User Guide
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Trent: If you ever tire of your loner ways out
there, read through this. It’ll get you in with
some much-needed company.
The Freelancer Guild
(Multiplayer)
Multiplayer Mode has no story missions. You and your fellow members of the
Freelancer Guild simply explore the universe and take assignments at will from
NPCs or the Job Board. Two icons exclusive to Multiplayer Mode will appear in
your Neural Net: Chat Control and Attention Required.
Chatting
Chat Control allows you to dialog with other players during gameplay.
To open a chat window, press ENTER, type your message, and then
press ENTER again.
There are three chat channels: System messages everyone, Group messages
everyone in your group, and Private messages speci c individuals.
To select one of these channels, click the Chat Control icon in your Neural Net,
and then select either the desired channel or the appropriate player name.
Grouping
Working with others allows you to take on more dangerous and complicated assign-
ments—with higher pay rates as well. (Of course, you must divide the bounty among
your colleagues.) Join an existing group by accepting a member’s invitation. Start your
own group by accepting a mission, and then inviting others along.
To accept (or decline) a group’s invitation
• Click the Attention Required icon in your Neural Net, and then click the
appropriate button.
To invite a player to your group
1. Target the player you wish to invite.
2. Click the Group icon in the target window.
Abandoning a group while on a mission is akin to failing or aborting that mission,
and your reputation is duly affected. If you later rejoin the group and nish the
mission, you will receive bounty and your reputation will improve. If you are discon-
nected from your server while on a mission, it is akin to abandoning the mission.
Important: In Multiplayer Mode, your group has as many lives as it
has members. The group remains alive until the total number of lives
is expended.
Trading
You may trade anything in your cargo hold (credits, unmounted equipment, and all
commodities) with any player in the game. To initiate a trade with another player,
target the player with whom you wish to trade, and then click the Trade icon in
your target window. If someone is attempting to initiate a trade with you, click
the Attention Required icon. If both parties have agreed to trade, a transaction
window will appear.