what the *bleep*?...no mobile drilling system to be found anywhere...

[pincerfae]

I've been to at least ten different sectors in my gaming looking for the mobile drilling laser (I don't feel like spending money on missiles).
I've looked online for mobile drilling system factories. The places where they're claimed to be are nowhere to be found.
I looked in my encyclopedia and all I get is a list of ships that can equip the damned thing.

This is adding to an already aggravating time I'm having with the game (I can no longer do assasinations with an M3 fighter anymore. My combat ranking is no fighter chief and I get no less than an M6 and 4-5 fighters as escort for patrol and assasination missions).

Where can the damnable mobile drilling system be found?
This is just plain disgusting.

[Rive]

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There is such a factory in Paranid Prime

... IIRC...

[The Nightmare]

1st what game are you playing...
i found the MDS (X3R) in Red Light at the EQ(i think every Argon EQ has them)
and for TC heres a list http://eng.x3tc.ru/x3_tc_map/ware-list. ... ing+System

[mrbadger]

I hardly think it's 'disgusting' more annoying....

I had the same problem. GoD has deleted them, and they don't seem to be coming back.

When I needed one I built the factory that makes them.

However, for 'Mine and Trade' ships, you only need a PAC in a turret, if you weren't planning on mining yourself.

[Targ Collective]

Find someone willing to pay you to build one.

[pincerfae]

I'm playing Terran Conflict 2.5 vanilla.

Yah. It's irritating, not disgusting. Pardon me for my poor choice of words...though I have a few choice words about the whole MDS problem.

BTW. I looked in

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Paranid Prime and didn't find a single factory or MDS unit.

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I have 11 million credits. Guess if you want something done...

[NUKLEAR-SLUG]

I have 11 million credits. Guess if you want something done...

If you have 11 million credits then what's the problem?

For one you could buy can buy your own MDS fab which isn't as bad as it sounds as the MDS is quite a profitable weapon. Alternatively you could get yourself an M6 with that and then you'll be able to do those assassination missions again with the option of using the odd Hornet missile to break up bigger asteroids.

[pincerfae]

11 million credits and a four factory complex (1mj shield, firefly missle, ore mine, meatsteak cahoona) set up in Antigone Memorial.
Time to add more factories.

It just didn't feel like I was in the game until I actually built my first factory.

Is the MDS a common problem? If so, why hasn't ES fixed it?

Thanks for the replies.
It's community like this that keeps people playing this game (even with the complains about boarding as of 2.5).

[Dragoongfa]

Its not that common, I usually find MDS at the EQ at PTNI headquarters and at every last one of my games I could find at least 2 MDS factories at Third redemption.

[lurker]

Never had a problem finding them in Third Redemption, though I'm sure it's possible for the GOD module to screw you over.

[Smacksim]

http://eng.x3tc.ru/x3_tc_map/factory-li ... em+factory

is where they start. But they were gone in my game by day 4. I checked using universal best-buy and sell in that game (a nice script).

Third Redemption sells Tractors, not MDS, by the way.

[Ulan Dhor]

My game has several MDS factories (and also a new tractor beam one), because NPC's wanted me to build them . In this sense, you can play the Hand of GoD .

[Zephyrus20]

For one, 1M6 + 4-5 [M5,M4,M3] isn't impossible in an M3. Exciting, for sure, and maybe harrowing, depending on which M3, but not impossible by any stretch of the imagination. If you're having trouble with the fight missions, fly out to the very edge of a safe-ish sector and put on SETA for a while...10 minutes on x6 (an hour game time) should be sufficient to drop your fight rating enough to get doable missions. SETA longer to adjust more.

[Threesixtyci]

Being that there is no listing for sellers in the Encyclopedia (which will be listed, after the ships), you have to explore more sectors.....

[Nanook]

Yeah, that would be my next question. pincerfae, how many sectors have you explored so far?

[pincerfae]

I hunkered down and spent about 7M credits on a MDS factory, Sun Oil Refinery, and Flower Farm to add to my 4-plex Firefly Factory, 1MJ factory, ore mine, and cahoona bakery. I ended up with my own MDS.
I may buy another MDS factory.

And then I found out that I can use my Mercury Super Freighter (without a MDS) as

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mining for nividium in Kingdom End

Talk about crash mining.

I also found out that for whatever reason, no one is stocking ion disruptor cannons in my game.
And the ion cannon forges...no where in sight.
I don't know if it's the fact I'm playing as a terran defender, or not enough game time has passed, but the places where they were shown to be listed (x3tc.init.com) are nowhere to be found.

I guess I'll have to build an ion forge factory too. It makes me go what the bleep, but. It is build, trade, think, fight after all.
I've explored about 100 sectors. I haven't been to the sw or se corner of the map.

[BangStick]

I found my first MDS in Rhonkars Might. I had just bought a used Vulture Miner in Patriarch's Keep that needed one.

That was the only one I saw for a long time.

I didn't see another one until recently when I ventured into the Argon Prime area. I bought all they had.

I've been playing this game for about a month and I've only explored about 75% of sectors.

And like the above poster, I've only seen 1 Ion Disruptor and I am in possession of it. I'm gonna use it for spacefly hunting if I ever get around to it.