Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts. Dec 20, 21:56, Post Then make money from Sector Automining & setting exploration commands on fast cheap S size ships. Assign the trader to the station manager and it will use it as needed. In X4, it is now possible to be completely free and creative. Once you own a larger fleet, you will be very interested in researching a technology from your HQ: Teleportation. You can get seminars as reward for guild missions. For each pilot that successfully graduates training, the training carrier commander may receive a minor bump in XP to the commander's piloting and management skills. Other games have exponential experience requirements because they are designed to limit the power of the player to progress at a particular rate. So I just took all these marines and crewmen with 5 stars in morale and fed them a star of those basic seminars. I do believe you can get 3 star seminars from some missions perhaps guild missions, but it should say in the mission if the reward is a 3 star seminar you don't have to do the mission to know, it will just say that as part of the rewards. X4: Foundations is a space simulation sandbox game featuring a simulated universe that evolves by itself and according to the player actions. It will have a pilot with 3-4 stars. Includes a quick review of the Cormorant, the toughest medium trader in the galaxy to protect those valuable captains from Xenon and pirate raiders. If the gap between boarders 3 or more, death chance is 1 for 10-20, but skilled marines are extremely hard to get and easy to waste. If every loop has an arbitrary point at which "automation is too powerful to be allowed" they've made a bad gameplay structure. It seems now you can level them up via trading exclusively not just via fighting. Hundreds of stations, and thousands of ships, trade goods among themselves. by ajime Thu, 6. Best bet is with mods. 3. by Kpla Keltak Thu, 6. For example, Automine requires a pilot with one star while Explore requires a three star pilot. 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Do you not enjoy having a pilot take 30 real-time hours to get 3 start? Distribute wares is much worse. Seems really odd that they wouldn't have gained any experience at all from making millions in mining and dodging asteroids. That investment would better spent on a station first that can provide long term income and eventually their own warf then shipyard where the fun really begins. Now to be a 3 star captain they only need an average of 3 stars. Currently roaming with my Nemesis Vanguard with a rookie pilot, killing every Xenon we find, hoping my pilot will show some signs of progress, but yet to determine if it works or not. But setting a ship to auto-explore doesn't seem to be a clear option. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. You can order cheapest possible ship with minimal equipment and you get randomly from decent to excellent pilot with it. AI is still terrible even with a 5 star pilot and commands that are locked behind it are not worth bothering. 13 - Can I find a 3-Star Pilot? Learn all things used to work well, it just increases the speed of skill gain. I used to have a pretty reliable way to get pilots to 3 stars, but I don't exactly relent anymore (I haven't played in quite a while). This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. Much less reserve a L trader for it. 5 Buy A Docking Computer. friendship | 3.9K views, 195 likes, 110 loves, 284 comments, 154 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from The Victory Channel: The Victory Channel is LIVE with Victory News! Includes a quick review of the Cormorant,. Once you get into Stations the range of the trader is dependent on the Managers Skill, which managers at a station train up to 5 on their own from 3 in my experience, giving the station 5 sectors of travel for all the assigned traders. After gaining enough money through fighting or trading, most players want to establish their own economy and start influencing the universe on a larger scale. You could take pilots from mining ships that are 3 stars and transfer them to your trade ship. All rights reserved. ? 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X4 Foundations, the latest space combat and trading simulator from Egosoft, is an exemplary space strategy that is as complex as they get. Find Out Inside! 47 minutes ago 1. Valve Corporation. X4 Foundations gives players a highly detailed X economy every made in the X series One of the key selling points of X games has always been the realistic, simulated economy. I have been googling it a bit, some Steam answers from dev was perhaps a bit less than helpful and a bit old, and I've tried having a bunch of small kestrels doing station trading, so far no progress at all. I've used the mod that makes the crew learn quicker too. X4 Foundations has the most dynamic universe in the X series. gone. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews . by chip56 Thu, 6. I just started a new game and I'm having the same problem, where the above method no longer works. by grapedog Thu, 3. ._12xlue8dQ1odPw1J81FIGQ{display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle} The only other way to get a 3-star pilot is to train one up from a lower star rating. .s5ap8yh1b4ZfwxvHizW3f{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText);padding-top:5px}.s5ap8yh1b4ZfwxvHizW3f._19JhaP1slDQqu2XgT3vVS0{color:#ea0027} How do you assign the trader to a station manager? She's been running that ship for about one full day's worth of play (24-hours) non-stop and hasn't budged skill-wise; still has the same little sliver of a star to go to be 3 stars. So if you have an able crewman, with say 2 stars in engineering, and he is an overall 1 star pilot, he can now auto-mine. At this rate I feel like auto trading will be pointless because when I can eventually do it it won't be of interest to me. After gaining enough money through fighting or trading, most players want to establish their own economy and start influencing the universe on a larger scale. X4 Foundations has researchable items and also unlocks teleportation The seamless change from ship to ship and from NPCs controlling your empire for you continues on a higher level. How do I program my freighter to pick up wares from my stations and sell them automatically? At one star it's barely decent. You can order cheapest possible ship with minimal equipment and you get randomly from decent to excellent pilot with it. Current Gaming Rig Specs NEW SSD: Crucial MX500 2TB - https://amzn.to/3hkKUSQNEW Memory: Crucial Ballistix 3200 MHz DDR4 - https://amzn.to/37M4LHGCPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Processor - https://amzn.to/3fkY5Cs GPU: Radeon Rx 5700 XT 8GB - https://amzn.to/3pRfuY7 Motherboard: MSI ProSeries AMD A320 - https://amzn.to/3lWpnS0 Monitor 1: Dell Ultrasharp 24\" U2417H - https://amzn.to/35WmF9T Monitor 2: Acer SB220Q 21.5\" - https://amzn.to/3fnG720 Keyboard: Logitech G213 Gaming Keyboard - https://amzn.to/35RQmc4 Mouse: Logitech Wireless Marathon Mouse M795 - https://amzn.to/3kZa6ik Gamepad: ZD-C Gaming Controller - https://amzn.to/2J2MOuj Standing Desk: EleTab Standing Desk - https://amzn.to/3nKQujI Microphone: Blue Snowball iCE USB - https://amzn.to/2J0SMMF Headphones: Audio-Technica ATH M50X - https://amzn.to/2KuCMmF(As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum, Post I currently own 109 ships, I have 3 stations and 1 sector. It is the seventh and most recent installment in the X series, following X Rebirth . Aug 20, 19:07, Post I need a few lvl 3 or higher pilots. Dec 20, 04:22, Post ._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4{width:100%}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4:hover ._31L3r0EWsU0weoMZvEJcUA{display:none}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4 ._31L3r0EWsU0weoMZvEJcUA,._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4:hover ._11Zy7Yp4S1ZArNqhUQ0jZW{display:block}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4 ._11Zy7Yp4S1ZArNqhUQ0jZW{display:none} There is no effective way to level your pilots, it's designed to take real life days or obscene micromanagement with seminars. F It isn't forcing us to "have fun the right way" it is just a frustrating obstacle to having fun. So apart from the obvious we can only guess, if for example explore in a dangerous sector gains more skill points. TRADE with the Split families or FIGHT against them; BUILD your own station designs based on the new modules, and THINK carefully on your path through the new diplomatic missions.X4 will allow you to fly all ships personally. Valve Corporation. I get that the were trying to keep people from being insanely rich 2 quick, but man this is very heavy handed in application and is really causing issues mid to late game. 2. X4 doesn't have a microtransaction system to subjugate players with, it isn't directly multiplayer, and it very much a single-player sandbox experience. Mod the pain away, or wait for the developers to reverse this insane war on experience. ._1x9diBHPBP-hL1JiwUwJ5J{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:#ff585b;padding-left:3px;padding-right:24px}._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4{height:16px;padding-right:4px;vertical-align:top}.icon._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5{height:20px;vertical-align:middle;padding-right:8px}.QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{height:18px;padding-right:8px;vertical-align:top}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 .QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)} I know 3 star captains can trade farther away, but its hard to get 3 star captains without mods. X4 Foundations v4.0 | Absolute Beginners Guide - Episode 3 - Mining & Money! All rights reserved. Following is my mix of mods (v3.0+dlc) to make this part of the game go from meh to amazing. But, truthfully, it's not worth going through all this trouble to sell ecells; since they're very abundant everywhere except in Sol (the main terran system), you'll never get a good price for them after a few hours of play. What do you mean by "Pilot obtained from a build module is 2-4 stars." Played all of the X games except Rebirth, and at first couldn't get into X4. https://www.egosoft.com:8444/confluence/display/X4WIKI/X4%3A+Foundations+Manual X4 Foundations uses modular stations and also ship upgrades. Current Gaming Rig Specs X4: Foundations 2018 Browse game Gaming Browse all gaming 98 views 69 views. X4: Foundations tutorial Auto Trading with a one star pilot! Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts. Using seminars is the quickest way to rank up a pilot, but you first need to know how to get access to them as buying from traders will only get you so far. It would be much better if player could simply "buy" more experienced crew and pilots/captains at shipyards at bigger expense. If you join the group fighting the Xenon some of the missions in that might rarely have higher level seminars. x4 foundations forum https://forum.egosoft.com/ Check the game out at https://www.egosoft.com/ #BaconsTV #x4foundationsCE #Games Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Dec 20, 09:13, Post by Raevyan Wed, 2. Assign freighters to the station as station traders. The level you select as your starting point determines the proficiency of your pilot. by EGO_Aut Wed, 2. I am not sure if I am doing it wrong, setting it up wrong, or missing something. Each seminar is only for pilots with a fixed skill set, so there are ones for pilots with one star which you can buy at most station traders and the higher ones you can get for said guild missions. Good advice, managed to find one 4-star pilot but his cost was 60m, a bit steep . Aug 20, 08:17, Post You name it. X4 Wiki: I can't really get anything higher than a 3 star pilot right now to test if it has to do with the pilot < > Showing 1-1 of 1 comments . It is a form of constraint, not one that improves gameplay - it makes it worse. . Find Out Inside! ._1sDtEhccxFpHDn2RUhxmSq{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-flow:row nowrap;flex-flow:row nowrap}._1d4NeAxWOiy0JPz7aXRI64{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText)}.icon._3tMM22A0evCEmrIk-8z4zO{margin:-2px 8px 0 0} I have a bunch of auto miners and auto gas miners, that have been the majority of my income. So drop your current captain off as the manager you need, or pilot. Ventures and combat are best for training them up. Assign manager to station and assign freighter to a station as a trader - done. 10K views 2 years ago Today in X4 Foundations Split Vendetta DLC we build our pilot school to try and level the captains pilot stars, with hopes that we get some 3 star pilots. 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And many, many people disagree. Every gameplay loop should allow you to build upon it, and arbitrarily time gating autotraders just forces everyone to find ways around the time gate. In X4, it is now possible to be completely free and creative. There are so many places where the game design means the player, with little effort, is basically trivially assured of making a shitload of money, at least eventually. So I do the next best thing, sort of. X4 will be the first X game to allow our races and factions to freely build and expand their empires; the same flexibility the player enjoys in creatively designing space stations from modular building blocks is also available to them. But also, how am I supposed to get decent captains for my war fleets? Prices change based on supply and demand; resources are mined and processed in several stages. Buying the "power point" cost money. 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You can train these pilots to 3 without even needed to give them Pilot seminars to get started, But if you walk around on stations you might find one really quick but it might cost you 1 or 2 million credits. Dec 20, 17:19, Post Viewed 3k times 0 When you try to set default behaviors for AI-controlled craft in X4:Foundations, you'll see that the Default Behavior button brings up a list of tasks with a number of stars next to each. I don't find any NPC qualified as a pilot. If you invest in S miners and get them busy supplying using Default Order to Mine, they will be fine on their own as long as their is resources and a station to sell the mined wares. Engines, weapons and other equipment can be added in a graphical editor and actually seen on the ship. Do you mean like defend it, or something? New to X4 here, I recently bought a large freighter with the purpose of selling all the excess energy cells I was producing in my HQ automatically. I can see where they are coming from on the "experience shouldn't be linear" and "experience progression" angle, and how that is "how it works in other games". How about more competition? You just right click on the patch of resources and the unit knows what to do - and then it does it "forever" without player input. As it stands I have to ride along with them to make sure they don't totally screw up. Ok yeah that sounds broken. Since I got my first miner at the start, I've had the goal of being able to have a few autotraders, but since that requires 3 stars I haven't been able to try it out yet. Learn All The Things, RandomMine, RandomTrade, RandomSupply, and Mules. It ain't easy. But many of those games are designed around carefully controlling progress to incentivizing spending real money to skip progress barriers, not for the sake of "player fun". by Alan Phipps Thu, 6. Mining ships will only go to resource areas you have discovered. but other wise it is very hard to find. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. I last played in 2.6 and i used to keep buying cheap ships until i got a 3 star pilot, this worked pretty well. Pilot obtained from a build module is 2-4 stars. You can hire a 0-1 star pilot (try to be almost but not quite 1 star) then give them pilot seminar's which you can buy at the trade shop. https://www.patreon.com/dannycodeplaysX4 Foundations Season 1 Playlisthttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoRKOFz9bRLWD1KE4uk2CIeWwHeJ0ZQff------------------------------------DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description and comments below might be affiliate links. im not sure whats wrong with my x4 but i get nearly every captain/pilot with 4 star piloting and 3 star moral. Closed Captions available.https://store.steampowered.com/app/392160/X4_Foundations/X4: Foundations is the latest title in the popular X series of space simulation / sandbox games, played as action games from a first-person perspective in a living breathing universe, with TRADE FIGHT BUILD THINK as the common tag-line. And you cannot hire the ones on NPC stations. My suggestion is to just forget about the whole pilot leveling thing. Get more NPC traders to help push down margins. ._3oeM4kc-2-4z-A0RTQLg0I{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-pack:justify;justify-content:space-between} I have over a dozen miners and they've pulled in over 100mil for my game. They would do one cycle, then wait at the home base for more instructions. You can keep only pilot and sell ship back. Generaly speaking you have the following options in vanilla: there is another way but you will need to be well established. Buy any small ship with the highest preset. This is because the docking computer will make it much easier (and quicker . Ships also offer a variety of upgrades. Thank you for supporting DannyCodePlays so I can continue to make cool content! By what i mean by that also not just in fighters but in traders, that if you are manually doing the orders or trades your pilot is not getting the experience that he could be getting if he were doing it on his own. In this tutorial video for X4 Foundations I show you how to use the new "Repeat order" function to turn your idiot pilot into an advanced mining champ! The grind to three stars is still extreme. The others would also wait 15 minutes from their creation until they started becoming autonomous. Those fighters will level up pretty quickly murdering all the Xenon fighters coming through, and a few P kills to boot. by Nulric Thu, 6. 99 ._3-SW6hQX6gXK9G4FM74obr{display:inline-block;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:16px;height:16px;font-size:16px;line-height:16px} Let's look at how training and seminars. You can build a defence platform station in front of the gate (equipped with large plasma cannons to deal with any encroaching K's and help with the P's) and have a 20-40 fighters assigned to defend the station. X4: FOUNDATIONS, the long awaited sequel in the long running X series brings our most sophisticated universe SIMULATION ever. Manage an empire or EXPLORE space in first person. 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