Star Citizen: RSI Polaris, Solo Pilot's Nightmare

[@leoncantwelliii7946]

I will be solo flying my polaris to run box delivery missions. Nothing will stop me.

[@innominatecitizen]

I’ll be flying by your side, in my Polaris.

[@mortalkombatfight-clubsofi9637]

I will be doing that + ROC minimg on the dark side of a moon on a planet :D

[@vik12D]

​@@mortalkombatfight-clubsofi9637 Can we do it in a formation?

[@ben-mur]

I will join you and single fly as your wingman

[@schlagzahne6741]

​@innominatecitizen I'm going to load a nomad inside, to load a mule to carry said boxes, land the Polaris, take off in the nomad, land the nomad. Drive the mule to the delivery location and move on

[@sebastiancoar1991]

Most players: "Who in their right mind would solo a capital ship?" 'That' One Player: *Sitting at the helm of a javelin all by their lonesome.* "My precious."

[@Tihamatt]

LMFAO

[@ZaimGamePlay]

Truly for me I will wait the IAE event and see the ship interior showcase at the show room. I need to see if the ship has operational doors open to engineering bays. Computers to access points, inventory can be stored, that will be cool, I melted my carrack cause most of the things cannot be access which bummer me cause when it came out. Now I wait till the real carrack return

[@limogeas]

I'm visualizing a slow stroking of the holosphere projection of the ship on its own bridge, preciousssssss

[@purplespino5742]

I will be soloing my Orion, CIG can do nothing to stop me

[@SLACKSIRE]

I feel targeted

[@gittyupalice96]

I play solo a large portion of the time, Yet I own a Hammerhead. And when I'm in the mood for multicrew combat, or a big in game event is going on, I pull it out of the cob-webs and call upon my random general chat crew lol, and its almost always hilariously fun.

[@KalijahAnderson]

This is how I roll as well. Whoever happens to be on gets to come have fun.

[@palehorseriderx]

I'm just imagining half a dozen solo players, all in their own polaris, going around as a fleet and doing box missions. lmao

[@Night6436]

What's wrong with that?

[@palehorseriderx]

@Night6436 I never said it's wrong. It'd be hilarious, actually.

[@justincf7127]

Woah, you're wrong there buddy! Half a dozen!? You mean more than!

[@aardvarkmindshank]

Not sure the servers will cope with that lol

[@Baleur]

I mean its really only a problem for people who have pathological hatred towards other humans (and in that case, good luck in an mmo). Even for a lowly Hammerhead (great ship but not as wow-factor as Polaris), its easy to get a crew. You literally just press enter and type "Yo anyone wanna gun in my Hammerhead to do ERT?" Done. Maybe it takes you 30min to fully assemble, but then you all have fun for 2-3 hours or more. Worth. Its so easy. Just be nice to people, be positive and adventurous, and you will have people lining up to crew it just for a Polaris experience (same as today for a HH experience). And after you have done this 5 times (over a week or two weeks), you now have 15+ new friends in your friendslist you can random-invite and call on at any moment. Its not difficult even outside an org. Just be nice and make friends. Even if you are a solo player, you dont have to fly solo..

[@justincf7127]

This is a Truth

[@aardvarkmindshank]

It’s a solid gaming community normally. I joined Nova a while back and they run some great events and everyone has been respectful and friendly. So that approach also works.

[@lassikinnunen]

You're just making up what the environment will be at launch man. Also you can't just take any randos onboard or else you'll have your stuff taken, its not even like joining a raid in that sense - the way its supposedly going to work at release because they didn't think about it and neither did you is that the crew can cause all kinds of long term affects for you, they can cause reputation damage for you.

[@honnorgaurd]

I think people are looking at this ship all the wrong way... if youre going to command a Polaris, you need to change your mindset of how you play this game. Instead of thinking, "how can i run this on my own?" ask yourself "what people do i want to choose to help work together toward a goal?". This is a ship that for the first time we'll all have an proper REASON to come together and work as a real TEAM. Big capital ships are what are going to bring this community together and learn how to really work together and play TOGETHER and I'm proud that my Polaris will be at the forefront of change in game-play in the game. if +40 players can come together and come together and fight a world boss while fending off an apposing faction of +40 other players in WoW, they can definitely rally together as a 12-14 man crew for a ship like this.

[@stavr7066]

I was doing solo military missions on Polaris on PTU just yesterday. You just spin the ship, turn off the engines so that the rotation continues and transfer to the turret. You can also stand far away and safely launch torpedoes. On a small ship, I wouldn't be able to fight against a bunch of bots, and the shields of Polaris calmly withstand their shots.

[@drancon101]

I own a Polaris, and been waiting for years for this ship to finally come out. I'll definitely be solo-flying this thing! Im going to run cargo, box missions, and do ROC mining with this thing! Im fully aware of the challenges of operating a big ship like the Polaris, and they will not stop me, even when engineering comes out! And on the topic of running across hostile players; if they don't let me go, ima self-destruct my ship, because im petty lol

[@justincf7127]

Hahahahahahhaha. Yes!

[@t0oNiCe4YoU]

You will need to earn much much very much money with your missions or do you think, fuel, re-arm or repairs are for free?...and dont forget the waiting time for claim! 😂

[@cooler575]

@@t0oNiCe4YoU who cares ? claim it each time after a game and until tomorrow it will be spawnable. I dont see that changing in the next year or 2 :))

[@drancon101]

@@t0oNiCe4YoU All of that is obvious, and none of that concerns me. I'll be playing Enough to not have to worry about cost lol

[@drancon101]

@@cooler575 So true lol

[@warren3174]

The servers are FUBAR the day this drops

[@Julian_0500]

servers will be done no one flying the polaris

[@RainOfFodderco]

Everyone rent the polaris!

[@schlagzahne6741]

Salvagers dream, plenty of abandoned combat doritoes

[@garywilburn7384]

the servers are fubar today.

[@alandab]

Dude, bigger ships are already operating in game. Stop your nonsense.

[@HellSolo]

Kevin Sorbo, Thank you for making a Star Citizen channel!

[@Auldus]

You guys want to solo this thing? I thought i was crazy wanting to solo the 600i late game. But this thing is on another level. Imagine running a football field to repair your components.

[@schlagzahne6741]

As long as the engines, some maneuvering thrusters and power plant is somewhat operational, it's enough to become a size 20 torpedo

[@alandab]

The 600i is basically a solo ship, my guy. What's a crew gonna do on that ship?

[@Auldus]

@@schlagzahne6741the fully crewed Idris M is no match for the enterprising solo with a disposable income.

[@Auldus]

@@alandab they can run me a hot bath and fix me a mimosa while I run this VHRT

[@schlagzahne6741]

@@Auldus I hear auroras still work particularly well

[@Archista]

There's gonna be SO many polaris scattered around cities and stations at iae. Like every vet I know has one.

[@metalmeltdown31]

Rip servers

[@Glathgrundel]

Great time to be in a Reclaimer.

[@jockcop4205]

@@Glathgrundel or a pirate.

[@Unit-ro6km]

Ive been using the Carrack as a mobile support platform. When I have crew I can engage in combat, if not I can provide medical, transport, and resupply. With different craft aboard like Furies, Argo Tractor, Pisces, ROC, etc...- I have been providing my org with wide variety of support options outside of direct combat support and have been enjoying doing it. The Polaris is going to take this gameplay to a new level for me, especially once hangar support options like refueling, rearming, and repair come online.

[@medusaairsoft265]

I think it can be used as a solo player. Obviously for transporting goods or having a smaller ship inside and doing extraction type missions etc. The ship's shields and medical room are quite usable too. I think it's an interesting option if you want to use it as a permanent base and not have to spend a lot of time in space stations. Just for that, I want to try it. As far as CIG is concerned, I think they're making a mistake. NPC implementation should be a top priority, especially since we'd all like to take our own ship into combat and not crew someone else's ship

[@solomonmitchell6048]

Guys, its looking like a zeus can fit in it. Its on!

[@spiritofsound8469]

Why would you park a multicrew-ship inside an already mulzicrew ship? 😮

[@etho5044]

I don’t know why solo players are stressing. CIG have said for years that big ships are meant to be crewed by players especially when engineering comes out. NPCs will only be some what ok.

[@Cornerboy73]

In terms of the cost for running one of these (i.e.: hypothetically speaking, accounting for fuel, ammo restock, repairs and AI crew whenever they are available)... I think the answer will be pretty simple. CI simply just needs to take a scaling approach with combat missions. Right now, you can come home from work, take out a little Aurora Legionnaire and do a simple little combat mission over a reasonably short period of time that will give you enough to recoup your expenses and provide a decent profit. I see no reason why CI couldn't take the same approach with capital ships. Let people play with their toys; give them a mission that can be done in a reasonable amount of time with friends or solo with blades/AI crew and have enough of a payout that costs are covered and the reward is modestly acceptable. That's going to be enough for most folks in terms of being able to use these big ships in a profitable way. Now, for non-pve stuff like org warfare; I can only assume an org would only get into a big conflict with one of these of they were comfortable with risking a loss of the ship and the costs that come with it. That is to say - don't use it if you can't afford to lose it !

[@innominatecitizen]

I'm with you! A scaling approach is a reasonable way to make the game feel more rewarding.

[@Frank-costanza]

I love your idea! Eventually the end goal is a fun game to play.

[@0Metatron]

We can only hope that it will be prohibitively expensive to solo capital/sub capital ships for the sake of the game. And they are going to make extra juicy targets for pirates, especially with no one to man the turrets

[@Frank-costanza]

@0Metatron they should make pirating prohibitively expensive, for the sake of the game.

[@henkolsonpietersen2242]

I really dislike how CIG tries forcing solo players into boring gameplay. Do they really think that people will gladly wait an hour in a turret? We have way too many captains and not enough sailors. Solo play should really be a high priority (NPC crew etc).

[@fuckYTaddsGreedyCorpration]

nobody forcing anyone to do anything. if you precieve solo gameplay to be boring, then it's a reflection of you. who's waiting around in a turret for an hour? you can't just say things, you end up looking stupid or a troll or both

[@ADMSelco13]

No, multi crew is the way, meet people, socialize. Otherwise stick to solo capable ships.

[@henkolsonpietersen2242]

@ you do realise that not everyone agrees with your dogmatic point of view? My schedule allows about 5 hours a month. Given how difficult it is to set up the game, ESPECIALLY with others, I can’t say I agree. Socialise with people if you want, that’s NOT what was promised initially….

[@twilink5810]

FFS man it's a mmo be used to it and it's a multi crew it's in the name font be dumb you have solo ships use them

[@henkolsonpietersen2242]

@ wow, I’m sure everyone agrees with your dogmatic point of view! “FFS man, CIG promised us fully working NPC crew to crew these ships with. So there is no point in arguing as we’re just voicing our dismay at yet another broken promise.”

[@ivanshiek]

If a solo player (like myself) wants a capital ship like this, that is made for multi crew, the need to accept the fact that they will not be able to operate everything at once. They will need to get off their fat ass and run around to protect different areas. That's a given.

[@akalaification]

I will solo my Polaris to do low-level bunker missions and loot grinding.

[@sebastiancoar1991]

I once owned a hammerhead. A guy on a moon was terrorizing everyone in their Nova tank, so I brought the hammer down.

[@innominatecitizen]

Always nice to have a heavy ship with thik armour and strong shields.

[@emperor_pewpew2903]

I have both Idris-m and Polaris i will be living in Polaris until Idris-m is available...no one can stop me 😂

[@justincf7127]

No one! 😆

[@user-fv2os6jz5z]

But don’t get mad in the future dude just saying 😂😂😂

[@emperor_pewpew2903]

@user-fv2os6jz5z lmao I'll still get mad even if the put ai crew in game because it will be very hard not to get attacked in it...but as long as I can get my A.I crew am fine

[@PsyEm-p1j]

Great that you have found your voice for your videos and it’s a well suited voice for content delivery! For me, I intend to solo the Polaris not in combat but as a mobile base of operations. Deep in the black or an asteroid cluster with tier 1 med beds and a hangar to operate from and a hold for bounties.

[@Stormyy6310]

On one hand I think soloing this should be extremely sub-efficient to balance it out and so we don't have 50 Polarises running around on the server constantly but on the other nobody is ever actually getting 8+ people to crew that thing and coordinating with them especially with how terribly inefficient multicrew is for both pvp and pve

[@TSOP2020]

I plan to use it as a mobile base. Need to figure out how to always get back to it but I don’t plan to go near players with it unless I’m in safe zones. But for the most part I’ll just fly it around and hide it somewhere then fly one of my snubs out for missions

[@innominatecitizen]

PArk it near one of the ground stations within armistice zone radius so you can navigate back to it easily.

[@TSOP2020]

@@innominatecitizen I would but I don’t like not being able to access weapons in my armory. I intend to store a lot on the Polaris

[@Susuru12]

im in org i might get some crew spots filled but most exited im about if can take vulture whit and make polaris as mobile refuel and warehouse spot near where i will savlage so i dont need qt jump every time vulture storage r full

[@Nathaniel1415]

Upgrading my Carrack to the Polaris is a no brainer. Carrack has at least 2 more years for exploration drones, cartography and reworking the cargo so it can be used properly. Over all extremely buggy ship. Good bye Carrack, hello Polaris.

[@AJ-em2rb]

as a Carrack owner not particularly interested in maximizing my combat potential, i'm just wondering if i should choose a Polaris instead as my "i got the crew together" ship.

[@lordbayne7918]

For me, as a solo Polaris pilot it's just a different game loop. Instead of expecting to easily run cargo or do combat missions the game loop will be to complete some mundane task/mission with all the extra overhead of doing EVERYTHING on the ship. There are plenty of games like that where you are running around doing all kinds of stuff just to survive...I'm just doing it in a bad ass ship I CAN invite people to help with if I am willing to fire up chat and ask.

[@Heshinsi]

You can solo a Polaris if you know what you can do can't do. No one in their right mind is expecting to use a Polaris as a combat ship on their own. A mobile base to use your vulture out of, or a mobile flight hangar to run bounty missions from is absolutely doable solo. If you are in your ship and pirates arrive, unless they too have a capital ship how are they going to stop you from running? Also you've brought up future NPC crew costs. Wouldn't paying a crew of human players also run the same if not more of a cost? It's not like human crew members are going to work on your ship for free. Honestly I'd rather a tuned down NPC crew member that does the job you assign it than a human player that eventually gets bored doing menial tasks and wishes that they were the one in charge. I seriously don't understand how this game requires individual ship sales to help fund its development, but at the same time wants to push players into not using the ships that they bought but instead crew up in the same ship as a multi-crew.

[@Night6436]

Your advice is to go for a smaller ship like a carrick? Just out if curiosity, and please let me know if they changed it as it's been a while since over flown one. If someone is under attack in a, Carrick how do you defend yourself? I remember the pilot had no control over the weapons.

[@beignetsl711]

You also have no control over the weapons as a Polaris pilot aswell, that's why he stated that, it's smaller and also defenseless if you fly it solo

[@RED--01]

Bro I know this music on background is the Pedro one called Speed Actiavted .. But whats this variant that has really good bass from CitizenCon? How is it called? PLEASE!

[@innominatecitizen]

Yes it is the one played in citizencon. Unfortunately I don’t know the track name.

[@RED--01]

@@innominatecitizen damn we got figure that out! that was damn fire!

[@RED--01]

@@innominatecitizen I actually just went ahead and asked the concierge support for it ahahha ! thanks man! Nice video! I own a Polaris and I have like 3-4 friends.. for now it will be enough.

[@doubledigital_]

More chance of me falling thru the planet than me not swagggin my solo polaris ^^

[@Adalla]

Good video! I think the dream folks have is of ownership. That's where the solo mentality comes from. Like MY polaris, my ship, my rules. The Polaris will be probably the first ship you really cant solo once the economy is finalized. It'll cost too much and be too risky. We need a Rocinante in Star Citizen. That only needs a single crew thanks to automated PDCs and torpedoes. Or maybe at most 2 crew, even tho Roci ran a crew of 4.

[@innominatecitizen]

The dream of ownership is indeed a powerful motivator.

[@nicz7694]

Tbf the Hammerhead is also a Ship that you cannot really Solo: You cannot fight back. The Pilot has no Weapons with the exception of the couple of missiles you got

[@ESC_907]

BUT I’M THE MAIN CHARACTER OF STAR CITIZEN!!!

[@innominatecitizen]

Isn’t it our main angle?

[@patrickjondillon9545]

With npcs in the future manning all turrets and everything else wont be a problem and i have a feeling this will become a higher priority once the ship releases and they realize just how many solo pilots bought this ship

[@TechPorkChop]

Prior to 3.24 the Carrack + mursa + x1 + c8r was my daily driver. It was my cargo hauler, bunker, home.

[@itzsoda8906]

Same here I got all that except the x1, I think I will buy the Polaris when it releases in shop aswell seems like a big upgrade from the carrack I’m mostly interested in putting a vulture in the hangar

[@bic255]

@@itzsoda8906 and u will have a working crago bay hopefully

[@gergenskits3940]

I will have mine soon. my reasoning is i AM a member of fair sized org, and so my Polaris will be a great asset to the Org's overall strength. I expect my most used ship, after a while, will be my BMM.

[@apok1980]

I don’t know. I like the big ships but I don’t want to socialize in SC. I have limited time to play games, and the formula of creating friends and organizing a meet up for a mission doesn’t sound great to me.

[@ork120]

Reclaimer: 4 floors, 2 elevators from cabin to salvage processing room, no rear entrance: soloable without problems Carrack: 3.5 floors, a lot of rooms, broken cargo door, central elevator don't go to ground: good mobile base Polaris: 2 flows, elevator to ground, ramp for cargo, elevator to hangar, very simple placement: solo nightmare =) (and I do not speak about Strafarer or Caterpillar)

[@innominatecitizen]

Lol! Ok, I’m with you. I Was lost in Starfarer and Caterpillar when I Was young in the game. I think ATC even closed the hangar’s door and I was not even close to the flight deck!

[@jockcop4205]

I don’t really see a better picture of what the full impact of running something this size until engineering drops.

[@hakonsgaming535]

I think what we really have to think about is not which ships are solo capable, but what sort of activities are solo capable. Like I can solo a reclaimer easy, it just takes longer to unload, I can solo a Hull-C easy, but that's hauling, I can run bounties, even ERT in a corsair or even my connie solo. But the Polaris is both not particularly optimized for running salvage or hauling or exploration or medivac, and frankly taking it into an ERT is like exterminating rats with an M2 browning .50 cal machine gun. It's not what this thing is for, it's for the kind of fight that one person needs help for, it's not for solos because it's FOR group activity. Not that you can't fly it around solo, but you're not going to get good use out of it when you do, you'll just be doing something silly for shits and grins because you can.

[@Stormyy6310]

I'm a simple man : I see Polaris, I like

[@McForged]

Does playing a second account in the S6 turret count as running solo? Because thats 100% what I'll be doing. For someone who Solo'ed a Reclaimer before salvage buffers(every 2 boxes on each arm then run to the back and stack) the Polaris will be a non issue.

[@Gibby2021]

I would love to pledge it bit its too much! How much will it be in game?

[@Kaelnovar]

I have a Polaris, and will be using as a home base for a mobile mining setup, it'll be good for pyro mining, or long term multi week mining, I have the liberator also which would be better, but that'll be a few years away at this rate.

[@polatucos15]

One question,I’m thinking in trying this game but someone told me they will have new sales of game packages during an event in November. Should I wait for sales or should I just buy that game package that is currently on sale? Because from what I heard they make bigger sales in November is this true?

[@innominatecitizen]

I don’t know about sales but if you haven’t tried the game, there could be a free fly during that time where you can try the game and many ships before paying any package. Welcome to the verse!

[@polatucos15]

@@innominatecitizenthe last time I played it was on a free weekend 8 years ago.i know the game I just want to know when it will be the next big sale

[@LunaMoon0]

Its the best Cargo ship. You can fit in the Cargo room 570 scu on the grid and you can throw boxes in the hanga witout grid. IT also can be a perfekt Pirat Ship. You can stand a aktiv mantis INSIDE the hanga

[@DerpMcDerp101]

Theres no way they would put this in the game without server meshing enabled right? Or would docking collars just not work so that it cant be retrieved?

[@TheProsirius]

the Polaris will be around 160m. As a XXL Hangar is large enough for even a Idris, the Polaris will easy fitt inside. Server load will be also no real Issue beside the regular Ones. Why? 890i are also Capital and always rented at RSI Day like crazy.

[@cybee89]

Could someone help me , I can't select system I have this problem in the new update. Could it be because I bought concept ship and I don't have ships to fly only I have ships bought withe game money. Or some of you guys have same thing. I delete the game and the launcher and install them again took holl day. Please someone help me . Please and thank you 😊

[@lcool33]

I think npc should not only have to be hired but also earned as companions. Like if you have a great reputation with a clan then you can earn npc crew that are associated with that clan. So it shouldn't always have to cost you money. Also they have stated you will have a "campaign story" so you should come across npc crew through out the story. That way we can truly live that dream of being a captain of a crew and ship.

[@innominatecitizen]

This is a brilliant idea!

[@BlakedaBull]

“Buying now you might find yourself disappointed in a year “ solid gold

[@LuluGamingDK]

Players need to keep in mind that a lot of these ships aren't designed for solo play... Star citizen at its core is designed for org multi crew gameplay. That is the end goal.. Sure if you have the money and resources when blades and npcs are added, you can crew your ship that way, but it's never going to be as effective as a fully player run crew because a I doesn't have situational awareness 😅 Also, we're not gonna be getting AI. Blades and crewmates for minimum, to maybe three years, so buying big multi cruise ships as a solo player is ludicrous and a waste of money. Anything that requires more than three people to operate as a solo should be completely put out of your mind. You can still technically play a game solo and be part of an organization. I've ran a guild for twenty years.Across three different games.We had over three thousand members. More than half were solo players, yet they still played with us and had fun.When the time came to do content that required group gameplay. People need to get in their head.That being solo does not mean you need the biggest ship. It means getting the most enjoyment out of the content you can do with the ships you have. And when the time comes to crew up with an org, and just have fun doing your solo part with them. You don't need to be the pilot... To still have fun.

[@Glathgrundel]

The problem is that everyone wants to be Captain Picard and nobody wants to be Reginald Barclay. Who is going to be crew doing mundane chores so that you can play the hero and have all the fun stuff to yourself?

[@Von_Langstein]

Most of my friend group and a few regulars I've played with treat the ship it self as the hero, not just the pilot. It's a collection of everyone efforts controlling the ship and how that ship performs. Until we have straight up old game style (enemy com hales you during the fight to spout one liners); Most of the time with non single seat ships its going to be "Look its the X (what ever you name it) ship". Ship names for the most part are what gets notoriety in my circles, and we try to make note of them on the chance we encounter them again, but eh that's just been my window of experience

[@MrPersonatus]

The ship needs a bigger hangar that can hold multiple fighters! It took a lot of work to gather 14 people to get into the Polaris within the IAE event, and sometimes it took more than an hour! I don't advise people to buy capital ships as their mission's ROI sucks!

[@DemiGod..]

It has similar cargo capacity to hercules c2, so yes , can be flown solo, it is also more functional than the 890 jump. Is nobody capable of getting a crew?

[@Unmethicated]

@@DemiGod.. yeah… operational cost will be way too damn high to fly this solo/cargo runs just because it has the same cargo capacity as a c2… especially if you have to go planet side.

[@KaizikuM]

My org leader and myself have a Polaris for org activities, we have 2-3 people with the Perseus, and we're deciding on pooling money to get a Javelin or Bengal, but we're not pressed for it. These are org ships, meant for org stuff. We'll be using the Polaris and Perseus for running ERT's and service beacons when they work again.

[@CrobraStrike27]

@@KaizikuM How would you guys decide whose account it would go on? Joint account? I've thought about how that could be done myself but there's a lot that could go wrong Give one person the user/pass and give the other the 2fa access? Other person could always use the recovery codes, but still. Idk

[@Minimeister317]

The Polaris dilemma is why I personally won't go any bigger than a Perseus for solo use (assuming npc's or blades can control turrets effectively)

[@Richard_Cranium]

I plan on living in my Polaris after I have welded the landing gear to the floor of my hangar.😂

[@skynetpt736]

isnt this a subject for all capital ships?

[@Von_Langstein]

As a proud owner of a Kraken, I count my self very lucky I have a solid close circle that also shares in my love of this game. They will 100% be the officers, and if we need to fill in any missing rolls after that, we will open it up to any rando's who want to tag along. I can rely on my friends for delegating tasks and keeping an eye on the few randos assigned to each of them. That way we can enjoy best of both worlds. Solid experienced team who has worked together on many coop games, while keeping to door open to meet new people online and give them the big ship experience. Dont get me wrong, its out of my comfort zone usually to random group up, I prefer my established group of gamers. You can thank +15 years of trolls / griefers for that reluctance but that's a common experience for anyone who has gamed in online settings. At some point you got to break out of your small group / solo echo chamber and meet others like the good old early internet forums days

[@Von_Langstein]

Heck even I as the owner wont want to pilot the Kraken every time. Some days I may just want to sit and dakka away to my hearts content. Maybe another day I want to be on the flight decks coordinating. Maybe another day I want to personally lead my counter boarding squad on hall patrols because as the owner, I should know every nook and cranny in the ship boarders / stowaways could hide or find entry into the ship

[@Darkstar77_1]

My Polaris will be melted. I'm waiting for it to release, and probably keep it for a few patches. I imagine by Invictus next year it will be melted to buy smaller ships that are more solo friendly.

[@TheModelOmega]

I’ll participate more with my org once we get server meshing-until then, I’ll be doing box missions with my Polaris. 😂

[@synthetictv5340]

Mann this is my dream ship. Wish I could afford it. Enjoy it!

[@innominatecitizen]

I’ll be more than happy to share the ship if you need a ride!

[@hotjonmw90]

everyone is talking about base building I get my base in a few weeks

[@cheburashka9804]

my general plan for solo running my polaris is using my hull c and other industrial ships to build funds to support operating the polaris and then using the polaris for fun stuff like pve and to just recruit other players from global chat

[@elementsk8r1717]

Unfortunately due to CIG balancing everyone’s going to need a salvaging ship or mining ship to pay for your bigger ships. I bought a reclaimer to help with that.

[@scottgust9709]

i think your missing the point, with your title, this game was supposed to be for all captains, not just combat, cig screwed over exploration and npc crews, so explorers have to use wht we get, they ruined the Carrack so the new explorer is Polaris

[@fmartingorb]

I just don't get it. How did they screwed if the game is unfinished. Even in 1.0 without NPC crews, are people seriously thinking NPC crews are going to be as good as humans? Exploration is not developed. Exploration, Science and Data Running go hand in hand, and they are not developed. So they have not screwed anything. The Carrack is not ruined, it does not have the gameplay yet. And using the Polaris as an exploration ship, is like using a submarine to go from FL to the Bahamas. Does not make sense.

[@HDA_III]

Exploring all of the five systems lol

[@fmartingorb]

@@HDA_III the planetary systems. Even now CIG mentioned not all locations have been explored in Stanton

[@Stormyy6310]

@@fmartingorb Nobody thinks NPC crew will be as effective as human crew however there is absolutely no doubt that 8 npc crewed Hammerheads will sh** on a single player crewed Hammerhead, exploration doesn't exist in SC, at least not in the way that it is an actual gameloop like it is supposed to be when it comes out (which begs the question : why the hell are they releasing exploration ships and exploration variants ???), by screwing the Carrack they very likely referred to the cargo bay being completely inaccessible and thus unusable thanks to the cargo update, and yes you will be able to do "exploration" in the Polaris, we do not know exactly how exploration will work and we can be 100% sure it won't be able to do it as efficiently as most other dedicated exploration ship but we know that it has the most advanced sensors of any ship in the verse and the devs repeatedly said those sensors will be very important once exploration comes in, furthermore it has a decent cargo with the ability to carry multiple ground vehicles (ursa rovers), a very nice living area with a lot of room and lots of amenities for the crew and ""deep space exploration"" as well as the ability to carry a decently sized ship in its hangar bay (likely you'll be able to carry a Terrapin which is great) and refueling + restocking facilities for said ship in the hangar bay. Now all of this does not make it nearly as efficient as say a Carrack will be (drones, mapping...) but all those traits should mean that it will be able to do *some* exploration albeit more as a side activity and not as an efficient money-making gameloop once we get an actual meaningful economy, which is perfectly fine and understandable

[@fmartingorb]

@@Stormyy6310 why on Earth do you want a Hammerhead as a solo player. It will cost to crew a ship with NPCs. We have heard about Discovery many times. It is linked to scanning, like it is implemented in mining. Now, there os going to be all kinds of scanners, like there are mining heads. StarSim has parts already implemented in-game. That is findability, then there is science, analyzing flora and fauna, new minerals. Then there storing that data and selling it... that is data running. For me it is weird to have a warship as an explorer or even as a solo ship. We know NPC crew will not be there at release. There is more capable smaller ships with not that huge cost for upkeep. Prices are going up, and the Polaris is not a money maker, it is more of a liability. For solo players I would choose the Zeus. The sensors of the Polaris are geared towards war, not exploration, finding mining resources. I have two of them, they are the submarine of the fleet. You hide, attack fast and destroy capital ships, then run.

[@uther10]

Lol. Focus on being the toilet repair guy for your Polaris Org crew. The guy who brings water and food to the other players.

[@kiridox2517]

The amount of retaliators and eclipse's that Will be looking to just hurt solo polaris pilots.

[@hawklord4511]

Pirates will have a field day with those big ships that are flown by solo players ...i wonder what the hull of a polaris is worth in scrap ...probably a lot of UEC

[@kiridox2517]

@@hawklord4511 indeed

[@lordbayne7918]

LOL. What's up with the Cutty at (5:24) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqKslWeHjZ6Whas ?

[@innominatecitizen]

Cutty flag! Sends a strong message to assilants!

[@Jinx7red]

05:42 that Cutlass flag! AI blades, NPC crew and a couple of friends...with my cats, I'll be fine running box missions or hauling a ship, or my personal mobile home :P

[@randyfiglehorn9192]

To answer the main question, no you cannot own and operate it effectively. But that hasn’t stopped me from trying 😂

[@innominatecitizen]

I’m in the same camp and enjoy flying it solo!

[@StarUnionPrime]

Well It faster than any ship it size. Got wait and see how fast it is to other ship that may be a threat to it Shields. So when see a hostile, Just is to put all power to shields and engines. Then Burn. Burn Hard in the other direction. And with maintenance it depend on what makes stuff break. if stuff breaks after 20mins fresh out of the hanger I have questions about RSI build quality. if doing a sweep of the parts every flight stops stuff breaking then it small price to pay.

[@Lennji]

I dont care its made for multicrew and that there is no NPC crew available... I want to pilot huge ships like this solo, fuck managing x amount of people.

[@user-fv2os6jz5z]

Don’t get mad in the future dude just saying 😂😂

[@fuckYTaddsGreedyCorpration]

L take honestly, plz don't buy ships with irl money this is a future reddit rant in the making

[@KeeperOfDGroove]

I can't wait to go cargo running in my Polaris! :-p

[@Glathgrundel]

The problem is that everyone wants to be the 'captain', but most people probably shouldn't. I was a 'crewman' on a Reclaimer once and after an hour and a nearly full cargo hold, the owner crashed into the wreck and we all died. I would be a humble crew for a good captain, but owning a Polaris isn't the same as being a good commander.

[@xtradi]

Captain and helmsman have different roles on big ships like kirk and sulu in Star Trek

[@UNBE4R4BLE]

Polaris hauler ftw Afaik the Polaris will have a bunch of automated turrets Going from a lagrange to a planet will be a short trip where component failure will be highly unlikely, and the automated turrets will be a decent deterrent Later add the AI blades No NPC crew on the horizon, so a couple friends on manned turrets would be ideal, however not required Being the objective is to drop off refined materials, engagement is not priority, escape and delivery is primary

[@Manithou]

Thank you for the video! 👍All good and all, but I'm gonna use it as my home somewhere hidden in the verse, I'll just destroy the engines to make sure no one can take it, at least it's gonna slow them done if they really want to get it. 😅

[@innominatecitizen]

It’s gonna be a hell of a mobile base. Who needs base building?

[@Manithou]

@@innominatecitizen Hé yeah, gonna be my base until we have base building, also gonna have some of those crafting machine in my Polaris, and then slowly build a home somewhere on a planet or moon. seems to be a good plan to me. :-)

[@mpejones]

I will be using mine for Exploration

[@brianc8840]

Ill wait for npc crew or and blades after a box mission :-)

[@corvoadam5598]

Prepared my retaliator to try it on those solo polaris pilots lol

[@ZaimGamePlay]

Carrack is now not purchasable cause I believe they are upgrading the ship to a more working tech

[@arthurvartanov2573]

This ship right now will be very effective solo to do Idris bounty till they add engineering and even if they add engineering i dont see any problem to fly it solo and avoid pvp combat. If they remove ability from pilot to shoot torps, Its still will be doable if you have second PC or laptop and second acc.

[@melsy2]

Not everyone has friends to play with all the time. Thus, it's a mute point, big ships=big crews =higher profit margins to utilize. Yeah, big multi crew ships are going to be a fever dream for most. The majority of players don't have time to set up taking up 2+hours for 30 minutes of gameplay unless CIG can figure out their buggy verse.

[@fuckYTaddsGreedyCorpration]

lmao if ur taking 2 hours to get ready ur cooked either way

[@melsy2]

@fuckYTaddsGreedyCorpration 😆 it's like wrangling cats, random exploding ships, crews getting kicked out of your hangar, and your ship gets impounded. Then, when you get there, you hit an invisible asteroid, and all your gear is scattered to the wind. Afterward, we have to go on an Easter egg hunt because dead body makers no longer work 😞

[@ohyeah2816]

I’m using it for hangar decoration and a backdrop for a club. There will be bike and car racing. Take in to interplanetary space? No thanks.

[@TheJakebriscoe]

I’m glad your a walking a Advertisement for cig summit nomination practices .

[@centralintelligenceagencyc4626]

Short carrack with size 10 torpedos?

[@innominatecitizen]

Polaris is longer than Carrack.

[@mateoemanuel3517]

it s not 166 m anymore that s the old polaris they updated the measurement 2 times

[@LordCritish]

Don't worry! As soon as the marketing department at CiG realizes that the Polaris doesn't sell good enough when only sold for multi-crew they will change it to be fully solo-operatable.

[@justincf7127]

😂😂😂😂 Are you new here? They have made millions off of this ship already. It has sold VERY well. Very, very well already 😂😌

[@LordCritish]

@@justincf7127 How many?

[@Liqweed1337]

i will simply never fly this if its not possible for solo's. most of the time, the game is not stable enough to play with other people for longer then one contract.

[@aardvarkmindshank]

It’s going to be my daily driver.

[@theonefrancis696]

Perfect starter ship

[@FamGamTv]

I think ships of this size, should take 2 or 3 pilots that have to work together in a mini-game to move the ship.

[@nashlos4519]

I'll manage, where there's a will there's a way!😂

[@RoballTV]

If you are really set on flying your polaris solo, there's something we often forget. Solo, doesn't mean, alone. The strength of Solo crewed, sharded ships, is everyone can each fly one. Instead of 12 people in a Polaris flying really well. Fly 12 half-assed Polarises.

[@FriedBaconRPG]

Polaris doesn't have solo horsepower, in any kind. One pilot alone inside a polaris is completly useless, the only thing you can literally do is move it around. Max you can have based on old specs, is maybe control the torps, but based on recent CIG take on large ships, i don't doubt thats also going to move away. PLUS the engineering part will make solo polaris completly impossible. All of that can change if crew NPC / blades come in AND if the player can afford that, of course.

[@isaacmack1316]

You can all ways use a ship in side capable of flying out and attacking them and then fly back in when done. You can easily bait them ither they focus on you or the polaris. Plus you could take out something that disabled your ship incase they do get in the doors.

[@RainOfFodderco]

​@@FriedBaconRPG engineering won't be in for a bit. Got pushed.

[@FriedBaconRPG]

@@RainOfFodderco yes it was delayed, but that doesnt make the Polaris any bit solo-able. That thing is not made to be soloed unless you are counting with NPC/AI Blades, which are even more far away.

[@isaacmack1316]

@@FriedBaconRPG again use it like the other ships that are not solo able. But have a Hanger to use for a combat ship that can defend you and ur ship. I mean the c2 isn't much for a good solo ither it's slow af . But again just take a ship in it that can help.

[@cicio7777]

I am very curious how much those size 10 torpedoes are going to cost per torpedo LOL

[@Fasstaff-Rone]

I need the music in the background, I’ve looked through so many SC OST, I can’t find it 🥺🫠

[@innominatecitizen]

It is from 2954 citizencon.

[@Fasstaff-Rone]

Yeah, I’ve heard it during the CitizenCon 😊 But I hoped I could have the name of it now that I heard it somewhere else xD

[@CinematicGames94]

Can't wait to craft one in Year 2954

[@StruckBlackstar]

cant control guns or torpedo's, but i control the engines RAMMING SPEED!!!!

[@travisj2370]

i will be using mine solo to haul cargo and ships to and from pyro and ill use it as a hospital for bunkers probs use it for combat now and then when my friends are on or maybe the point defense turrets will shoot down the ships nearby aswell as the missiles like the idris