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Star Citizen Pre-Alpha: 'Arena Commander' Dogfighting
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Which forums aren't? GAF is pretty much the highest standard you can get for a forum, but even then it spirals out of control sometimes.
Ha, i would say 70% of new threads have tons of awful and stupid posts that should not be allowed here.
After latest Witcher 3 thread i would gladly vote over banning a word 'parity'.
I want a subtropic swimming pool with waterslide and waterfall in my 890 Jump though, in addition to a jacuzzi, a sauna, a two person shower and a minibar.
And I just avoid those threads, it's always the same discussion repeated over and over again. But I'm still glad we have a decent amount of sensible and intelligent posters.
And I just avoid those threads, it's always the same discussion repeated over and over again. But I'm still glad we have a decent amount of sensible and intelligent posters.
They need to integrate Steam workshop functionality so I can code up a universal remote control to disable endless ship ads on TVs in bars. I'll make a killing!
Vlodril
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Yes. In about two weeks when the next big patch is up they ll add various things double the speed on the ships, the racing module and playing with friends.
Sax Russel
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Something something switching over to 64 bit something something 2018
Shrike Alvaron
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A few things have come out today. First, Ben posted this update on the forum addressing some of the concerns about the Constellation, Phoenix in particular. Most notably: yes the Phoenix has size 2 missiles on its arms unlike the others; they decided against a combat variant so as to do something different as every other ship has had a combat variant; reiterating that the Phoenix's role is simply to be luxury and so is capable of doing VIP transport jobs as well as coming kited out with high quality components and essentially being "no expense spared", thus a sort of deluxe Connie but certainly not meant to be the best one; they're going to look into customizable ship interiors and see if they can allow for them to be changed such as allowing people who hate luxury yet got a luxury ship to rip out the luxury and have a luxuryless luxury ship; and finally ships are definitely NOT locked into their role and if you want to take an Aquila for instance and make it a cargo ship you can do it.
Honestly I think they've won me over. I'm looking for a buyer for my LTI Aurora LX on Reddit now and will be upgrading my Rear Admiral package to a Phoenix! Who needs a huge cargo hold when I'm not a space trucker? Ferrying VIPs through dangerous space as a cover for smuggling high grade illicit valuables under their unsuspecting feet sounds much more exciting. I do want to explore and was set on the Aquila at first, until I realized how much I hate its cockpit. I am convinced people who say it's the best have never sat in a normal Connie. The Aquila may have great lateral visibility, but it has ZERO vertical visibility.
Also, there's a new starter package that's basically the Aurora MR+ and an Arena Commander pass together, making it easier for new people to get into the game. Seems like it would be a good idea to put this in the first post of the thread, and any new threads opened on Star Citizen from now on.
Honestly I think they've won me over. I'm looking for a buyer for my LTI Aurora LX on Reddit now and will be upgrading my Rear Admiral package to a Phoenix! Who needs a huge cargo hold when I'm not a space trucker? Ferrying VIPs through dangerous space as a cover for smuggling high grade illicit valuables under their unsuspecting feet sounds much more exciting. I do want to explore and was set on the Aquila at first, until I realized how much I hate its cockpit. I am convinced people who say it's the best have never sat in a normal Connie. The Aquila may have great lateral visibility, but it has ZERO vertical visibility.
Also, there's a new starter package that's basically the Aurora MR+ and an Arena Commander pass together, making it easier for new people to get into the game. Seems like it would be a good idea to put this in the first post of the thread, and any new threads opened on Star Citizen from now on.
Did they stealth drop the price of the T-shirts? I swear they were $25 when they debuted, but now they're $15: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/pledge/Ac-Shirt/L
Yeah they did! I ordered a hornet shirt only a few days ago at $25
Iced_Eagle
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AC 3.0 will have 64 bit physics which will allow them to increase the max map size.
The Dear Leader
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Am I crazy or has the ability to lock the crosshair been removed? Haven't played in a while and I can't seem to find an answer.
Zod the Bear
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Why would you tell me this
Winterblink
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He's secretly Chris Roberts and needs you to buy more shirts?
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/funding-goals
The current stretch goals are kinda interesting. 52 million is a jet pack, so that eject button in the key bindings makes a bit more sense now. the 53 mil one is an Independent Arbitrators Guild, which based on the name just sounds like moderators, but if you read the description it seems like they're also filling an auditor role? I wonder if the rules of the game will cover things like defrauding organizations of in-game money.
The current stretch goals are kinda interesting. 52 million is a jet pack, so that eject button in the key bindings makes a bit more sense now. the 53 mil one is an Independent Arbitrators Guild, which based on the name just sounds like moderators, but if you read the description it seems like they're also filling an auditor role? I wonder if the rules of the game will cover things like defrauding organizations of in-game money.
CyberPunked
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Xane
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I also got to play the Murray Cup backstage. Travis Day is holding the record internally at CIG, but a friend of mine came close! Two seconds under Travis Days' best time. He's a REALY good racing player but seeing that live was amazing.
Also, one tip for the Murray Cup (no idea if they fix it for 0.9): Yaw is really grippy while pitch is slightly more sloppy. If you can, use yaw for most critical turns.
EDIT: And because we need more shiny; here's the M50:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM0eRJGhMeE
Also, one tip for the Murray Cup (no idea if they fix it for 0.9): Yaw is really grippy while pitch is slightly more sloppy. If you can, use yaw for most critical turns.
EDIT: And because we need more shiny; here's the M50:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM0eRJGhMeE
https://forums.robertsspaceindustri...itch-questions-to-ben-about-connie-summarized
A summary of an interview with Ben.
The most interesting titbit is:
- It will roughly take a week to earn a connie in game.
Yeah, so much for P2W and grinding. But I'm sure that some people will be now upset that it's too easy to earn their precious Connie.
A summary of an interview with Ben.
The most interesting titbit is:
- It will roughly take a week to earn a connie in game.
Yeah, so much for P2W and grinding. But I'm sure that some people will be now upset that it's too easy to earn their precious Connie.
https://forums.robertsspaceindustri...itch-questions-to-ben-about-connie-summarized
A summary of an interview with Ben.
The most interesting titbit is:
- It will roughly take a week to earn a connie in game.
Yeah, so much for P2W and grinding. But I'm sure that some people will be now upset that it's too easy to earn their precious Connie.
a week? is that, a week of full-time ingame time? So 168h? no way it can be as little as just 7 days of casual play. 168h of play to earn a connie seems realistic.
Shrike Alvaron
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A week may seem too little, but 168 hours is really far too much. I'm thinking more around a week if you play, say, 8-12 hours per day. For people with full times (aka probably most of the backers) it would be longer of course since generally you can't play that much per day while also working. It's still an early number and the PU's economy is just shaping up, so anything could change.
Iced_Eagle
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A year ago Chris said that the thinking was that the Connie would take 60 hours of gameplay to get. Of course, considering the PU is not playable and balanced, obviously you should take all of the specific times with a grain of salt, and it will obviously vary person to person. However, it does show that it's not such a massive effort just to get the Connie.
60h for a Connie are reasonable and 168h are much too much.
So I guess he meant 7 days of casual play (although 60h aren't that casual).
But the Connie is a pretty good ship and it hopefully shows that you are not "forced" to invest real money or buy a Connie right now.
Probably a week of playing 2-3h a day. Maybe 4h.
Its really not that much considering its a ship for 4 players.
Still, PU is not even in alpha yet and changing cost or reward values is an easy task.
Dictator93
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Is it normal that my deluxe hangar has been looking like this for some time?
It looks like this:
Instead of this:
I remember that it once was very luminous, now it looks like most of the lightning is gone.
Its the temporary PBR transition that makes it look like that, in about 1 week it will look completely different.
CyberPunked
Member
Is the flight model different for the Murray cup because it's in-atmosphere?
168 hours seems realistic? It's quicker to level a character in WoW to Lv90. Like way quicker.
Xane
Member
Nah, it's probably just a glitch.
Also, even though it's in-atmosphere, it's still in zero-g.
The release of 0.9 will fix it? Great! It wasn't very deluxe looking anymore...
As a note, the Deluxe name is just tacked on - the hangar was designed as an industrial warehouse. The hangar revamps in the upcoming updates are better integrating them in to the game to come instead of having them as static, standalone content.
CyberPunked
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How can it be zero-g that close to the surface of a planet? That makes zero sense
pun intended
Yeah, at GamesCom, Chris said something about our choice of hangar determining which planet we start on. Like Revel & York (Deluxe hangar) = Terra, Aeroview (Business hangar) = Stanton, VFG Industrial (Asteroid hangar) = Odin, etc.
Shrike Alvaron
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Is it normal that my deluxe hangar has been looking like this for some time?
It looks like this:
Instead of this:
I remember that it once was very luminous, now it looks like most of the lightning is gone.
Huh, that bottom picture is quite old. Lots of people complained about the "pee mist" and so it was removed hence the difference in lighting.
I would assume that Hangar vendor/architect wouldn't determine location, but may limit options outside of the core planets. You will be able to choose your own starting planet, probably when the galaxy map and character system is worked out.
Shrike Alvaron
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They haven't clarified that, but I think that's unlikely. Probably we'll be able to choose from any hangars we actually HAVE, rather through ships or from the upgrades.
I dunno, Roberts made it sound like we'll get to choose from all four hangars regardless of what we "own" based on aesthetic preference. Especially since all four hangars can accommodate all sizes of ships now.
I, too, wonder what they'll do about the money people spent to upgrade their hangars. Maybe give them store credit?
I, too, wonder what they'll do about the money people spent to upgrade their hangars. Maybe give them store credit?
Winterblink
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He also talked about that being a one-time thing (barring some sort of moving mechanic) kind of like you choosing your starting area and basing out of that location initially.
Kinda like oh you like the asteroid hangar? You won't be launching out of it and magically be flying off of the surface of some beautiful wonderplanet. You'll fly out of it in an asteroid belt in some industrial system somewhere out in some ass end of the galaxy.
Irobot82
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We may also want to keep in mind that this release of the hangars will probably also coincide with the module room system they made for the hangar. So sure maybe you can get a fancy York hangar, but if you only own an Aurora it's a small hangar.
Lemme channel CIG for a second: $40 per hangar swap, those who already bought an upgrade get one free swap!
I don't know whether Sandi is really small, or Ben is just gigantic but it's funny to see them standing side by side https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALwq4GWayks.
And if we really can pick our hangar, I'm still on the fence whether I want an Aeroview or a R&Y. The R&Y is too classy and I'm not really bothered by the fact you have to stay on civilised planets like Terra, since I want to be a sophisticated scientist anyway. But I have the feeling there are other downsides than just your starting location.
And if we really can pick our hangar, I'm still on the fence whether I want an Aeroview or a R&Y. The R&Y is too classy and I'm not really bothered by the fact you have to stay on civilised planets like Terra, since I want to be a sophisticated scientist anyway. But I have the feeling there are other downsides than just your starting location.
CyberPunked
Member
I think it's safe to assume that Ben's gigantic.
This is worrying. While relatively tame in its own right, starting up promotional advertising this early in SC's life sets what I feel is a very bad precedent.
Shrike Alvaron
Member
I don't mind the color scheme or even the R9 decal since it can just be seen as the model number as is plastered on other ships, but the actual AMD logo and all being on there does bother me. At least they attempt to fit it in by giving AMD an in-fiction meaning "Accelerated Mass Design" but it's still a bit overt and shameless.
Still, this is far better than what could have been. Mobiglas powered by AMD? AMD stickers plastered over your ship's computer? Arena Commander, brought to you by AMD! ...I'll gladly take a ship skin over any of those.
From Reddit.
brelard said:
I don't mind advertising like this, as it's non-obtrusive and might actually be desirable to some people. IT seems to be something that you will get if you buy a video card from "Accelerated Mass Design". It might actually become something desirable that has a high resale value eventually in the PU.
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