Mil and such ships took care of them. I just swept up Cargo pods. Ya know.. can't let them litter our beautiful environment.

Arrived at Wraith, sold my gear. 12mil creds in the bank. I didn't even finish a single round trip! After that, a couple more trade runs netted me about 15 mil creds. Upgraded my BCruiser and began my trip towards more hostile waters.

I'm in Majoris now.. plan to make my way in deeper, and hop over to Gammulan space once my crew gains some more experience.