Any guesses about a surprise ship this IAE?

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I'm planning on skipping the Ghost & Tracker versions of the Hornet MK II, but I would be willing to pick up a Super Hornet variant of the Hornet MK II if for no other reason than to have a copilot to ride along while doing some crazy flying & blasting the song Danger Zone for the feels.
Best reason I've ever heard to buy a ship in this game !! This is supposed to be FUN, after all :)
 

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If you don't include November at all this year is trending to finish behind 2020. With a great IAE they will beat 2020, but that is still a big loss compared to 21, 22 and 23.
honestly, that's only because of a poor CitizenCon release. go back to September and things are pretty decent compared to 2023. However, the Starlancer was not the cash cow they envisioned compared to the Zeus which attracts a lot of different playstyles.. There is also one other thing. The Hull C and a big hull pack was released, allowing people to get the Hull E with LTI if they wanted. This was a huge boon to their bottom line.
 

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umm, yeah, no fat fury is what I was thinking...

as for 4.0, they will slap a LIVE tag on it sometime in December, and it will finally work sometime next year...if at all
You keep talking like this, Santa might not visit.. even if it does come true lol. As someone who has been in 4.0 almost daily, it is coming along well but there is a metric ****ton of changes to get functional.
 

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Hmmm, Murai day and no sign of any Guardian unless I've missed something?
In the IAE Show this morning it was indicated tthat the Guardian will be coming in 4.0. So probably immediately after IAE, as that patch is still problematic.
During today's IAE show, they did have Jax flying around in a Guardian showing it off & then later it mentioned the MISC Fortune in passing. So CIG was trolling us with teases.

umm, yeah, no fat fury is what I was thinking...

as for 4.0, they will slap a LIVE tag on it sometime in December, and it will finally work sometime next year...if at all
Blame all the streamers that kept saying that they'd be just happy to have 4.0 in the PTU let alone being active in the Live version.
 

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Yep, it is a tiny bit of a disappointment that the Guardian is not on sale during IAE's MISC day. But it is so heavily hinted that it's due to be released with 4.0 that they might as well just say so.

CIG probably think they'll get more revenue in the medium term by selling it away from IAE, when there's already enough ships to tempt us to part with our money. No real need to have a hot new ship compete for business against the hull-limited ships, starlancers, the medical terrapin and the Anvil Paladin. I probably missed some. So disappointing but it makes plenty of sense.
 

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Yep, it is a tiny bit of a disappointment that the Guardian is not on sale during IAE's MISC day. But it is so heavily hinted that it's due to be released with 4.0 that they might as well just say so.

CIG probably think they'll get more revenue in the medium term by selling it away from IAE, when there's already enough ships to tempt us to part with our money. No real need to have a hot new ship compete for business against the hull-limited ships, starlancers, the medical terrapin and the Anvil Paladin. I probably missed some. So disappointing but it makes plenty of sense.
Honestly, as Mirai is a blend of human & Xi'an tech, it wouldn't have surprised me if the put the Guardian up for sale during the next Alien week. If it comes out before then, I won't be complaining.
 

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Space-Ronin gameplay loop confirmed! Now all we need are those weird wooden platform sandals...
And one of them umbrella style hats too! Gotta go alll the way while you're at it...

Dual wielding Katanas?

By Hattori Hanzo's beard and the Spirit of 1000 folds of Nippon Steel, that's historically inaccurate!! CIG Baka!!!
What he says!!!
And the armor gotta be red!
Like, Deadpool red!
CIG Baka!!!
 

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Surprised they aren't on sale ... with LTI...
You do realize that the IAE has a day for FPS equipment too, right?
Remember when the Red Alert packs dropped..?
 
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In the main hall at Tobin expo centre today some dude was running round firing a rifle! All the NPCs were running for cover and cowering. No clue how he managed to do that. (It wouldn’t let me carry my rifle, as normal). Anyway, CIG already sell knives and perhaps are about to sell swords, so what’s the in-game reason someone can’t get all stabby in an armistice zone? And really, why do we need them anyway? Star Citizen is hardly about to become Elden Ring.

On and I am slightly excited to find out if the rumours of an Anvil Paladin are accurate or not. Maybe Garman Humble and the swords are some sort of pastiche way to tease this Paladin?
 
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