Is anybody actually playing Star Citicen?

sunrodent · Post by **sunrodent** » Sat Dec 05, 2015 6:18 am

i'm almost afraid to show you guys this video... yer gonna love it!

https://youtu.be/PPNCgX2FYnM

Post by **Raveen** » Sat Dec 05, 2015 3:07 pm

My regret is that Starfighter Inc. didn't get past Kickstarter phase. that had the makings of being Alleg 2 far more than ED or SC.

I rather like the slow pace of dogfighting in ED, partly because I'm old I guess

But for me it's all about position and power rather than pure twitch skills. It's the same sort of mix of skill and cerebral fighting that I always liked about Alleg, just mixed differently. Obviously I've not played SC so I don't know what the combat's like there, although I hope it's not as boring as combat in Freelancer.

The bit of SC that I'd be interested in is the SP campaign, because we haven't had a decent SP story based space game for 15 years or so.

finisher2 · Post by **finisher2** » Sat Dec 05, 2015 6:42 pm

Raveen wrote:QUOTE (Raveen @ Dec 5 2015, 12:07 PM) My regret is that Starfighter Inc. didn't get past Kickstarter phase. that had the makings of being Alleg 2 far more than ED or SC.

I rather like the slow pace of dogfighting in ED, partly because I'm old I guess But for me it's all about position and power rather than pure twitch skills. It's the same sort of mix of skill and cerebral fighting that I always liked about Alleg, just mixed differently. Obviously I've not played SC so I don't know what the combat's like there, although I hope it's not as boring as combat in Freelancer.

The bit of SC that I'd be interested in is the SP campaign, because we haven't had a decent SP story based space game for 15 years or so.

SC is about positioning, ultimately all shooters are I think, it's just at a faster pace. SC has no spread on its projectiles, afaik, so to score a lot of hits you have to get a fairly close up firing solution, and to score more hits than your opponent means you have to get in and dance. Since the ships are relatively agile, and there are a lot of things that can be done to trick your flying pattern (various flight modes plus boosters, systems management, and some ships have in-flight configuration changes coming down the pipe), it's going to be a long learning curve and require a lot of skill to establish a superior firing solution. I am old too, and I regret that I'll never be a top notch fighter in SC, but it will be fun nonetheless. My favourite ship is the smallest ship in SC, and my favourite style is annoy and run

It's more fun than killing, actually =D

sunrodent · Post by **sunrodent** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 8:22 pm

Now the Persistent Test Universe 2.0 is ready to play.
Feature List

You can find the complete Star Citizen Alpha 2.0 patch notes here.
Open World Missions

8 Comm Array missions involving dogfighting and EVA, 8 Research missions involving protecting civilians or recovering lost data and 1 Exploration mission of an abandoned station.
20+ Random Encounters – Most are random dogfighting encounters, often with a mix of friendlies and hostiles. 4 are random exploration missions involving finding lost wrecks.

First Person Shooter

Recharging energy weapons.
In-game pick-ups including ballistic weapons, ammo and MediPens.
Player healing.
Due to the open-world architecture of the Crusader system, FPS combat can occur on space stations, on the decks of ships, or even while engaged in EVA.
A space station location specifically designed for and dedicated to FPS combat, including many stores and caches of personal weapons.

Spaceflight

Constant and ongoing skirmishes and space dogfights between Pirate factions and insystem security forces in the Yela asteroid belt.
Wreckage to scavenge in the Yela asteroid belt.
Ship Repair, Refuel and Restocking at Cry-Astro.
EVA – Extravehicular activity.
Multicrew Ships.
Multicrew ship gameplay! You’re not tied to your seat, you can walk around inside your ship with friends, and assume different responsibilities at different crew stations, such as ship’s pilot or copilot, engineer, or turret gunner.
Ship to space transitions.
Seamless first-person gameplay! Transit between the interior of your ship to outer space and back without any loading screen! Fly, fight, and spacewalk all in the same game.
Quantum Travel, complete with limited fuel mechanics.
All non-snub craft have a Quantum Drive that allows them to travel through local space at genuinely 0.2 speed of light.
Mobiglass Mission and Journal system.
EMP warfare in the Avenger Warlock.
Large World tech that allows for extremely large expanses of space to explore without loading screens.
New IFCS Flight models.
Ship repair refuel and restock.
Party system.
Multi-ship crew stations.
IFCS Flight Modes – Precision, SCM, and Cruise flight modes.
Afterburner.
Ship-to-ship EMP and disruption damage.

Locations

1 planet: Crusader.
3 moons: Yela with its asteroid belt, Cellin with a station and Daymar with a station.
3 distinct stations: Port Olisar (The new local shipping hub, a space hotel players get their start in), Security Post Kareah (our FPS PvP location), Covelex Shipping Hub (Abandoned shipping hub, acting as an EVA exploration location for players).
1 Cry-Astro repair and restock station.
9 Comms Arrays with encounters, missions and EVA exploration.

finisher2 · Post by **finisher2** » Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:44 pm

Yup, SC is defying the naysayers again. What a sweet game it is. Loving the Merlin!

sunrodent · Post by **sunrodent** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 2:27 am

The Merlin is so sleek and beautiful. Is it possible to carry and launch them from my Constellation yet?

Naysayers....maybe hitting 100 million will shut up the idea that Mr. Roberts won't have enough money to make the game however i doubt it.

Actually i have always worried that the naysayers would look pretty foolish when the game is released (just the Squadron 42 single player) It will be amazing from what i have seen and heard so far.

Star Citizen will demand the skill all the past players of Allegiance have developed over the years however they not be getting any Kill Bonus which i was always against. In Golf a good Scottish game you don't give a bonus to the best players you give a handicap to make it more even. That won't exist in Star Citizen so an experienced pilot will be valuable and expensive to hire! Talking to you guys.

Terran · Post by **Terran** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:30 am

Have not played it myself but was watching my bro play and can confirm SC ships having the ability to strafe in all directions, fly backwards and shoot your chaser, etc, so seems pretty allegiancelike. I'll definitely be buying my copy once the game is finished.

sunrodent · Post by **sunrodent** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 8:23 am

don't know if i mentioned the ships i have.

Avenger
Cutlass Black
Anvil Hornet
Aurora (because its a Classic) i'll be keeping that in the hanger as an antique
Origin 325A Fighter
Origin 315P Explorer
Misc Freelancer
Misc Starfarer Tanker
Constellation Andromeda

all LTI so i would rent them for a share of Convoy Profit depending on what we were doing. Once the PU is released.

It will be the small convoys that make money early on.

Buy the cheapest ship you want that gets you into the PU and earn all the rest.

Post by **Raveen** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 12:26 pm

sunrodent wrote:QUOTE (sunrodent @ Dec 14 2015, 02:27 AM) Star Citizen will demand the skill all the past players of Allegiance have developed over the years however they not be getting any Kill Bonus which i was always against. In Golf a good Scottish game you don't give a bonus to the best players you give a handicap to make it more even. That won't exist in Star Citizen so an experienced pilot will be valuable and expensive to hire! Talking to you guys.

Good to hear it's coming together, I hope it's a good game and not Freelancer 2 or worse, which has always been my concern

Regarding KB in Allegiance, I can see why people don't like it but the point of it is to give players a reason or choice between killing pods or letting them float home. Do you get rid of that 40KB or let the pilot sit in a pod for 5 minutes whilst you do something more useful? Whilst the bonus itself may not seem fair, I think that's an excellent dilemma to place players in.

sunrodent · Post by **sunrodent** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:46 pm

Raveen wrote:QUOTE (Raveen @ Dec 14 2015, 07:26 AM) Good to hear it's coming together, I hope it's a good game and not Freelancer 2 or worse, which has always been my concern

Regarding KB in Allegiance, I can see why people don't like it but the point of it is to give players a reason or choice between killing pods or letting them float home. Do you get rid of that 40KB or let the pilot sit in a pod for 5 minutes whilst you do something more useful? Whilst the bonus itself may not seem fair, I think that's an excellent dilemma to place players in.

Hey i won't take anything away from Allegiance i was there in the beginning and then couldn't get internet. When i did i found Allegiance.org and was very happy.

i understand the mechanic and loved picking up a better pilot while risking my life it was so exciting. The dilemma. There is so much i love about allegiance my dislike of KB is a grain of sand.

Also it was obvious i loved finding a ship shot to hell almost dead with a high KB trying to make it back to base. I only flew scouts that was the only time i would attack...laying some mines etc.

even then i rarely succeeded but i got some pretty good pilots that way in my day. i think its real and my heart gets crazy lol.