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Entangled with this question is the effect of sharding on 'player owned' locations. The most likely course as expressed by CIG is that your base will exist on other shards, but as a non-destructible feature that others cannot access. As to defending a place - the cost of doing so effectively...

I started playing the game back in 2.6.3. That flight model hooked me; it felt natural enough that I could focus on the tactics rather than the controls. An example on game balance of how just one choice can make a huge difference.. do you remember how the ball turrets on the nose of the...

Systems; Armor, power transfer (control and gadgets), the reworked QT mode, HOPEFULLY a return to different types of weapon performance, shield performance, powerplant performance, signature adjustments vs sensor capabilities, a range of replaceable thrusters for each ship.. and probably a...

1) Don't know, doubt anyone at CIG knows. Willing to bet a LOT of $$ though that if Yogi AND CR are genuinely happy with the results, it's staying. 2) Rhetorical question? During the video Yogi pointed out that the SQ42 ships are tuned, but not the rest of the ships available in the PU. In...

Edit: I like that they are trying. Not as sure that I like what they are trying for. Engaging in combat should be a 'stop and think moment' for either side, and this does not seem to go in that direction. We will see; as always the devil will be in the details. DecoupledPilot did a Spectrum...

So how well did this hold up today LOL??

Feeling your sentiment here, BUT - The 'pixels' acquired for this game pay the salaries, rents and coffee habits of real people in real jobs. I don't even buy the argument anymore that it's not a physical thing. I've spent enough on motorcycles alone over the years to create levels high enough...

Sometimes the bug fix is to re-write the sub-system to work with changes in the fundamental codebase. Given that the QT system will be required to function across meshed servers, it seems likely that the effort to update it had been held until that baseline was reasonably functional. FWIW 'Long...

I mean, was an ok introduction up until the Drake shirt. But I suppose if there is an Aurora around there somewhere TEST would be obligated to accept that.. or just a can of beer. Which I KNOW Edmonton has in abundance. Retired US Navy Aviation, married into an Edmonton family many years ago...

This would make sense. Browsing through the starmap shows that Stanton is small compared to many (or most!) of SC's systems. However, I'd posit the thought that 'limiting' new players is a slightly subtle way of pushing them toward multiplayer. It might be more accurate to say "limiting...

@NaffNaffBobFace Actually, Libreoffice. But Excelsior has a more Royal ring to it ⚔ @BUTUZ Terriblepin FTW. @Richard Bong Agreed. The existing values served ok for what we've had, but it seems highly probable that there is considerable change incoming.

Actually, it is based on both. Right now the relationships between the planets and the star match up, which is how I confirmed the 1/10th AU thing. Don't know about a resizing at all; they could if they wanted to but given that the base values match the ARC Starmap that doesn't seem likely...

Or, How I Learned to Stop Rushing and Love the Medium Quantum Drive. As mentioned in a few of my other posts, I've been noodling around the idea of intersystem travel in this game. With the usual caveat of everything is subject to change without notice, reason, or communication, let's take a...

If you trust Yogi, genuine stealth gameplay will be back. Obviously we don't know the particulars, but as stealth/electronic warfare are my cup of Earl Grey I'll be watching very closely. Nothing wrong with the Sentinel at all. It is a superb PvE and PvP ship, solo or with a friend. It has...

@NaffNaffBobFace What you are talking about is THE fundamental balance issue that CIG faces. Everything else, ship weapons, flight models, legal system, economic simulation, all of it, is just details in answer to this question. Hopefully Todd Papy and the handful of royalty at the top...

Kind of in the same puddle of mud.. got a lot more in than what I use, and coming to the opinion that cutting the small ones in favor of a few really big ones makes quite a bit of sense. As a thought to ponder, many of the medium ships should become quite useful for the solo pilot once NPC...

You are missing my point. Turning off components reduces signatures; it is NOT bespoke stealth gameplay as we used to have. Also, turned off components drop EM; IR behaves very differently and may NEVER get down to those numbers depending on the ship's engines. And the detection algorithm will...

A topic still near and dear to my cold, dark, low-signature heart.. Before all the components were homogenized by Yogi's team in their impossible quest to achieve some semblance of balance in combat, "stealth" had meaning. It was an actual gameplay style with tradeoffs against military...

That'll be movie night, for inspiration. Along with Blues Brothers.

BMM and Kraken will not be the only marketplace ships. It's been stated several times now that a small food cart is on the list, and it's a sure bet there will be at least one in between. It has also been said that an owner of one of these ships will be able to hire NPC's as shopkeepers...