/scg/edg/ Star Citizen + Elite Dangerous General #184 - The Weight Continues

Snorlax is snoring peacefully...

tfw you know you can't in good faith tell your friends to check out Star Citizen until 3.1/3.2 comes out next year.

Holy shit that filename.

Here's my understanding of the situation:
>REEEEEE REEEEE CIG LIED BECAUSE THEY CANT GET EVERYTHING DONE AT ONCE REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

You want to present an argument that makes more sense than that? Go for it, but that's all I've seen.

it's a lot easier when you only have one friend and you both got the game in 2012

No shit, try 30-40 peeps that has hopped onto the SC project since 2013.
At least they aren't 'moaning' about the wait...

how do you know so many people? i hate pretty much everyone

>tfw all the friends you've tried to get into SC bitch about how $45 is too much money for a video game

Why would you ever draw people into a X.0 release? 2.0 was a goddamn mess. 3.0 will be a goddamn mess. Welcome to Alpha, Beta, AND final release because they'll all be that way.

then just buy them a copy. that's what i did for my bro since HE'S A PILE OF SHIT THAT DOESN'T WORK I KNOW YOU'RE READING THIS

R E L A T A B L E

Well it's for the most part friends of a friend times 5 over really. :p

>tfw you might be talking to me.
I don't think any of my family 4chins though.

Fuck no I'm not running a charity.

This
Bought for 2 friends. One of them eventually upgraded to a freelancer. 45 for a game and a ship is too much, but spending an extra 65 for flying bang bus is perfectly fine I guess.

don't worry i'm not serious. i still love you bro

>Can a Cyclone end up on its side or roof? If so, how do we right the vehicle post-accident?

>The Cyclone features jump-jet thrusters meant to stabilize the vehicle when it becomes airborne. These will attempt to correct any deviation in the vehicle and provide a softer landing. Despite this, it is possible that your Cyclone could find itself flipped, turned upside down. Should this happen, we recommend you take a minute to sit right there, tell everyone how you became the prince of a town called Bel-Air… and then get out and lift.

Moist.

youtube.com/watch?v=S2Lk3JroAQM

neat

[Azz effekt intensifies]

PURGE

twitter.com/sandigardiner/status/890297562678382592

>all planets with native alien life are covered under the Fair Chance Act
>Planets under the Fair Chance Act are off-limits to civilians
>tfw it's just an excuse so they don't have to make alien flora and fauna because if you try to land they can just turn you around

I mean, they did lie. If they're no longer planning to launch with 100 systems, that is a lie.

The whole thing is what they're considering launch

I fucking hate Sandi and her shitty phone videos so much

what's wrong with space mum?

Its perfect marketing

Y'all so thirsty that people will be """"analysing"""" this video for hours

funny to think that I bought like 8 people into the original kickstarter with the 30 dollar package since I had neetbux aplenty those days and I'll bet almost all of them forgot that they own a copy of the game with complementary spaceship

>phone probably takes videos at 60fps and twitter horribly compresses it anyway so there is literally no useful information discernible from her completely vacuous tweet
She just makes me so mad.

>The whole thing is what they're considering launch
Yeah that's the thing, launch is an entirely arbitrary point that doesn't really mean anything. They could just say the damn thing is still in beta 5 years from now and still keep collecting tax benefits in places like the UK, Canada, or even the State of Georgia.

"Launch" doesn't mean anything.

you obviously have no idea how hard it is to take a screenshot off a computer

It not being clear is the entire point, nerdos

Yeah and it's fucking shit.

I don't think that's how it's going to work...
At least I hope not as I fully intend to carry out the Crusades 2.0: Deus vult edition ='[
Rolling over dem alien mongrel natives with the Rover. =]

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You need to go back.

Would you have preferred small tailored landing zones over the procedural planets we've got now?

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We've got both, though.

???

They're still doing small tailored landing zones, but they're putting them on procedural planets now.

>shitty pepe and b8 images
You really need to go. Your new is painfully obvious.

I see a few ships in that video, but also a lot of dirt on the screen.

>reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/6ppi4a/your_main_ship_for_release/
>All of them are large multicrew ships
fucking reddit

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No shortage of jobs for people who like turrets.

I got a Cutlass Blue and a Polaris.

Guess which one I'm flying at "release?" I'll give you a hint, it's not the one I'm going to need 100 thousand UEC to staff.

I really don't see 3.0 being that much of a big deal other than the planets and the whole transition from space to orbit to the surface and then being able to hop out on foot or some stored vehicle.
I seem to recall they aren't even gonna have it where you can do a mission with a friend and then expect both of you to be rewarded for a mission etc. =[

What you just said had literally nothing to do with the person you responded to.

Fuck off you downie newfag.

>gift 3 good freinds who will play literally anything for hours
>all of us are terrible people and have ~1k hours on dayz standalone
>SC does not appeal to them in this current patch, for free

dont make the mistake i made of gifting, it instantly devalues the game for them the second they install it, and regardless of if a measly $105 is anything to you they will feel like you're trying to hold them hostage somehow

again, ~1k hours "willingly" placed into dayz standalone, which is maybe as playable now as SC was around 2.1. most of that time being much much earlier in less playable patches before there was content

Did you know Trump decided to bar mentally ill people from joining the US forces??
I would offer you some salt but I've been all out since the 2016 election.

So 60 dollars for the minimum?
does that come with a ship
what could I expect to pay minimum for a ship with LTI if those are still on offer

For $45, you get access to Star Citizen with a starter ship, either an Aurora or a Mustang. $15 more gets you Squadron 42, the single player campaign.

The only way to get LTI these days is to buy a ship when it's on concept sale (aka buying jpegs), and the price carries wildly depending on the ship. But LTI is really just a convenience. It won't save you a significant amount of UEC.

>mentally ill barred from military service

since ww1 if you're fucking diagnosed. mental illness has never been welcome in high functioning jobs with dangerous machinery
>not lying at meps
>going out of your way to get diagnosed with anything after turning 18

$45 if you don't include the single player campaign that isnt coming out any time soon

might be able to grab a $35 sale price package around gamescom and or 3.0 release as well.

>Our current intention is that anything that fits an Ursa will fit the Cyclone, including the Constellation. For ships like the Cutlass and Freelancer, it may technically fit in their cargo bays, but because the ramps are tapered, a Cyclone would likely not be able to load up into it.

Cool, I guess that saved me $40. What's the point of making a smaller buggy type vehicle if it can't even fit in any ships except the ones that already fit the much larger, probably better ursa? I was hoping I could have a neat little car in my cutlass but I guess not.

Nah it's 45 bucks or if you wait for the anniversary sale which is mid-late November, you should be able to pick it up for 30 bucks or so.
Those are with the star citizen access only thou', the packages going for 60 bux have star citizen access + SQ42 episode 1 campaign (they got 3 episodes in total planned)

If there's a sale can you melt your current package and rebuy the sale one cheaper?

you can turn the $45 package you buy today into a $35 package + $10 store credit later, yeah

DayZ standalone launched as more of a game than current SC alpha, and I'm saying that as a fanatic who has literally 2 grand into this. Your friends are not wrong for refusing to play what isn't a game, you are wrong for getting salty at them. There is nothing to do. I have given this game and recommended this game to several dozen people, most of them played it for a couple hours then said "I'll come back when its actually a game" and that's the reasonable thing to do.

Having more people in the empty sandbox with you will not make it better, and its hardly even possible to get more than 2-3 people into the same lobby anyway. Giving them the game didn't devalue it for them, the state of the game devalued it for them, its not a game yet, its an empty, barely functional buggy alpha with no potential for deep gameplay or real lasting progress to be made. In DayZ you could always collect a pile of loot, stash it, build a little camp, acquire a car and hide, and some of that stuff might even be there when you go back. And in addition to that there was Functional PvP and persistent geographical power games to be played. SC has none of that. All you can do is farm credits, even the story missions reset every time you log out.

Only thing I could upgrade to with that bit of extra money that might I want is the 300i, my main playstyle will be absurd speed and range for transporting high value cargo and VIPs, not sure if the Avenger or 300i would be better for that. The 300i can be upgraded into a 350r ingame which has 2 tr4, but the Avenger has a tr5 and can be fitted with lighter armor.

>300 series
>cargo
lmao

I don't hate the Avenger, but I think the 300 series is the better ship. You should know that the 350r is a special chassis. You can't upgrade a 300i to a 350r. The rest of the 300 series has one engine, 350r has 2. I just hope the external cargo pod isn't completely fucking retarded.

What I meant was, you can't upgrade the components in a 300i and make a baby 350r. You have to change ships.

like i said, most of that time being from when zero of the newer features you just listed were in the game. certainly now it's more of a game but it's still a broken piece of shit with no real goals or anything to keep you playing other than stockpiling tons of military shit that will get wiped the next day for a suprise hotfix. entire patches without zombies even in the game. zombies still completely harmless annoyance in a zombie game

you had the options of
>find noob loot and go high pop server to pvp
>find M4 and go high pop to pvp

both games are shit now but it's the idea that we've all put so many hours into the shitshow that is dayz and they won't even glance at SC, which is a much more functional alpha than Dayz was a few patches ago

just pretend the 300 series, and mustangs do not exist until they get their much needed reworks. most outdated ships in the game next to the current cutlass which is almost not usable right now.

>CIG spends their time reworking loads of ships before even starting on the two starter ships
I'll never understand this.

mustang in general has always been super broken, and there is no excuse for the plastic barbie car dashboard-decal interior of the cockpit.

300 series is just waiting on the 600 to add new art assets, 300 series should be really nice ships once they get updated. kinda spoiled myself with the cutlass tho i dont think i'll ever own a less universally useful ship

Can someone post the edit that made Big Benny like 2x the size of Chris

edit?

Can you "explore the galaxy lore fags" point me what system or systems will be salvagers paradise?

I think he meant to "shrink it" a little.

You know what I mean, i just want the pic

shippe

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>find cool system
>high tech station right next to low, high and hazardous res
>get friendly with faction
>google system
>the ruling faction was made by a group of furries
Didn't realize that players could make factions, are there many systems like this?

Literally anyone can create a faction, so there's loads

This general has one

scanning terraformables is faster, though

Man I don't see how people were saying you can't make credits bounty hunting, it seems faster than doing the delivery missions if a bit more risky
Its easy to combat log against AI though so risk is minimal. Just made 300k in like 30 minutes of flying around, plinking baddies, then letting the friendly local system authority to melt them. Pretty fun

I hate that table. It looks like a giant maxipad or bed pan.

do kill warrant scanners even matter if you don't go into anarchy systems?

10k/minute is kind of ass though, when you consider that the "road to riches" is about 100k/min and scanning Kosmala. Rewards is even faster once you have a good exploration rank

Those people are at/near endgame, where 300k/30min is a terrible rate for money.

The KWS picks up extra bounties on ships so it's always useful if you can spare the power/scan time.

You can make 5 mil in 30 minutes in a Hauler.

>CIG ARE LIARS THE GAME WONT LAUNCH WITH 100 EMPTY SYSTEMS WITH 1 LANDING ZONE EACH!
I am convinced that this game is one of the guaranteed ways of finding out who is a retard that can not into cognition. They're either the mouth breathing white knights who jump your ass for criticizing anything or they're fucktards who consider every single deviation from anything said before or during the kickstarter to be evidence that it's all a scam.

It's a wonder the development team pulls off what it does under all the stress they must have over this fucking game and the screeching autists who simultaneously love and hate it.

details? Trading missions are killing me

alpha-orbital.com/pathfinder

1)Get a fuel scoop, an advanced discovery scanner and a detailed surface scanner
2)Strip out/D-rank everything else except maybe shields, fuel tanks and/or heat sinks
3)Go to the planets in the list above and scan them
4)Don't die, then sell the scan data for 400-700k per scan

I mean, obviously don't D-rank your FSD
Get the best one you can afford, A-rank will pay for itself in like 20 min

Thanks
Just tried to outfit my Cobra for passengers but all the shit is 200+ ly away, fuck that

200ly is a cake walk. What kind of range do you even have?

Calm down culty

3.0 at or before gamescom?