Freelancer - The Void

i know this may seem stupid.  but is there a way to fix the nomads in the alex system from respawning right by the warp portals? i am posting this because not only for myself, but for other new people just starting out. when you have an area with high traffic going through it. then new people with ships that arent well equipped. So when the nomad fighters are around it only takes 1 hit to knock out all your shields, then one more to kill you. is a little one sided to me.  because you need to balance it just a little bit, i suggest moving them further out, or changing them out maybe with some weaker npc fighters.

and i know what some of you are going to say! oh just go buy some better shields or better ship.  well i did have a better ship, as a matter of fact i had the armoured transport. plus an extra half mil in cash. i lost all of it down to nothing trying to get through alex.  had no money and had to delete my character and start over just to have some money.  

mybe its just me, i dont know! but what i do know is that something needs to be done! >:P

Hmmm  - An interesting dilema.  I have to admit that even in a half decent ship I have had to "leg it" pretty sharpish.  Not knowing exactly what your route or intentions were its a bit difficult to give advice other than the spurious message of "get a better ship".  This may not seem too helpful either. Depending on what you were attempting to trade it may be wiser for the time being to seek out another, all be it longer, route.

AoF can help you with this.  You can, should you wish to, ask for assistance in the way of escorts from whoever you feel more alligned with.  AoF can help you out there if there are many of us about.  There are numerous helpful souls out there that will help to CYA (Cover Your Assets) either for the fun of it or for a small consideration.

Hope that is of some use to you.  Given the pressure on the A-Team to turn out the new Mod, I guess that a change there may not be happening anytime soon, but there is no harm in asking.

If you see me about - gimme a shout....Zeb  ;)

thanks for the offer! i am replying again because i just came from new tokyo to alex and the second i came through the was and spawned there i was killed by nomads. plus i was out some serious money also.

if you keep getting killed trying to fly through alex, then go around and dont fly through it.

space is a dangerous place and unfortunately sometimes the nomads make things worse but as zeb said, ask for assistance and hire some escorts.,
if your escorts fly through the gates to alex ahead of you the nomads will target them and as your escorts keep em busy you slip through undetected....

if you dont want to pay for some escorts then get out the map book and fly from New Berlin to New London the long way.......

Sometimes it might seem that the balance is wrong, however, there is a risk and reward process going on.

Quick easy jumps > Big risk...slower more traditional route > less risk

The Robots will help keep the nomads at bay some of the time, however, there will always be a time when they get through and at this point its tough going for new pilots.

Is the reward worth it? depends how you coop with other players, or get an escort to jump the gate first for you and tell you all is ok.

I haven't had the chance to jump in game this weekend and see this new addition of Nomads at the Alex Gates but from the sounds of it, IT SOUNDS AWESOME!!!!!!!  =D>

Hopefully once I get some time away from school, work, and the family, I can get back in game to check it out.

And btw if it ain't people complaining about TOO EASY trade runs, they are complaining about TOO DIFFICULT trade runs..........  :-??  wtf?!?!?!