Inside Star Citizen: Firebird Is The Word

Have you heard about the bird? Join us today to fuel your curiosity on some of the hottest vehicles making their debut at Invictus 2954, including the Sabre Firebird and the Ursa Medivac.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Sabre Raven Gold Standard
02:36 Meet the Sabre Firebird
06:45 Finally, the Nursa Medivac

[@JamestheKilljoy]

Medical vehicles should require medical supplies in order to respawn a player. That way there is a resource tied to it to keep death a meaningful thing

[@blindmown]

Actually a solid suggestion.

[@charactersmoreorthree]

Clone juice.

[@Pitt1127]

Love it

[@Gofr5]

I think that is the eventual plan, no? I know they've talked about using clone goop or juice or whatever in the past before.

[@valentinbrt3748]

It will come in the next month/years. They said they were going to do it !

[@Scrobes]

CIG: Giving some love to our older vehicles, and bringing them up to our current day standard. Gladiator:

[@xxCrimsonSpiritxx]

Cries in Aurora

[@justus5612]

Conni, 600i

[@trinityx3o522]

@@justus5612 600i gold standard is WIP right now

[@yaeaster3454]

Reclaimer makes push ups in pain...

[@jackryan1980]

GIB love to Gladiator !!! @CIG

[@bearcommando]

I find the lack of wee-woos on the Nursa disturbing.

[@123reivaj]

You should change the *Ursa Medivac weapon for an external shield generator in the shape of a dome* that provides extra protection to the vehicle and a small periphery around it.

[@TACTICAL_REAVER]

Should change its name to NUrsa

[@xxCrimsonSpiritxx]

I hate it T-T

[@enricod.7198]

Yeah more like a force field like the tevarin shields that also blocks physical damage, but idk how that would work with the lore etc..

[@SpaceDad42]

Or neither and just out pretty lights.

[@nicolepham3836]

@@enricod.7198 humanity has had tevarin shield tech since the 2600s. Hangars are airshielded, the Talon uses repro shields iirc, and a few other things

[@romanwiller2180]

I love the dancing around saying “this vehicle is visually legally distinct enough from the Raven that we aren’t violating the contract with Intel”

[@Gwydion_Wolf]

It doesn't even have the same functionality. So it is a different ship.

[@norgeek]

​@@Gwydion_WolfIntel's IP lawyers probably care less about functionality and more about looks. Intel owns the visual design afaik.

[@2727daqwid]

Also it's red, so it's clearly AMD lol

[@Gwydion_Wolf]

@norgeek it's more than just function. ALL of the Sabres share the same general outline. And the base model came out prior to the Raven. This one has the cut out area covered up with what looks like intakes. The guns are moved to be along the neck instead of in the wings. And it borrows the tail-fins of the Base Sabre. It's not just 1 thing different.

[@hellcat5music]

Hi do you have a copy of the contract?

[@drifteralgier6165]

“We want to sell the raven again but legally can’t, so here’s a slightly different raven.”

[@esquire2177]

Gold standard Connie when??????

[@netshaman9918]

When GS 315P ?

[@CitizenScott]

Soon! … ™️

[@Em.P14]

Get ready to see the mk2 (ok probably mk6 as the phoenix is the mk4 already)rolling in ! Ye it might take a while but to be honest it probably won't need that much rework, will it (considering the already labeled spaces in the back for components and such, yes some remodeling, rigging and animationwork will need to be done but it might even be one of the more dooable ships ingame)?

[@impullse01]

I would say gold standard Connie would be more valuable. Retaliator is generally not so useless and popular ship as Connie

[@thrashjf83]

I want a gold standard connie and a gold standard cat.

[@jhjhjhjhjhj1]

Sabre raven getting a gold standard pass before starter ships like the avenger titan is insane to me

[@mustrumridcully3853]

But it comes with a new variant - which they will get money for. No money in a gold pass on an old ship.

[@RonTaggart]

Look at hornet mk1 variants. No money in old ships, just make new ones "up to standard"

[@Zel_Kova]

The Sabre is a starter ship ironically.

[@Valiyus]

Think about it for a sec though. The more up to date vehicles are already close to what they would consider gold standard because they built a lot of those with tech included or had finally nailed the design down. Those older ones need like full reworks.

[@pete3198]

Titan has had a refresh already. Sabre as far as im aware hasn't had any refreshes since it was first released.

[@Tjaru]

Where are the Emergency Lights on the Ursa?!!!

[@DonBilboism]

You mean emergency lasers?!

[@Blackburn6969]

Hopefully they won't add them, do you see emergency flashing lights on medivac helicopters? No

[@Uhhuhok434]

@@Blackburn6969 it's not a helicopter

[@Blackburn6969]

@@Uhhuhok434 ik, my point is not all emergency vehicles need them.

[@AgentXRifle]

But ground vehicles should. I don’t know any emergency response ground vehicles that do not have them… even construction vehicles get yellow lights! Mule needs yellow lights…

[@TimothySnowman]

I love my Raven and I'm thrilled to see it getting its gold standard pass, but I really think the priority for gold standard needs to be focused on the smaller starter ships like the Mustang, Aurora, and Avenger.

[@skibidabndada6683]

Fr, when I explain my „new“ friends how to use a starter ship, the most problems encounter with ui. it should be easy and intuitive to use

[@twelvewingproductions7508]

Or at least start with ships that are in common use and should have higher priority. It's pretty clear here that the priority is ship sales and possibly promoting a new Intel promotional event.

[@terrandysart3587]

I 100% agree. I will NEVER recommend my friends to spend more than $40 bucks on the game. Even as a concierge player. The game is more fun when you have to grind and earn. 95% of ppl playing will be playing these starters and they need to be the main focus

[@neofromthewarnerbrothersic145]

@@terrandysart3587 That's one way to look at it. Another way is that everyone might start with those ships, but they won't stay in them for long. No matter how reliable they are, there just isn't a whole lot they can do very well, so maybe it's better to focus on others. That said, the starters are small, simple ships so it should be pretty easy to give them a gold pass. And since they are "starters," yeah, at the very least they should be rock solid in terms of reliability. I didn't have any problems with the Aurora when I started... but I only flew it for maybe a week, then started renting Cutty+ROC until I could afford to buy Cutty+ROC.

[@TimothySnowman]

@@neofromthewarnerbrothersic145 I think giving the starters a gold standard pass will allow new players to dip their toe into gameplay loops that are currently lacking, even if they're only using them briefly. None of the 3 starters that I mentioned currently have deployable components, so when they inevitably upgrade to a ship that does, it may be confusing or overwhelming to suddenly have to worry about them. That said, this will only really matter if we get Engineering before every ship gets its gold standard pass, which, looking at the cards for 4.0, may be the case.

[@moonasha]

so I guess the medical gameplay loop is dead if anyone can just put one of these ursas in the back of their ship to respawn into

[@randlebrowne2048]

Keep in mind that "Death of a Spaceman" is still going to be a thing. It will put a limit on the number of respawns a character can have, incentivizing seeking a medic.

[@TheDeichi]

John... I really like the Ursa Medivac... but... you are aware that this 3rd vehicle the people are asking about is the Apollo Medivac... not the Ursa Medivac, right? 😉

[@Chromaz]

So they gold standard a ship that like 10 people own? Thats a high priority right there

[@blindmown]

It's probably pretty easy tbf, they already gave the base model gold standard and it might not be owned by many people but it's still better to keep it up to date.

[@Epsyk]

That’s why they build the Firebird. To justify a Gold Standard pass on the Raven. It would never have got to Gold Standard without this solution.

[@5000562]

@@Epsyk Yeah, and I don't see many people buying the firebird except for the frame. The ship itself is pretty useless thanks to being a missile boat.

[@Epsyk]

@@5000562 Raven is useless too. 2xS3 and an EMP. There are much better ships that can to almost the same. And I say this as a Raven owner. I fly it very rarely because of this.

[@5000562]

@@Epsyk Still doesn't change the Firebird being useless lol. I guess if I paid it with my Polaris which is supposed to be able to rearm, it wouldn't be so horrendous, but missiles in SC do just that, miss, all the time.

[@secondcut3138]

What did we learn this week. That the merchantman isn’t here yet, and still isn’t a focus

[@EPiQ_cR]

As a BMM pledge...I'm not surprised. What good is a merchant ship before even having 2 star systems?

[@ReallyDazed]

My response to the video -- until we have more systems (I'm not talking about Pyro) and quantum is up and running, there is no point for the BMM yet. Let that ship cook. We do not need it yet.

[@royzevisionneur2045]

the real question is and will always be... Where is Tony Z ?

[@FunkThompson]

@@ReallyDazed Need? Who said "need." WANT. ;)

[@sandman89176]

@@ReallyDazed not just systems but until there's a decent economy

[@VincePhoenix]

So basically you fire twice 6 missiles and ... Go back home ? x)

[@zyloctal]

Go back to the polaris or idris for rearm :)

[@InvictusByz]

Respawns in T3 beds feels very silly, IMO. Ambulances are NOT mobile hospitals, they have supplies to stabilize a patient for transport to a medical facility, and the most significant medical feature on an Ambulance would be the trained EMTs.

[@vincebarry9840]

Its absolutly a joke. ..at first all the medbed were respawn and then they removed the function for tiers 3. Its just a frakking 180 to sell the ursa

[@StevenSudweeks]

This gives an actual reason to use something that has a T3 bed. They were next to useless before this. Also, I don't know if you noticed but this game doesn't take place in modern times. Ambulances very much could be mobile hospitals in the 900+ years in the future that this takes place.

[@SuperlunarNim]

CIG: "Oh, you medics want a medical Ursa? Here you go lol" Followed by a full slap across the face to medics and their gameplay loop. Listening to John Crewe complain about backers consistently asking for something as basic and obvious as a medical ground vehicle after announcing that spawning change is just something else to behold.

[@StevenSudweeks]

@@vincebarry9840 if that's all it's for then why not do that when they sold the C8R? It also has a T3 bed. This is solving a ton of issues. Is it perfect? No. It's needs some sort of balancing for example most people are saying it needs a medical commodity that you have to keep stocked in order to heal, or it has a cool down, or make it like ammo and fuel that can only be filled at a landing zone/station. Any of those would be good balancing. With how janky and buggy this game can be, being able to quickly respawn without having to backspace or wait 20 mins to be rescued is a good thing.

[@rhadiem]

I like it, but I think they'll need to give it a cooldown so you can't respawn on it over and over in a short period. Once an hour on a T3 seems reasonable. It's a safety net but an arcade FPS game. Die twice and you have to go to a T2+ somewhere else.

[@LeifPalmin]

Cig will remove the spawning as soon as they sold enough Nursa Rover

[@reblanium]

Honestly, I hope they do. It is going to take a hacksaw to the medical gameplay that is already barely existent.

[@randlebrowne2048]

@@reblanium Keep in mind that the "Death of Spaceman" mechanic will mean limited respawns for characters. People are going to have incentives to prefer getting patched up instead of dying. On the other hand, the lack of respawn ability to get back into the fight in a reasonable time means that many players don't bother doing fps missions, due to lack of playtime if things go wrong.

[@nypctechman]

The marketing machine continues.

[@Dobranican]

I'm almost positive when ANYONE asks where's the medivac, I'm pretty sure they are talking about the Apollo, not a Pisces with wheels.

[@uberfu]

Can't wait for the MPUV Medivac > the Dragonfly Medivac > the Freelancer Medivac > the MOLE Medivac > the Gladiator Medivac > the Merlin medivac > Aurora Medivac > Mustang Medivac. Every ship should have a "medivac" edition. /s

[@achildofbodom1]

Freelancer max just became a Carrack

[@guynamedmaggi5520]

Cheaper and flies better

[@rahlap2449]

The Andromeda now is a really great all around combat ship and the Tequilla is now a very great exploration ship

[@Rockndolls]

@@rahlap2449 Tequila was good ?

[@DeltaGen42]

Ok now, where's the Medevac? The REAL Medevac. The APOLLO Medevac.....

[@MykieRelaxingGameplay]

When your medpens are wipe after a patch, they end on Jared's deck - Now you know.

[@CitizenScott]

And knowing is half the battle

[@PerfectCode]

They’ve been there before 3.23 released…

[@konradsielilo349]

@@PerfectCodeit’s a joke

[@PerfectCode]

@@konradsielilo349 Already known. Is simply a poor joke.

[@ap1evideogame44]

@@PerfectCode no no, he used those already!

[@TalosEscanor]

2 ships/vehicles that nobody asks for. Really frustrating every time, every year....stop combat-related gameplay.

[@RonJeremy514]

Yeah but can you do, people love pew pew in video games even though they are against firearm ownership irl which I struggle to understand why.

[@krispcode]

Nobody asked for these ships but we still got them. Thanks CIG!

[@roguesim]

People won't stop asking about the BMM unless you finish what you started.

[@aylencitasq4275]

me who is silently waiting since its first appearance:

[@rhadiem]

the team that were doing the BMM left a long time ago now btw.

[@roguesim]

@@rhadiem 99% of BMM owners are fully aware of this.

[@neofromthewarnerbrothersic145]

Say they released it tomorrow. Feel better? Still can't do anything with it. Maybe sit in chat and offer tours. Selling those things so early was a huge mistake. Some capital ships will be usable around 4.0/4.X, the BMM will be mostly useless until the game is basically release ready. The BMM isn't a ship, it's a dream of what people hope the game will be. We all hope it will be a game where such a ship fits and is actually playable. But tbh I have doubts...

[@jodofe4879]

When they have a team available to work on it again of course.

[@stormwolf3255]

Somehow it feels wrong for a medical vehicle to be mounting a laser turret instead of emergency lights

[@PerplexedVet]

Same thought. Immediately I was like, That's against the Geneva conventions! It's now a lawful military target. But I guess in the 2900's they have different rules. 😂

[@streetmachine8211]

This is where this game is going. It's sadly all about pew pew.

[@ZenAurora]

This does not do exactly what an ambulance does in normal life. this is supposed to be a mobile clinic for combat situations where flashing lights get you unwanted attention (this is purely my thought on this). So, a turret is a better choice to keep the occupants safer. But flashing window lights(top side of the front glass but behind the glass maybe) would be nice that you can turn on/off with a button on the dashboard.

[@logicalChimp]

This is more inline with the CyberPunk medical response team (forget their name), that come out with heavy-weapons, etc... Geneva conventions and such apply between nations - but criminals almost explicitly don't adhere to such conventions (and we see this even today, unfortunately)

[@CathrineMacNiel]

@@logicalChimp Trauma Team, and they came to mind when I first saw the Ursambulance.

[@JohnVanderbeck]

"Yeah because that's the one they wanted you to focus on". Jared saying exactly what was in all our minds after John's statement. Never has one line brought my emotions in such a range from "Banu merchantman" YAY to "Ursa rover" ffs seriously?

[@ShenShen88]

"Cause that's the one they really wanted you to focus on". Oh! Jared. You can't be replaced.

[@Cornerboy73]

Thanks for the show. Can't say I'm too excited for these new vehicles. I've never been keen on the idea of missile-focused ships, at least fighter size ones. It doesn't take long to dump those 12 missiles and ... then what? You may as well leave the battle and spend more time and money on restocking for 12 more shots. Meh. As for the medivac Ursa... I guess so, I don't hate it. At least it will provide some use. I personally would have used the Ballista chassis - more room for additional beds, supplies and just a tougher form, especially if these are set to become SC's version of Sunderers from Planetside 2.

[@PolarisCaptain]

there are like two ships that can carry the atlas chassis (and one of them already has medbay). wouldnt make sense

[@bigapestudios9847]

if its going to play like the talon, its role will be more a distractionary tool in support of actual dogfighters. as missles inbound will cause the enemies to have to break and avoid etc hopefully swinging the momentum mid dogfight for your wingmen. solo its useless though imo

[@neofromthewarnerbrothersic145]

That's perfectly okay. We don't all have to be excited about every ship release. At least you're being normal about it, instead of going "WAAAH I'm not excited about this and that means CIG just slapped me across the face!" This community is ridiculous sometimes.

[@uberfu]

You're thinking the Spartan ... Not the Ballista. The Spartan is the Atlas transport that would essentially be a larger version of the Ursa .. that could also be converted to a dedicated Med vehicle akin to the Ursa Med+Pisces Med.

[@shimpski764]

“Yeah, because that’s the one they want you to focus on” ☠️☠️☠️

[@neofromthewarnerbrothersic145]

That was hilarious, Jared just knows exactly what to say sometimes. He has an angry little backer troll on one shoulder and a little white knight on the other, and he's pretty good at knowing when to let each of them speak.

[@Zmann966]

"We have a lot of fighters in the game, but not many that the main focus is missiles. The Talon Shrike is pretty much the main missile based fighter..." *Weeps in Gladiator*

[@Smari00]

I feel you my guy

[@poposterous236]

I keep forgetting this ship exists when its been in the game longer than most of the others

[@anom794939393]

at least they fixed the thruster bug with mm. the issue is now you cant change out the torps and are stuck with the default CS ones. i still fly it a lot but it needs some love, even just making the top turret a remote turret and slaving it to pilot would be an awesome change that would make it compatible with Scorpus.

[@ameritoast5174]

Exactly what I thought as well. My Gladiator is never going to get any love.

[@Gofr5]

Heck, even the Ares is a sort of mini missile boat fighter. It has x20 S3 missiles!!! 12 of those are bespoke S3, but the other 8 you can play with. You can do x16 S2 or x4 S4, or if you even feel like it you can turn it in to a mini Harbinger with x2 S5. The focus is always on its big gun, but the Ares is a proper little missile ship in its own right.

[@joebaxter6895]

How bout get the Connie series gold standard? For the old backers that have been with you since the beginning.

[@wickedwookie]

I'm gonna need the screaming chicken on the roof CIG black and gold of course.

[@joelellis7035]

I'm sorry to say that the Devs said an emphatic "NO!" to the idea. Jared said that he hated him. The Dev implied the feeling was mutual.

[@mortalkombatfight-clubsofi9637]

I am actually quite happy that the Nursa is finally here. Time to do some bunkers with it, yey. Now i can use a Carrack, with a C8R Docked and a Medical Ursa in the front. Need as many med beds as i can get..... We kind of have a team on board the Carrack of junkies, that need their drugs

[@valegrumby]

"Mutual" haha perfect response

[@patrickmanhattan6518]

Gold Standard Connie when???

[@PlatinumParakeet]

God i wish!!! I love my taurus but its so old

[@dylan8321]

Sameeee

[@guynamedmaggi5520]

I hear a lot of problems with the interior hear me out, why not let us be able to customize our own interiors so we don't have to wait for them to and we can all have the ships we want.

[@patrickmanhattan6518]

@@guynamedmaggi5520 implementing that would take another 5 years lmao

[@ImAnA--hole]

I don't care about a bird that is on fire, give us an update on persistent hangers or I'm gonna cry.

[@wingren13]

once again the gladiator is left behind

[@rhadiem]

Gladiator can do S5's though, iirc. Firebird is max s3's.

[@wingren13]

@@rhadiem I more mean it just not even being mentioned in terms of 'missile focused fighters' and not getting gold standard when almost everything from back then has had atleast one update

[@voodoo22]

Gladiator is to ugly

[@uberfu]

@@rhadiem Gladiator can do S5 BOMBS. The Firebird can do S3 missiles. Hmm ... somebody wasn't paying attention.

[@uberfu]

@@wingren13 Gladiator = NOT a "missile fighter".

[@jmcorp8021]

Can we get a paint variant where someone has used spray paint to add the N before where it says ursa on the body? That'd be the only change

[@Solar546]

that would be a best seller paint

[@ffmichael1764]

When RSI Apollo????

[@chomp7927]

Doesn't matter now, just buy the rover, it does all the same things and fits in other ships

[@ffmichael1764]

@@chomp7927 Apollo has Tier 1 bed module so you can use it as spawn point anywhere in the entire system

[@hicksbyfunkenflug2768]

​​@@chomp7927 But ... Apollo! ;( ^.^

[@ffmichael1764]

@@chomp7927 The Apollo has Tier 1 medical bed modules so that you can respawn there from anywhere in the system.

[@zarsebas]

@@ffmichael1764well… they changed it so T3 beds can now respawn you too… yaaaay… unless there’s a big rework they pretty much killed every big medical ship, and I was so excited for the Apollo

[@henkolsonpietersen2242]

This looks like Crusader's take on the Raven. I love it!

[@erlidan]

I just wanna hear about the 600i rework...hopefully they didn't forget about my baby.

[@DeadlySky1]

you did its going have a med bed you can respawn at.

[@Dr-F.Fischer]

I hoped the usra would also have nice emergency lights like the cutlass red

[@festersmith8352]

The only way I would go for this, is if they can be operated separately from the head lights. The constant strobing of those lights in the dark while navigating, would get really old really quick.

[@Spelljammer1]

I'm so happy it doesn't, especially in the current state of the Cutlass Red that it is tied to the headlights so you have them on even when you do not want to. but if it was a separate button then no harm done. I just think it looks less like a toy without them.

[@randlebrowne2048]

Keep in mind that those flashing lights would be a "shoot here to cancel respawns" sign to every flyer within kilometers of the vehicle. Low emissions to make it hard to find and target are it's only real defense in a fight.

[@CMDR-odanrot]

You know I really miss the post-credit stuff he used to do

[@noelsteele]

Marketing strangles the life and joy out of everything.

[@Ed_Patrick]

He still does them, just not in every single episode which is the same as always.

[@Killertomato84]

one word.... thundercougarfalconbird

[@realmwatters2977]

So wheres Apollo medical ship?

[@killerhk5297]

Rework your Master mode

[@j.d.4697]

I love high-tech ships like that so much! But why 12 s3 missiles? You can't really kill anything with it, or has that changed now?

[@OdysseyGamingOfficial]

Missiles are crazy buffed now, one or two missiles can pretty much take out a light fighter

[@_Saracen_]

Unless the target isn't moving and doesn't launch flares and counter-measures then nope, it's kinda useless in the current state of the game. I often wonder if these dev's actually play the game they're working on. Pretty cool ship for the future though, love the look of it. Maybe one day it will have it's place.

[@Banzai51]

@@OdysseyGamingOfficial But can they hit a fighter? That's always been a problem.

[@thirdworldrider6991]

cig has done a study on which ships sold the most. then combine the characteristics into a fomo sale every quarter with a new ship at one of these events.

[@BarManFesteiro]

wake me up when the avenger is gold standard

[@soleenzo893]

penguin my beloved

[@Holfyy]

This is mandatory, but CIG want money so add a variant of a ship sold $4000 on grey market

[@TheLoneLlama]

RIP

[@GothyCakesofficial]

Goodnight sweet Prince

[@SpaceDad42]

Why? It’s a throw away ship.

[@oni-one574]

When are missiles & torps not going to be awful tho?

[@Epsyk]

When the server FPS plays along

[@makimera]

nursa, meanwhile apollo owners, wondering where thire medical ship is

[@BizzMRK]

honestly I would rather have them release the Apollo alongside proper medical gameplay rather than just slapping it into the game as another glorified respawn point.

[@johnnyblue07]

@@BizzMRK Like making the Herald flight ready without none of its gameplay loops. Yeah, I'd rather they wait til Data Running v.0 is working.

[@MMORPG87]

no point in owning an apollo now that u revive from anything. i feel bad for all the owners

[@MMORPG87]

@@BizzMRK what gameplay they just killed it with this rework of medbeds

[@BizzMRK]

@@MMORPG87 because we are still lacking any proper medical gameplay in the first place like the (medical) supplies which are supposed to be consumed when respawning or healing on ships which would be heaviely limited on something like a C8R or Nursa compared to a Galaxy clinic or Apollo as well as the whole death of a spaceman mechanic that would prevent people from just backspacing to reset their T2 and T1 injuries and respawn in a t3 bed instead of using an appropriate beds. Even if they didn't make the T3 change if they added the Apollo or (medical) Galaxy right now they would be nothing more than yet another respawn point like the Carrack lacking any of their intended mechanics or gameplay.

[@DASC4891]

I only learned that the question for the merchantman and endavor is still not answered :D

[@davidrabalais908]

Is anyone else not excited about external entry ships? If I can't walk around inside I don't think of it as a space ship.

[@neofromthewarnerbrothersic145]

They are fighters... in a fighter you don't want your cross-section to be any bigger than it needs to be, so you can present the smallest possible target.

[@davidrabalais908]

@@neofromthewarnerbrothersic145 that makes sense, it's just not what I'm into.

[@neofromthewarnerbrothersic145]

@@davidrabalais908 That's fine

[@kingpinda2]

@@davidrabalais908 Luckily there are loads of other ships then.

[@uberfu]

Sooo ... to you none of the fighters are "space ships" despite them being able to go into space (in game of course) ... Are teh ground vehicles that you cannot walk around in not ground vehicles as well ?

[@Netist_]

Any word on when the cutlass is getting a gold standard pass? It's such a popular ship you'd think it would have been one of the first.

[@Cetrakh]

They already sold the cutlass no chance of happening soon

[@guynamedmaggi5520]

@@Cetrakh Why is that now the reason of gold passes😔

[@neofromthewarnerbrothersic145]

@@Cetrakh Ah yes, flawless logic... made entirely of flaws. All of the current gold standard ships were sold LONG before they got a gold pass. It has nothing to do with when they were sold. But don't let a few pesky facts get in the way of your cynical whinging...

[@neofromthewarnerbrothersic145]

@@guynamedmaggi5520 It's not.

[@jax2729]

The gladiator needs love! One of the coolest stories in game & badass ships that hasn’t been touched in ages. The Black Crows deserved praise & a special paint variant with its gold standard & missile rework.

[@Evirthewarrior]

Do the Ursa Rovers wheels come off all the time still driving over slightly rocky terrain? Do you need to keep it on prepared road surfaces to keep it moving? I see they did not set the front wheels slightly forward to allow it to go over rocks easier, so instead of climbing over rocks because the wheels would hit first, you hit them head on with the cab.

[@ZeroFoxGiv3n]

finally a new small fighter that nobody asked for, if only there were ships we really wanted...

[@alexzuelke5209]

im picking one up day one, i love the looks and can't wait to see how it flys

[@5000562]

@@alexzuelke5209 And how fast it dies lol

[@LethargicShaman]

@@alexzuelke5209 have fun shooting 6 missiles twice (10 seconds of fun), then retreat for restocking (5-10 mins of downtime). Exciting gameplay right there

[@realmwatters2977]

There goes Career medical rescue might as start learning mining before that is nerved.

[@festersmith8352]

This kinda bothers me for you med guys. Job made redundant by a machine.

[@randlebrowne2048]

@@festersmith8352 Keep in mind that "Death of Spaceman" will mean both limited respawns per character *and* a chance of some injuries persisting beyond the respawn, requiring further medical treatment.

[@Emilfsdk]

will we ever be able to buy the raven ingame?

[@Epsyk]

Never

[@randlebrowne2048]

They can't. It's a contract exclusive with Intel (it came as a promotion with one of their SSDs).

[@TheMalkavianPrince]

I, for one, am impressed that they did a pass on the Freelancer without breaking it further.. x'D (you still get stuck in the beds, though)

[@MisterALX]

Apollo when? Galaxy when? :)

[@fauxtrot2010]

Who cares? There’s no point to medical ships now. Current hype for 3.23: 0. Even though I have bought every ‘medical’ ship in the game, there is absolutely no reason to own them now.

[@MisterALX]

@@fauxtrot2010 , I have them too. Medical gameplay ia just cool for me and it works just fine!

[@ValosarX]

​@@fauxtrot2010relax, medical gameplay is still at tier -1. Medical ships may still be useful.

[@fauxtrot2010]

@@ValosarX I get it. I suppose I haven’t been playing long enough (3.16) and this is the first time I’m feeling like this because these are the ships I bought (both ideologically and in jpg). It just feels like this is a step in the wrong direction. Now I know how reclaimer owners must have felt before salvage was released.

[@neofromthewarnerbrothersic145]

@@fauxtrot2010 I started in 3.16 too. Didn't know it at the time, but medical gameplay was very new at that point. 3.15 was called "Deadly Consequences," and that's when pretty much all of the medical stuff was added. (Btw, what do you mean these are the ships you bought "ideologically?" As in, you "bought" into the premise of medical gameplay?) Sorry you're not hyped for 3.23. It's easily the best patch I've seen yet. It always feels like "a step in the wrong direction" unless they are 100% focused on the thing that matters most to you personally.

[@Alexjedi2002titanfall]

10:10 Casually mentions regeneration rework while talking about a vehicle no one really wanted.

[@Knightstruth]

Saber Firebird looks fairly cool. I like the vertical stabilizers. Kinda wish the Raven had them as well.

[@Mnerd7368]

When do we get gold standard for the F7C/F7A Hornet MK 2?

[@mangojpeg]

i don't think 2 volleys of missiles is enough for a missile-dedicated fighter

[@LordAzuren]

Honeslty i love the look and the concept of the firebird but i have the same concern. The 24 missiles of the talon are already kinda borderline, having only two volleys before having to restock feels quite bad. It could work for ships like the eclipse because they usually targets fat big ships that can't evade too easily the missiles and the S9 torpedos hits like a truck but good luck into hitting even a third of the missiles of the firebird against a equally sized ship. Maybe if/when CIG will fix missiles it could be a decent ship (but why not the talon shrike at that point?) but rn is not good looking balancing wise.

[@JohnSmith-ue3pt]

i like how people who pledged hundreds of dollars for decade old unreleased ships are now even a joke to CIG themselves

[@1comie]

They literally gave us a wambulance

[@besgarknightshade3241]

the Saber Raven, because of its exclusive nature it never really peaked in popularity.... So the real solution is to get intel to redo the contract with another, affordable, item. New item + updated Raven = New Raven Owners. Problem solved. BTW, I was not around when the Raven was introduced. When I got here to promo was over. I suspect many of us are in this boat.

[@bluesheepminecraft]

Never thought I'd see the raven get love, awesome!

[@boomrr07]

How are they gold standarding everything but what they said they would do? The 600i has been waiting for 2 years

[@StormEagle5]

To be fair, when they do work on one manufacturer for a new ship, it is easy to take those designs and apply them more quickly to smaller ships of that same manufacturer. See Hull C and A, and the freelancer updates. But I've also long been waiting to see what the 600i and Connie will be like.

[@GARL0CK]

They're also reworking the 600i

[@boomrr07]

Yeah, they announced it 2 years ago and haven’t worked on it at all yet.

[@boomrr07]

Yeah I know hey do that, but the fact that they actually showed off the rework and then shelved it is what makes me feel weird. It’s like the bmm.

[@GARL0CK]

@@boomrr07 Yeah. I can see that for sure. 3 main ships I want to fly are the 600i touring, the Legionaire and the Apollo Triage. They've shelved every one of them. It is what it is. The most unique ships require the most unique tech. It's why I've made my peace with the Apollo. We don't have drones yet. SO finish that, and in the meantime, I'll park an Ursa in the back of my MSR.

[@ZarathustraDK]

Pretty big gun'o'healing on top that amberlamps I say.

[@astrotraveler6998]

How many years ago now where we told we would have ramps that adjust to land height? 3 or 4?

[@Creepy-Girl]

So with the URSA Medivac, can we have a portable Medical bay already?

[@_Saracen_]

The Firebird looks very pretty but I doubt it will be of much use until missile and stealth mechanics get to a state where it starts to actually matter in most fights. The Sabre is one of my favorite ships on looks but it just isn't practical, there are better alternatives. Maybe one day when it's supposed "stealth" features actually work.

[@redhead9713]

ya, missiles kind of suck right now. Shields eat way too much damage from missiles and they don't often disable ships, which is what you would think a missile hitting your main engine would do.

[@CitizenScott]

Stealth does work rn

[@donk8961]

Yeah stealth has been largely forgotten or shelved. Maybe now that we got MM they can touch it? Or maybe after ship engineering? Or after pyro? Or after squadron? Yeah I’ve given up on the Sabre until much later.

[@donk8961]

@@CitizenScott word? Haven’t loaded up since the patch, I’ll test it with my PvP friends n see what’s up.

[@CitizenScott]

@@donk8961 Havent played 3.23 but stealths been working for a long time yeah. Its just signature reduction basically.

[@AidanofVT]

Every year, SC ground gameplay gets closer to being Planetside 3. Now we have a Sunderer, I guess.

[@logicalChimp]

But without the equipment-terminals to swap your loadout :p (well, it's got space for a couple of weapons, but if you're dragging someone back, better make sure to snag their weapon too).

[@SuperlunarNim]

Yep, basically everything people funded it directly NOT to be. It's depressing.

[@logicalChimp]

@@SuperlunarNim I wouldn't go that far... but I do think it would 'fit' better if it were just able to 'resurrect' people, rather than clone them a new body, etc...

Finally!!!!! The gunner seat struts of the Max have gone!!! :D !

[@Andy-oc6sd]

So the range you need the ursa by you to respawn, im assuming the distance underground in bunker missions is convienantly too far away?

[@Ambassador_Kobi]

Will there be another Sabre Raven offering from Intel?

[@larrymitchell6470]

Seriously doubt it. That was an exclusive agreement and they do want rare ships to exist. Veeeeeery few codes exist and will cost upward of $1500

[@okcmarvin]

MK2

[@FogeyzGilly]

Where's my zeus

[@GreatWolfBalistic]

They said last year citizen con release

[@spaceman112211]

it's scheduled for 4.0 later this (I hope) year

[@CaptEirikr]

Just made it onto the roadmap, slated for Q3 4.0 release.

[@TheTheOne2]

BMM, Polaris, Perseus, Apollo, Endevor there are many ships we want and i personly flew a c2 with a P8R to have a tier 3 bed with me so i didn' really need a medivac but ok a driveable it is now!

[@roko811]

very cool with the medic rover, Thank you!

[@Trentwhetsel]

Not a single person asked for an URSA Medivac… we want the Apollo Medivac…

[@AccidentalFriendlyFire]

Definitely not true.

[@little_lord_tam]

I genuinly like this medivac

[@festersmith8352]

I have seen the request at least a couple hundred times over the years. I been wondering and waiting myself.

[@JD-of2ps]

Love the Nursa! Don't understand the Firebird only having 12 size 3 missiles if it's supposed to be a missile based ship though, even the smaller Shrike that was mentioned has 24 size 3's???

[@CathrineMacNiel]

even the Reliant Tana has more missiles than that. (20x s2)

[@MaugriMGER]

But the shrike only has size two hardpoints

[@user-ib6tp8ky4o]

Their definition of a brand new ship is wild. Edit: I see now lol they're trying to shaft intels exclusivity contract with the raven.

[@axelmousti5812]

Amazing sale concept, im amazed. I like.

[@bnut1979]

"What did we learn this week? That the BMM won't see the light of day before 1.0 and the medical gameploop is dead."

[@randlebrowne2048]

Keep in mind that the medical gameplay will eventually include "Death of Spaceman" mechanics like limited respawns before permadeath and some injuries persisting even after respawns (requiring further medical treatment).

[@bnut1979]

@@randlebrowne2048 While that is probably a likely facet of SC's gameplay in the future, it doesn't change the fact that current medical gameplay is essentially dead with this change.

[@randlebrowne2048]

@@bnut1979 To be fair, it was already dead, except for medical gameplay within a group. Very few people were willing to wait 30 minutes, in an incapped state, for someone to fly across the vast distances of space so that they can keep playing. I know that I've never bothered with that system. If I were forced to, I'd probably either quit playing, or avoid all FPS missions.

[@Kevin1004]

So and now... Where is my Merchantman?😢

[@neofromthewarnerbrothersic145]

Good news! I've just heard they are going to release it tomorrow. Still can't do anything with it, but at least people can stop asking about it.

[@Noidhole88]

What do you store in the small compartments under the terminal on the Nursa?

[@bradenwoods1111]

I lost it @7:10 lmao 🤣 "ya cuz thats the one they wanted you to focus on" he aint lying

[@durtyred86]

You guys really, REALLY should do an in depth talk on the changing medical beds. This is a massive change in direction and people want to know about the possible future changes and where your heads are on the subject. I called this about 3 years ago and got crucified in the comments for even thinking it lol... But where to from here? Let's call it.... Medical remeasures? 🤔

[@randlebrowne2048]

Keep in mind that "Death of a Spaceman" mechanics are still coming. Things like limited numbers of respawns before permadeath and some injuries persisting even after respawns (requiring further treatment, including cybernetic limbs, etc). There will still be a need for medics.

[@durtyred86]

@randlebrowne2048 which leaves me confused with how angry people are with respawn beds. Medics will still be necessary even with this change. Maybe not for a time but the more they implement, the more we'll need.

[@dnash2131]

That intel deal was a terrible idea

[@PerplexedVet]

Yeah they definitely scoured the contract and came up with, well it doesn't say we can't make another vehicle that looks almost like it? 😂 I'll still get it though probably.

[@5000562]

@@PerplexedVet While I want to buy it, I'll likely just buy a CCU as I hate the fact they wasted a nice design on a horrible missile platform. Wish they'd just do another deal with intel to bring the raven back up and out for more, if it really has to be exclusive to the deal.

[@randlebrowne2048]

@@PerplexedVet They've already done something similar with the AMD exclusive racing variant of the Mustang. They made a second, non-exclusive, racing variant for everyone else.

[@aleckotwaneb512]

Here are the changes i think will help medical gameplay especially with the medivac: 1. you need some kind of resource you respawn a human, like dna culture or a human goop that you can buy 2. the only way to respawn someone is if the medivac is currently in use by someone on a panel who can see incoming regeneration pings 3. The job of the medic is to get alerts on their panel/computer while in operation so they can receive alerts while driving and are able to manually revive someone currently in a revive queue that you can accept, and there should be someone kind of mini game to respawn them, balancing the amount of dna or matter thats being produced to keep the regen meter in a green state or else regeneration fails and the player is sent to a hospital instead 4.Also for the medics to receive a viable income they will receive payment upon successful regeneration of player or squad mate ,and you are able to regenerate your party members, and see regen queues that are within your ping distance and can accept them. I think this will offer compensation for use of tier 3 beds without being op via requiring someone to generate the body manually, and give medics a critical role in a battle, like mechanics

[@whoosh1425]

Genuine questions about the window in the background. How is that effect achieved? LED lights? Is it animation and post effects? Want to do something like this for my office.

[@randlebrowne2048]

Most likely, it's just a big monitor in a window frame.

[@whoisj]

Jared called it. We did not want the vehicle team to focus on the Bearbulance.

[@logicalChimp]

True... but the Nursa is looking pretty cool (and would probably be my preferred Ursa variant to take with my Constellation)

[@donk8961]

@@logicalChimpConnie boys rejoice we can do medical now

[@neofromthewarnerbrothersic145]

Thing is, the Nursa didn't take much "focus" at all. It's exactly the kind of little project they give to new people so they can get acclimated. Probably took no more than 1 month for 1 person to do. Wouldn't be surprised if it was two weeks. It's not like you have the Apollo (or worse, BMM) on one hand, Nursa on the other, and these are equivalent projects because they are both "medical vehicles."

[@specialcircs]

Everything new is combat focussed. Again.

[@BlackThanator]

At 2:07 you can see the Raven's "missile bay" open, exposing the EMP generators. How do you do that? I couldn't find any button to open it up in game.

[@GrimGatsby]

you should be given the option to spawn at your default location from the death screen. On top of that, there should be a cool down timer on medbeds you have recently spawned on and that timer should get longer when used in succession. it should get to a point where it's like "do i wait 10 minutes to spawn on my carrack for the 5th time in a row or give up and spawn instantly at hurston" or something to that effect.

[@retrowrath9374]

Next, Vanguards gold standard please. :)

[@latch9781]

I would love the Firebird if it had a conventional internal weapons bay. The bespoke one just takes away so much current and future utility

[@Feokian]

Very much agreed... if you could go from 3 s5 to 48 s1, I would buy it in a heartbeat... but 12 s3 where you offload half your payload in one burst seems poorly done.

[@PerplexedVet]

You don't shoot half at once. They changed the rules so you can spool up to 6 if you want to. I still agree that 12 is too few for a main weapon though.

[@Gofr5]

Especially when you have something like the Ares, that on top of its massive gun (though currently horrendously nerfed and useless on both variants) has x20 S3 missiles. 12 of them are besoke, but the other 8 can played around with to use more or less smaller or larger size missiles. It's more of a missile boat than the Firebird. If I want a missile focused fighter, I'd pick both the Ares and Talon Shrike over the Firebird personally. I guess it's cool the Firebird can blow 6 missiles at a time though if wanted. It does also look cool.

[@Epsyk]

@@Gofr5the ares isn’t useless, it just fits in its role now. Hammerhead and bigger are its targets.

[@Gofr5]

@@Epsyk Except it can't kill those targets now. The Ion is incapable of downing a S3 shield, even when using its charged shots as the shield regens back fully before the Ion can fire again; and an Inferno can barely deal any damage right now even after unloading its entire clip. Useless, the both of them.

[@rvebbevr]

Crusader needs an H2 variant for the Med Ursa. Little mobile hospital opp before Endeavor

[@randlebrowne2048]

And a troopship version with palletized seats in the cargo hold (along with added life support).

[@starburger2099]

To launch these 8 missiles, will the function on the HUD change?today we can only 4 at time

[@DefaultSeal]

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