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These things were all expected save the removal of the vehicle bay. There is a large space between the cargo hold and torp room that is unmarked. Is this perhaps the new vehicle bay? It used to be aft. They did not mention removing it but it seems this is what they did. I'm not happy. OTOH...

Does this mean we'll have the ability to redesign ships in game and get permission to fly them in the PU? Could this lead to specialist modding services that you take your ship to and have altered to your liking, then passed through CIG...

I personally want to be able to pop back and forth between two PCs, one for solo play and one for elaborate play, and each with three NPCs I can attach. It’s too early for me to say where to get the NPCs. If paying $5@ means I don’t need to pay an NPC a salary, that sounds good to me, but until...

Very coincidentally, this 3:1 ratio (which I had never heard of) is pretty much what I was planning on. As a general rule of thumb, my expectation has been that the Polaris would be crewed by 5 bridge officers with no NPCs aboard, 5 turret gunners that also serve as marine squad leaders who...

That’s brilliant. Let’s hope that’s on the table. I don’t recall whether they said NPCs would be assignable to others than their players. If they are, a tool that allows this to happen quickly in real time would really maximize the value of a large org. As to CIG changing their minds about...

That’s a lot to respond to. Please don’t think me rude for just taking a single issue you’ve raised. In the case of extended duration service, be it exploration, mining on the fringe, or military incursions deep into Vanduul territory—where you can’t expect to leave easily—one hopes players...

This discussion comes up seasonally, yet each time no one seems to recall what CIG has said about NPCs from the start. Since before they floated the notion of having various skill levels for NPCs and charging more for higher skilled characters, they were clear that NPCs would be more skilled...

. . .All to the glory of TEST. I was looking at the Odyssey today and thought “man, that is a big ship!” Well it is and it got me thinking about just how large the hanger is. It looks to be about 40m long and almost as wide. Normally, we think about ship hangers as to what they can carry...

I have the same concern when I see twin S5s. I think they want to give it more than twin S4, and got lazy. Made sense before the 3.14 nerf but doesn’t anymore. I wish we’d see more quad S4s, and a triple S4 would be cool on a triangle shaped ship. I’m not sure this has any direct competition...

I love this stuff. Though I like RP, I don't want to be controlled by the requirement to constantly foster immersion. I prefer more laid back. They're all Skunkworks, so they've done dozens of mil sim missions together. They all speak the same language and they're all super clear...

I guess we can’t compare this with the Railen since we don’t have SCM speeds, but I still think this is a lot of ship for the price. I expect we’ll see lots of solo pilots ignoring the pool table and turrets, telling us how this is a great solo ship and losing them to pirates, in about 8 years.

Is this CNN above? Fake News! I say! Fake News! Jax staged this to ramp up support for the move to Pyro. I’m sure the authorities will shortly announce huge bounties available to return Jax “dead or alive” with greater payment for the former. Who was taping Jax? This is obviously a fake...

There are a lot of us waiting on the Sons of Orion (SoO) storyline, where we can earn big pesos killing Vanduul cap ships. IMHO, the best case for this is not the Idris, but the Polaris with several (9?) scout ships like the Arrow in its hanger. If we suppose 9 Arrow scouts, used to locate and...

IIRC, mission progression is slated to survive beta launch, yes? Seems that ought to tilt game activity hard onto mission progress. If that progress survives beta launch, doesn't this make mission running the only sensible grind?

Just bear in mind that long before the Galaxy is released, the Nautilus and Polaris will be in game, and once players figure out how to generate cash with the Polaris, it is going to become the meta for small groups. Best I can tell is it will require 11 players minimum, which is twice the need...

You bring up a question that has plagued me for some time. If you use your Lib as a base for whatever, you still need to resupply it somehow. If for example the Lib is supporting a wing of Eclipse, the Eclipse will need their S9torps replaced, so you need to have something flying in with both...

I absolutely love this ship. It’s just what the doctor ordered-an RSI version of the Carrack. Every manufacturer ought to aspire to build on this scale. Still, I am disappointed by the work so far. Where are the Electronic Warfare, and Command and Control modules? Where are the ordinance and...

Cool vid. After watching it twice I’m not certain I have any take aways. I will make two guesses. I think the best teacher here has got to be repeated experience from every position on the field. First, it didn’t appear the Ares were contributing much. They seemed to die quickly and had...

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I think it's a bit anal to quibble over whether the Avenger and 300 are actually "starter ships". I seem to recall the vast majority of the players in this forum deciding the Titan was the best starter ship just a year or so ago and it has held that title for years. Players driving the Reliant...