Life Aboard a Reclaimer - 5 - ERT Salvage and experiments - Star Citizen 3.22 Multi-Crew Gameplay

[@jbtrimar]

Kate, I am sure I speak for many, in that, we appreciate all the time and effort you put into the videos. I love watching the "Life Aboard" series. I have been a fan since your first posted entry into the 'Verse. Thank you for all you do 👍

[@ChristoffRevan]

Wish I could do this with my org that I run...I try to host multicrew "events"/gatherings but everyone always ends up never being on time and taking almost 40 minutes to even gather up, and then when we DO gather up half of them are already burnt out and only stay for an hour or so and leave... basically ruining the event for everyone else as you can't really do a multicrew event when most of the crew is gone. I really hope CIG puts in a lot more tangible reasons to multicrew this year, as the game really needs to force or at least make it super hard for people to solo medium/large/capital ships and have any form of usefulness out of them or efficiency. Most play solo for a good deal of our gametime, but the game MUST be balanced for group play else there will be no real reason to play with a group and as such no reason for the average player to join an org (since if you can do everything yourself at a large scale than it cheapens group play and gives it zero value).

[@harbringerf9416]

​@ChristoffRevan Try running a calendar of events with everyone getting ready prior to event start. And if possible ask people what they would turn up for and make that a priority 😊 . Hopefully that will help you get more multi-player game play.

[@thepaladin1492]

Just want to say, I only discovered your channel recently, and I love your content, especially the Life Aboard series. It’s like "Star Citizen: The TV Show" for me. Thanks for the high quality work!

[@Citizen_Kate]

well welcome to the channel thepaladin and thank you very much for watching! :) it's nice to hear you are enjoying our content :)

[@theblackfox9645]

Wow that first ERT sure was cinematic! Not seen stuff like that from SC until now.

[@Citizen_Kate]

thank you blackfox :) I do try to get good camera angles (even though i miss the 'kill shot' sometimes) so its nice to know the final edit works! and thank you for watching as well!

[@vinglebingus]

at the second bounty I saw the reclaimer's elevation drop below a thousand and started yelling at the screen "ELEVATION ELEVATION" reclaimers are a nightmare to fly 😅

[@pandas_0139]

A life aboard a reclaimer video? on my birthday? AND right after I got my own reclaimer? sweet!

[@Capum5]

Fun fact, you *can* get a 32 SCU crate into the Reclaimer! You need to spend 10 minutes awkwardly shoving it into the elevator, then another 10 awkwardly shoving it into whichever room (I got it in the Cargo bay) until the box noclips through the ship and you can lay it down in the bay. I did it with gold from an A2, and was absolutely terrified the entire time because it was flailing wildly like a sugar rushing child attacking their first pinata. I then CTD'd when landing at New Babbage and lost the ship and all the gold, quant and CM I had gathered over a few hours, so that was painful. Anyway, thanks for the video, I'm really enjoying this series!

[@starflight_wof39]

i hope that the 890 jump will be featured in the "life aboard" series

[@steak-a-potamus6231]

The 890 would be particularly interesting, in my opinion, due to how many ground vehicles with different roles they could fit on it for a varied types of jobs and gameplay styles and what ship or ships they would choose to take with them. With the various types of missions they could take on, it could be a different gameplay style in every video.

[@pegasusbs6237]

when we get escort gameplay that would be fantastic

[@borealisaurora]

The work on the ground was very cool. So neat to get out and there is actually things to do, grabbing the cargo, doing visuals of the damaged engine, etc. It's moments like that which give a sense of life in this verse. It's no longer "You either mine (maybe if we let you), deliver boxes, or shooty shooty. So much more to do and I love watching you all do it!

[@Citizen_Kate]

sometimes when the ship gets damaged you can see the areas of the hull where material has been shot off - This then gives you a good idea of where to patch when it comes to doing repairs. hopefully we'll be able to show it in an upcoming video and yes i agree finding little tasks like that, ones that take you out of the ship are very cool :) i hope they continue to add features liek that because it really adds to the sense of adventure :)

[@badweathergaming4929]

I totally agree, its a big part of what I struggle to explain to my friends that don't play. They say things like Eve and Elite Dangerous do the same things and I just cant explain its not on the same scale... like yeah the big features are all there, but the stuff in between and the feel of actually being in a world without getting in the way (like if we had to go through customs and TSA every time)is so hard to get them to understand without doing it.

[@ATLloches]

Love these Life Aboard series - very cinematic and looks like you and your crew are enjoying themselves. The trick to hovering a Reclaimer on planets like MT is to stay in VTOL and keep your ship level with the angle as close to zero degrees as possible. If you angle your nose up or down by even a few degrees, your VTOL thrusters cannot maintain enough lift, and the ship will lose altitude. Fly safe!

[@Citizen_Kate]

yes i think you are correct on the hovering! i tilted the ship too far off center and lost thrust. learned a new lesson from it though haha and thank you for the detailed explanation :)

[@ATLloches]

@citizen_kate no problem! Learned it the hard way myself 😅

[@stormfire962imastarcitizen5]

Citizen Kate well done on the video and I do agree I think it is the weight in the ship that is making it hard to keep it a loft. I have always found the Reclaimer to behave more like a dead rock in atmosphere and that it's better to keep the engines in VTOL when you're trying to do the work that you're doing on retrieving or scraping on a ship. Also there's another thing you may want to consider that may have given you trouble. It is possible that the engines were somewhat overheating or possibly overstrained from all the heavy flight maneuver that you did in taking down those ships. Remember this ship that you're flying is a salvage ship and not a fighter and the weapons on board are only for defense.

[@dmain6735]

Great upload. Your ship has a lot of flavour despite its bulk.

[@demisauce]

This was super fun. Can't wait for it to be a little more stable.

[@Citizen_Kate]

thanks demisauce :)

[@BarbazuX]

Loving this series so far. Hope you feel better soon!

[@joelbock6319]

Had that same issue in your crash a couple days ago, two different times with two different pilots. We didn't have a ton of weight but we're in atmo just like you. Not that much cargo on board I thought. Love your videos!

[@harbringerf9416]

Fantastic video as always kate 😊

[@Citizen_Kate]

thank you harbringer :)

[@TheJoe7Six]

I haven't watched a lot of your stuff yet, but I'm really enjoying this series so far! I love the story-telling and editing. It makes it feel like there's so much more to this game. You've got another sub!

[@Uboo]

I feel like I am watching a history Channel show like gold rush. Good stuff.

[@JM-hk5yv]

This is very informative. I learned two important things. One, you may be able to fix the scraping bug by swapping the heads (before I was taking it to a base to store and recall) which saves me a lot of time. Second it is more cost effective (time and money) to just munch instead of scrape. Thank you very much indeed!

[@ChristoffRevan]

Eh, the last part isn't necessarily true. You get more money from RMC per unit; however, your scraper team need to be quick and not as OCD about it, they need to just quickly get about 60% to maybe 70% of the surface and then move to the other side and not worry about getting every piece of the surface...THAT is what costs you time (and therefore wasted credits). Thing is, most people end up being really OCD about the scraping and try to 100% it all, which is inefficient as heck. For the Vulture though, munching is extremely inefficient as you're filling up your cargo hold with lower value...RMC is more than double the sale price, so since you have a small cargo hold you NEED to get RMC or it's not worth it.

[@shanehorvath7670]

Awesome series, keep it coming. This is a great adventure!

[@Symbiote2.0]

This video was EPIC like always, thanks, guys! 🙌

[@AcheliusDecimus]

I am so saddened that the Circumnavigation videos are not doing as well as the Life Aboard videos. I do enjoy them both, so hopefully others who enjoy this series will start looking up those.

[@LoafyHarbinger]

Love the life aboard series... es... serieii? Thanks for sharing your adventures!

[@billdavis2590]

That’s some neat stacking. We’ve just been making the biggest boxes and cramming them untidily. I also bring my extra snacks for my group who joke and call me “mom.”

[@danielecatellani]

"there would have been a time for such a word" 😂 but I would have bet on an asteroid!

[@robinrichards6275]

Looks like what happened is a stall. In today's airplanes, you lose lift on the wings. In the Reclaimer, you lost the thrust pushing down and keeping you in the air, in the tight turn...you were thrusting sideways so no thrust to keep you up. Love the series!

[@luke5g230]

Great episode and I really hope that cargo weight does play a factor in how ships handle and behave because this will add a good challenging factor to cargo running. 😃

[@DawnstealerGaming]

"I need to take a drink - the chat gets....anxious." Me, realizing I've been eyeing the water levels, slowly release my deathgrip on my chair arms.

[@Ph4n_t0m]

On my second flight out in my brand new reclaimer, I also plummeted out of the sky like a boulder wrapped in four feet of lead... I was coming home after having scraped (yes, scraped, not munched) two A2s and was salivating at the prospect of bringing in a few million auec... I lost six hours of IRL time because of that crash... So sickened by it that I haven't been back in SC for a few weeks now... I did go back to using a vulture immediately (always get back on the horse after a fall) but it just isn't the same... Katie I love your content so much and am personally totally with you on that crash. The VTOL 'fight' to stay aloft is stressful and it's so disheartening when it finally drops...

[@viper_4115]

Hey Kate, wanted to say thank you for the amazing videos still. I have a lot of catching up to do as I am still behind but wanted to see salvaging first!

[@Expo017]

"You've been stripped from your Pilot rank... Please hand over the keys of your vehicle" jokes aside, nice flying on the ERTs

[@Citizen_Kate]

haha we did actually get Vlas piloting tonight :D no explosions that time :P

[@madicarus1]

good fun, thank you and happy new year to you and all

[@badweathergaming4929]

I'm also new to the Reclaimer and I totally get what you mean about the weight. It is by far the hardest ship I have had to land. At A18 even in landing mode with a full load on it loses altitude without lift input and if you nose down it drops really fast. What I always have to keep in mind is that thing is a big ship with small thrusters outside of the main engines... and it hates gravity lol. Honestly I'm impressed you can keep it as steady as you can in most of these in atmosphere bounties and resulting salvage.

[@alexdresden6776]

Love watching this slice of life series. And interesting to note the different issues. Hopefully they will find a solution in the gameplay for it.

[@Citizen_Kate]

yes hopefully so! :) i think they will get there eventually, and thank you very much for watching! :)

[@Jambotec]

i have really enjoyed all your Life Aboard series so far and look forward to more. I have also had the same problem with the reclaimer on Mircotech and have now mastered the "falling with style" approach to landing in the hangars. I was recently told that it is a bug with the proximity warning function in the settings. when it is enabled it reduces the thrust when close to ground. So i dont think that your flying is an issue and you should fly the ship more as we all know Star Citizen has the best ways of making the competent look stupid.

[@ScarryHarry93]

8:20 those 16SCU boxes will fit on the cargo elevator btw. Maybe not both at once but for sure 1 as I have done it, although the doorways are a little tight. Wouldn't work on an actual 32SCU as it would be too tall

[@NORKIE]

you can get large boxes onto the reclaimed but standing them vertically on the rear elevator, you may need to hold them while you go up but it is possible.

[@Citizen_Kate]

ah thank you! we'll try this out next time we're in that situation for sure! :)

[@offgrid1461]

Never a problem understanding you Kate.😁👍

[@Tvillright]

I think the only way to solve the scraping issue not getting any SCU is reclaming the Reclaimer (he he). Works for the vulture so should work for the Reclaimer aswell

[@ChintamaniHelekar]

We love your videos, no need to apologise for your condition. We'll support you always.

[@CaptianInternet]

I love the reclaimer gameplay. I made myself quite some dimes with that. But to go on Bounty Hunter missions with a reclaimer is once again such a ridiculous thing to do that I admire. But maybe we want to start a racing challenge with that kind of ships? Put a time on hurston each with the reclaimer and the caterpillar and I bet I will be faster.

[@ProximusRegent]

Bed logging from vulture will cause an inability to scrape after logging back in. The fix was jump out of vulture exit to menu then file claim. Though this only happend once and bed logging has not affected scraping since. The head switch is a bright idea!

[@scottwright5332]

Its like a real good book cant wait for the next page

[@fishbaitx]

6:42 good old red line katie

[@LWJCarroll]

Hi just found your channel in the 1st episode, enjoying ( not the violence though) it and the background music. But dont understand the fighting parts. Fyi watching on MR virtual YT full screen mode on my Quest 3! A very big screen btw. Thanks. Laurie NZ.

[@Velarieth]

Kate. I'm like ~80% sure the reason you crashed is because you pointed the nose of the Reclaimer down. I've not flown it a ton, but I've noticed that in atmosphere, especially on planets with higher gravity you MUST keep the ship horizontal and the thrusters pointed down (hover mode). If you don't then the ship simply doesn't have the thrust to keep itself in the air. The second the center of gravity falls outside the center of thrust, it plummets. But, the good news is, that you should be able to easily compensate for this in the future. Great series btw!

[@zeroxception]

Thank you to the team for helping with my flipped Ares Inferno...that planet has some of the worst weather.

[@nouris93]

Hey, I might found the work around for the hull scrap.. try switch to tractor beam and switch it back to hull scrap..

[@TechGaming45]

Wait, they've added weight to cargo?? Great vid as always.

[@nomendubium]

I wonder if it matters how many other ships with stuff are landed near you at the time... I think the item limits are kinda zoned and dedleader also did some experiments with filling a reclaimer to the brim and was using smaller boxes to fit into all the spaces and they started disappearing even though he didn't have much else floating around 😅

[@R1PPA-C]

Will those big 32 scu boxes not go in the reclaimer if you stand them up on their ends? The lift doesn't have a ceiling does it?

[@nomendubium]

lol, a phoenix? did they threaten to make you a cocktail? 😂

[@fairq6063]

I don’t feel like you should be sorry for something you can’t control Kate, anyways, I love this series, it’s cool to see a ship that’s not meant for combat doing such

[@Rhyfelwr_Cymreig]

I get that lag also when im low to the ground, Something to do with the dust particle clouds they really need to tone them down or give us a setting for it. only happens in big ships so i guess more thrusters are multiplying the dust clouds too much.

[@firstone2917]

Could wind have been a factor in the loss of control ? I know they are implementing these effects as I have been knocked on my ass loads of times lately , could this have been a freak gusty storm that blew you off course ? , Love the series Guys , keep them coming :))

[@RobinHartJones]

How does the Reclaimer compare to other ships when it comes to taking on Connies & A2s etc.? The guns seem pretty powerful. Maybe not as powerful as a Reclaimer or Hammerhead but do its defences make up for that?

[@kripto202]

as a fellow reclaimer pilot, the way to fix your control of hovering near the surface, you need to turn off a really bad setting for large ships go to settings > game settings > flight - Proximity Assist Defaults On. Make sure this is turned off. What this does is it weakens your thrusters as you get close to things but for large ships like the reclaimer, it makes the ships sink uncontrollably.

[@CyrusKazan]

Now CIG has to make a new Reclaimer wreck site at that position with the Reunion Rail badge, immortalizing her memory! 🙏

[@XzadforSpacefox]

Love your videos and team.

[@rivermoneyg6277]

There's a setting that reduces thrust imput as you come to the ground if I remember correctly that's most likely why you lost control you should turn it off but I can't remember the name of the setting

[@LoafyHarbinger]

...Does toggling the proximity assist game option change anything with near-surface hovering?

[@Yakubian1995]

Ive been living on my reclaimer for about a week now. My pico is drowning in smoltz beer bottles

[@1gkn1ght]

Cargo should affect the ship, but at times I think the Reclaimer has issues flying. I don't think it was built to hover either. They really need a new ship between the Vulture and the Reclaimer that can handle the bigger ships, but be more surface friendly.

[@marktrotter2797]

Sh1t happens :( - loving your videos - the music is sublime

[@coina-dig-tion6322]

cool video as always....I may have missed it but did your crew try to repair with the multi-tool?

[@sgt.killjoy1552]

miss the days when all the 3 turrets on the remote station slaved together so they all could hit a target at once.

[@operationorigami]

I can confirm with my own experience that getting close to the surface of planets and moons has a nasty effect on my frames. I find that the only way to fix it is to sit in the location for a few minutes and let it think. Usually that lets my frames go from 3-5 per second back to its average of 20 per second

[@nectar9403]

At least youre consistent. 😂

[@simneko2008]

I would like to see an improvement in the fact that the reclaimer cannot hover unless it is level when low in the air.

[@radekt0]

I love your adventures, feels a bit like Lord of the Rings.👌👌😍😍

[@kebotto]

Hello Kate , sorry i have a stupid question. Is possible use a Reclaimer in solo flight?

[@Citizen_Kate]

it is possible yes - more so now than before because of the addition of the salvage buffer (prior to that you'd have to keep running to the cargo bay every 4 boxes or so :D ) though it would be far from ideal and even jsut adding a 2nd person would make your life a whole lot easier :)

[@kebotto]

@@Citizen_Kate thanks too kind. Right now i have only a vulture, easy to use but small. If i will buy a reclaimer i'll ask for a crew in chat. Thank you again.

[@kebotto]

Kate Kate!! Done! I did the bullshit and bought a Reclaimer. Omg is huge , not easy to fly in solo mission but is a money machine!! 😂😂😂

[@ragtopbuggy]

I have to ask what missions are you doing? Are they bounty missions and salvage missions?

[@andyandreson3989]

If the cargo weight is actually a factor in atmo than it opens up the possibility of needing an SRV to haul planetary debris to the Reclaimer……maybe?

[@TrogART]

So how did you get to put the name on your craft please?

[@Pin_k33]

i don't mind reading your commentary in text so that your throat has time to recover. ❤

[@drakedge2000]

I too get massive frame drops hovering close to moons and planets right now.

[@pizzagod88]

my friend said it might be something to do with bedlogging ..he said he bedlogged and then when he relogged he could not scrape anything

[@Nova_Ways]

You can load the huge cargo boxes on the elevator if you stand the on end. To put them in yhe cargo hold you have to stand inside the hold and kick the bottom out so idiots sideways then wiggle it in. I can make a video of me doing it if you like

[@Citizen_Kate]

hey CaliWays thank you very much for the tip! We'll give that a go next time we find a big 32SCU container :)

[@NotWhatButWho]

I wish I had the cpu and friends to really play this game with 😅

[@bar10dr]

Wohoo

[@A_Trall]

Hello. and since you use the small elevator, I can't reach it.

[@Verntaff50]

Life aboard Nostromo....ish :-)

[@MooneShadow]

Wouldn't it be cool if you could repair the ship with crew fixing as they worked on Munching ships on the go.

[@anothergoogleuser]

Why don't you autoland?

[@M3ichael]

"Gravity"

[@kilamir]

It’s not your fault, the reclaimer behave really REALLY badly, idk if there is a bug somewhere. If not it need a buff because damm.

[@pizzagod88]

ye idk wat the hovering lag is i do not have that problem

[@bearowlsspaceport4617]

o7

[@alandab]

Question: Why do you guys continually go out without a multi-tool with salvage or tractor beam modules? I can send you the info one where to pick-up these items reliably and cheaply if you need it. Just let me know because it's becoming more and more perplexing why an incredibly capable and interesting KZbinr, such as yourself, can't seem to get this together.

[@Citizen_Kate]

Hey there alandab - you are most definitely mistaken i'm afraid to say. we ALWAYS have tractor beam attachments they can actually be seen in use during this very video :) we didn't have salvage attachments because the ship fell through the ground in a previous video and we lost our onboard supplies :D also the salvage attachment just isn't used as much as the Tractor beam. wanted to clarify for you though because yeah it would be remiss to not have tractor beams absolutely but i can proudly proclaim that we do carry them always

[@alandab]

​@@Citizen_Kate Kate, I love you and have watched you from the beginning (you can go back through ALL your comments from previous videos, etc.). So don't think I'm hating on you at all. But whether it's tractor, salvage, or medical, I just think you guys should be better supplied with BASIC gear that's COMMONLY used during your escapades in the verse. But hey, I enjoy your videos regardless. It just drives me crazy when you're trying to find a multi-tool attachment of some kind. I just don't understand it.

[@Citizen_Kate]

haha no you're good i didn't assume hate don't worry - you just stated it so factly, and that we don't carry mult-tools even which even you have to admit is a bit of an exaggeration given the videos we make. I figured and explaining our usual load out would be helpful :) we don't give much thought to the salvage attachment because really its ONLY use is repairs and right now that is purely optional given the availability of repair stations in the game (mining outposts on every moon for example) - salvaging with the handheld attachment gives so little return it isnt worth it beyond material to repair with. That said we DID stock them (check episode 1) and just lost them when the ship fell through the planet. we didn't pack as much on the 2nd loadout because there are other problems with persistence we'll see in the next video. But your assumption over our motivation was just wrong and i didn't want you operating under false assumptions :) thank you for watching our videos for so long as well, I really appreciate it and i know the rest of the crew do as well!

[@aikiwolfie]

It would not be a "Life Aboard" series if you didn't murder your crew Katy. Also I'd no issues understanding you. It was fine.

[@NotWhatButWho]

ROC repair/salvage/mining non quantum pod anybody?