CRSD TMRL IAE 2024 DAY 1 | STAR CITIZEN

[@stimpakste]

CIG just confirmed carrack is getting opening cargo doors in 4.0 and blast shield for the cockpit 👍

[@gabzsy4924]

What about the elevator entrance? 😢

[@vital-wyn1310]

If you think about it the E1 is priced right with the Prospector and as it is the beginner of passenger transport it does make sense. We just don’t know earning potential + gameplay difficulty.

[@AccidentalFriendlyFire]

It's priced with the Prospector while the latter is released, and it is still concept and will see at least one price increase when it releases. The Vulture was priced lower than the E1 during concept and is now $175. The E1 will probably wind up being around $180 at release.

[@ElPolloDiabloCH]

Ironclad... Bah, gonna be a cold day in hell if I ever fly a Drake.

[@rooster1012]

Ironclad can't carry large vehicles so Herc has it beat there if you want large vehicle transport you have to upgrade to the Ironclad assault and I will bet that the Ironclads will fly like bricks compared to the Herc.

[@JamestheKilljoy]

​@@rooster1012 Not actually true. It can carry all the land vehicles, you just cant fit them all through the ramp door. The solution? Tractor beam them through the top hangar door

[@kyleaulinskas]

Big fan but the title on this one is brutal. Just "IAE 2024 Day 1 - Star Citizen" would of been solid.

[@N0V-A42]

And if they want to keep the manufacturer names in the title they would better fit at the end.

[@Cpt_Hit9]

For real

[@JamestheKilljoy]

would have*

[@stimpakste]

Carrack is getting cargo doors for 4.0

[@gabzsy4924]

What about the elevator entrance? 😢

[@stimpakste]

@ no news on that

[@patchfortyfour8119]

What if the ion and inferno were a combined one gun "transformer" ship...with a laser gun that retracts, swaps internally , and re emerges to do the hull damage as a ballistic ( what a cool graphic)

[@patchfortyfour8119]

if you want to keep them as 2 variants. ion is laser/ballistic combo, inferno is a distortion/ballistic combo...

[@Hawkeye6941]

I also think the C2 will have a better flight model then the ironclad. But yeah ironclad is better.

[@mattp6394]

It must fly much better - the Ironclad is a flying brick

[@HAlanJohnson]

Run the Rangers on the roads. "Born to be wild!"

[@namaikikitsune]

The Ranger will depend on how the driving models end up for wheeled and hover bikes. Hover bikes are really temperamental atm.

[@Accuracy158]

I think I agree with Billionaire Ninja. My referral LTI tokens will eventually become bigger ships. I'm conscious of going really big since there is no escape path (can only be upgraded and not melt) but I'll probably build the majority of my fleet on these Tokens. I'm also considering having one ship purchased straight up with no CCUs so it can be melt and used for whatever the current new ship is until it's available in game but I don't know how expensive I'd be willing go. Generally I like the very deeply discounted 65+% off CCU chains.

[@Accuracy158]

Actually I've been thinking about this more and the big cost to "saving the extra 30 or 40 bucks" on your bigger ships is the inability to melt them. I don't think this means you shouldn't do it, I just think it means you should use your chains with the most crazy $100+ savings CCUs on those referral ships. You always lose the CCUs when you melt so if have that $250 BMM, the Hull C before it went $150, Retaliator bomber to Eclipse (that now means just "retaliator" to eclipse) then use these types of CCUs on referral ships. You weren't going to want to melt these ships anyway be you never be able to reobtain that same value. Stacking the most valuable CCUs you would never want to melt on the ships that you can't melt makes sense... Though I would still be cautious of going somewhere that has no potential upgrade path you would be interested in.

[@redsamurai6586]

Most excited for the Genesis.....I feel like it will be the capital of interplanetary space travel lol......I would like to change Billionaire's view on vehicles...just buy in game haha

[@jvoodoochild2755]

Lemming, the one guild at a time thing is for Orgs and its members receiving perks So yeah members will benefit the most for themselves and other org mates focusing on that one guild Fortunately, data and cargo missions are in the same guild

[@tasURSUSTAS]

needed another m2 ccu upgrade :)

[@theRigsby321]

the Genesis chassis is perfect for the BMM !!

[@patchfortyfour8119]

This will blow your mind.. Ranger MED...it has a medbed on a trailer you can tow into combat,,,edit* expanding on that, you cam hook up multiple trailers and make a med train.

[@AccidentalFriendlyFire]

On the C2, while they said it's a vehicle transporter, it is still sold as that IN ADDITION TO "heavy freight" in its career/role. They probably won't put a tractor beam in, but I think they need to, for bringing in supplies for the crew for long hauls if nothing else. And I think people deserve one because of how it's marketed. And to be clear, I don't own one, and have no plans on owning one. I don't even have one in-game, though I currently have an M2.

[@RobotSpartan]

I don't think the genesis will be the "E2", i think it will be the E3. In fact, i think the Genesis will end up being the next step up over the Herc series The Gen is stated to be modular internally on the pledge page, allowing passenger, cargo, AWACS etc. and is even stated in lore as being used to transport and repair racing ships. This steps on the toes of the Hercules (which doesn't even fit the M50 in the aforementioned lore), so makes sense to bring it up to the capital level. This also gives crusader a transport ship at each size category So, i suspect that, using real world passenger aircraft, the Spirit E1 is the A320, there will be a Hercules E2 as the A350, and the Genesis E3 being the A380. Slight stretch here to support my theory: the "official designation" of the Genesis is LH *3* 07. LH3, E3... Maybe an A3? M3?

[@johnski4709]

Scoundrel pack in buy back should I buy it back with credits? Caterpillar, MSR, Cutlass Black, Hawk, Dragonfly, Ranger CV. Just the four ships alone is just over $100 saved, not counting the Df and Rngr. Then it Would be a 200 savings.

[@jvoodoochild2755]

To me Warranties ended Earn-In-Game. I value time more than money so yeah pay military tax saves the time to grind for a citizen warranty, or the time to earn rep to get a blueprint to craft my own is too much when I want to focus on other game play

[@AccidentalFriendlyFire]

Don't forget you also need those blueprints to upgrade the tier of your ship, which pledged ships are only tier 1. ;-)

[@novalis791]

The Ranger CV would be fun if you wanted to disappear for a while as a fugitive, or play the long game like Lawrence of Arabia crossing a long stretch of treacherous desert for a surprise attack (Commandos)

[@SOGBulldog]

I view my purchase decisions on how much time I have available to earn it in game vs how many hours of work it cost me to purchase in real life.

[@jakeraven2741]

i would love a shuttle variant of the Intrepid

[@gabzsy4924]

Isn't it too big to be a shuttle?

[@lystic9392]

All A2 turrets are just offense. It's not meant to defend itself I think. Its heavy armor defends it, and allied fighters, as it rains absolute death on ground targets. It's by far the most destructive ship against ground targets. If its sighted everyone will immediately focus on it so, sounds like a very risky ship to fly.

[@N0V-A42]

Dropping a 50+min video 10min before your live stream? I'll need to come back for this. Looking forward to it though.

[@paratrooperz1]

people do get the new intrepid with a game pack!!! its hard to get your hands on LTI/game packs... you have a huge benefit by pairing them when we get death of space man and NPC crews!!! use this ship to be your token for your biggest best ships you dont think you will ever melt

[@JL-rj9fl]

Ninja: I have a dozen referrals that I didn't know what to do with. I had the same idea post-citcon with warranties because I have all the ships I care to have. Taking something like a free $40 STV referral as a starting point and grabbing a Nursa isn't so bad when it's something I use all the time. A P-52 becomes an ATLS for a reasonable cost, etc. I am completely in sync with what you're getting at.

[@honeyspringshomestead1411]

Hiyo, so far not impressed with what is for sale. However, it just started and more to come. Hoping to pickup some CCUs that i missed out on.

[@novalis791]

Ares ships have been great for small stints; but continually handicapped. A2 is devastating to ships like the Hammerhead when the pilot lines up the turrets properly.

[@GreatWolfBalistic]

Should i wait for the end of iae to start a ccu?

[@AccidentalFriendlyFire]

Nope. Get your CCU for the end of the chain first, to lock in your end price, then your initial starting ship, then work your way in, with as small of purchases as you can to maximize savings.

[@zenairzulu1378]

The break of the biz modle is that the new ships are better so much better. THe value of the "old" ships is dropping while the prices are going up. the old ships need to get cheaper but that can't happen either because......

[@darkstar0000000000]

I think the Hercules has an advantage over something like the Ironclad. If you've flown C2/M2 and then a Caterpillar back to back you know one is built like a steakhouse but handles like a bistro and the other is built like and handles like a brick shithouse. While the Ironclad can carry one more tank than the Hercules, the Hercules is going to be so so so much faster to fly into and back out of atmosphere. In the time it takes to bring one ironclad down, unload it, and then get it back out if atmosphere yoy can probably make two trips in the Hercules. And, on top of that, sometimes a pilot just wants to fly solo and doesnt want to get a crew togehter. While the Ironclad can be flown solo I think over the long term the Hercules will overall he more condusive to solo gameplay. However, despite thinking these things you can definitely argue whether or not that speed advantage is worth the high price of the Hercules series. And I'll certainly be hanging into a CCU for the Ironclad. But also already owning a Liberator I feel that there is a lot of overlap with the Ironclad so this is also something I am taking into consideration when making this assertion.

[@paratrooperz1]

only thing i can say to defend the starlifter ships is for their size they are exceptionally agile and fast. these 2 attributes often make a ship meta not shields or armor! i hate the tanks because i feel like they made the front the wrong side!!! when you have a tracked vehicle that cant climb over terrain is an epic fail! when i drive the tank backward it climbs better than it does forward ! you need a tank that that cant be stopped but this thing hits a little rock and nearly flips?

[@TKanal3]

Titel reading like a monitor name

[@AccidentalFriendlyFire]

Can I just say - again - that I'm sick and tired of hearing that a ship's main form of defense is running when it is not faster than ANY ship that is a threat to it in its size class and only 2% faster than something that would rapidly destroy it in the next size class up? I'm referring to the C1 this time, but it still applies to the MSR, which while in a better place than it used to be is still by far the most fragile ship in its size class and not enough faster to escape something like a Corsair, far less a heavy fighter like a Scorpius that with a lower price and crew requirement has more overall DPS than the MSR, can focus it all forward while the MSR cannot do the same while running (your started primary defense just because that's in the name), and has 2.5x the missiles in a package less than a quarter the profile with more speed and agility (meaning it's far easier for the Scorpius to hit the MSR than the other way around). The Scorpius also has a tougher hull than the MSR (like most ships, including the C1, which is almost twice as tough as the MSR). Running is not a defense if you cannot survive while running away, and any ship designed to run as a defense needs stronger actual defenses and/or a better means of discouraging pursuit such as much tougher turrets, or missile turrets. It's pretty hard to say what should be increased to make the MSR specifically better without making it a good offensive ship, but that's one of the problems with saying should just run away without making it able to VERY rapidly run away, which is what CIG did with Master Modes; all cargo ships became slow whales, except the Cutlass, which now has the firepower of a medium fighter, the cargo capacity and size of a medium freighter, and the agility and durability of a heavy fighter. The C1 no longer even outguns it even if it could turn fast enough to catch it under its guns, which it can't because it's slower and less agile - even boosting the C1 is less maneuverable than the Cutlass normally is.

[@David-Kynaston]

If you were fair and honest, you would not claim we can get crew whenevver we log on. That is tottal BS but because your a ship seller you will say whatever you want.

[@Cpt_Hit9]

These are just his opinions. He is speaking on his own experiences.

[@alexsheer8772]

Crusader is a trap

[@derLenus]

iae is quite underwhelming today tbh

[@fishbaitx]

yeah but at least this means that other days are gonna be even better.