Oh I am. Lots of drinking tea and munching on popcorn here. I'm not even saving up credits. I'll wait until we see details before I decide if I even want one.
The support ships are the main question I have. I don't see any reason or point to them.
Oh I am. Lots of drinking tea and munching on popcorn here. I'm not even saving up credits. I'll wait until we see details before I decide if I even want one.
The support ships are the main question I have. I don't see any reason or point to them.
It's hard to suggest improvements on something that doesn't yet exist and of which details are sketchy to say the least.On the other hand,what better resource for buildings castles in the air, than the hopes, dreams and expectations of a speculative community ' starved of content' in a sandbox? It's a conundrum.
In a similar fashion to our Lavecon 2019 reveals, we wanted to give all of you who couldn't join us at our Gamescom Frontier Community Meet a rundown of all the details that just dropped... or should we say hauled in here by the aid of... a Fleet Carrier!
December Update - The FLEET CARRIER Update
The news you've been waiting for... Fleet Carriers.
Take a peek below at the initial details about Fleet Carriers, coming as the December Update.
Ownership
Purchasable with a large amount of credits.
One Fleet Carrier per Commander. Available for base game and Horizons players.
All Fleet Carriers feature rearm, refuel and repair services.
Commanders can choose a number of loadouts for their Fleet Carrier, governing services/module and ship availability to support a number of different activities, such as:
For those of you who have been stranded out in the black and somehow missed it, here's also a super-duper QUICK recap of the September Update.
This year's updates are focused on improving the starter experience for new commanders. We're adding a fully-voiced, in-game, in-ship tutorial, covering the basics of space flight, combat, traveling and scanning. Also, this experience is available in all of our in-game supported languages! Speaking of you veterans, you'll be able to access this from your right-hand panel at any time so you won't even need to wipe your save!
In addition, we'll be reworking and rebranding what some of you might know as Frontier Points, introducing them as Arx. These Arx will be purchasable and used to buy Game Extras such as Paint Jobs, Ship Kits, Bobbleheads and more. What's great about Arx is that you will be able to earn them in-game by... simply playing the game!
The September Update will be launched 18 September for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One!
Fly safe, Commanders!
Q&A
Greetings Commanders,
The Gamescom Fleet Carrier Reveal was such an exciting moment for us, and after reading through your feedback, we can see that it was also exciting for you! We wanted to take this opportunity to answer some of your questions, keeping in mind that we will be revealing more about Fleet Carriers, closer to the December Update.
Will Fleet Carriers jump on the Thursday Server tick?
Fleet Carriers will not be restricted to the Thursday server tick in order to jump.
Can you clarify what 'unique' resources are?
It will be a new commodity, which can be mined or bought from certain starports. We will be exploring this in more detail in a future livestream closer to the December Update.
Will Fleet Carriers be bought with Arx?
No, Fleet Carriers will not be purchasable with Arx.
Can we customise our Carriers?
Yes, Fleet Carriers can be customised, but this is something we are going to be looking at in livestreams closer to the Decembers Update's launch.
Can Squadron members contribute to the cost?
The cost for a Fleet Carrier will come from the single commander who owns the carrier. Squadron members will not be able to contribute.
Is the Fleet Carrier restricted to the 'Bubble'?
Fleet Carriers can be purchased from certain systems and can travel outside of 'Human Space', providing they have the fuel to do so.
Where can I buy Fleet Carriers?
Fleet Carriers are purchased from certain systems, which we will look further into during our 'deeper dive' livestream.
Do Fleet Carriers work in Solo?
Fleet Carriers will work and operate in all game modes, so Open, Solo, and Private Groups.
Are Fleet Carriers destructible, and can they defend themselves?
Fleet Carriers are not destructible, but they can defend themselves and other nearby ships.
Do the loadouts have a practical effect in-game?
We will be delving deeper into loadouts, and Support Vessels in later livestreams.
Can you sell Fleet Carriers?
Fleet Carriers can be scrapped, however, it will be for fewer credits than the original purchase amount.
Will a commanders Fleet Carriers persist when logging in and out?
Fleet Carriers are persistent and will remain in the game regardless of whether or not the owner is online.
Can you change the type of carrier you have?
The 'type' of Fleet Carrier that you have is determined by the Support Vessel assigned to it, which in turn, determines its loadout. As mentioned above, this is something we will be talking about in a future stream.
Can Fleet Carriers jump into permit-locked systems?
No, Fleet Carriers will not be able to jump into permit-locked systems.
We hope this gives you an initial insight into Fleet Carriers. Do keep in mind that Fleet Carriers will be released in the December Update, and we will be showing off more about them in livestreams and forum posts closer to its launch. Thank you all for your feedback and questions, and we can't wait to reveal more as time goes on.
Yep, IMHO it won't be worth spending anything on it unless you can actually command the carrier yourself. I for one would love to own and fly a massive exploration ship with my own ships docked. Not only that but the ability to transfer from my docked ship to the carrier command centre and taking over control of the carrier. Also will they be available in Colonia????
Bring the Panther in game first. at least we should be able to fly that one if it ever comes in-game.. Oops did I mention Panther again!!!
Yep, IMHO it won't be worth spending anything on it unless you can actually command the carrier yourself. I for one would love to own and fly a massive exploration ship with my own ships docked. Not only that but the ability to transfer from my docked ship to the carrier command centre and taking over control of the carrier.
PAX East 2020 starts today... maybe Frontier will announce something during the event.
Still hoping for cargo storage on the Fleet Carriers to be a thing.
"The ship"? What ship? There are multiple ships with carrier abilities. And yes, exploration gameplay isn't implemented yet.
However it's a common theme of people asking for features from Star Citizen to be added to Elite: Dangerous.
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