Anvil Hornet F7-S Ghost & F7-R Tracker | A Star Citizen's First Look

[@teknoaxe]

I'm so early, my youtube resolution went back in time to 2006

[@leperamoonwalker5883]

Same no idea why specifically on this video

[@SubliminaLstv]

Looks like YT is struggling. I gave it hours to process but only SD is done...

[@puretalent5940]

@@SubliminaLstv I was wondering the same thing. I'm glad I checked comments. thx!

[@GW2Vids1]

Still the issue for me

[@Godwinsname]

Yep same..

[@propelledchuck6815]

Thank goodness the resolution finally uploaded. It was like watching the Paul vs. Tyson fight all over again.

[@SubliminaLstv]

ROFL, that was terrible. And all that to watch a fight that was extremely cringe.

[@And-c7n]

Always felt the tracker should be a two seater with pilot gunner plus an electronic warfare officer

[@SubliminaLstv]

This would be nice.

[@jeffreylee123]

Feels like that'd just end up like the scorpius antares situation all over again.

[@RonTaggart]

Think this is the first video on the mk2 hornet variants ive seen. Everyone is still staring at the polaris! So, thanks for the upload Subliminal

[@InterstellarTaco]

Nose camera looks like an IRST similar to what the Mig 29 or SU27 has. And if the tracker has a big ass radar on it with the intent if being a sort of Space AWACS it's going to have a massive EM signature so it makes sense.

[@stinkratgaming]

I wish they would just finally make it so that ship have a base chassis and all variants of that chassis are a "kit" that you can swap out/install instead of needing to buy separately

[@UnpluggedCord]

Like the Battle Upgrade Kits or BUK for short of the Vanguard series?

[@Velthus]

Yeah that'd be nice.. but unfortunately never gonna happen.

[@velocitymg]

R for Reconnaissance maybe ?

[@Bladescorpion83]

Yup

[@zantrag]

Flame and sparks completely hide the target ship in combat. That must be a "rule of fool" thing, but is detrimental to combat.

[@SubliminaLstv]

I don't think its intended. I bet someone slid a slider and adjusted a value and didn't know it would change our weapons lol. Hope they fix it soon.

[@jspades007]

I like how the R has extra antenna on the nose and along the tail. Small but subtle recon/ e-war vibes.

[@Gwydion_Wolf]

The thing on the top of the Tracker is literally a enhanced radar similar to what the Terrapin has. That thing on the nose does have the potential to be a camera... they are playing around with Cameras and Videos with the Polaris mirrors that are created by using a in-game camera that then displays what it sees.

[@solomonmitchell6048]

These ships are going to sell like hot cakes!

[@JamestheKilljoy]

That sound design is so friggin good. They need to make another pass on the interfaces fo sure tho

[@MrExoticViper]

@5:05 I'm forever a part of your channel! 😂

[@SubliminaLstv]

ROFL

[@adrianslater9127]

I just came here to say reconnaissance version but I'm probably 20 minutes late on that now

[@recoandmidnight1555]

Ooooh it’s about time someone finally goes in-depth of the new hornets

[@karradvall9779]

Not sure what happened but my comment edit duplicated, so I deleted one and they're both gone. Boy I dislike using my phone... Anyway, loved the f off comment when ATC stated your landing zone would be taken away due to inactivity. Said something similar myself before. Concerning the ships, I appreciate the first look. I am definitely on the fence about an upgrade to the tracker, though I do have interest in it. The IR and EM for both ships was just bananas!

[@Whoadayson]

Forgive my ignorance but howd you get your hands on the F7A. I mustve missed something now that Ive been offline much more often. I like that black camo paint, is that a paint and if I can acquire it (grey) will it apply to the F7A?

[@bootchoo96]

You can/could get both F7A Mk1 and Mk2

[@paratrooperz1]

i do love learn mark2 variants are interchangeable across the gambit

[@karmabad6287]

I like the paint on the tracker

[@DublinOdinson]

Waited 50 minutes and still only have a 360p resolution. Guess im watching this one on my phone.

[@SubliminaLstv]

Damn sorry fixed now a couple of hours later. YT kinda boned me.

[@gambler1ish]

I haven't been able to find any info on this anywhere but with the releases of these new f7 mk2 variants are they gold standard now with all the component access etc or is it still just ship as you see it?

[@SubliminaLstv]

Nope, I actually checked on this when recording but I got sidetracked. It was 3am and my ADHD meds had run their course. But anyway no goldstandard... surprising. I have heard that engineering is pushed because of how many ships will need to be brought up to at least the level where you can manually swap components.

[@gambler1ish]

@@SubliminaLstv Damn, thanks for the quick reply too :) A shame seems like a missed opportunity really to kill several birds with one stone.

[@MisterFoxton]

Yeah there was no way CIG could get engineering ready in this timeframe. Adding physical components has been historically slow over the years and they'll need to do it for every single ship. Plus they need at least to figure out armour for engineering as well, which we've heard nothing about. I'm not we'll see it next year either.

[@velocitymg]

Later builds you may possibly be able to craft turrets for Hornets with blueprints

[@btr003]

I wonder.. if you have a Ghost in your hangar already and have the F7A MK2 upgrade token, would you be able to upgrade your Ghost to a new Ghost? That might be nice. I was never interested in upgrading the default Hornet.

[@fatal_bull]

Great vid.. keep it up bro! 👌

[@SubliminaLstv]

Thanks for watching!

[@fatal_bull]

​@@SubliminaLstvpersonally, I feel the Tracker sig should be huge obv in scan mode. Whilst by default.. same as the reg ship .. or maybe a lil higher cause of the additional profile? 🤷‍♂️

[@dunkyl]

Miss the blue livery of the mk I f7c-r

[@Cornerboy73]

I think I'll just keep my F7A; these are interesting features I guess but I'd rather just have the extra firepower.

[@SubliminaLstv]

And use the funds you get from blowing shit up with it to buy these if the tracker module or stealth module get a sure thing use case. And just use them for the components.

[@wildcard328]

hi subliminal. i have a question, i have all the old f7's and the base f7c mk 2. i have been holding on the old version because they are still in the game just not for sell. and i was wandering if CIG is going to rerelease them bigger and Badder? should i upgrade all the old f7's or wait and see what CIG will do with them?

[@SubliminaLstv]

I would wait. They may discontinue them and they could gain value on the gray market in the event you'd want to sell them. Maybe just buy the F7A if you want a new one and then buy the others in game if you want their unique components to put on the F7a.

[@calculuspi2070]

Not sure if it was mentioned, but it looks as if the video was cut short at the end?

[@MMORPG87]

been waiting on this one

[@corvoadam5598]

Since most of my fighters are stealth this thing would ruin my day, mind testing it aginst stealth ship?

[@ozramblue117]

The MK IIs certainly looks sleeker than the original f7 counterparts. Are they just straight up better or are there pros and cons keeping the original line relevant? Side note, it looked like a lot of your hits weren’t registering.

[@SubliminaLstv]

Not sure I need to wait for spviewer to update to know. And even then, things will be rebalanced. Yeah, kinda hard to tell with the particle effects on 11.

[@NinjaManZX10]

0:18 R for Recognition and S for Stealth

[@xXE4GLEyEXx]

They are pretty but the MK I has my heart.

[@SANTATRUCKS5507]

i never lose my f7a parts i put on my ghost you have to take the off in you hanger store them then repair your f7a theb those parts are diffrent and want disapeare after saving to your ghost load out

[@0Rosix0]

To decrease signatures, wouldn't you want to cut power to things like weapons/shields/engines and keep it on the coolers? "silent running"

[@SubliminaLstv]

Kinda but also no. Try turning off a cooler what happens, first there is a massive drop in IR. If you have sufficient cooling with that you've just reduced your sig. Keep turning off coolers and you will hit a point where one can't handle the load. So the same thing happens, massive drop in IR and then the IR starts to rise slowly up till your like super nova lol. I should make a video on it. But yeah one stealth class coooler, pp, and shield would be as low as possible. I found stealth class components with mil spec shields works good and doesn't sacrafice much defense.

[@juliancain6128]

Is the top Nav speed that same as the standard Mk.2? I didn't hear a number for the Tracker or Ghost.

[@SubliminaLstv]

Yes

[@kratoa92]

I've been calling them Specter and Ranger

[@mylegs123]

There are way too many Hornets that I just want to avoid the series of fighter at this point. CIG should at least make all MK2s as military only variants (drop the MK2 F-7c) and all MK1s as civilian (Mk1 F-7As got mothballed/converted to Cs). Ultimately MK1 (civilian) and MK2 (military} should just be modular platforms, because I cant imagine any new player enjoys this current system. There also better not be a MK2 F8

[@modusponen1447]

1:11 hopefully for painting targets.

[@SubliminaLstv]

I was suspecting maybe using it to send imagery of a player base from the air to a fleet. But I guess that serves the same purpose as you said, but your idea seems a lot cooler. 😅

[@Poxtor]

360p ?

[@tealwraith9045]

I say R is for reconnaisance and S is for stealth.

[@SubliminaLstv]

I think so now too.

[@DoubleYouRandyBe]

What should i do know wirh my poor MKI Ghost?😢

[@paratrooperz1]

darn it subliminal you failed to test the tracker as it was intended its a scan ship maybe there is new scan play? or range or something? but a tracker doesnt need to be in a fight its the first ship you send into pyro gate to see if other side is clear and then scan for anomalies

[@SubliminaLstv]

I really wanted to but to put this day into perspective I had just first looked the medipin and crusader and the three of them came out late. It was like 3am lol. And what really did me in was I didn't have access in AC. If they weren't missing from there I could have just spawned the ships and recorded data. In the verse I would need at least another person. I know it will eventually have larger scanning capabilities it could be today or not. Maybe I'll test and pin a comment. P. S. About new scanning capabilities, for sure no. I kinda did test it. Could have cut it out on accident. At most it can see things from farther away. The wormhole scanning your talking about is part of "exploration gameplay" and the that was in, you'd know about it lol. Probably the most popular gameplay loop ingame or out.

[@yugbe]

Isn't the R for Recon?

[@boxofcannons600]

I need to find a single crew fighter that I like that doesn’t cost $300.

[@SubliminaLstv]

F7-A MK2 during IAE?

[@christianmolick8647]

the red details on the ghost look cool but are too much, should have gone with all dark

[@wor.g]

Can someone ELI5 how the signatures work for stealthiness?

[@SubliminaLstv]

It used to be simply whatever the highest number is, is how far you could be seen in meters away. So a 6k sig in any three categories can be seen from 6k away.

[@mjones1665]

We're going to have Mk IV variants before the game goes to Beta ... 🤑🤑🤑

[@TheKodiak72]

Original Tracker model looks way better

[@alttoholic5837]

is there going to be a Mk II Super Hornet planned?

[@draemalicust1803]

Hmm I guess this doesn't allow links. On the RSI site they said the Super Hornet, Ghost and Tracker would get a Mk II when they told us the Mk I series would be discontinued.

[@draemalicust1803]

search for comm-link/transmission/19936-Hornet-Mk-I and then that info will be under Super Siblings.

[@solidcdr6]

yes

[@lildeep.]

r - recon s - stealth

[@waitwhat3707]

PC specs? Please?

[@SubliminaLstv]

subliminal.gg/mysetup/

[@btoiscool]

iirc the R is Recon

[@brianreyes3179]

wooo!

[@miszionX]

destroy the shield first, lasers do better at that

[@chipanda3814]

Disappointing he didn't test the radar

[@The-Red-Kraken]

We need to not have 50 difrent hornets, its time for new ships insted of changing a weapon mount and calling it a new ship.

[@SubliminaLstv]

Agreed. But I'm not sure how to fix the problem. I say make the new hornets better in every way except maybe one metric so it can have a niche. And then stop selling them so they become collectors items. Don't even display them at IAE unless it's like a history museum type setting. But not making MK II's isn't the answer IMO. I don't think it wastes much dev time to make them.

[@SeaRaven227]

@@SubliminaLstv What annoys me is we have modularity that works now, just make the modules available instead of making a bunch of different models. Sell the stealth cap, you put it on your hornet and it becomes a ghost. Same with the tracker module, just sell the module and when you put it on your base hornet model, it becomes a hornet tracker. Because right now it doesn't make sense, the reason the Ghost is stealthy is because of the cap, but people remove it and put a turret in for more firepower and it keeps the stealth bonus, that's just dumb and it will give people a false idea of what the ship is and we'll have another major "nerf" whine fest when they fix it.

[@SubliminaLstv]

@@SeaRaven227 Well my testing here shows that the cap does nothing today. Stealth is a factor stored on the ship for now. It's not about making sense right now, they know what needs to be done. It's about when is it a good time to do it? IMO its not that serious. We will look back on today and reminisce when the ghost had almost no downsides over the rest of the F7s (excluding the A). for sure that would make things easier. We also need to get rid of variants that are essentially just paint skins. They are slowly doing this . My gladius valiant is finally a skin that can be removed to just be he base

[@HelloStarCitizens]

The ghost is just lazy work

[@SubliminaLstv]

I don't know about that. More like giving us the bare minimum product for now and polish later. IMO I am fine just waiting for now at least stealth works. I put stealth components on it and it went down to like 5-6k and that is lower than I thought initially.

[@AveSinistra]

Eh

[@hichiroakuasa8644]

too much desinformation