Egosoft is happy to announce the release of Update 3.0 for X Rebirth today, which comes with a host of new features, improvements and bugfixes.
These new features cover several different areas and we’ve created a set of videos which discuss the improvements made with Update 3.0:
Exploration has always been a big part of the game so it shouldn’t be a surprise that Update 3.0 focuses heavily on exploration by introducing the new Crafting Feature.
By finding Lockboxes, which are scattered around the universe, you will receive different items which you can use in different ways. Some can be used in missions, others influence NPCs during Smalltalk and some can simply be sold for good money.
Selling and buying wares is a basic principle of any economic system. To make Trading more exciting and profitable the whole economy was re-balanced with Update 3.0.
For the Fleet Captains among you X Rebirth 3.0 resolves the problem of issuing commands to a number of ships at the same time by introducing the new Broadcast command.
While Station Builders will be pleased to hear that it’s now possible to build stations in empty space zones, basically removing the limit of construction places.
We’ve talked about the updates to trade, fight and build, but we shouldn’t forget the last of the four X Rebirth themes: Think. Ideally, you don’t only want to think yourself, but also have employees who can think for you.
To make your personnel smarter and improve their skills, NPC Education is another new feature you will find in X Rebirth 3.0.
But this is far from everything. For those, who prefer a pirate-playing style there are several new ways of Hacking and Sabotaging Stations and also the Boarding of ships has been changed .
In addition to the many new features and improvements, you’ll also be pleased to read that many bugs have been fixed and that the performance in different situations has been improved.
Teladi Outpost DLC:
Most people know Teladi as a race of greedy, little lizards who only pay attention to a problem if there’s a monetary advantage in it for them. While it’s true that the Teladi are a rather profit-orientated species, prejudices have led to many antipathies against them in the known systems. If you’ve ever spent some time on a platform you’ve probably already heard some nasty words about the Teladi. Cut off from their own territory and stranded in human systems they’re not really welcome in, there are certainly better places a Teladi could wish to be. Fortunately for the Teladi though, times change.
A gate realignment has made possible what the Teladi have long hoped for: a connection to two Teladi systems. X Rebirth: The Teladi Outpost opens these systems to the Teladi and of course, to you.
These new Teladi systems contain many new interesting places. Among them is probably one of the biggest and most impressive stations ever built: the Habitat-class Teladi superstation, Overwatch. Producing not only ships and wares, it serves as a home to most Teladi and is definitely worth visiting. When travelling the new systems you’ll easily notice the new Teladi ships which no human being has ever seen before. You’ll find new wares and upgrades for the Skunk and discover one or two secrets as well.
But it’s not all roses. While the gate realignment established a connection to Argon and Terran space, the connection to the Teladi territority was lost, so supplies have been cut off. On top of all that, Xenon and Pirate factions exacerbate life for the Teladi and dangerous regions can make the navigation through some sectors quite a challenge.
Lots of changes, but also risks await the player in the Teladi Outpost DLC – the perfect place to be for an entrepreneur, a trader or a fighter.
So what are you waiting for? Jump into the Albion Skunk, collect your ships and make some profit – or as a Teladi would say: Sahber ssu ogsom ssu eosh, wjasr.
Official Website: http://www.egosoft.com
Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/325580/
Patch Notes: http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=4435789#4435789
Update 3.0 Trailer:
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