Star Citizen REVEALS The FUTURE Of Base Building - Crafting Ships, Building in Space | Star Citizen

[@TheComander5]

I'm mainly excited for all of this to come with more medical gameplay and progression. I wanna basically run an independent security/ hospital service in Pyro lol

[@fellowasp6768]

Ya that's something I've always been interested in doing too! Perfect place for it 🎉

[@greghoffstadt667]

This is starting to feel like Star Wars Galaxys. Which I'm totally up for. Can't wait to see how this fleshes out.

[@caldos1213]

That game was so ahead of its time.

[@jugganaut33]

@@caldos1213 games. Squadron is going to be a 4 game series. Then there’s star citizen which contains 4 game modes.

[@sneakyfildy]

​@@caldos1213this game can't properly do very simple and basic things without bugs and glitches

[@McLoven-vm1ck]

Thats what I was thinking. I absolutely loved SWG, it was amazing at least until Sony ruined it (server lag from large scale pvp aside) and as SC slides closer to SWG game play/feature wise it's even more reason to be excited. As fun as SWG was it had no where near the fidelity and scale of SC.

[@stoneguard]

Exactly what I was thinking! SWG did fantastic with base building.

[@MistaWells]

12:25 *SPECULATION* imagine owning a mining outpost, and being able to put out a cargo contract, that a nearby player can accept, fly down to your outpost to collect the resources and fly off to deliver them. now imagine every profession functioning in a similar way, it would create an endless network of interconnected user generated quests resulting in hundreds of hours of unique and dynamic gameplay.

[@gardensoundrecords3598]

That’s the idea

[@GrimGatsby]

building/crafting is gonna bring so many people into this game, it will be insane.

[@TheAnimeAlliance]

Would love it if SC contained within it a better version of Rust, not to mention everything beyond

[@TLG8233]

Fr I know its a lot of work but i think they should try to get this in sooner than later it would be such a good refresh of content

[@owenduck]

it is the absolute key to longevity. and there is so much space for creatiuvity. even one single planet has more space than millions of people would need.

[@JFrombaugh]

This is one of the biggest features I’ve been wanting to see for a long time now (the other being the exploration & science stuff). Even if we only get personal habs/apartments to start, and actual base building is still years away, I can’t wait to finally be able to have my own space to decorate with trinkets and furniture and the like.

[@minimerch1837]

i'm desperately waiting for the day the better bunkers comes out and they announce some kind of road/highway that'll lead from the main city all the way to each bunker going through tunnels and over lakes along the way would be the best thing ever!

[@munachemeka5634]

It would be a blast!!

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

While it would be very cool, I don't really think that would make any sense. As it currently is, you would drive literal days to the next location on most planets. This is a universe where starships have become ubiquitus, ground vehicles are used for leisure and for certain areas otherwise inaccessible. I do however believe a highway systen could work on the very densely populated planets where you'd (potentially) have thousands of POIs, such as Terra.

[@minimerch1837]

@@quuaaarrrk8056 just gotta add a ground vehicle with a bed then

[@Retro_RackhamSC]

one is coming, it was a leak found in the game files.@@minimerch1837

[@jful]

I wonder how much space will be reserved around the landing zones. It'd be amazing to build a small home somewhere overlooking a city and see the comings and goings. Of course if those spots do exist I'm sure they will be snapped up super quick. Also, many ships right now have furniture in them so I wonder if those will become items that you can remove, craft or place yourself manual in your ship.

[@puntmannoor3403]

There will probably be initial problems with in game infrastructure, such as habs, hangers and landing pads, but once they free up their hands, they should be able to mass build these systems to fit everyone, there are a 100 systems planned, and once the planetary techs are complete, it will be much easier and faster to make these systems, furthemore, who says 100 is the limit. As for furniture in ships, thought I do not think it is anytime soon, there will be probably at some time in the future more customization and crafting mechanics integrated with the ships we have. Perhaps, they will start of as cosmectic changes such as interior designs but might become more comprehensive. All of these things feels like something Chris Roberts might do, the man is insatiable when it comes to immersion.

[@Akiel_o7]

That's awesome! We saw so many news at the CitizenCon. Thank's for this review of base building!

[@citizeninja]

Given hat CIG raises funds by selling ships, I suspect that crafting ships will be constrained by some resources needed to make larger ships, like cost of materials and scarcity of blueprints. We might be able to rebuild a derelict Bengal with friends and org members, but we probably won't make a Bengal from only raw materials. Making ships from only raw materials with little cost may be limited to snub ships and ground vehicles for ship-value balancing reasons.

[@Boss_Fight_Index_muki]

Chris Roberts has been seeding the idea for Star Citizen going all the way back to the first Wing Commander. The most ambitious game in videogame history

[@zorio4301]

why am I seeing your comment under every star citizen video right now haha

[@j_farlander4170]

Awesome video, I cant wait to see all that is to come with base building. It is going to be a great year to come in SC.

[@FoxtaleHi]

Im so happy to have been a fan since 2012 and finally playing it

[@SlaughterhouseDb]

I'm waiting to see more about detection - beacons, scans, etc. If anyone can locate your base with a right click, the raiders will have all the benefits, and we'll see the same 3-zone warfare that plagues EvE. I'm hoping for a chance to use radio silence and jammers to conceal your location.

[@Lornelth]

It will depend on where you build. Some places will be protected by planetary shields as long as your rent is paid up. They also talked about being able to build in places that are less protected and more vulnerable to raiders.

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

Non-planetarybound construction should be called Sbace-building

[@doodlePimp]

About ship building. Some SQ42 footage have showed pirate ships that were hull variants of existing ships. I can imagine we would be only able to craft those and not official brand hulls.

[@findern2arm62]

Once the ui changes come in we Sooooo need org tools... Something that strikes me is that this will drive orgs together, not only to gather the resources to build, then construction, followed by its operation and defence, but also in lawless systems like pyro orgs will need to escort haulers to and from the base to locations to sell their wares. It brings together people who want to focus on mining, logistics and defence.

[@pxkqd]

High sec / low sec will also influence the type of building the players make. Mining sites will be in low sec, so you can extract more. Shipyards will be in high sec, so others don't blow them up. Then you'll have to transport materials from one to the other.

[@JoePolaris]

@Ryan , awesome report, I missed the base building bits, mind blowing stuff. Did they mention anything about sub-terrain bases , say extending your base underground to store your goods, mined materials ?

[@snaggletoof1927]

I'm super looking forward to player base building. That will be a huge game changer for me.

[@ARCHITEKTVonDerAnderenWelt]

SuperMacB you are cool! This info is corrected very well for us. Thanks 😊

[@DT-vl8xm]

"Wow! I love what you've done with the place! And, *gasp* oh my that couch is incredible!" Me: "thanks, it's Arcturian 😏"

[@GeneCavalcante]

I imagine if players start to build near each other, that becomes a town... great

[@DT-vl8xm]

Lol. I can see "HOA" in the patch notes now

[@TheAnimeAlliance]

It'll just be violence, unless they're all roleplayers

[@Lordcappybara]

Base building will sell me on this game. Never playing, but watching though the window of content crreators, it's finally peaked my interest as a purchase.

[@Retro_RackhamSC]

They have freeflys a few times a year, one will probably happen next month, try it out for free.

[@rogerdennis5499]

Great informative video. Like you I’m excited for base building etc, it will be something else!!

[@Macskinny76]

One thing that CIG didn't mention, how will the player be notified that your base/homestead is being attacked? I'd want to build a homestead on an asteroid, that would be interesting to see and do.

[@stormfire962imastarcitizen5]

SuperMacBrother thank you for this info and everything you do.

[@titchstreams]

I’m loving your videos! I am about to FINALLY take the plunge into the world of Star Citizen as I feel it’s finally at a place thats right for me to begin. Out of everyone I have watched you are the one playing it exactly how I want to, so sensei, keep the great videos coming 😊

[@jauntychad3363]

I'll 100% be making my own asteroid base that can be used by myself and other friends in deep space, that we can come and go from whenever we want. Imagine logging off in your own, secret GrimHex, that you found and plotted routes to all on your own, then building and storing everything there.

[@tripperdan]

I'm wondering if we will ever get a UPS/FedEX type system where we don't have to go run around for everything or can buy from one player and have it delivered to us (for a fee of course). I was excited for my RSI Galaxy before this, now over the moon about it now!!

[@nixie2462]

Frankly, I absolutely think it will happen, either controller by an org, or players with good rep about it.

[@Glathgrundel]

I believe that base building was always part of the plan, but way out on a back burner … then we all saw Starfield and the obvious and massive enthusiasm for their base building feature. Next Citizencon and presto - base building has been moved up in CRs priorities. It’s still only a ‘promised feature’ so there are all those grains of salt to be taken with it, but it’s on their radar now, so maybe in 2 or 3 years we will have the basics of homestead … until all those land claims and carefully crafted bases are wiped from existence with a new patch.

[@EliteInExile]

While there won't be full automation, it would be great if it at least required us to manually move our extracted resources to a processing facility. I would hate to man a mining rig the entire time for operation. I also expect them to release server meshing before base building since having multiple servers means your base is on one of them and not the other.

[@fmartingorb]

Great home for the Furys

[@xjester40k]

I'm going to build a hospital/clinic in a no security area. Should be pretty safe. No one ever attacks a medic...

[@frankjaeger3799]

Base building is what I've been waiting for since 2016

[@wraith511802003]

I fully suspect the crucible to be able to craft ships an even captial with several in concert

[@sketto1283]

The next year will be like no other!

[@StarCitizenJorunn]

Super incredibly hyped for this! And that the Galaxy is going to be base builder!

[@derek9062]

base building is the gameplay feature im most excited about, next to pvp faction wars from my experience playing open world and survival games that have base building, if done right, base building offers an almost infinite gameplay loop it'll take days or even weeks to build up a base, then months to reinforce it, manage it and grow and if you want to raid a well defended base, it takes lots of planning and effort to either out power your enemies or outsmart them. it's the most fun ive had in video games im excited

[@specialcircs]

This is exactly why I don't want base building - not interested in pvp faction wars, joining gangs, etc. Horses for courses, I guess.

[@derek9062]

@@specialcircs that's fine, not everyone has to have a base, it's a good thing game offers options for different playstyles

[@gardensoundrecords3598]

I wanna set up a security station cross mining facility somewhere remote to sell my ore to refiners, explorers, travellers and cargo haulers.

[@stephenadkins616]

I'm wondering if the Endeavor science labs will be able to research and improve blueprints.

[@joelellis7035]

I think players will still be able to claim 16 or 64 square km for their land claims, but they now won't be limited to the shape of the land claim being a square.

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

Not long and the Galaxy-class will be more powerful than a Sovereign-class.

[@frankjaeger3799]

Once server meshing funtions well enough to go live with pes on a large scale, then well start to see land claiming and base building. My predictions.

[@pheebs8451]

Hey Mac, maybe there will be a group of ships that are completely different to anything manufactured that will be as functional but not as refined? Or perhaps players will have to buy rights to franchise when producing currently manufactured ships? Exciting isn’t it?

[@sidewithwerewolves]

I imagine ship building means building and selling to new deal or some npc rather than player to player

[@Deinmannryan]

SuperMac videos just feel different than others

[@vaughnuhden]

When will we have a map app

[@romanwiller2180]

This is where the exploration and info broker gameplay is going to be very profitable

[@foxleskiller]

Org base let go

[@TransamJc]

crafting ships tie into the crucible i bet. Which means that the crucible will have to have blue prints. Which means that we wont be able to frakenship.

[@alixritter9851]

With a simulated economy and server meshing allowing massive corp battles itll be EVE but better lol

[@shadowlordalpha]

For ships i assume if you put together bad ships or whatever its going to reduce your rep with the company, probably using the insurance system or something. And it will probably act more like you are an external manufacturer. just my thoughts on it

[@nemesisone8927]

i see EVE size wars coming up in SC mhuhahahah cant WAIT. I keep saying , EVE is a good example for many things in Starcitizen

[@wraith511802003]

NOPE, in fact CR an CIG specifically said they are going out their way to prevent this from modeling anything EVE at all. Leaning way more towards Star war Galaxies.

[@nemesisone8927]

@@wraith511802003 lol well say what you want but i see it happening i meant the battles :) have you ever been in eve battles :) welll probably not 1000 + ships like in eve in 1 battle ground but still you will see it :)

[@UnexpectedInquisition]

Ship construction and everything else sounds very EVE-like - Blueprints are valuable and "fixed", materials may or may not impact the overall stats or else, are simply a recipe.

[@olternaut]

Okay, how long until these building and crafting features will make it to the game?

[@jerseydevillian9149]

This is so epic. I love star citizen

[@Pompelipom33]

I want my base to look more like the pyro houses made of concrete ...a more like Starwars Tatooine houses where Luke was growing up. These houses look to much like No Mans Sky houses. Maybe if we can build both types of houses, Star Wars alike and No Man Sky alike ... that would be cool.

[@fellowasp6768]

The buildings are only in concept

[@renaudabbadie8154]

I agree and I would add that I'd rather build a "settlement" than a "base" where other people (not only org members) can visit, trade, chill in a bar, buy crafted items in custom shops or even stay in a local hostel, i.e. building a living cosmopolitan town, with automated public transport including roads, stations and ground vehicles ran by npcs for instance. So I have reservations on CIG presentation since, even in concept, it looks very self-centered. I mean players have the right to build their own private base but here I don't see anything on the community/social aspect apart from trading cargo with foreigners eventually. My other concern on the "town" aspect is the lack of verticality of those habitation buildings that reinforce the "just an enhanced production outpost" feeling. I hope that this is just a first draft and that this will evolve over time to offer diversity in the design language, as well as advanced social interactions. That said, it seems promising.

[@tk2166]

It only took 20+ years for video games to catch up with Star Wars Galaxies.

[@tyrodinpainting]

It’s not caught up yet will be another 3 years+ before this is playable

[@vi683a]

I want underground living capabilities.

[@gardensoundrecords3598]

They didn’t mention refuelling. How will that work?

[@Retro_RackhamSC]

It is in game now.

[@gardensoundrecords3598]

no, but like the player refueling from a base without the starfarer @@Retro_RackhamSC

[@draakdeon]

i am curieus of how they are goning to do all this, because like 2 players cant build on the same spot, or will they put you in a diffrent server if there is already a building at the spot of yours and hows like that we donts see that we have evry where a landclaim, or at special spots, and i am most curieus if we can build on asteroids

[@munachemeka5634]

they already confirmed asteroid hangars in the past, with dynamic server meshing completed, we'll be on our way to a single persistent universe, so I think base building will have to wait until then.

[@nathanforrester5140]

What will be the first Streamer to make s settlement and get there viewers to come and build around them forming a city. there is no reason a few hundred of us cannot settle in the same area. So what are we going to call the SuperMacBrother city?

[@munachemeka5634]

Ryanville?, Rytopia?, Rylandia?, Ryburb?...

[@UnexpectedInquisition]

Impossible not to draw comparisons and conclusions based on EVE. Without a system like POS siege timers, any base in 0.0 that belongs to any group too small to have a large 24/7 protection presence will be destroyed while everyone is offline.

[@Sambo726]

If CIG is not careful and put some thought into lawless areas we will have another "Rust" with players waiting for others to go offline before they attack their outpost. Will be an offline raid sim all over again.

[@anothergoogleuser]

Do I have to worry about my outpost being destroyed?

[@Retro_RackhamSC]

It depends where you build it, if you build it in high-sec it will be safe but with no/limited opportunities for it to make profit, medium security it will be vulnerable but have defences and in nul-sec you will have to defend it yourself but have the biggest chances to make lots of profit from the area.

[@sneakyfildy]

Would like to see working NPCs, AI and functioning servers before all of these not important things. Just to be sure they can produce basic things.

[@Oldboy..]

I want a base in Area 18. Live out my blade runner fantasies

[@Dave_Noir]

Q1 2024 Lets goooooo!!!

[@rensvdven]

This CitizenCon has gotten me very hyped for Star Citizen an SQ42 again! cant wait for the big updates this will bring! o7

[@royalecrafts6252]

build a location for what exactly? I don't get it, just to get rich? and find gear for what exactly?

[@renaudabbadie8154]

One thing. I guess in the future, the UEE will have to face Vanduul swarms across the verse. I think this is one of CIG's end goal, to have those massive battles where players could play real heroes. And during a war, you need everything in extra quantities and the industry runs at full speed. So, even if you settled in a peaceful location, you could be an essential part of this war as a food/pharmaceutic/weapons/ships/fuel provider, a mercenary, a transporter, a medic, etc. With your base, you could craft those items, being a logistic checkpoint for commodity transport, being a combat base on the frontline of the verse or offering services like extra medic assistance to wounded players and refueling/repairing. Like in the game Foxhole : thousands of players build bases (trenches, bunkers..) and fight at the front while thousands of others stay behind to provide the logistic, craft every single item and war vehicle of the game and transport these across the map to the frontline. So yeah, base building could play a great role. Even the pirates orgs wouldn't stay away. Some of them could be directly involved in the war as Vanduul easy targets or could take advantage of a chaotic situation to expand their illegal activities and conquer UEE's or other players lands. I don't say it this will be absolutely a true thing but the game as it is designed has this potential.

[@royalecrafts6252]

@@renaudabbadie8154 well nice ideas honestly, sadly they arent even thinking of gameplay from day 1

[@hueykratos]

it's pretty great, but the only problem i'm seeing is being able to build ships ... that seems problematic

[@QuotidianStupidity]

Making ships will diminish the special feeling imo

[@Tempestan]

So, I can get blueprints by looting players, hehehehehehe.

[@thedangerzone9399]

Sure, in Eve Online it is part of life.

[@VonSpud]

Sounds like we may get our monies worth from the game going forward😊

[@UnexpectedInquisition]

I think the land claim would be without taxes, vs doing a claim of custom size without one and getting the cost calculated in real time. It would make sense if the benefit of the land claim item was "no taxes". Like LTI

[@vamperic]

The land claim is just an item, an item that you can buy ingame It is not like LTI or a tax free thing

[@J.king87]

abbout this base building...its this online ? so is there online PVP ? ( i dont know this game)

[@davedanter]

Question for the knowledgeable, if i have a ''package in buy back, which includes SQ42'', and if i buy it back with real money, can i gift it to a new account?

[@Volf1916]

And then an A2 flew over.

[@royalecrafts6252]

still waiting for a gameplay loop

[@Retro_RackhamSC]

There are already several.

[@royalecrafts6252]

no there aren't, there isn't a reason to do them besides more credits for more ships for no gameplay loop@@Retro_RackhamSC

[@BSPotter]

how long do I stand at the forge to make a spaceship? seriously, "crafting" something that complex is silly

[@toonstyle1]

i wonder if its possible to make vilages or kind of small citys u know, i mean shure ul be able to make an org fort but will u be able to creat a free marchant city for exemple xD idk but im sold....

[@Marbles.]

Whelp, it's time to build a junkyard and sell "perfectly good" components to whoever stops by

[@Cogzed]

Sir Mac Daddy! 🫡

[@TheUpintilldawn]

repair, parts, and weapons.. i do not think it will be full ships.

[@loneventhorizon]

Mate...4k? What is this? Ethiopia?

[@thearkwrighter]

853 views 1 hour ago.

[@firstjayjay]

Did u watch citcon live? What u think?

[@MADgc]

I thought ships were always going to be a part of the blue print similar to eve...people forget this will basically be eve 2.0

[@wraith511802003]

NOPE, in fact CR an CIG specifically said they are going out their way to prevent this from modeling anything EVE at all. Leaning way more towards Star war Galaxies.

[@MADgc]

from what ive seen as a backer since 2015 represents alot of what EvE offers, we could debate on it all day but the similarities are there. we'll see hopefully sooner than later.@@wraith511802003

[@DrasticFire]

Who said anything about ship building?! Pretty sure thats not a thing

[@Drivertilldeath]

Most of this sound like Solo players are going to be forgotten or " second class " players. Really not going yo be good for the majority of people. Dam.

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

True, I find that quite sad as well. Yes, this is an MMO, but just because there are lots of other people does not mean I have to team up with them. I like interaction in SC. But I enjoy the spontaneous type. "Hello, fellow citizen. Nice suit. Wanna do a bounty mission together". Joining an org and sort of being an ingame 'employee' is not an option for me.

[@abbysaito5348]

You can probably go solo. Just would be more difficult. I imagine that solo players would be more likely to settle in high to low security zones so we don't have to worry too much about random pirates raiding us. No security locations would have to be super hidden though for solo play lol

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

@@abbysaito5348 That point is what makes me sceptic of the system for solo players. I get why you are constantly at risk of being raided in places like Pyro. But if I settle in high risk zones and don't play SC for a month, what will happen? Did the place become derelict because I did not pay any taxes? Has the place been raided and taken over by pirates because I was not there to protect it?

[@ThorbjrnPrytz]

Biggest step is that a single person homestead is highly unlikely, due to complexity and manning issues. Every homestead/outpost will be a larger community/group, required to work together for a common goal.

[@baremetalmafia]

This isn’t true at all. There is a reason for the S/M/L/XL sizes of components for player built outposts, so you can tailor the site to your needs/capacity

[@ThorbjrnPrytz]

@@baremetalmafia Yes, you can build a Small base for yourself.And keep it maintained while making a living there. But can you then at the same time defend it properly against raiders, and fix breakdowns, 24/7?

[@baremetalmafia]

@@ThorbjrnPrytz my assumption would be that it would require less power and would not show on scans as easily. They gotta balance it somehow. I’m not going to assume solo play is a death sentence since they have stated many times they want solo play to be fun and possible

[@saosaoldian6742]

I honestly think that the ships we build will not be what CIG has built. They will be modular or unique designs. We won’t see it for years tho.

[@Biter1975]

This all sounds too good to be true 😅

[@andreadellamico1217]

INSPIRED BY ACTUAL SPACE MMO DUAL UNIVERSE

[@firstjayjay]

😊👍😍❤️💯😂👌

[@reamoinmcdonachadh9519]

Hmm, Why do I get the feeling that if this is the future of Star Citizen, it's a future basically offering a 'second life' where everything is facilitated towards a career path that has a heavy grind attached to it? I want to PLAY in Star Citizen, not WORK in it. I hate the term 'End Game' with a passion. And this smacks heavily of End Game, and all that goes with it. Fine if you want to role play a life, a career, fine if your mind set is set towards Orgs and Group play and team play, working as part of something bigger than yourself. But what about the solo player, the lone wolf or just the guy who wants to just do an odd job here and there, tramp his/her way across a System, or Systems doing their own thing and minding their own business?

[@lntrt1390]

well they never said that every player is going to have a base. Your lone wolf can just continue doing odd jobs here and there without having to do his base or crafting.

[@antonivanych7467]

Congratulations, next 10 years of alpha tests and bugs

[@Grandpa_pc]

The promises they made won't be met. They never meet them. Don't fall for the scam.

[@fellowasp6768]

First of all not a single person outside of Star Hair and some of the outfits and smaller bits were guaranteed In the near future... I'm not even going to continue...with 20 mins of research into citizencon you'll quickly hear 0 promises were made bro

[@Retro_RackhamSC]

As it stand they have so far done everything they said they would, including server meshing. they have infinite time and money, with that anything can be achieved.

[@TheGlassSword]

I would love to start my salvage and service station 🚉 this gonna be so much fun and this will act as a money sink for the massive amount of money we’ve been getting… my question is can we own more than one claim and will there be different types of land claim between Org and personal land claims

[@renaudabbadie8154]

For the moment, we just know that CIG won't allow the players to practice speculation on lands so in the lore, land claiming should be very regulated and limited by the UEE. As I understand/expect it with the current infos, you or your org should reach differents reputation tresholds toward the UEE to be able to claim multiple lands. Perhaps as a single player, this will be as simple as sharing a part of your own reputation points to your org, so the more members you have, the faster you progress. It would be logical and balanced since a giga org will probably need more lands to accomodate all its members. That said, I wonder how CIG will deal with subscriptions to multiple orgs. For balancing the reputation thresholds needed, one of the multiple questions CIG's designers may ask themselves (next to frequency of playing, missions difficulty and reputation rewards) is how many players can decently house on a single land on average without compromise the rest of the utility buildings, before needing an extra location. Among other things, this calculation could include a minimum empty zone around the base, used presumably for turret defense. But the players could be free to use it anyway.