Amarcarts posted:

Does it seem weird to anyone else that they are making all the ships first and then the gameplay environment? Like why not make one fighter, one medium multicrew, and one large multicrew and let that be it for a while while you get everything else working. Then when you are happy with the technical aspects you go into hiring overdrive on the artists and pump out assets.

Bootcha posted:

I suppose you want the artists you hired to keep making art, to make you feel like something's getting done, while you fumble around with the core of the product.

EDIT: Oh god, I'm watching the Wing Commander movie, as I plug away at my own video.

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

"It is not designed to go toe to toe with the regular multicrew ships like the Connie, Tali or Freelancer who dwarf the Cutlass not only in size but also weaponry and crew size. "

Then what the gently caress is it supposed to fight?

Chocobo posted:

My otterbox has saved my phone 50 times over, best hundred bucks I ever spent.

Angela Christine posted:

She's probably cold. She's an extremely thin woman in a room full of fatties. If the room was warm enough to be comfortable for thin women, then all the fatties would be sweating.

Amun Khonsu posted:

I wonder how often Ben eats beans

Bootcha posted:

I suppose you want the artists you hired to keep making art, to make you feel like something's getting done, while you fumble around with the core of the product.

EDIT: Oh god, I'm watching the Wing Commander movie, as I plug away at my own video.

Sappo569 posted:

Tippis posted:

Not the same without the music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT8OU5WtfkQ

G0RF posted:

quote:

havent logged into the launcher in 2 weeks, havent been on TS in a week, havent been on the forums in more than a month, I dont bother watching any of the "information" CIG releases....

havent been happier in years.

funny story: someone at work said "it will be done soon" about something completely unrelated and i nearly punched them in the face.

illectro posted:

I do, but you seemed to be unaware that Frontier: Elite 2 included planetary access, seamless or otherwise.

Prior to that there was of course Starglider II, Damocles and a host of other excellent titles that provided spaceflight with planetary access.

Perhaps it means nothing to UC or LOD, but it's essential to things like Orbiter & Kerbal Space Program. Also, in the Infinity: Battlescape prototype it worked well, coming in from space at 20km/sec and using the atmosphere to slow down into the middle of a firefight. Flying like an aircraft for a bit while fighting, then fighting a running battle against 3 other players as I escaped into space and hit warp speed, the game is better for this 'gimmick'.

Now as to whether Star Citizen needs a 2 minutes+ on rails landing sequence every time you land, well... just remember that the Elite Design Decisions Forum members originally asked for 5-10 minute frameshift drive flights after hyperspace, it wasn't until after this was actually in the game that it got cut down to 1-2 minutes. Immersion is great the first time but gets boring fast.

A Neurotic Jew posted:

Reposting for a new page.

G0RF posted:

No, I get that it's not unprecedented-- I'm just saying if CIG has made it policy to underreport transaction values on merchandise so as to avoid paying appropriate fees-- then it's yet another bullet point to add to the big list of financial misdeeds. A minor offense compared to many of the rest but interesting in that it reinforces their image of cutting any corner possible to make a buck, even if it heightens their own risk of later penalty.

Derek Smart-- will you be writing a new post? "Interstellar Frauds"?

D_Smart posted:

Actually we've been looking into this one for sometime now. In fact, one of my researchers has been involved in checking the Chinese factories they use for this crap to see if they are sweat shops, use child labor etc.

AP posted:

Which to be fair is ridiculous as I expect Bond villains have much better planning and scheduling on their projects.

Sappo569 posted:

Agrajag posted:

bond villains actually make soemthing

Jobbo_Fett posted:

But they are almost all terrible on the execution...

Huh, I guess CiG is an evil organization and CR is the bond villain.

Agrajag posted:

bond villains actually make soemthing

Mirificus posted:

Oh Karl...



https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/3so3ij/has_anyone_else_completely_checked_out/cwzh1xv?context=3

D_Smart posted:

Actually we've been looking into this one for sometime now. In fact, one of my researchers has been involved in checking the Chinese factories they use for this crap to see if they are sweat shops, use child labor etc.

D_Smart posted:

Actually we've been looking into this one for sometime now. In fact, one of my researchers has been involved in checking the Chinese factories they use for this crap to see if they are sweat shops, use child labor etc.

AP posted:

Also while I remember Sandi said the Austin office isn't closing and plenty of people there as part of her fake humour act.

I believe from what Derek & that Bandit guy on twitter who leaked stuff too, that they are closing that office and moving to a cheaper Austin location and I also assume they shot 14 episodes worth of content in Austin just to cover that up. If that's true this intended deception by filming stuff to use later is only going to look more dodgy after the fact to anyone with any common loving sense. Unless they really did sign another year for that large Austin office just to prove Derek Smart wrong about something.

D_Smart posted:

They're moving. I don't know why people just don't ask them - flat out - in the forums or in chat when they have these stupid videos.

A Neurotic Jew posted:

I can't parse the "123123 get a refund troll" part of Karl's post. Is it like when you tell a robot something it doesn't understand and starts spitting out random words before breaking down?

Sappo569 posted:

They did, the questions were ignored