RedXRedemption

-----No longer requires a new game start ----

Please note that I have not heavily tested this yet with the Split DLC! It does work but may have unintended conequences as the new factions are not included in the single war component of the mod. I will patch shortly but still currently playing through the DLC to decide what direction to take that part of the mod in. In the mean time I am focusing on the reavers behaviour.

The reavers should be unaffected however, and in fact I think will compliment the expansion nicely. I have updated the two mods to be more decoupled.

Having played x4 through to about 450 hours, I felt that what it is lacking compared to x3 is actually stability - I played it through once as a FPRTS and had a lot of fun, but, I found the economy is too easy, and the war is too core to the gameplay. Outside of the war however, the game is too safe, and I can happily leave my miners and traders more or less alone and they become money factories. Also, ships are generally too easy to acquire, and so the only challenge is to take part in the war, otherwise you wind up as a mogul with nothing to do. I also miss the pirate infested sectors of x3 where I could roll in with a medium sized fleet and just have a good brawl.

What I am looking to do is give the universe more of a frontier feel, focusing less on war and more on clawing out a living in a dangerous universe.

The idea of this is that the universe becomes less about war, but also a more dangerous place, increasing the challenge of the economic game and changing the nature of conflict. It will no longer be primarily about large fleets taking on each other to take sectors out RTS style, but smaller and mid-sized engagements that are much more fighter-centric and squad centric. Ground control will become more important as well, as you will need to secure territory to ensure your economic success, unless you want to roll the dice and pick sectors that are well policed. You can also take on races if you like, but your capital assets are far more valuable, and odds are you will be going it alone.

This mod does the following currently:

[]The universe starts in a peaceful state. There are no wars to begin with. However, there is an uneasy tension between all of the major factions and conflict can break out at any moment. There will never be more then one war at a time however.

[]The SCA have become more organised, a new faction within them, the reavers, has arrised and boy do they hate you. Pirates have managed to gather themselves facilities in the far reaches of the universe to manufacture their ships, and they are supported by shadowy means. There are far more pirates in the universe, they will be far more of a threat then they previously were. Additionally, their behaviour has been modified, you will need to take them seriously.

[*]Pirates (mostly)