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Lol, none of the above. But that is also another charming element: god forbid you don't spend every single word you ever type here bashing cig or you are 'one of them'.

But to answer your weirdly phrased question: all I am saying is "don't be a hypocrite. Even when it serves to bash CIG more."

Yes, a very controversial statement, I know.
CIG deserves nothing but bashing, contempt and actual legal punishment.

From the start they were self proclaiming about becoming the chosen one savior of pc gaming that have moral superiority over other game developers but after 7 years they have proven themselves consistently delivering the opposite from what they proclaimed to be on every aspect of gaming development and customer interaction.

They have earned themselves their reputation and there's nothing offensive whatsoever if we're constantly bashing them and ridiculing them.

Let me add that, there's also every justification for us to strongly disagree at every claims they and their fans made about how they're supposedly not being worse than other gaming companies out there. Because all evidences tell us that they're actually worse than any other gaming companies out there.
 
I can only speak for myself, but I've never felt FOMO from FDev, ever. And yet every ship sale from CIG seems to reek of FOMO, like their current "Don't miss your chance" sale which ends in 3 days. FDev just doesn't seem to conduct themselves that way, or if they do it must have been under my radar. Happy to be shown examples if you have any.

The only one I can really think of that is anywhere close is the black paint jobs are only available around the holidays. And that isn't really that big of a deal.

Oh, and the Cobra Mk 4. But that is more pay to lose.
 
Oh, and the Cobra Mk 4. But that is more pay to lose.

triggered

Of all the "small" ships it has:

  • The most optional internals
  • The most amount of hardpoints
  • Can carry the most cargo (92)
  • Can be a fully fitted explorer due to all the internals
  • Can be a fully fitted miner due to all the internals
  • One out of three small ships that can actually be multi-crew
  • Third place in hull hitpoints just behind the Vulture and Diamondback explorer who has the most of all small ships
  • Can be one HELL of an armour tank (albeit a flying snail)
  • Perfect multicrew ship with 3 small weapons on top that are perfect for being turrets
It's only drawback is it's speed, jump range and agility but they had to cut corners somewhere considering what it gains. It's not an upgrade to the Cobra MkIII but rather just a different Cobra MkIII designed for a different job.

EDIT: I just cannot help but love the underdog.
 
CIG deserves nothing but bashing, contempt and actual legal punishment.

From the start they were self proclaiming about becoming the chosen one savior of pc gaming that have moral superiority over other game developers but after 7 years they have proven themselves consistently delivering the opposite from what they proclaimed to be on every aspect of gaming development and customer interaction.

They have earned themselves their reputation and there's nothing offensive whatsoever if we're constantly bashing them and ridiculing them.

Let me add that, there's also every justification for us to strongly disagree at every claims they and their fans made about how they're supposedly not being worse than other gaming companies out there. Because all evidences tell us that they're actually worse than any other gaming companies out there.

This....omg so much this +1

"This seriel killer has murdered dozens of people factually and we dont know how many more corpses are out there on his behalf. His trial is an ongoing affair for 7 years now and pretty much all the facts that are available have been made public."

"you know the constant bashing and calling out for justice really becomes boring, what is it with the persistent lawmen doing their job? Why cant they move on and drop this already? Its old news...nobody cares and whats done is done right?"

Can you see the parallel to SC and CIG here? If you are going to post something like "so SC is a murder case now?" then just lol at you ^^

Star Citizen is pretty much old news by now. Whoever cares about it has made up his/her mind. Theres hardly anything new to discuss...nothing that would change SCs course anyway. Its mostly fluff and the only news about game critical mechanics and features are the delay announcements or people figuering out CIG once again dropped them silently because roadmaps which anybody can access and which are written so confusingly that it takes 10 minutes off your hands to go through them because once again....mostly fluff.

The fact remains that CIG has potentially wasted so much money and time and did so by shady business strategies that releasing an "okay" game now will not provide compensations in the eyes of most people who are in financially. CIG sold stuff on promises in the past and them changing these promises gradually over time until none remain or are so altered that they dont resemble anything of the past sales they were made on makes the company criminal or scammy in my book.

If you personally are "okay" with whats happening or your money probably being lost thats great for you. That doesnt mean that anybody else should feel the same. Also if you personally are tired of all the bashing or "hyporcrisy" you can always walk away and turn your attention to something more worthwhile.

I am riding this train to its end to see CIG getting their just reward. They have been the epitome of incompetence and criminal marketing tactics for me, putting recent scandals and outcries to shame and the only reason we dont have a verified crapstorm on our hands directed at CIG is because the game and its development are so niche that hardly anyone in the greater game community knows about it or cares enough to participate.

I dont care about any of the game developments because they wont change a thing in the end. So I dont have all the details down....dont have to. Still can post here as long as I m on-topic. Tired of my or any of the other bashing/sarcasm/joking? Feel free to walk away or ignore.

There is a miracle chance that Star Citizen will turn out a great game and a better chance it ll be "just" a game. I m prepared to admit my folly in one of those cases. The other doesnt warrent any apology from me. Releasing something so little, so broken and hardly resembling what was promised is not an achievement. Nothing I can see makes me believe the "great game" will ever happen so I remain skeptical and keep pointing fingers at the responsible factor.....CIG.

I agree that CIG has made this nest they are sitting in at the moment, crapped full and stinking. They deserve all the criticism and bashing for shoddy craftsmenship and lack of reliability. The SC community at large has been patient and very forgiving with the majoritiy keeping up with CIGs constant failures and breaking of promises. And as more and more people keep waking up the "same old stuff" is popping up and you know what?

Most of it is as relevant and appropriate as it was 2 years ago. The meager changes and improvements dont justify the involved timeframe and money spent.

If this thread has proven one thing beyond doubt is that theres hardly anything to discuss about Star Citizen. But when it comes to its community or the responsible company things suddenly get interesting and they also keep this thread alive. Just throw in another "haters gonna hate" comment or put in a completely irrelevant "but ED did it too" post and see the thread explode. Try to discuss relevant SC mechanics and news and everybody falls asleep.

For me...its either pure trolling or a desperate attempt of blind defense on behalf of a project that cannot defend itself or has anything that could counter any of the "hate" directed at it. I might post less but I wont stop watching this as it unfolds. I ll keep checking DS twitter feed and YT videos. After all this time I dont feel bad for wanting to know how this crapstorm of a journey ends. CIG collapsing and being called out as the scam it probably was for years by now is the least form of justice I expect. If you are only after Star Citizen relevant news and tired of all the back-and-forth you might increase your browsing experience by utilizing the ignore comment or simply filtering the stuff you find interesting (even tho that probably reduces the feed to 1 or 2 relevant posts in 5 pages or so.....)
 
CIG deserves nothing but bashing, contempt and actual legal punishment.

From the start they were self proclaiming about becoming the chosen one savior of pc gaming that have moral superiority over other game developers but after 7 years they have proven themselves consistently delivering the opposite from what they proclaimed to be on every aspect of gaming development and customer interaction.

They have earned themselves their reputation and there's nothing offensive whatsoever if we're constantly bashing them and ridiculing them.

Let me add that, there's also every justification for us to strongly disagree at every claims they and their fans made about how they're supposedly not being worse than other gaming companies out there. Because all evidences tell us that they're actually worse than any other gaming companies out there.
That's a great rant, but it is still no reason for someone to be a hypocrite.
This....omg so much this +1

"This seriel killer has murdered dozens of people factually and we dont know how many more corpses are out there on his behalf. His trial is an ongoing affair for 7 years now and pretty much all the facts that are available have been made public."

"you know the constant bashing and calling out for justice really becomes boring, what is it with the persistent lawmen doing their job? Why cant they move on and drop this already? Its old news...nobody cares and whats done is done right?"

Can you see the parallel to SC and CIG here? If you are going to post something like "so SC is a murder case now?" then just lol at you ^^

Star Citizen is pretty much old news by now. Whoever cares about it has made up his/her mind. Theres hardly anything new to discuss...nothing that would change SCs course anyway. Its mostly fluff and the only news about game critical mechanics and features are the delay announcements or people figuering out CIG once again dropped them silently because roadmaps which anybody can access and which are written so confusingly that it takes 10 minutes off your hands to go through them because once again....mostly fluff.

The fact remains that CIG has potentially wasted so much money and time and did so by shady business strategies that releasing an "okay" game now will not provide compensations in the eyes of most people who are in financially. CIG sold stuff on promises in the past and them changing these promises gradually over time until none remain or are so altered that they dont resemble anything of the past sales they were made on makes the company criminal or scammy in my book.

If you personally are "okay" with whats happening or your money probably being lost thats great for you. That doesnt mean that anybody else should feel the same. Also if you personally are tired of all the bashing or "hyporcrisy" you can always walk away and turn your attention to something more worthwhile.

I am riding this train to its end to see CIG getting their just reward. They have been the epitome of incompetence and criminal marketing tactics for me, putting recent scandals and outcries to shame and the only reason we dont have a verified crapstorm on our hands directed at CIG is because the game and its development are so niche that hardly anyone in the greater game community knows about it or cares enough to participate.

I dont care about any of the game developments because they wont change a thing in the end. So I dont have all the details down....dont have to. Still can post here as long as I m on-topic. Tired of my or any of the other bashing/sarcasm/joking? Feel free to walk away or ignore.

There is a miracle chance that Star Citizen will turn out a great game and a better chance it ll be "just" a game. I m prepared to admit my folly in one of those cases. The other doesnt warrent any apology from me. Releasing something so little, so broken and hardly resembling what was promised is not an achievement. Nothing I can see makes me believe the "great game" will ever happen so I remain skeptical and keep pointing fingers at the responsible factor.....CIG.

I agree that CIG has made this nest they are sitting in at the moment, crapped full and stinking. They deserve all the criticism and bashing for shoddy craftsmenship and lack of reliability. The SC community at large has been patient and very forgiving with the majoritiy keeping up with CIGs constant failures and breaking of promises. And as more and more people keep waking up the "same old stuff" is popping up and you know what?

Most of it is as relevant and appropriate as it was 2 years ago. The meager changes and improvements dont justify the involved timeframe and money spent.

If this thread has proven one thing beyond doubt is that theres hardly anything to discuss about Star Citizen. But when it comes to its community or the responsible company things suddenly get interesting and they also keep this thread alive. Just throw in another "haters gonna hate" comment or put in a completely irrelevant "but ED did it too" post and see the thread explode. Try to discuss relevant SC mechanics and news and everybody falls asleep.

For me...its either pure trolling or a desperate attempt of blind defense on behalf of a project that cannot defend itself or has anything that could counter any of the "hate" directed at it. I might post less but I wont stop watching this as it unfolds. I ll keep checking DS twitter feed and YT videos. After all this time I dont feel bad for wanting to know how this crapstorm of a journey ends. CIG collapsing and being called out as the scam it probably was for years by now is the least form of justice I expect. If you are only after Star Citizen relevant news and tired of all the back-and-forth you might increase your browsing experience by utilizing the ignore comment or simply filtering the stuff you find interesting (even tho that probably reduces the feed to 1 or 2 relevant posts in 5 pages or so.....)

Wow. Let's take a step back.

P1: wow, they said "don't miss out!", how horrible of them! So terribly evil!
P2: errr, that is generic marketing language, FD does the same.
P3: but cig so evil!
P2: that is no reason to be a hypocrite.
P4: But CIG so evil!!!
P2: that is still no reason to be a hypocrite.
You: EPIC RANT ABOUT CIG BEING SO EVIL!!!!!!!!

Okay, great! But. that. Is. Still. No. Reason. To. Be. A. Hypocrite.

Every year you think the mindless rage can't get any more mindless... Oh well, don't let me stop you from posting another novel about this.
 
In my opinion the difference between limited items is that one company sells an unlimited amount over a time period while the other sells a limited number over a limited time period.

CIG will do things like 100x $1000 ships which are only available on Friday at 7PM EST. If you don't add one to your cart and hit the Pay Now! button fast enough you lose out. It's nothing more than complete psychological manipulation and it is quite sad to see people drawn in by it.
The secondary effect being that scalpers then inflate the prices on the grey market to try and cash in on those who missed out...
 
In my opinion the difference between limited items is that one company sells an unlimited amount over a time period while the other sells a limited number over a limited time period.

CIG will do things like 100x $1000 ships which are only available on Friday at 7PM EST. If you don't add one to your cart and hit the Pay Now! button fast enough you lose out. It's nothing more than complete psychological manipulation and it is quite sad to see people drawn in by it.
The secondary effect being that scalpers then inflate the prices on the grey market to try and cash in on those who missed out...
The grey market is always cheaper than the RSi store... even for CCU upgrades.
 
The epic hypocrisy is CRoberts saying (paraphrasing) that CIG's business and game dev model is so much better than those evil AAA production companies. Never mind that those AAA companies take on all the risk up front and must release a game to recoup those costs, whereas CRoberts incurs no risk, has no financial imperative to release a game, and lines his own pockets from donations in the meantime.
 
Apropos of nothing, here are some fun stretch goals that nobody has mentioned in an age:

  • Command and Control Center – Supervise the battle from the deck of your Idris or Destroyer (class TBA) with advanced C&C packages that allow you to tie all of your ships together and assume central command from the 3rd seat.

  • Star Citizen will feature a fourth landout option on Earth! Where will it be? London? Berlin?

  • Exclusive star system for pre-launch backers. Only players who support the game before its
    launch will receive the computer coordinates needed to allow their jump drives to access this system.

  • Manage Space Stations – Players will compete to own and operate a limited number of space stations across the galaxy.

  • Public Transportation System – Need to get from one place to another but don’t have a starship? We’re building a galactic transportation system. You can travel via transport from system to system in Star Citizen and even ship items (like a ship you need moved to another hangar.) With this stretch goal, we’ll expand this system: star liners, long range transports, charter ships and flyable shuttles!

  • Enhanced Capital Ship Systems – In addition to the command and control systems we’ve already outlined, we’re going to expand capital ship functions! Lead a damage control team to fight fires and repair key systems during battle, control internal bulkheads to slow boarders and man a number of consoles, like navigation and engineering, that will make commanding a capital ship feel even more immersive.

  • Pets – We have repair bots, we have fish… but we haven’t implemented a traditional pet system in Star Citizen yet. At $64 million, that changes. From Jones the Cat in Alien to the Battlestar Galactica’s Daggit, pets have a place onboard starships… and we want to give you that option in Star Citizen. Expect traditional terrestrial options, plus anything exotic we can dream up in the Star Citizen universe! (Those Torshu Grey crabs that keep escaping are just the start.) This stretch goal is in honor of Paddington, Strike Dog of the UEES Paul Steed. In one of our first videos Paddington helped us get to $4 million back in the initial campaign, and sadly passed away recently.

Just a fun backdrop to your daily Star Citizen conversing ;)
 
Kickstarter and Stretch goals are old testiment, they were belived by the people of the time but are now thought to be stroies - more a set of guidelines: VR, Linux, Mac, Modding, 100 systems, pets, no P2W, crafted story content, dynamic economy and living universe, amazing space battles with pilots jockying for position and watching each other's six, amazing AI where NPCs lives were apparantly processed in "real-time", organizations that protected their own bit of space, interesting progressive game-play developing your character etc.

The new testiment is 1 system with proc gen moons and a proc gen planet to look at, proc gen cities to walk around in third-person and look at NPCs walking into walls while you pull faces into a web-cam and wait for empty trains to stand on, a few missions where you listen to a radio story and pull the lever or pick up the box and take it to the man, FPS where enemy stand behind walls waiting to be shot, space battles where ships circle-strafe until the player that hammered the button fastest wins, lengthy quantum travel to walk around your ship and lots of micro transactions to decorate your ship with.

I was reading the design document to Privateer Online which apparantly was axed one year into development along with it's Wing Commander Online, it also promised massive multi-player with multi-crew roles, in built designer tools and 40 systems to explore. I guess, as with Freelancer, the "technologies" just wasn't right for the vision. I'm guessing Origin just stepped in and went "aah no, that's going to need some sort of actual scope other than - space and all things in it"
 
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