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Space Merchants: ArenaNewsGameplay tips
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Gameplay tips

Space Merchants: Arena · published 7 Nov 2016, 08:04 UTC

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To get most of the game you can follow these tips:

- Collecting bonuses is really super important, especially the money bonus. Not only you earn experience and money more quickly but also with each bonus collected you increase the bonus harvesting skill.

- There are 2 shops in the game with different items and prices. The game starts in Global arena (Hangar 32) but you can switch to your Platform arena (Hangar 17) with its own shop. Your ships and equipment are shared between platforms so feel free to buy and sell your items wherever you like.

- If you encounter high-ranked player in the game, start to play as a team with other players and take him/her down! :) You will get substantial amount of experience after killing him/her. You can also use other game features to your advantage, initial respawn immunity, hiding behind turrets (which will automatically fire upon your enemy if he/she hits it) etc. Also collecting the "damage" power bonus (red one) will help significantly to increase the damage you deal with your weapons.

- Take advantage of the maneuverability of your ship. Ships turning capabilities are affected by current speed. When you need to turn quickly to follow your enemy, decrease your speed for a while or even come to a full stop. Adjusting the speed during dogfight will give you significant advantage.

Additional features:

- At rank 4 or higher you can write to game chat (press Enter). At lower ranks you can try to express your feelings using automated messages, shortcuts Shift+1/2/3. :)

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Community26 Oct 20202020 UPDATEWe are currently working on a new update for the VR version of the game which will bring full touch controllers support for flying. The update should be released on 7th November 2020, stay tuned! :-) (Current VR version can be controlled with gamepad or mapped controllers, PC version can be controlled via keyboard + mouse)Game update20 Jan 2017Adding more drama!New update brings: · Much faster leveling (both experience for ranks and money for buying items). · More variability in ships movement (each ship has unique acceleration and top speed characteristics). · More variability in combat (guided missiles are now available from rank 0). · In-game chat now available in Hangar as well. · Better balancing (buff of weapons, nerf of upgrade tool). Enjoy and…Game update25 Dec 2016360° video of Virtual Reality version!See for yourself how the VR version looks, feel free to look around in each scene. :-) YouTube video Our faithful tester hard at work