(07-01-2013, 04:45 AM)lIceColon Wrote: edit: also call me paranoid, but glass cockpits still look fragile. I thought people'd have figured that out by now. if they wanna make the game better, they should make it so that shooting the glass cockpit is like some sort of headshot. unless of carse we invented some "space glass" to withstand the firepower of nukes. In which case you might as well make it flying airplanes in an enviornment that looks like space but really is just atmosphere, and ignore gravity and stuff. After reading Joe Halderman's the forever war, I've been fascinated by the idea of accelerating the first half of your journey and decelerating the second half to go places, unfortunately star citizen does have some kinda speed limit. "for gameplay reasons".
(07-01-2013, 04:45 AM)lIceColon Wrote: that's a huge advantage. imagine if ppl start disco on a gb or even bwt instead of a starflea or csv, with "insurance" while the rest of us never get far due to permadeath.
That's basically right! People who decided to pledge up can start with a, say, Guardian instead of a starflea. Or something on par with a gunboat or a transport. But I'm not sure where you're coming from with the permadeath bit, the lifetime insurance that comes with the ships is the same as standard hull insurance, which is going to be the most modest of the cashsinks in the game.
Covering equipment and cargo is where things get expensive and tricky. The hull is, really, the most basic component.
Besides, just because someone else decides to go crazy and pick up a Starfarer during a pledge drive doesn't mean that it's cut off to you . I doubt anyone could possibly foster such levels of stupid and entitled.
Think of this this way, you might come on DISCO new and many others are already flying cap ships, bombers, or whatever. Because they've been on a long time before you came along. Same thing really when talking about starting with an advantage of being in a GB on Star Citizen. You just have to play until you yourself are in that situation of having a better ship.
If you guys ever set up a private server for the Disco group then I would be more than happy to follow you peeps over there!
There is no doubt that you would be able to accomplish quite a lot given the new systems, engine and I don't doubt it will be only a matter of time before some modding tools are released
Also GTB, that was a great way to explain the pay-for-convenience model they got right now and I have used it a few times now, thanks
Well we would see how this would end. People buy bigger stuff as well. I hope for the best.
(10-09-2013, 10:51 AM)Knjaz Wrote: Official faction players that are often accused of elitism, never deploy them and have those weird, immersion killing "fair fight/dueling" suicidal hobbies. (yes, i've seen enough of those lolduels, where house military with overwhelming force on the field willingly loses a pilot in a duel. ffs.)
. I doubt anyone could possibly foster such levels of stupid and entitled.
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