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  1. Shadow Reaper

    CIG wants $20 for the Citizencon livestream

    Many great points here, and certainly there's no case to be made CIG is godlike in its ability to cope. I would like to address just one of the excellent points above however. Where Frad writes: "How many times do they make changes and only inform the community after the fact"? I think it is...
  2. Shadow Reaper

    Sad news to report: CosmicTrader's girlfriend has passed away

    So sorry for your loss. My deepest condolences.
  3. Shadow Reaper

    Here we go again: Mercury vs. Cutlass vs. Terrapin

    I haven't flown anything. I don't own a gaming machine right now. I am just curious about the complaints. I was disappointed they took the single S5 mount off the chin, but the speed, rotation and maneuverability are much higher than expected, and the armor is pretty tough as is. View...
  4. Shadow Reaper

    CIG wants $20 for the Citizencon livestream

    I think you're presuming an awful lot here. In his place, I would never have divined that the millennial masses would so erupt in tawdry, adolescent whining. Since this took CR by surprise, he did just what any good leader should do: took responsibility for this himself, and applied what seems...
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    Here we go again: Mercury vs. Cutlass vs. Terrapin

    I saw a vid where it appeared pretty quick given the original expectation. It's actually faster than the Mercury. Definitely undergunned and no missiles. I thought it has "double armor" so that you could go sans shields on those covert spy missions. So what's with that?
  6. Shadow Reaper

    CIG wants $20 for the Citizencon livestream

    I think it concerns the nature of crowdfunding more than anything else. To build the game CIG not only needs a huge chunk of cash, but a continuing revenue stream, and if the fans as a mob make the decision to walk away, the project would go tits up. CIG therefore makes every effort to involve...
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    lame-ass 27" monitors. . .puh!

    No, there is a shower head built into the robotic arm, adjustable from trickle to firehose, but with no off switch.
  8. Shadow Reaper

    CIG wants $20 for the Citizencon livestream

    Yeah, but look at CR's explanation. They're adding six figures for a pro vid team, just so people can have higher quality in the YouTube vids, which is where most people see it. I'm satisfied. This isn't for making money. It's for providing the best value to the patrons. CR still rocks in...
  9. Shadow Reaper

    CIG wants $20 for the Citizencon livestream

    I would be upset if they were charging people to see CitCon, but they're not. They're charging only to see it live. I think that is fair. They don't need to broadcast live. That diminishes the value of the actual seats. If you want to view live, pay $20. No big deal. If you don't have the...
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    Here we go again: Mercury vs. Cutlass vs. Terrapin

    I would melt the Terrapin to buy the Mercury, and then if you like switch it back. IIUC the purchasing dynamic, by the time either of them enter game you'll be earning cash in game and can buy whatever you like. Keep what you can fly now, and keep some to buy stuff as it comes on Concept if...
  11. Shadow Reaper

    lame-ass 27" monitors. . .puh!

    Yeah, what sovapid said above: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNjLWK-kwxM I will have three please. Yeah. That is 8k. There are some new 85" 8k monitors but they're not curved so you can't sit very close to them. If they were curved side to side and top top bottom, that would be...
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    lame-ass 27" monitors. . .puh!

    View: https://www.facebook.com/Engadget/videos/537239363399705/ I was actually thinking about the animatronics here. But 27" absolutely has to go. This needs at least 3, 44" highly curved screens. If the 'puter is built into the chair, I'd expect to pay $15k. Way out of reach, but still...
  13. Shadow Reaper

    new from NVIDIA

    Good luck with that! I hope you wrote something you can sell. I made the mistake of writing a TV series pilot, unaware at the time that the studios can't even look at it until one is a full Writer's Guild member (12 credits). Were I to do it again, I would write a made for TV movie, or MOE...
  14. Shadow Reaper

    Body Armor vs Ship Guns

    The original plan was that vehicle weapons were their own category and less than S1 ship's weapons, but I think they scratched that and are using S1's on vehicles. IIRC, the vehicle hits at the 25 v 25 event last week were all one-hit kills. So looks like S1's go right through all armor...
  15. Shadow Reaper

    Ok, I gave in and bought the Mercury!

    Has anyone ever fought with the thing with 4XS5 guns fixed? That would be very interesting to watch, especially if there ever develops a way to enhance the rotation rates with thruster upgrades. I have always loved the Lancer but this Mercury is just so beautious! If you could get blazing...
  16. Shadow Reaper

    Ok, I gave in and bought the Mercury!

    I think so long as you commit to run rather than fight, it's a great ship. Would love to see how it does in Void Armor. Should be a bigger breadwinner than the Connie for hauling cargo since it's faster, and of course you can run Data.
  17. Shadow Reaper

    [Video] Mercury Star Runner sale

    It's faster than a Lancer, and holds the cargo of an Aquila. Yup. Just wish they'd given it more guns and missiles.
  18. Shadow Reaper

    So, what can we postulate about the Mercury?

    I am annoyed that once more they are saying more than a single thing about the appointments, especially weapons, from the first appearance on the web. This just can't be by mistake, that it keeps happening. It looks like they want people excited enough to buy, but then want to be able to say...
  19. Shadow Reaper

    the Mercury Star Runner

    Still need to find out more. Looks like the manned turrets are remote manned, which means they will not work when spiked yet still need gunners--worst of all worlds. The Dorsal looks rear facing only and the ventral front facing only, so not especially happy with them. OTOH, functions like a...
  20. Shadow Reaper

    the Mercury Star Runner

    So what's on size, crew, etc? Anything you can copy and paste? Is this smaller than the Connie? Mass/thrust ratio better? Any pics? Does it look to have a hidable radar cross section? I do love the look of the Crusader ships.
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