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Star Citizen Pre-Alpha: Hangar Module
- Thread starter MrBig
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Its appropriate for all games.
MasterOfPastures
Banned
That HUD display power-on.....
That's mostly my position. I pledged 35$ but I wont go any further mostly because it could be a catastrophic adventure.
kutthoat5150
Member
what you never payed $60 dollars for a game that only turned out to be average and you never touched again? step up your pledge game bro
I bought around 20 games for 60$ in my life that ended to be garbage.
I spent 125$ for Star Citizen and even if the actual game would be a disappointment (the chances are rly low)...I was part of the biggest crowdfunding project ever.
HUD video and talk. EMP warfare. Idris-p selling out before Chris announces it. 890 Jump saved for next year.
Sounds like the dogfighting module will be delayed into next year. Instead we'll get a couple of hangar module patches that add the firing range, the full-size Cutlass model and "other surprises."
Doesn't surprise me, considering they had to delay the hangar module's initial launch, too. I hope they can catch up to the original schedule.
Doesn't surprise me, considering they had to delay the hangar module's initial launch, too. I hope they can catch up to the original schedule.
Reading up on all the HUD stuff, jesus christ if they can do all the stuff they want.... This is gonna be the most awesomely cooperative MMO ever. I can picture myself with my headset on the bridge of a bigger ship yelling "WE NEED TO CUT OFF LIFE SUPPORT TO THE CABINS OR WE'LL ALL DIE" and sacrifice some of you guys for the greater good. Sorry.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Goddamn this game... it almost makes me want to cry on how awesome it is lol.
There's teams from the DoD?!?!?!? Holy
Mother of rofl. DoD is outsourcing the testing of their own designs to Star Citizen's engine, I see.
I hope they end up showing ALL the designs, not just the winner. Or at least the top50 or something.
Mother of rofl. DoD is outsourcing the testing of their own designs to Star Citizen's engine, I see.
I hope they end up showing ALL the designs, not just the winner. Or at least the top50 or something.dripdripsplash
Member
What is the price range of these ships ? I've heard people spending thousands ?
The game is $30. Donating more can get you different ships to start out with but it's not the sole object of paying nor will it be a method of acquiring ships when the game launches.
They said the canned videos they showed will be on their YouTube account soon.
Use them all!
Zod the Bear
Member
...time to avoid boarding the GAFship at all costs! I'll just fly cover in my hornet.
dripdripsplash
Member
I know, but what is the price of the ships ?
NHLGAF members get special treatment.
I don't even have a big ship
"only" a freelancer and 325A. Someone needs to let me land in their capital ship... God I'm excited for capital ship designs. Do we know if anything can land in the gladiator?
If it does turn out to be shit it has to be one of the biggest wastes of money in gaming history.
This should be interesting. Either we get an awesome new game or be part of gaming history for a terrible happening.
Yes, you can get every ship in the game using in-game currency. Right now, people get ships as gifts for pledging to fund the game.
LTI means LifeTime Insurance. When you blow up in the game, you have to buy a whole new ship, unless you have an in-game insurance policy on it then you'll get a new ship free of charge. You'll have to pay for this insurance with in-game currency, unless you pledged early enough to get LTI ... then you'll have free insurance forever on the ship you pledged for.
But they only gave original backers one year (which is up today) to pledge for ships with LTI. After this, pledged ships will only have like three months of free insurance or something like that.
The Old Republic will always hold that crown, there will probably never be a game that will surpass the sheer amount of wasted investment. 30 million dollars isn't that much money in terms of AAA publishing.
I'm not arguing for the grossly inflated budgets of AAA gaming here, just pointing out their average budget is very high.
Iced_Eagle
Member
Yes, every single ship you can get in the game without spending more money outside of just getting the game.
Right now it's set up where you can pay more to start with "better" ships which saves you time, but it's main goal is to obviously help give extra funds for development. For example, the Constellation is estimated to take around 60 hours of game time to be able to afford it using in-game currency (which could of course change as they balance everything). Once the game is live, it won't be like how it is today where you will be able to just buy ships with money, as that's leaning too much into Pay To Win territory. Once launched, you will be able to buy in-game credits to buy ships, but they're going to have a cap on how many you can buy per month.
LTI stands for Lifetime Insurance
In the game, you will need to buy insurance for your ship so you can get another one if your ship gets destroyed (don't have insurance? say goodbye to your ship!). It should be a relatively small cost to buy insurance in the game which is why they're stressing LTI isn't a huge deal.
There are 3 types of insurance in the game:
- Hull
- Equipment
- Cargo
LTI for a ship will basically cover the Hull and base equipment that comes with the ship. You never need to pay extra to get a new ship back. However, if you upgrade the weapons on your ship, you will need to pay insurance on that equipment. Likewise, if you're carrying cargo to do trading, everybody will need to pay insurance if they want that cargo insured (else sucks to be you if somebody pirates your delicious looking Freelancer with tons of uninsured goods!).
Before anyone gets any bright ideas, CIG said that insurance fraud is punishable in the game, so you can't just have your buddy pirate/capture your LTI ship and then you get another one and he gets your ship.
*Edit* Also, just bought an Avenger. Saw the video of the Avenger with PBR and it looked so damn good. At first I thought the ship looked really dumb but it's grown on me. It has an amazing field of view in the cockpit too.
Super Hornet, Constellation, Avenger. I'm all set!
Zod the Bear
Member
I don't even have a big ship
I think I'd read there might end up being a mod to the Starfarer to let a small ship dock.
If true, it'd be pretty awesome if they meant a singleseater that wasn't a snubfighter.
Other than that, I think we're limited unless we all save up for a GAF Idris ingame.
I share your concerns. They did emphasize customization - event to the point of moving things from the "actual" HUD to the flat panels in the cockpit.
Kinda funny how we have a poll with "which ship do you want next", the answer to which is ALL OF THEM by the end of December :lol
Does anyone have a link to the updated Avenger info? I might be able to melt my 325 in time to help get a Banu.
Yeah, hopefully it is customisable.
Edit: Never mind, found it. Bloody awesome.
Fluff to substance ratio seems to be looking really bad here. Hoping that's either toned down to be more utilitarian or customization is super robust, beyond just moving things around
Yeah, hopefully it is customisable.
Edit: Never mind, found it. Bloody awesome.
B-B-Bomba!
Member
It probably has been said already, but I do miss the days when people used to just make games, and then sell them. I suppose I did used to dream of being a commissioning executive in a major games publisher, but now I'm older I just want to be told what to play.
Obviously though I'm in this thread because I loved Wing Commander and X-Wing and could see myself cashing in on the passion and hard work of this little community a few years down the line.
Obviously though I'm in this thread because I loved Wing Commander and X-Wing and could see myself cashing in on the passion and hard work of this little community a few years down the line.
Looks like it has dynamic states
Brilliant.
Here's the Avenger video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcavzDCbdMI
Nice. Very nice.
Edit: The target marker in the hud looks very over done, if you have several ships to manoeuvre around or obstacles it could be distracting as hell.
BrettWeir
Member
I think I've been under a rock. Haven't heard about this game at all. Just checked this thread on a whim and holy hell in a hand basket. This looks damned amazing. Had to put a pledge package on my Xmas list. If I don't get it for Xmas, I'll break out the wallet!
All I can say is DAYUM!
All I can say is DAYUM!
Holy mother of Methuselah that was awesome! So is flying just one part of the whole Star Citizen experience, because if that's the case I'm NOT going to experience everything else the game has to offer.
It's the vast majority of it. You do have the capacity to try and board and capture other vessels, so some on foot combat is in the game, but it's more of a mini game then anything.