How to reduce Crossfire Freelancer Difficulty

Yes, they will have to grind, go for the wrecks in other systems is known as wreck grinding
Especially those nice powerful MK and MK II codename weapons, are sold nicely And they come in pair/wreck.

Okay very interesting discussion here

I also hated SP after some time because of the difficulty (btw: if you don't want to do missions caus they r too difficult, try Open SP :P), so I started MP... I met many people that were really willing to help me and so I got stronger and stronger. The experiences from MP really helped me and now after more than a year it is easy to kill pirate ships in Manhattan with a Starflier... Still takes time but much less than before!!!

I can just say: Ppl with probs in SP, please play MP for some time and you will have no probs anymore experience and skills is everything!
And dont try to kill each other here in forum! There is always another solution than verbal violence

btw: cant wait anymore to see OP's great work in 1.9

Greetings,
Alpha

Yes, The Crossfire 1.9 will be a masterpiece for singleplayers, you will want to do the missions as you'll have 3 times more of them

So stay tuned !

I have a quick question to the 2 guys giving tips to new players, how do I get to those systems while the jump gates are locked?
even after mission 2 there are locked gates going anywhere other than about 2 jumps away from new york.

You can try the Custodian gate in New York, behind Manhattan... but not sure if it's open, else, you simply can't get out of that area

Yes it is open even after the second mission, I opened as meny of the other systems from X before moving on.
Also did pod hunting before so could get the eagle.