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

Is that…real? Or an April Fool’s joke? Because at this point I can’t tell any more.

“Just let us help you”

Man alive.

“accessible (less than $350) but not too much (more than $250)”

Jesus.

Are Star Citizen branded silk robes a thing? I feel like they could be a thing.

I think he knows the answer to that already. He put a fridge bed and stove in it after all.

I’m dying.

Maybe he just got bored during covid and enjoys space sims…shrug. is there anything preventing him for playing other space sims with his rig? I think it’s pretty bad ass but I’m jealous because all my spaceships are/were mostly cardboard and imagination.

I shit you not - it’s real. I will dig up the thread from the CIG forums.

Oh, no need, I believe you. I just…well, words fail me. And as I’m a professional pedant, that’s something.

But why two bunks? Seems pretty optimistic under the circumstances.

Anyone taking part in the SC fiasco at this point has to be an eternal optimist.

Do CIG sell a companion JPEG yet? There is a market I suppose. And the virtual companion could have any (promises for) abilities and attributes the customer’s fantasy would want.

Oh god. They did that “your face into the game” goofy shit a while back. Does this mean teledildonics support confirmed?

say what???

The Internet of Things exists. Rule 34 exists (including variants). Do the math… Or not. Probably better not.

You’re a marketing genius.

Star Citizen 3.13 has finally made it to the live server. And the first evening has been pretty solid. Better framerates. No crashes. But also bugged chat meaning I couldn’t talk to other players. SC giveth, SC taketh.

The good news is that this introduces (among other things) docking bays in stations. Those are not usable right now. But players believe they will feature prominently in the events of Fleet Week and the free flight event in May. So there should definitely be an opportunity to try out the game for free next month.

CIG has released a new trailer to celebrate.

And while the crew walking with their helmet under the arm, the police pursuit or the celebratory scream in a speeding ships are cinematic fakes, the rest is pretty much what the game can look and feel like… in ideal conditions.

They also just released this trailer about the patch changes:

With the new patch, I decided to try my hand at trading. I have a medium size hauler. If I can fill it with cargo and sell it for a profit, I should be able to make good money, as long as I don’t get attacked by pirates.

Alas, trading relies on supply. And large trades will exhaust the minerals available at a mining facility until stocks can be replenished.

So I felt a mix of disappointment and awe when I saw a gigantic Drake Caterpillar while approaching one of the mining facilities on Arial. That thing puts a Freelancer Max in perspective:

It wasn’t a big surprise then that my cargo of choice was pretty much all bought out. The Freelancer Max has a big cargo hold at the back and 2 small additional cargo spaces in the middle compartment. I couldn’t even fill one of the sides of that one with what was left.

So, by the time I went to the trading centre in Lorville and sold my cargo, I made a couple of hundred credits of profit. Not enough to cover my fuel costs.

The guy in that caterpillar would easily break 100K credits in profit with a stop or 2 though. Assuming nobody decides to jump in on that juicy cargo.

My plan for the week is to experiment more with trading and see how much money you can make with it. I made about 600K from mining an hour here and there over the past 2 weeks. We’ll see how this compares.

When you trade do you have to haul all the cargo to the ship yourself?

That would be very Star Citizen. :)

Instead, you go to one of the consoles you see on my last screenshot (mining stations also have got trading buildings). From there, you can pay for and transfer cargo to or from your ship. Anything transferred to your ship then appears in the hold(s).

Ah, nice! Much better than courier jobs then! I might have to give it a try.