Storyline feedback

I want only add that NPC factions reputation for CF 2.0 SP was changed in more cases on absolute maximum as only was possible. It definitely was not easy and brought some serious issues to mod functionality (in some cases rly unexpected stuff) which was needed to dealt with. There really is not any way how to do some additional changes, FL engine limits were crossed way too much in this area.

I guess... not technically possible is NO SOURCE CODE... right... ???

yeahhh... i know i'm right... hehehe...

I ...erhmm...cough,cough, ... have finished the story "just now", 2min agao, and ....

Well, I confess that there are "strings" I would have liked to know a bit more about, i.e. the Ancients and this intriguing, shielded battleship, that still guards their home system, or the Coalitions rugged, selfmade hypergate, that they have a "role" in this story, somehow. But that - most likely- would have blown this old game engine. If there might be some "teachings" and "tutorials" of how to do, ... What has been achieved here leaves room and should be motivation and inspiration for generations of might-be-moders/mission-scripters to fill this gaps. THIS is truly a FREELANCER 2 and shows that this game CAN be something like Freespace 2 open - playable also on low level pc's but almost as beautifull.

I would have liked - perhaps - a bit "more" action in some missions : compared to what YOU, OP has sent us into before with 1.9, thses missions were rather "easy". Perhaps - as a "seasoned" player of CF (aka : killed a hundred times and more by npcs and M8s online ) - my demands a bit higher in that respect (aka : I feared worse ).

And : no, I didn't took the time to look for the bonus missions. Will be a "next" project for me.

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By nucnuc
forgot one important thing : OP showed, in CF 2.0 more than before already, that with this engine missions can be designed , that are not just simple(with time: stupid) go-there-destroy-all-fighters/ships-type. In that he BESTED the original makers and ashamed them.

@@'NucNuc'- you want hard? Go into option and change setting from average (default) to hard! Major spanking time!

@ Gearhead
I"just" compared, when all played in the same difficulty level, the same as 1.9 was

Be assured, I will use the difficulties more to the right use for "training" at least.

I referred to the type of enemies to face and their numbers.
i.e. : when visiting the Canis Sector, "only" normal Nomad fighters, when you had to face already Interceptors and Bombers in Lost Paradise (ups, that 1.9 :D)
i.e. : only 1 wave of 2 Warrior fighters to face when ... doing a specific search and obtain mission, when you had to face/evade "as felt" countless groups of 4 of alien light/medium/heavy fighters and bombers in Inner Core before

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countless groups of 4 of alien light/medium/heavy fighters and bombers in Inner Core before

Which you could evade and weren't tasked to destroy, unlike those two Warrior fighters.

And, since I'm here...
The storyline is awesome. Some of missions are just breathtaking. Initially, I've downloaded CF 1.9 only for the reason of improved storyline.
The last one is so flakking EPIC my computer throws a fit and starts lagging.

Yeah, but you wont believe ... and I will not tell ... how many deaths it costed me to get to this conclusion : that there is a mission you have NOT to fight to make it

will use difficulty slider on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, .........xxxth run

Maybe difficulty level can have more levels - atm there's 0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 which is very different.
I suggest that it will be from 0.0 (god mode) to 2.0 (extreme hard) with 0.2/0.25 increments

Having just recently finished the SP story, I am more than happy to offer feedback, while avoiding spoliers for those who have yet to experience the awesomeness that is CF 2.0

I don't even know if there was another viable option (suing old savegame, etc.), but I played through the whole thing from the beginning, and I'm glad that I did.

I am very impressed by the pacing, as well as by the overall progression and explication of the story. Particularly, I think that the balance is great among missions where you have to actually fly there and back (whever "there" and "back" might be), and those where, for example, accomplishing the mission goal results in a "jump" to something like "Four weeks later, having returned and reported...".

Whoever made those decisions made them very thoughtfully and intelligently. The story did not seem to be "railroading" me--except for the natural, believeable urgency built into the story--nor did it seem to be bogging down in yet another long, relatively uneventful flight back to somewhere to report, or bring found object, or whatever, I was seriously impressed with that.

The way that the information was revealed was done very well, even for a player who went all the way through 1.9 and more or less knew the background story. It was actually interesting and attention-grabbing nevertheless, and that's quite an accomplishment.

The "loss" referred to was sad, but not forced, and definitely "absolutely heroic and worth being done".

The secret bonus mission was done well, too, and worth the trouble IMO. It was a little hard finding the place, but that's as it should be, I believe. The possibilities it opens are thought-provoking; I hope someone decides to take action on them, someday.

As for the end of all conflicts...it would be nice to believe so, but I am a student of human history and an observer of the world around me, and of the people (and governments, and religions, and other organizations) therein. I do not think that there will ever be an end to conflicts, even when logic would indicate that as the best path for all. We humans are a stubborn, emotional, combative species, and I don't think that will ever change.

Thanks very much to all the developers, and congratulations on a job very, very well done!