Star Citizen: What I Wish I Knew During My First Day | Star Citizen First Steps In The Game

I finally have a guide, someone who can give a tutorial on all things Star Citizen. Flying, delivery, mining, and the patience to handle a beginner. Meet Stuffenburg, equal parts teacher, salesman, and easy going friend. I learned a lot, and got to do my first mission, fly an expensive ship, drive ground vehicles, and mock a body laying in trash! I think I might like this game....
My PC will have to be upgraded, and I will have to learn an enormous amount to succeed, but I am in. On that note, alot of people have inquired about my specs, so here we go:
GPU: Ryzen RX570
RAM: 16GB DDR4 @3600
CPU: Ryzen 7 5800x
SSD: ADATA SU635
I found out the hard way that some basic preparation is vital to have a good experience with the game. I need help. A lot of it. Thank you for watching, and I hope that some among you may be able to guide me, and keep me from complete self destruction.
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[@RauschIronback]

Stuffenburg was smart to take you out in a Cutlass. Fantastic ship, good all around and easy to pilot. The Aurora LN you picked up is a solid starter ship but it will be a bit more nimble than the Cutlass so just be ready for the sharper turns and ease of handling.

[@Miketanic]

Thank you Stuffenburg! I want to find some time this week to take another lesson, if you are able to help some noob play at around 9:00 pm EST one night this week let me know!

[@therealStempec]

You could join our group for a session. We can show you Fighting, Trading, Mining and some criminal stuff, depending what interests you. Only problem is that we are from Europe and 3 am is to late for us.

[@argentshrike516]

If you’re interested I have a few of the larger ships for multi crew if you’re interested.

[@wathak504]

Ohh that may be a fun stream for you. Crew one of the larger multi-crews like the hammerhead or Carrack and get a feel for the really fun aspects of star citizen.

[@argentshrike516]

Had one of the most memorable events for SC and nothing went right. About a year ago, 890 was available for subscribers. Whole bunch of fandoms teamed up to fly it. Spent 4 hours trying to meet up dealing with game crashes, deaths, server problems. Finally everyone was there. Played Tetris fitting ships in the hangar. Got attacked, scrambled fighters badly. Went to Hurston. Did bunker mission. Went to Lorville. Ran out of gas. Mad dash as everyone bailed in out in fighters and shuttles while the 890 was falling out of the sky. Great fun

[@MrGreenAKAguci00]

You need to start turning off your headlamp while in the cocpit...

[@ethnine2692]

I think I said this on another one of your videos, but as a backer since 2012 I like you show the rawness of the game. I mean sure, it is a great game, it really is. But its also got some REALLY big flaws. And its okay to show those flaws, as it draws attention to those flaws so they can hopefully be fixed one day. Keep it up!

[@Miketanic]

I am so glad you posted this, and also glad you enjoyed it. I’m really not trying to take cheap shots at the game, but the bugs provide comic relief. I improve, as most people and things do through criticism, and having it is a sign of a healthy community

[@MorphicGalaxy]

Oh, awesome! It's great that you're having a better experience. First steps into SC can be... daunting to say the least, and I'm happy that you got through it!

[@Miketanic]

Well, you guys are quite the convincing lot =)

[@MorphicGalaxy]

@@Miketanic It’s also nice that you have a good ship now, and got to fly something easier like the Cutlass. That and the Freelancer are some of the best multicrew/single person combo ships for starting, and are great for learning the ropes.

[@goldh2o543]

Shut up

[@jasonrd316]

Loving these videos! As a regular player, I like that these videos show for real beginner experience. The good, bad, and ugly videos are great because they bring attention to how the bugs in game now impact exprerience. What is weird about SC is that some days the bugs frustrate the experience so much you bail for th e day, but other times they make for incredible experiences somehow. They're fun or frustrating, depending on the day I suppose. Keep it up man! Looking forward to the next one.

[@GamersCafe]

HAHAHA, Stuffenburg you newbie... Glad you found someone to show you around the verse, it does help the new players a lot and people like Stuffenburg have a wealth of knowledge.

[@brimstone5931]

Stuffenburg is a good guy, I hope we see more of him in the future. Watching you land that Cutty brought back memories. Keep up the good work Mike 👍

[@TannerSchlo]

You know, it takes a certain type of person to be able to walk a new player through EVERYTHING from equipping, troubleshooting why a mission did not work, looting, and just landing. That takes an incredible amount of patience, I was watching and I don't know if I could have done it for that long and with that amazing teaching attitude to walk you through the smallest of things (because you are new). My hat is off to that guy and I hope that he is teaching and leading in real life as well, we need more teachers/mentors out there.

[@Paladin1034]

I've been playing for over two years now. I forget just how much I've picked up and learned along the way. So many workarounds and things vets just accept could be totally bewildering for a new pilot. It's fun to see someone learning it

[@jenathan76]

I'm not sure if you noticed, but the reason you were having trouble landing at Tram & Meyers for your delivery is because you had cruise control on. Even with the throttle all the way down, cruise control will make you move forward at a constant speed, which makes landing far more challenging. You can tell it's on because there is a little line under your speed indicator on the HUD, and it can be toggled on/off by pressing C. Cruise is incredibly useful for longer flights, but I highly recommend turning it off for takeoffs and landings to give yourself full control.

[@brandonbowen2770]

i love the SC videos. it's always awesome to get to watch someone take their first steps in the 'verse and enjoy it in spite of the bugs. keep up the good work, man!

[@ryanberman5314]

Convinced my friend to buy this last week and been showing him around. Hes in love with the game even though he experiences a new bug every session

[@evilmuska]

The Cutty Black is an awesome little ship, and a huge staple of the SC community. It's a dropship, it's a fighter (kinda), it's a cargo runner, it's a delivery vehicle, and you can even put small ground vehicles in it. It has a little bit of everything, and is my all-time favorite daily-driver. Basically, if I don't know what ship to use, I use a Cutlass Black.

[@Phoenixstorm36]

even if i have 100+ hours in the PU I still learned something new from Stuffenburg

[@TravisJ-je6ub]

Glad to see your learning the game and enjoying yourself.

[@WisKy64VT]

“I don’t want to be in the wall of the ship” mood xD

[@FunkThompson]

Thank you, Stuffenberg. You rock. Miketanic's alright, too ;)

[@FunkThompson]

Also, Aurora is Pro-Mode. You can do just about everything in an Aurora, if you are good. Barring like maybe Hammerheads or Idris, or large-scale hauling.

[@FunkThompson]

Blowing up his ship costs him exactly 0 aUEC. Unless he was impatient and paid to expedite. You don't "lose" ships (yet.) Even the ships bought in-game are, for now, auto-insured and claimable same as pledge ships.

[@Miketanic]

Even then, driving someone else's ship has this nerve wracking vibe for me. In other games, it would be discourteous to crash, in this one, its like "man, they paid real money for this" lol.

[@FunkThompson]

Did you... did you just call the Cutlass "clean"???! *chokes* :D

[@FunkThompson]

FYI: Flying "in the red" also burns hydro faster, and makes weapon gimbal adjust / missile lock take longer.

[@SnprMk7]

As someone who's extensively talked with many friends about ships- both one or two who aren't afraid to drop money, and the remainder who are adamant about the biggest bang for their buck, on a budget, while I've had an Aurora LN myself, and loved it to pieces, I do have two things to note about it: Anything short of box hauling to non-outposts it can do, the Mustang Alpha can do better (save for max speed, and it's not much faster) - The Mustang Alpha has a turreted nose, allowing you to still use gimbal modes with the larger guns over the base model Auroras, whereas the Aurora LN has hardpoints, requiring you to use fixed S2 guns there, which can screw with using gimbals on the remaining two S1 mounts It can only do two things better than any other Aurora: The 126DPS increase that comes with having two S2 guns, and four more max potential missiles. For the same price, at the sole cost of ease of doing hand deliveries, the Mustang Beta is hands down equal or better, and is a straight upgrade in the long run due to its onboard amenities over just a bed. For this, second, reason, I highly recommend melting your package back down, snagging the base game package via your quarterly Buy Back token, and getting the Aurora LX, for a number of reasons. #1: The only thing the LX lacks over the LN is the S2 guns, and the ability to load the 481 octuple S1 missile rack. The LX, unlike the MR, ES and CL, *can* load the 341 quadruple missile rack- the other 3 variants can only load the 221 dual S1 rack, in terms of S1 racks. (As armour is not fully implemented afaik, S1 missiles reign king as two S1 missiles is always superior to one S2 missile.) #2: You gain something no other Aurora variant has: 700L quantum fuel tank. All other Auroras have the standard small ship 583L tank, and so coupled with the S1 Atlas quantum drive, you get more range- in fact any quantum drive will go further with your increased fuel. This has applications now (less times you need to refuel) and longer term (tanks are going to go up when Pyro makes it in game, as currently very few ships have the tanks to make it from the Pyro-Stanton Jump Point to the nearest jumpable target within Pyro- using Port Olisar to Hurston as a known distance, and comparing that to the Ark Starmap distance for the same trip, the compression ratio of Ark Starmap to in-game distances actually winds up disbarring ANY ship save the Argo RAFT from making that jump- and the RAFT can only make it due to it having access to certain quantum drives that ships with far larger tanks than it, don't have access to. #3: Leather seat. C'mon, in a ship this utilitarian, this is a legitimate plus. The Aurora ES brochure literally advertises the fact the bed comes with a pillow as a feature! So yeah, I strongly recommend if you want an Aurora, the Aurora LX is the way to go- at the price point of the Aurora LN, the Mustang Beta is hands down better, unless you want to do deliveries. (At which point, keep the Aurora LX until such a time as you can do hand deliveries with the Mustang Beta in no-fire zones (or no-fire zones stop existing) and then simply plug the extra five bucks in at that point.)

[@Miketanic]

Thank you for that great comment, that was worth the read, I have a ton to learn about the ships still

[@EricLing64]

You don't necessarily have to worry about crashing ships just yet, there's no punishment except having to wait some time to recover it for now. In the future we suspect you'll have to pay a recovery fee but it's not activated yet. So long as you don't have cargo in the ship you lose nothing. People showing new players around will not likely be trading or anything so they're fine.

[@skybertie]

I think you might also loose upgrades... a better quantum drive can cost 60k to 100k for example... a fully upgraded ship ship can be a big investment... puts me off experimenting

[@sharxbyte]

Really enjoying your content! it's great to see the game through fresh eyes and I'm even learning stuff.

[@jasonrd316]

Local is YOUR inventory at the current location. Instead of dragging to your person, you can drag to the local box. Even if you don't have armor, it will remain there until you come back and move it to your pockets, pack, or ship.

[@Miketanic]

Thanks for the tip Richard!

[@tlove21]

This reminds me of my time with new players as a guide. You are right. When we believe in the project we will sell it. LoL. You are coming along nicely and footage looks much better.

[@eavdmeer]

You're following exactly the same path as I did. First a Mustang and then trade up to an Aurora LN. I upped that to the Avenger Titan. It's smaller than the Cutlass, but also a lot cheaper. Good to see you hung in there and got some help from an inside man

[@trevtrev1523]

It's pretty cool to see you are getting better. I've been playing about 3 weeks and I started with sorta similar impressions. There is a learning curve due to the fact its unfinished. So much is undocumented or broken and undocumented that its broken. I hope I'm able to run into you some day in game to say hello.

[@rayjay8148]

I'm a new player and really enjoyed watching your video. Cheers to Stuffenburg for showing you around!

[@Miketanic]

Hey Ray Jay, thanks for watching. Yeah Stuff is good people, if you need help he is a great teacher. You can find him in my Discord, if not global chat

[@silversurfer5920]

I appreciate these videos because like you, I just started the game and am wanting to learn the fundamentals of the game. I like that it doesnt hold your hand but starting out can be super confusing. My first day in the ship yesterday was rough but I still had fun. Keep up the vids!

[@sporvada7166]

Asking in global chat if there's anyone that can teach you is a great way to get started. There's almost always someone willing to help you out. Welcome to the verse, good luck and have fun.

[@silversurfer5920]

@@sporvada7166 Right on, I appreciate it. Yeah, its almost warranted to get a SC guide due to confusion from the beginning. I mean Ive only been able to do delivery missions so far because Im not equipped for the other stuff yet lol.

[@friendlyspacedragon7250]

You upgraded your ship! That's how it starts, next you'll think of upgrading your LN and then whatever you upgraded to and so forth. The LN is a pretty nice starter ship all around though. You might want to deactivate your flashlight when piloting ships. It can glare off the screens and make reading the displays hard.

[@sephlar]

Thanks for these videos @Miketanic. I started playing Star Citizen about 23-24 months ago. I have introduced a number of friends to it since. Some stick with it... others are like "no way, man. too hard." I feel like it will be easier as the years go on, to get started. Hopefully there will be better tutorials. But the initial learning curve now, is very real. Once you put in some serious hours much of the basics will be old hat. If there is one thing I hope that you got from this "episode" with Stuffenburg... the Cutty Black is vital to any personal fleet. Seriously... get a Cutty black.

[@Aedeus]

Love these so much, keep em coming!

[@Miketanic]

Thank you Meckara, I really appreciate you taking the time to watch!

[@reddemon6471]

Good video, looking forward to more man.

[@Elguapoe]

im pretty sure that was me 7:29. I was on edge with a level 5 crime stat and was sizing up the competition, asserting dominance and preparing for war.

[@Miketanic]

Well, that seems about right lol.

[@AJ-em2rb]

i recommend turning the flashlight off before getting in the pilot's seat. that glare can be annoying at times

[@Miketanic]

It’s soooo annoying. I got so used to video games doing that for me it didn’t occur to me to turn the damn thing off lol.

[@doctorhoodini4823]

welcome to the verse and dont worry about your pilot skills lol we all had to start somewhere hell even i still make mistake when flying so keep it up and have fun with the good, the bad and the ugly

[@TouZeBa]

As a beginner I can tell this video is pure gold. Great job documenting this. Thanks a lot ! Way better that the usual "Beginner Tutorials" that you can see all over the place which are not very helpful actually

[@Miketanic]

Thank you Baptiste! Yeah I finally looked at some of the ocean of beginner vids out there and most of them assume some level of knowledge that I just didn’t have. I also didn’t have anything useful to add to that conversation, so it’s best I don’t jump in that arena.

[@JayGlascoe]

I'm so proud of you!

[@gauravchhoker9678]

Very well explained!

[@hollywoodguy70]

St. Stuffenberg... Has a nice ring to it. Btw, sitting down on ships isn't only to prevent glitches. The game has actual inertial effects and just regular ship movements will knock you on your ass and CAN cause you serious injury, so the passenger seats aren't only for role playing. And one more thing... those keybinds were giving us anxiety. It sounded like Stuff was giving you the wrong directions. Even though it's a ghetto move for a PC gamer, you should try using a gamepad sometime. It's not quite Joystick and HOTAS, but it's a totally different experience from trying to fly with a mouse.

[@Ponyfox]

Is Right Shift the default binding for the cursor lock? Always wondered if there was a way to keep your ship leveled nicely as you are cruising forward without it drifting up or down meter by meter. Hopefully this helps.

[@FinNapalm]

You are doing it! Not too hard after some time.

[@nikoulph]

Nice start .=) The Cutlass has the quantum interface displaced below, other ships you have to center your UI in the center. I hope they fix that.

[@willot4237]

Essentially putting throttle limiter into the red means you go REAL FAST in a straight line BUT if you try to turn you will only Tokyo Drift!

[@Miketanic]

That seems useful if you have a bogey chasing you, or are bad at flying😀

[@0PsychosisMedia0]

The LN is a good ship. It can do some combat and it will make you a better pilot. Eventually it will be your milk run ship once you get better ships. I love the P-72. Its a snub racer that cannot QT on its own. I love that ship. As for 3rd person its a great tool. I have been here from the beginning and i use 3rd person all the time , mostly landing/docking. Ignore the dipshits who complain about that. I know i keep preaching this but a visit to Area 18 is a must!

[@Miketanic]

I haven't forgotten, I really hope to get over that way tonight!

[@BuRntCircuItz]

I would have recommended the Avenger Titan. Its a much more capable well rounded starter. Welcome to the Verse :)

[@moz7677]

right shift locks the cursor ! damn i wish i'd known that 3 months ago when i started playing, would have saved me a lot of paint. Thanks for the Tip.

[@Miketanic]

Yeah Stuffenburg is really knowledgeable about the game, like all aspects of it. I got lucky linking up with him.

[@SergioLeRoux]

I don't personally find it that useful, it's easier for me to just keep the mouse still on 3rd person. However accidentally pressing right shift has killed me several times until I learned how to turn it back on...

[@Paladin1034]

Yeah the biggest issue with right shift is when you hit it accidentally trying to hit enter. I see that in chat at least once a session

[@antoniobradiano]

Stuffinburg seems like a nice man as well as you are. Hope to see you guys in game sometime. Enjoyed video.

[@Miketanic]

Stuffenburg is great! He was soooo patient with me and knowledgeable as well

[@x3nomat]

You can assign a button to Flight - Movement -> Cycle mouse mode (VJoy / Relative). With this you can switch between the draggy mouse mode and a direct/absolute mouse movement control. This is very helpful in third person flight.

[@nemesisone8927]

Nice one Stuff 07 and thx for the vid Mike 07

[@Johny_G]

There's no easy way to learn, but by the time you do and start to master the game, the feeling of accomplishment is great. It's a huge learning process though, but you'll get there.

[@Miketanic]

Im getting there, slowly, but it is rather satisfying

[@willot4237]

The answer to your question about the naked person passed out on the floor at 7:24 is ... Thats Grim Hex for ya!

[@Miketanic]

🤣😂

[@phoenixsui]

Progress was made. He seems to explain stuff well. i have seen so many bad teachers in games its insane. This one was good. The reason people dont recommend 3th person flying is if you havent centered your crosshair if you play with mouse its hard t ostabalize it. But just to check the space you land on its fine but turning the ship etc is very hard from outside wihtout joystik.

[@dukedwarfyt3135]

you can go in on settings and look for Flight Movement -> V-joy / Relative mode, it will make 3rd person flying and pressision flyen a 100 times easyer, it lets you fly your ship the same way you move around in a turret after you ve pressed Q

[@Miketanic]

Thank you DukeDwarf, I just checked that out and it is significantly easier! I have to untrain my brain after doing it the other way but I appreciate the tip

[@Ratswallow]

I believe that when flying in the red area of the speed limiter, you actually do additional wear and tear on your thrusters/components resulting in higher maintenance costs in addition to being less maneuverable and burning more hydrogen.

[@wathak504]

I don't believe so. Typically damage is done when overheating components. Flying in the red your not overheating the engines just cranking it to a speed that the maneuvering thrusters dont have enough power to change the deltaV. Using your booster or spacebrake might cause damage. Cant remember if thats technically an overclock. As for increase fuel cost you are mostly right. Fuel is actually affected by the thrust gauge not the speed gauge. The more your thrusters are firing the more they burn fuel. The initial fuel burn may be more than going at slow speed but once your upto speed and the thrusters stop burning you arn't using much fuel until you make a manuever. Dogfighting or flighing planetside actually burns more fuel because your thrusters are always firing.

[@Ratswallow]

@@wathak504 Hmm... As I recall the DEVs have mentioned in the past many times that flying in the red can have negative impact to components and especially maneuvering thrusters when attempting to turn at those higher speeds. Also, this seemed to be the case in my personal experience.

[@DamonCzanik]

As you play more you'll learn little things like laying down / prone is buggy and will just avoid doing it. Running up and down ramps and stairs can cause weird physics glitches so lay off the shift key on them. Don't push your way into elevators, wait until it fully opens because on a slower server there's a chance it won't spawn in correctly. If you have desync avoid walking around the ship too much while in Quantum. And if the server feels unstable, change to a different server. I still have bugs but the ones I encounter will usually just be funny like the AI standing on chairs. Space battles tend to be less buggy. Biggest issues are desync, slow loading of assets like asteroids and bounties loading in slow or not right. Despite all that I can earn 400k an hour (sometimes more). Just immerse yourself in this world. Make friends. Play with friends. It's a sandbox game, treat it like one and create your personal narrative. Many bugs are user error. It's a complicated game and it's easy to mess things up (like cutting power to engines). Others like getting lost is because current games dumb things so much you just need to follow an arrow. But in real life you read signs. And some bugs are not bugs but poorly documented features. Wind can blow ships away. That's a design choice to encourage the use of Vehicles. The frustrating thing is most of the bugs encountered are due to an overburdened server. So these problems are likely to stick with us for the next year. It's still an amazing ride for those with the emotional maturity to handle an alpha.

[@Miketanic]

You aren’t kidding, those things are all kinds of ate up. You’re better off just running around

[@Power5]

I kept yelling at the screen to turn off the flashlight. LOL The game just gets better and better after you master the basics.

[@cw3372]

One thing I've learned on Keyboard v. Joystick is that because the mouse is so volatile, it's more difficult to control. Even if you have a cheap stick, like me, use that for steering the ship!!! So much smoother. If you have a thrustmaster or something, even better! Keybind a few buttons to drop gear, quantum, maybe even set limiter... it'll make your experience even better!

[@OminousPinapple]

Found it funny that you had your flash light on the whole time in the cockpit haha

[@Miketanic]

Yeah…. Lol I found out that the community is quite picky about that detail. At first I was like, man who cares? Then after watching it for a while vid after vid, I found it sooooo annoying

[@almightywarrior3979]

As usual, however, number one rule: star citizen is a perfect, flawless, polished, bugless game with no errors whatsoever. Any problems? Your own fault, get better. You randomly exploded for no reason? Shouldn't have exploded. Walked into an elevator and fell into the void? Get a better elevator. Never stray from this rule and your star citizen character's life problems will be solved.

[@Sarsour_]

nice video :)

[@Enceos]

I think with some tweaks to NVIDIA settings and video settings in the game you can make SC run smoothly on your machine. When FPS is right this game feels incredible.

[@sketchtherapy1218]

The engines on the cutlass turn downward for landing but you didn't hit the VTOL button ... happens to all of us.

[@NozomuYume]

There was something else in the loot box you got the pistol from, I think it might have been a magazine for the pistol.

[@alienmoonstalker]

Welcome to star citizen mike!

[@alienmoonstalker]

I too am taking a break from empyrion.

[@SatanicPanic66]

Its probably a stupid question, but when going to sleep on the ship, does it stay in the server like everything else does? Or does it log when you do and render when you log back in?

[@Miketanic]

It does not stay in game once you go to sleep and exit the game. Not a stupid question at all!

[@Stiderspace]

Mike: "im in the wall " welcome to alpha :D still better than the alpha of some games and we have something to play atleast

[@SergioLeRoux]

It's ok to be in 3rd person, the problem is that you can't see your mouse cursor thingy. You have to make sure you're not turning before looking at the exterior view. It's very hard to find the dead zone once to start turning around without looking at your hud. With a joystick this is not a problem since it autocenters. For example, for landing, go to 3rd person, leave the mouse alone (unless holding Z) and only use the WASD and up and down keys and you'll be fine.

[@maxares]

Stuffenburg's a good guy!

[@Cooli167]

IF you change your flight controls a bit. You can land 3rd person as easy as 1st. Pitch/Yaw Controls to the Arrow keys.

[@walther007]

Ok, so the limiter question was right and wrong. What he said was correct as going faster would be harder to control naturally...but what you said was also correct. It's like driving a car at 55mph regularly and driving a car at 85mph regularly. Your wear and tear will increase the faster you go. Not really in-game now as we can tell but will be in the future. I'm a 3rd-person fan myself. You can make a lot of mistakes using 1st-person in tight areas. For instance, the Carrack is a pretty big ship but CiG's wisdom has put that into a Large Hanger that "barely" fits it. Lastly, you can't turn off your helmet light in a seat, so turn it off before you get into the pilot seat.

[@Miketanic]

Thanks for the further clarification walther, it makes sense that there would be a couple of negative conditions to using the red.

[@vespervespertilianus8868]

That’s the small space yacht… 😁

[@BigEd2006]

should've got a titan! Fits a golf cart in the back and not a bad dog fighter. Also find it helps to teach people the HUD. The altimeter, pitch, speed are important... especially landing low light when the objective looks 10K away but you see you're at 2K meters on the altimeter. My first time dropping off I was pissed because I used the wrong "place" too and didn't complete my mission.

[@Miketanic]

I keep hearing good things about the titan, I just picked up a gladiator. Once I tire of that I’ll likely get a titan

[@hawk2086]

You can turn off the chat that is on the left hand side of the screen with F12, that will make things easier to see. It would also be easier for you to interact and see screens if you turned off your flashlight which should default be T.

[@Miketanic]

Thank you for the tips Dustin!

[@nikoulph]

19:41 loot boxes as you walk inside :)

[@kevinalmeida7159]

played a few years and didnt know about the right shift trick im so good of a pilot i can approach the target deploy landing gear angle ship flat for land and exit seat and when ship finally hits ground with momentum it will land sometimes the landings can be harder than others but i can be leaving ship as it or before it touches down hahaha. need to practice my gainers hahaha its a divers forward moving backflip hahaha.

[@Miketanic]

Lol, yeah man I’m still learning how to keep control of some of the squirrelier crafts, with a low success rate

[@joshm3484]

What I wish I knew most my first day: Do not buy expensive armor and guns. Every time you do, the game will glitch and kill you and you'll lose them all. Box missions to GrimHex aren't worth the time. Accept all the bounty missions. If you die, your ship is insured.

[@Miketanic]

This! Holy crap I’m a compulsive spender, and each time I regret it

[@eparock]

heh i was actually interested in your keyboard changes...

[@hardknockhooligan]

7:15 For some reason that was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen lol

[@hardknockhooligan]

17:15 “am I firing that?” Classic Miketanic

[@Miketanic]

Glad you enjoyed the elevator tussle Todd!

[@Axias2011]

Everyone loves a good 'bromance.

[@MartinS84]

after playing for a while you got to be a salesman XD I mean talking about which ships are good to buy and which not, wether in or outside the game, is part of the knowlege you gather. ships arent cheap in game and it saves a lot of effort if you get the right tools for the job before the luxury

[@Miketanic]

Well said Martin. I think it’s rubbed off on me lol

[@jsleazy5838]

Watching this as I debate getting it. I have a question, is it usually this choppy with the FPS? or is it just Mikes computer struggling??? I plan on getting a pc soon and my fear is not getting something powerful enough to run this/elite 😂

[@Miketanic]

Well that’s really about who you ask. I’ll tell you though, I’ve since upgraded RAM and GPU, and it’s MOSTLY buttery smooth. If you watch my newer vids you can see the difference

[@D3VILG3N3]

It seems I learned somthing new aswel... Tap twice right shift... 😅 Mindblown

[@62saki91]

25 for the avenger would have been great.. the titasn is an awesome crisp control ship, and has a LOT of room for box missions..

[@Buttonasher]

Nearly pissed myself laffin when your torch lit straight between the ladys legs on the floor! (7:27) Everyone knows exactly what you was lookin at then! You even had to look twice! Me thinks that's where every other male (and some females!) would of looked! Great vid.......

[@ss7nake575]

Subscribed keep going brother already love the video I know where you're going because I play the game 24 7 thank you and I am going to do videos too 🙌😎⌚☕ o7

[@Miketanic]

Hey SS7 NAKE, thanks for the sub, and I will check your channel out as well!

[@Luredreier]

5:14 Actually it's usually safe to move around, but each ship has its own little things worth learning to avoid. Elevators and turrets can often be a bit... bugged... in a lot of ships when flying...

[@Luredreier]

16:51 Hum, personally I *prefer* VTOL also on low atmosphere moons. But then I do decoupled mode flying... And it's nice to have strong up thrust when you're falling due to the gravity.

[@delarosa6254]

gg good job

[@Miketanic]

Thanks Delarosa!

[@explodogames2774]

The LN is awesome . Best Aurora. That is the one I fly on my alt aurora only account .

[@ph11p3540]

Your host who took you on his big expensive ship has no problem leaving you alone in that ship. He has no worries of entirely losing that ship to you as he knows he will get it all back again the next day.

[@D3VILG3N3]

How's the RAM upgrade? Doesn't seem like it helped much?😅

[@Miketanic]

I’m actually installing it tonight, the delivery got delayed.

[@D3VILG3N3]

Nice, we'll see if it makes the framedrops go away. Anyway congrats on your first mission 😁👍

[@LucidStrike]

Lol. That wasn't the 600i bar. It was the Captain's quarters, hence the BED. Heh. Your were next to its desk.

[@RollnRye74]

btw, those are moons. if you look at the map, it shows the planets and as you zoom in the moons appear. the circles around the planet show the moon's orbit.

[@Miketanic]

Thank you for the tip Ryan, took me a while to spot r ha t

[@anthony_hw]

You can totally do enough missions to buy a Cutlass in game.

[@mazack00]

Be sure to turn off your helmet flashlight before you sit to prevent that glare you're seeing in the center of the screen.

[@tallll70]

How you people manage in the first few hours to find a hole in ship's collision model to fall through... since I enlist in version 2.5 in 2016 it never happened to me once... I did fall through elevators few times but that's about it

[@Miketanic]

Yeah… I seem to have a knack for that sort of thing. I am an unwilling bug tester lol.

[@tallll70]

@@Miketanic yeah I forgot to add a smiley I didn't mean it in a mean way obviously

[@Paladin1034]

The Titan and Aurora used to be really bad about making the player fall out during quantum. I've ended up inside the top of the herc, clipped through the hatch of the Freelancer and Cutlass, fell through the cockpit glass of the Carrack. Collision failures are certain to happen.

[@thekatloaf]

Soon, you'll learn how to use the True Vector Indicator (TVR, the > < symbol the shows where you're going) to move precisely. Less is more when it comes to maneuvering.

[@realtalkz3930]

On a space station trying to make it from your ship to the elevator airlock without a helmet and dying just as you get there

[@sketchtherapy1218]

I would tell you not buy anything in cash till you've been here a year after 4 quarters you fully understand that you can buy anything in game and your just donating.

[@Jasmine-tt6jd]

Tfw I wanted to know about the keyboard layout

[@Miketanic]

I definitely glossed over that, my apologies. So the major change was taking some controls from the keyboard and moving them to the mouse. For example I use the forward arrow button on my mouse (the one by your thumb on a lot of mice) for craft descent, and the mouse back button for reverse. Those just made sense for the way my mind is wired. I can’t recall the others off the top of my head, I haven’t played in a month or so, but next time I go over this kinda stuff I’ll put those details in.

[@darkmadrap]

spoiler alert , you did in fact place the box by using the place button on the box interface instead of the machine . result , it never counted it as delivered .

[@Miketanic]

That makes perfect sense…..

[@missingsymphony6564]

Should watermark your referal code somewhere or add in video discription