Piracy [In-Game Occupation] Let's raise the Black Flag! (TEST Piracy)
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GorgonPornstar
Lieutenant
Piracy is the whole reason I'm interested in Star Citizen. I'd love to help gather some booty and booty.
Okay gents, whats your pirate ship(s) of choice?
Me, I like to keep it simple:
Cutlass: Fight, Board, Loot.
Caterpillar: Something something modular something something boarding. Who knows at this point?
Anyone got some wacky ideas for having a Banu MM or Starfarer pirate ship?
Me, I like to keep it simple:
Cutlass: Fight, Board, Loot.
Caterpillar: Something something modular something something boarding. Who knows at this point?
Anyone got some wacky ideas for having a Banu MM or Starfarer pirate ship?
StarDragon
Lieutenant
Freelancer might work, cargo space, room for boarding party, DUR has boobs too, that's always a plus
I really have no idea how piracy will work out in the pu. I imagine a lot of pirates will probably go around in wolf packs with a cargo ship like the caterpillar tailing them to hold the loot. But that's a guess, so I don't know what ships will work best. Someone posted awhile back that we should pirate in a Bengal carrier - hell, for all I know if we could actually fly one of those it might even work - for now I got a redeemer for piracy its basically got all the percs of a Cutlass; actually it really is just an upgraded cutlass.
StarDragon
Lieutenant
Hm, maybe i should fly escort to our pirate activities, the wolf pack thing does sound rough. maybe we should travel in a pack too.
Honestly what is better than having a couple of connies? You've already got decent speed, you've got cargo room and deployable fighters that are faster than the connie itself. They've got more than enough firepower to be threatening and if you've got say 3 of them, then there ain't no trader that is going to think they can get away from that or come out on top. If you have to, snubs disable the engines.
Honestly, I think pirates are mostly going to have to hang up the cutlass for it, just because everyone already thinks that anyone in a cutlass is automatically a pirate and all pirates fly cutlasses. Yes they have a bit of cargo room and a bit better ability to put in boarding parties, but it's a red flag as to what you're doing and that cargo space isn't enough for attacking anything bigger than a freelancer. Having a Herald along with every group though I think is going to be a must for Ewar and coms jamming.
There have been some people saying they'l pirate in a BMM, but I don't think it'l be fast enough to actually accomplish that well. As the for starfarer... the spacewhale likely isn't a good candidate beyond extended operations support. There is supposed to be a military variant, but who knows what it'l get.
Honestly, I think pirates are mostly going to have to hang up the cutlass for it, just because everyone already thinks that anyone in a cutlass is automatically a pirate and all pirates fly cutlasses. Yes they have a bit of cargo room and a bit better ability to put in boarding parties, but it's a red flag as to what you're doing and that cargo space isn't enough for attacking anything bigger than a freelancer. Having a Herald along with every group though I think is going to be a must for Ewar and coms jamming.
There have been some people saying they'l pirate in a BMM, but I don't think it'l be fast enough to actually accomplish that well. As the for starfarer... the spacewhale likely isn't a good candidate beyond extended operations support. There is supposed to be a military variant, but who knows what it'l get.
"everyone already thinks that anyone in a cutlass is automatically a pirate and all pirates fly cutlasses."
Ok . . . when the game goes live I am going to pirate in my cutlass red.
Ok . . . when the game goes live I am going to pirate in my cutlass red.
"because everyone already thinks that anyone in a cutlass is automatically a pirate and all pirates fly cutlasses."
That's racial profiling omg. #notallpirates
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That's racial profiling omg. #notallpirates
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I'm thinking for ships:
Daily Driver(with TEST PALS):
Stealth setup Super Hornet with some type of smuggling Big Box-H
Sneak some illegal poaching Ect...
Max Murder Mode(Solo/Team): a Redeemer full of NPC Heavies
(Possibly the Espera Prowler, I don't know since I have neither) 1) shoot engines 2) drop in 6 heavies 3)... 4)PROFIT!
Stretch Goal: MISC Reliant
(ie Mobile space drug lab/
'I'll fix your character up, im a space doc... Well I did some veterinary school.'
Also full of NPC Heavies lol)
Daily Driver(with TEST PALS):
Stealth setup Super Hornet with some type of smuggling Big Box-H
Sneak some illegal poaching Ect...
Max Murder Mode(Solo/Team): a Redeemer full of NPC Heavies
(Possibly the Espera Prowler, I don't know since I have neither) 1) shoot engines 2) drop in 6 heavies 3)... 4)PROFIT!
Stretch Goal: MISC Reliant
(ie Mobile space drug lab/
'I'll fix your character up, im a space doc... Well I did some veterinary school.'
Also full of NPC Heavies lol)
A lot of the ships out now are short range fighters - so what does that mean for pirates? Will we need to snag an asteroid base to pirate out of, or will we need long range ships that can let us stay our longer? Will we need large ships like to Idris to get our guys in hornets to their mark or will we all need to fly vanguards and retaliators?
We really might need to wait till 2.0 until we know for sure I guess.
We really might need to wait till 2.0 until we know for sure I guess.
WarrenPeace
Space Marshal
In fact, how much is fuel and munitions going to influence the cost of piracy? If you have to jump two systems over and cruise for 2 hours to reach a good hunting grounds, is that going to be a large expenditure? Will you have to stick to areas close to your asteroid base? Will you be able to take some good hits and still make a profit, or will replacing a slagged panel blow the entire trip? *speculates frantically*
I have a starfarer. Just how many fighters do you think it can refuel on one tank?
I'd say between " a lot" and "a fuckload". Those fuel tanks are all bigger than a Freelancer, imagine if they're topped off.
I hope the Caterpillar has a mini-fuel tank module so it can top off fighters and act as a defensible micro tanker.
We just need to get a Pegasus Carrier and park it wherever, TEST PALS 'SS Treasure Hord'.
Until then let's find a pirate base and take it and make it a pirate base.
Until then let's find a pirate base and take it and make it a pirate base.
StarDragon
Lieutenant
Some guy wrote about EWarfare in the forums and it got me thinking that masking our signature to not be there and then BOOM...that could be rather fun.
Ewar could only mask certain types, no way it could block thermal. Nothing will be perfect to hide or detect. Jamming coms so they can't call for help and speed to catch up and intercept are going to be the most important things imo. We don't know yet if cargo will slow down speeds or just make them hard to maneuver. Masking is going to typically mean going slow or using something else to offset sensors. The longer we take, the longer there is for something to go wrong.
I'm really glad the Herald is getting a priority, hope that means CIG is working on jamming/EWAR along with it. I have a Herald, but I might melt it for the Warlock variant of the Avenger, since Chris Roberts teased that is was a focused jamming variant.
Hopefully jamming works so you can't give out your specific location in game (aka 414.452x59013.242x1013.93 as opposed to "oh im 2 AU from the Asteroid belt!"), and you can't give it out via 3rd party comms or anything like that.
I hope theres a really cool "cat and mouse" meta where some merchants try to stealth out their ships and escorts, and pirates (who will probably be pretty stealthy, at least for the scouts/hunters if not the backup as well) will have to hunt em down. Pirates vs bounty hunters will also be interesting!
Hopefully jamming works so you can't give out your specific location in game (aka 414.452x59013.242x1013.93 as opposed to "oh im 2 AU from the Asteroid belt!"), and you can't give it out via 3rd party comms or anything like that.
I hope theres a really cool "cat and mouse" meta where some merchants try to stealth out their ships and escorts, and pirates (who will probably be pretty stealthy, at least for the scouts/hunters if not the backup as well) will have to hunt em down. Pirates vs bounty hunters will also be interesting!
