Starlite revealed...and...Is Star Citizen introducing too many ships?

[Thalstan]

All,

I present to you...the StarWhale...I mean Starlite

Another MISC ship, this looks like it might be a single or two person refueling ship OR, capable of hauling new liquid cargos (assuming they put liquid cargos in)

It's interesting and it gives us our first refueling starter ship...oh wait, that was the Vulcan
Sorry, increases the number of starter refueling ships available....ummm, sorry, still waiting on the Vulcan....
Gives us our first usable refueling starter ship.


Okay, seriously. Ironclad x2 (I know, it's had its concept), Pitbull, M80, Starlite, and Odin...and we are still another 7 days away from the start of DefenseCon, so I am expecting at least 2 more ships (Thursday and Friday)
I know they are wanting to hype things, but I wonder if they might be pushing harder than they should and causing problems for themselves overall

 

[BUTUZ]

Great because refuelling is such an epically fun and profitable career.

/sigh

 

[Lorddarthvik]

Great because refuelling is such an epically fun and profitable career.

/sigh

You're not wrong, but TBH I was doing salvage missions in a Vulture in Nyx, I could've really used someone to refuel me so I wouldn't have to keep going back to refuel after every single job. It's a large system for small ships like that and 3 out of 5 jobs took me so far from Levski that I had to check before jumping to the job if there was another station closer to it, otherwise I couldn't have made it back.

I see a use for this in extended industry ops for smaller ships. I know I know, we have the large keg carrier for that already... but not everyone has one of those expensive and up till now pretty much useless ships ready to go. More options is more better.

I like this one, it's in keeping with the MISC design language and looks like a no-nonsense option for those who want to try this gameplay loop. They just need to set the price right.

 

[Sky Captain]

Well … it looks like a MISC … I guess that’s good.

Maybe the MISC industrial and transport ships are feeling a little too similar now though?

I’ll need to fly it and see.

Its good to see the refueling game loop getting some love.

 

[Shadow Reaper]

Yes. Too many new ships and too little attention paid to build ships people pledged for a decade ago. Where is the Crucible? Where is the MM?

 

[Brictoria]

I like this one, it's in keeping with the MISC design language and looks like a no-nonsense option for those who want to try this gameplay loop. They just need to set the price right.

With the way that CIG seem to be trying to release 4 different tiers of industry ships ("light" and "heavy" ships for both solo and multicrew), I'd guess that this will be a "heavy" solo variant, probably priced around the same as the Prospector, Fortune, and Expanse.

I'm guessing some time in the future we'll be seeing a "light"/entry level refueler in a starter pack, as well.

 

[NomadicHavoc]

Not possible to release too many ships…at least not for this man child! I’m super happy that they’re fleshing out our options and thinning out that backlog faster and faster.