Star Citizen 3.22 - 10 Minutes or Less Ship Review - FREELANCER MAX

[@durtyred86]

One of my favorite older ships. I picked this over the new Zeus CL and the Spirit C-1. It's such a retro ship that really encompasses that "Space Trucker" vibe to the fullest.

[@MysteicVoltronus]

More like the Space family RV.

[@durtyred86]

@MysteicVoltronus nah, that would be the Drake Cutter but I can see where you're coming from. I've driven big rigs for some years and of all the ships, the MAX is spot on. Especially the cargo bay. Looks just like a 53' trailer!!

[@robertmandl9326]

@@MysteicVoltronus If the Freelancer MAX qualifies as an RV for you I sure as sh** never wanna go camping with you. Besides, there´s literally a sticker on the base Freelancer in the "commercial" for it that says "Mothertrucker".

[@donnys2965]

I have so many hours exploring Stanton in the Max. It held a ROC and still had space for cargo. The gimbled guns used to be a huge plus. Now gimbling a gun in the future will not lose a weapon size. It needs a gold pass terribly however master mode needs to come first. I still have the freelancer in my buy backs :)

[@MysteicVoltronus]

The guns on the sides were suppose to be fully manned turrets per that really old release video and their obvious design. I think it could be a 4 man ship. Lose the spoiler on top and that middle section. Merge the middle section with the living area to expand it to feel less claustrophobic with bigger kitchen area, a table, a few chairs, weapon/tool racks. The side turrets should be pilot control, but have the option to release them to co-pilot and remote gunner seat. 4th seat up front could be the Engineering terminal. Remove the seat for that if you need to. Manned turret should be where the airlock is now. And I think they can make the front exit door double as an exist and airlock since the ladder already moves out of the way when closed.

[@supersasquatch]

The max is also noteworthy for it's supersized landing gear, very large pads compared to all other freelancers making landings on uneven terrain a breeze

[@Kiwi_Dave]

Wider, Longer, More travel? Do they sit higher?

[@JayNut_001]

The beginning with the stone in the forground was pretty good, it really flies like one XD

[@solomonmitchell6048]

Evenlease is terrified of space toilets

[@throdwobblermangrove6200]

But this ship is better than the Cuttlas Black...because the Cuttlass has no toilet. :/

[@dasweallycool]

Great review dude! The OG Cargo ship!

[@daproximus7833]

I like the reviews and honest opinion. Myself would also have the turret as a copilot controled 1 and leave the docking ring in the save little cargo space. Loose the 2 back cockpit seats and make the living larger, and the tracktorbeam would also be cool. But i still love the max. But a redo would deff make this great ship even better and more in line with the ships at the moment. Keep the videos comming. 🤙💪

[@wacojones8062]

Thank you for the review I have been out of the game for some time due older computer not able to handle the updates. New computer with 512 GB only waiting to get a 8+ Terabyte SSD. I have ten ships, the original 3 Freelancers all bought as pledges back when we had the massive hanger setup.

[@EvenLease44]

Check out my newest review on this ship for the newest update!

[@5hoo142]

Seems like no one is pointing out the freelancer is also cool because it looks like Serenity from Firefly!!

[@throdwobblermangrove6200]

you gave it 9/10 because it has a toilet...which kills you? :) I love this ship. 120 scu or you can take a URSA or two ROCs with you. two medium shields and 4 x size3 guns to the front. You can do so many gameloops with this ship (and I love the orange paintjob)

[@nonyabizniz]

if you went down to two or even 1 crew, that's -2 seats on the bridge and opens up even more room for more facilities

[@ryansedlacek1319]

3 crew minimum for the future: 1 pilot, 1 turret gunner, and 1 engineer. So you could have three, but you would still take the same space with beds. Might as well make an extra bed for a co-pilot or gunman.

[@jarnoal269]

Absolutely useless, the gunner has no job 98% of the time anyway. He can be the engineer too

[@ryansedlacek1319]

@@jarnoal269 The only time you'd need a gunner is during combat and the only time you'd need an engineer is... during combat.

[@jarnoal269]

@@ryansedlacek1319 what are they doing 97% of the time then

[@ryansedlacek1319]

@jarnoal269 maybe 10%of the time nothing, the other time depends on the varient. DUR, hopefully exploring. MAX/standard, loading cargo or ROC mining. Even if it was just a 2-person ship, the other person would just be sitting in the turret doing nothing most the time anyway.

[@joshuadadad5414]

I like the ability to have more crew rather than "crew space" and only 2 crew accommodations which in a game is effectively wasted space. If the side guns (and rear turret) could be controlled remotely by extra crew that would be really neat- better to increase utility than remove it as a fix.

[@ROBBP85]

great vid! im seeing something diferent, the turret entrance side things that are always hanging out, i dont see them anymore, have they fix this?

[@Rorschach-test]

It can even fit an Ursa. I love my Max. But you did oversee that the rear turret has been already reworked in 3.22 and its struts got removed. You can see it in your video as well. Thus the turret is no longer blocking the entry.

[@EvenLease44]

Absolutely, happy those are gone and with 3.23 the annoying hover text becomes a small less intrusive hovering F. Hopefully allowing for less misclicks and entering the turret

[@shaneedwards596]

out of all the FL ships, the MAX is definitely my preferred variant... due to the ability to carry 2 Cyclones or 1 Ursa 🙂 handles like a brick, and the wing on the top of all the FL ships is something I wish was removed as it obstructs the turret gunner's view... though I would say the turret with the janky entry/exit would be better off being a remote turret, and I'd even go as far as to say while the turret is active the top wing should split and retract to allow more coverage only deploying when the turret isn't active, and it needs a button for the aft ramp like the Cutlass and other ships have... I think 4 crew is definitely 1 too many, 3 would be more a logical number... pilot, turret gunner, engineer... however the 4th would probably be for navigation and scientific roles but in a way that turret's main purpose is to cover your tail as you're running away, more like a tail gunner in a bomber it's not bad as a multirole ship despite being more of a light cargo ship, and it definitely needs weapon and armour racks, and onboard storage similar to the under/over bed storage of some of the other ships which are in some ways less equipped in cargo capacity thanks for another awesome review @EvenLease 🙂 and i look forward to the next one 🙂

[@SkampXx]

It's bugged atm , don't know sinds when. When i got a roc parked in the cargo , flying around surfaces , minerals don't show up when scanning.... so can not go mining with it unless they fix it...

[@asog88]

People complain about the more expensive fighters being simply better than the others, but nobody complains about the other ships for the most part. The freelancer max is hands down just better than the base and dur

[@4675636B]

Not with current hull strength issue, which has been years. Maybe the latest 3.23 physicalization means it is getting that number typed in.

[@AmanoEu]

Love the video's! I am very curious on how mastermode will affect all the ships. Also armour will be another thing that will influence the ships as bigger weapons will be able to penetrate armou and lower won't be able to go though all kinds of armour, dps won't be king any more at least not in the way it is now. (Hence bigger weapons will eventually be more important to a certain point). I really do like the Max: but I dislike the cockpit view. I do hope they will fix the turrets so that they fold into the roof instead of poking out the lancers will have an increased cargo hold that way

[@supersasquatch]

This my real money ship along with a ROC.

[@kartoffelwagen]

What do you think when will they upgrade its health ? Like an estimated time, i am preparing to buy this ship from the pledge store.

[@EvenLease44]

Hoping 3.23 will bring its health to where it should be, we will see soon.

[@4675636B]

3.23 has given at least the base variant the minor upgrade of physicalized components and a change to 3 shields (probably a hidden nerf if Cutlass gets 2 in similar adjustments, plus shields are all weaker after Master Modes pass). So would expect it to be fixed for 3.23 release. Soon(tm).

[@mynameisray]

Well.. No.. You've got a pilot, turret gunner, engineer, and a load master. They could also be used a guest accommodations if you're transporting people. Sure this dips heavily into RP/Immersion, but still.

[@shotgunmcshotgun1142]

Soke of the best ship reviewes and gameplay that ive seen on this game. Deserves more views

[@Cyco-Dude]

A fine medium cargo hauler, and the other ship I own (other is the 300i; under-rated ship IMO).

[@Mrfjm1]

Or make it a remote Turret

[@regentmad1037]

oh no way the thing kinda looks like one of the ships you get in freelancer

[@wacojones8062]

Yes, I have a copy of the Freelancer game Star Citizen is the follow on to that game. New computer so I will be trying Freelancer game to see if will work with my Blue-ray external drive.

[@regentmad1037]

@@wacojones8062 lol let me know. i may give that old online community a try again XD

[@Kiwi_Dave]

What does it matter whether a cartoon ship has a toilet or not?

[@EvenLease44]

Someday they will have bathroom mechanics where you have to shower / use the facilities

[@Kiwi_Dave]

@@EvenLease44 Really hopefully they fix the servers and core bugs that break every game play loop long before that useless feature arrives.

[@johngray3449]

You think someone would invent a remote controlled turret...

[@4675636B]

A bunch of other ships do already have them

[@bigredmarchingon3200]

Ten million! thats a lot.

[@coldsnap4467]

I know a lot of people love the max, but honestly... I dont. I always fall on my Taurus in most situations. It only cost about a mil more ingame than a Max.

[@4675636B]

The risk with Taurus has always been that when they say multicrew they actually mean it. The first engineering minigame is in 3.32 and it is painful "fuse replacing", kind of like patching planks in sea of thieves but more jank. Freelancer was always pitched as the biggest solo friendly ship and that influenced a lot of choices. But of course Taurus has had a lot of years of being one of the best ships, so may continue. Both OG ships should get a major rework some day.

[@ShathAllenson]

Great video but it was more then 10 minutes.

[@robertmandl9326]

.... and who are you exactly to tell how many people are SUPPOSED to be on a ship? The Freelancer series offers additional seating that you CAN but don´t HAVE to use. There are several ships out there that actually could do with at least one additional seat - complaining about spares is rather ridiculous. As for the Polaris... not everyone who wants this ship has a massive org at their disposal - that doesn´t mean the Polaris won´t make a good command ship for them when they maybe only travel with one or two friends. There are many ways to play and enjoy Star Citizen. Making fun of design and crew decisions is poor taste at best.

[@EvenLease44]

I’m basing it off what the official star citizen page says, so that’s who I am.

[@robertmandl9326]

@@EvenLease44 I agree on the used facts. But I disagree with the snark.

[@EvenLease44]

@@robertmandl9326 please see how you came at me in your post. The ship “requirement” on crew size is officially noted but obviously you can fly many ships with less or more than the number, there is no issues with that (yet). With the freelancers the “extra” seats as you call them feel like a waste of space in some regard based on the ships size and recommended use. This is called my opinion. Obviously the game is played how ever each individual person wants to. I’m just hear to relay the numbers and experiences I’ve had with each ship, with my final thoughts (again, my opinion) at the end. I’m always up for discussion and I love hearing others thoughts on ANY matter I bring up, but you came at the matter hostile from the start.

[@robertmandl9326]

@@EvenLease44 I hereby apologize for my harsh words and tone. One of my not-so-great sides is that I have a rather short fuse when I think that I am directly or indirectly belittled for the choices I make and the things that I enjoy. Again, I´m sorry. I like your videos and your style - otherwise I wouldn´t even have cared enough to comment in the first place. Plus the Freelancer was my first ship in Star Citizen - I pledged for the MAX in 2016, long before it was even flyable.