Star Citizen - Chris Roberts, lots of spaceship porn, lots of promises

[Timex]

On the other hand, these are people that paid $350 for virtual ships. If they really felt that leery about it, why not just save their money?

Yeah, I think everyone pretty much went into this with their eyes open.

And again, just so folks not familiar with the actual progress of the game:

5. RSI has still not delivered said spaceships

This is not true. There are, as Juan pointed out, 47 flyable ships in game right now.

[rhamorim]

Is there a full list of the ship status somewhere?

[Timex]

[Brooski]

You may be thinking about Traveler.

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[ArmandoPenblade]

Fake news. There was no mention of dying before your career proper starts in the Traveler reference.

[Ryan_Kelly]

On the other hand, these are people that paid $350 for virtual ships. If they really felt that leery about it, why not just save their money?

The backlash seems to come from whether CIG is acting in good faith or not. The people who spent $350 on ships did so because they were in love with the game’s concept as well as the developers who are working on it. To then feel like those same developers are trying to duplicitously nickel and dime you leads to love lost.

The change mentioned here . . .

r/starcitizen - New $5 CCU fee cancelled, $0 CCUs will expire instead, also no...

. . . seems to have appeased most backers, however.

[Juan_Raigada]

Is there a full list of the ship status somewhere?

Yes, it’s called the ship matrix and it’s been on the website for at least a year, I think two.

Link.

[Ryan_Kelly]

The ship matrix is due for a major overhaul and currently contains a lot of oudated information. The flight-ready status is more accurate than other portions, but I still found a couple discrepancies looking at it just now.

[Brooski]

Fake news. There was no mention of dying before your career proper starts in the Traveler reference.

The esteemed gentleman from North Carolina has a point.

[Lantz]

This is not true. There are, as Juan pointed out, 47 flyable ships in game right now.

This is very true, there are not complete versions of these $350 concept ships that I was talking about:
Reclaimer
Hull D
Crucible
Glaive (replica)
Endeavor
Carrack
Merchantman

The Glaive (replica) is the only one of those ships which is flyable as far as I understand.

[TheWombat]

Every Traveler character I ever generated was like at least sixty before the game started. It was the preferred RPG of AARP.

[Timex]

This is very true, there are not complete versions of these $350 concept ships that I was talking about:

My mistake then, I interpreted your statement as being a general statement regarding all the ships in the game.

[RichVR]

Well. In my games it was possible.

[Vesper]

I’m in a Traveler campaign right now. Playing tomorrow! I limited my guy to only being mid-40s.

[instant0]

Now they introduce Stealth ships??

[AntediluvianArk]

I’ve got 99 problems but mo’ ships to buy ain’t one.

[Ryan_Kelly]

The stealth mechanic has been in the design document for as long as I remember, and the first ship they introduced which was designed for stealth was the Hornet Ghost back in 2013. The new Aegis Eclipse is the first stealth bomber.

They’re going with the signature masking implementation of stealth, rather than invisibility cloaks.

[Timex]

Yeah, the radar system has always been designed to support stealth, where radar detection are not as concrete and Boolean as most games.

[AntediluvianArk]

Wait, so is buying more ships part of my 99 problems now or can I still buy more ships?

[SadleyBradley]

If you still have money, they will sell you ships. And they will not stop until we are dead.