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Star Citizen Pre-Alpha: 'Arena Commander' Dogfighting
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This stuff + 890 Jump = GLEE
kutthoat5150
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really liked the voice acting of the bored customs agent, sounds like he does that job all day
staticneuron
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Nothing short of amazing! This is pretty astonishing stuff.
Better than I expected.
Steve McQueen
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oops :/ wrong thread
That is beautiful, but, isn't it just a cinematic loading screen?
I mean it was full auto since he made the approximation to the planet. Wasn't it?
The cutlass commercial was great.
Teknopathetic
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Cutlass seems like my kind of space ship.
Vlodril
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Just booted up arena commander to try some of the other ships (bum with aurora here) and the hornet is so much better gameplay wise. it turns must faster and its much more agile (not to say anything about its weapons godamn).
Very satisfying to flying with it , it will be hard to go back to the aurora. On the other hand a nice jump between ships will be great for the PU.
Very satisfying to flying with it , it will be hard to go back to the aurora. On the other hand a nice jump between ships will be great for the PU.
Dictator93
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Should we do the usual and make a thread for the cutlass commercial?
Also, I am ridiculously psyched to be able to tryout a hornet
Also, I am ridiculously psyched to be able to tryout a hornet
The landings will be automated, yes. It's still a great proof of concept. Walking around in a moving ship all the way down to a store on the planet. If they can keep that asset quality for the full game, this is going to be something special.
I liked the planetary demo more!
kutthoat5150
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Not really feeling the cutlass variants, was hoping for a souped up pirate version. Maybe the caterpillar will redeem drake in that regard
CyberPunked
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Taken from the stream:
Amazing, it looks just like concept art!
Amazing, it looks just like concept art!
Dictator93
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I used the hornet, and I never want to go back. The cockpit, the sounds, the guns in combination with a HOTAS is like.... I need new pants.
http://webmup.com/wKL25/vid.webm
http://webmup.com/wKL25/vid.webm
Chance Hale
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Really hope such a massive, popular game like this using Cryengine leads to wider adoption. Nothing else comes close to games like Ryse and this at the moment, although of course there are no UE4 games out aside from Daylight(lol)
CyberPunked
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AC:Unity is looking pretty hot graphically, although it will probably run like garbage.
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/pledge/Standalone-Ships/Origin-890-JUMP-LTI
890 is available again for those interested, 782 left atm
890 is available again for those interested, 782 left atm
Dubbedinenglish
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Pick me up an extra one.
I wonder how the Vanduul will fit into S42 and the persistent universe. From what we've seen of them so far, including the latest commercial, they don't strike me as a particularly intelligent race. Much less so than the Kilrathi, for example, although they obviously must be, since they're a spacefaring and therefore fairly advanced civilization. I have the feeling S42's story will revolve around them as much as it will around some sort of internal UEE conflict / power struggle, Wing Commander IV-style. A mix between WC3 and WC4, if you will.
Dictator93
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Everything we know about the UEE points towards lots of internal division and extrmeley questionable politics right?
I would love a mission concerning rebels.
I wouldn't be surprised if S42's story ends up with you finding out that if was a renegade faction inside UEE that was pulling the Vanduul's strings all along, although I do hope they'll go for something else entirely, as this is a pretty trite and overdone space opera trope. In any case, I don't think there's any doubt that the primary combat threat will be the Vanduul, seeing how they went all out on the design of their fleet and the like.
Almost two and a half hours later, 725 remaining. WHAT HAPPEN, CIG?
They got Daedardus'd.
only so many whales out there, I guess
Dictator93
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Didnt the y just make like almsot 2 million dollars in less than 24 hours?
well
yeah
but with 700 890 Jumps still available, they could have made another $420,000
but they haven't, because the whales have run out.
The Dear Leader
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Yeah it's pretty incredible, I'm going to upgrade to 315p from my Aurora then probably upgrade that to a Hornet after I get some extra money, such a smart idea on their parts to let people try the ships, I'm sure it's going to lead to a lot of upgrades and purchases.
Quite a few, check each ship's page.
Vlodril
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Yea i used the hornet and after my aurora it feels like i am playing a different game. That flexibility of the ship, the way it turns (not to mention that firepower). Awesome stuff.
it's the first time i am thinking seriously of not following with the get the basic ship and then get everything else in game and may switch to the hornet. hopefully i manage to stay strong
mercenar1e
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Sax Russel
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As an Aurora backer...
Hornet in Vanduul Swarm = shooting gallery ezmoad
350r in racing =
Hornet in Vanduul Swarm = shooting gallery ezmoad
350r in racing =
The Dear Leader
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As an Aurora backer...
Hornet in Vanduul Swarm = shooting gallery ezmoad
350r in racing =
Lol that was my feeling exactly, I feel I'm driving around on a unicycle with my Aurora now. Just turning in a Hornet, M50, or 350r is like night and day.
Comandr
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I REGRET NOTHING
Dear god let me be your cabin boy.
Since we've got a couple of 890s in the Org now, I'm thinking there will be a chance for a big NeoGAF cruise around.
I thought the ship gifting stops when the persistent universe goes live. Buying ships directly will supposedly not be possible in the full game so it makes sense to stop gifting as well.
The Dear Leader
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I've never been a fan of the Cutlass, but I gotta say ...
... yeah.
Those wings in the front look dumb, if those were gone I think I would like it more.
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