The Star Citizen Thread v5
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This. Try before you buy.
…also, if I may be so bold and unconventional, wait until it's released before you buy.
You are completely correct. On a standard pump action shotgun the handle goes backward to open the action to either eject a shell, load a Shell. Or do both. Then pushing the handle forward closes the action and chambers the shell.
What's weird with cigs shotgun is the pump handle is pushed forward, then backwards. This tells me either the pump handle is attached to the barrel, or it could be a chain/pully system*. I'd be highly interested in seeing how/or if the gun ejects a spent shell.
Admittedly this is getting way to deep into a video game to where you've got nerds mumbling over weapons.
Almighty Bob, could you pm me the German or dutch shotgun name if you remember it?
*a normal pump action shotgun has the pump handle attached to the bolt or bolt carrier group, pulling rearwards disingages the bolt from the barrel/chamber and pulls the spent shell from the chamber with it. While it readies a new shell from the magazine tube. On the forward push of the pump handle it loads the readied shell into the chamber and locks the bolt into place.
Best not listen to other people's opinions. We are all opinionated fools.
Educate yourself, and decide for yourself.
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And again, this. Try before you buy.
Mu77ley
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Definitely this.
It has the feeling of a "mind the gap, fast train approaching" announcement at a station.
I don't know if they are trying to ape Elite's ruddy mysterious alien encounters for some press? If so, it kind of fails due to the large sign saying "Vanduul fleet incoming" which doesn't really work and eliminates any kind of mystery.
If it's going to be in 3.0 or any upcoming build I'd be curious to know what happens to any player ships located near or within the spawning aliens? Do they simply blow up? Somehow I doubt we'll know as whenever these questions start to arise the footage is nothing more than a non-playable demo designed for a show and sale.
This. Also: don't make a hasty decision. Take your time. They certainly are...
+1 for this as I said on the last page in what's possibly the only post I made in this thread worth reading.
Also Friday trivia for anyone who didn't know: Will Robinson from Lost in Space = Lennier from Babylon 5.
Hah, I love this stuff. I used to be fascinated with explanations of the actions of weapons like the AK-47 and wonder at their cleverness. (Back in the pre-web days when simple animations weren't possible so they had to be hand-drawn in stages in magazines).
The thing I find odd about a "push pump handle" shotgun is - wouldn't you tend to push the handle forwards when firing, due to recoil?
I would echo this. Try on a free fly but there really is no incentive to buy now.
you assume all the risk, the TOS are terrible, they have no real timeline, their progress vs list of features is gaping. I believe the chance of a finished as advertised product to be highly unlikely given how deep into it they are. This is a super high risk "investment" with absolutely zero reward and 100% risk.
just my opinion. It also plays nothing like elite who's controls and FM are butter smooth.
you assume all the risk, the TOS are terrible, they have no real timeline, their progress vs list of features is gaping. I believe the chance of a finished as advertised product to be highly unlikely given how deep into it they are. This is a super high risk "investment" with absolutely zero reward and 100% risk.
just my opinion. It also plays nothing like elite who's controls and FM are butter smooth.
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Somewhat, but there will be locking mechanisms in place to keep that to a minimum. Also, the dirty secret of shotguns is that once you know how to handle them, they're quite controllable. It's not something you'd want to do under ordinary circumstances, but it's entirely possible for your average person to fire one — accurately — one-handed, for instance. In fact, the problem with trying that isn't the recoil, but actually being able to raise and extend the weapon outwards to begin with (they tend to be on the heavy side and the law of the lever is never kind).
Don't have a look at babylon 5 where are they now, they've been dropping like flies it's like the show was cursed.
nah, it was just one of the few shows that actually had a cast of realistic ages. Not a bunch of 20 somethings who run the universe.
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Given how much behind the scenes drama there was it's amazing it actually ran 5 years.
voxels can look pretty nowadays, see planet coaster landscapes or EverQuest Next and EverQuest Next: Landmark,.
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To be fair to them, Frankfurt is one of their smallest studios (54 people as of October 2016), and as far as I remember their main competence is the engine programming.
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