Golden Goat posted:

Lol, reddit's getting super paranoid.

Also:

Wulfling posted:

1800 new posts. For the love of god slow down damnit. I can't keep up with all this an still actually sleep and be functional!

MeLKoR posted:

Been going through this guy's history



practically encouraged?

Tokamak posted:

Star Citizen: First Time Trip Report.

- First thing I notice is the terrible head bob and claustrophobic feeling. This feeling never really went away, and the ships made things ten times worse.
- The Aurora is a space coffin, and the Mustang has a ladder at the bottom which you ~100% clip through the ship as you enter. The Hornet is the best starter ship by default because you enter the cockpit straight away (assuming the use button appears).
- It took me an hour to figure out to press v, to toggle FULL BURN mode. The default cruising speed is terribly slow.
- I flew to the security station and got shot before being able to enter and get a gun.
- I flew to Convalex station, and learnt that EVA suits behave like first person billiards. It is an empty station with some tape recordings in it. Upon leaving, a person started shooting at me, and discovered that I could strafe and rely on server lag to avoid all damage. While strafing, a second guy hijacked my ship, the first guy gave up shooting me and disappeared.
- Bored, I spent a while just ramming ships, and watching them bounce off like billiard balls. This was the only activity in the game which I enjoyed. Star Citizen has the physics code on lock for a fun billiards game.
- Figuring out that I need to try ship combat, I flew out of the armistice zone and got into a dogfight. I got some shots in but the other player was obviously better. When my shields depleted, I FULL BURNED back to the landing pad, exploded and watched ships bounce off in the periphery.
- I loaded up Arc Corp, but it is a empty map with people aimlessly running circuits around the map. I did not see the mythical buggies. Despite a garbage incinerator running indefinitely, there is a disconcertingly large number of garbage bags on the map. The only other people talking in chat was someone expressing confusion, and another person looking for space prostitutes.

Conclusion: What the gently caress is this game, and why is it so terrible. It is empty (Arc Corp, quite literally), and seems only to exist in order to showcase the premium ships. If this is what they have to show after 3 4 years, then I'd be worried. I don't know how any rational person would spend $45 on a basic package, let alone $10.

Dusty Lens posted:

I cannot wait for CS to send me an email explaining that I owe them money because someone I flipped a ship for got a chargeback.

Maybe they'll let me work it off for referrals.

Haskell9 posted:

Lol @ people not instantly perceiving that fuzzy was taking the piss PS hi from 10 pages ago jezus this thread is fast

Decrepus posted:

Looking for 50 people to crew my Idris pst.

Agrajag posted:

what the gently caress thread have you been reading for the past 1,697 pages?

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

I'm impressed it didn't crash.

DOMDOM posted:

Werner is clearly the only one who could do this justice.

darkarchon posted:

So guys quick question, as a German backer, what's the easiest way to get my refund? I got the usual yadda yadda email some point in December after opening my ticket starting November… anyway. I paid with PayPal so no chargeback here. Do I have any chance to cop out of this bullshit? I only spent like 50€ but I could use that money for better things right now.

MeLKoR posted:

Nope, that was a solid Dolvak if I ever saw one. "I'm not sure the mails are true but also I don't like care if they're true or anything, you know?"

D_Smart posted:

Problem is that a LOT of people are VERY upset about how the development and company are going, but can't say/do anything about it.

And those people are talking among themselves, not knowing who is talking to others (friends, family, industry contacts, media) outside of the enclave that is CIG/RSI.

They KNOW that this game has zero chance of being completed; and that when it all goes to poo poo, it's going to be a huge poo poo stain on their resumes, their rep and stuff they can't even talk about on the record (outside of a lawsuit in which they will be compelled to talk) because talking anon leaves a lot of room for people to make light of their plight.

Unfortunately for CIG/RSI execs (Chris, Erin, Sandi, Ortwin, Simon), there is only so much that they can keep a lid on, due to the fact that other people HAVE to be privy of certain company ops and decisions.

ps: I have a third meeting with the Feds on Feb 3rd, and another with State officials on Feb 17th. That is all.

Gilganixon posted:

take up warhammer 40k if you enjoy wasting thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours on pointless bullshit. you can actually play that game though so it might not scratch the SC itch

Tippis posted:

…also, CIG hosed up more than ever before. Again. As usual.

Tippis posted:

So… pretty much regular first-time knitting then?
e: Come to think of it, first-time anything, really. Starting small doesn't really seem to fit the current zeitgeist.

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

I multihobby by cooking the animals they put down at the shelter

Ask me for pics of my Garfield Lasagna

StarbloodKiss posted:

So if CIG came out and said "Okay, we were wrong."

StarbloodKiss posted:

I don't get what CIG gets by doing this since its doing a good job of pissing people off and thats about it.

Paladinus posted:

I pretend to buy a ship, and Chris Roberts pretends to sell it. Then I pretend there is a game to play.

Furism posted:

Started the 10 GB update download last night, came back this morning, patcher was stuck at 96 MB left. Now it's starting from scratch. Loving this.

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

Try and get into a long protracted argument with them and then post the logs here. It won't get you your 50€ back, but you'll at least feel you got value out of it.

quote:

> The development of the game is proceeding steadily, and a substantial part of the promised game offering dozens of gameplay hours

Sorry but I have to respectfully disagree on this point. The content in this "game" doesn't even fill 3 hours of gameplay, let alone a dozen. This "substantial part" of this "game" is abysmally programmed, with hundreds of bugs and crashes. I feel lucky when I get to play this game with 30fps on a decent rig and that for 30 minutes. There is no singleplayer campaign, there is no proper StarMarine release, there is nothing but smokes and mirrors. 16 player instances without any persistence while we were promised a "Baby PU" at the end of the year? Nothing here is persistent, I don't even see how one could call this a "PU" at all.

I still demand my refund since I did not receive my product as advertised. In the worst case I will contact PayPal directly to initiate the chargeback process, since obviously nothing of substance was released yet and no product came out of this process to date. I don't expect that there will be any product of any substance that will actually cover even 10% of the promises of Chris' Roberts himself.

AP posted:

darkarchon posted:

So guys quick question, as a German backer, what's the easiest way to get my refund? I got the usual yadda yadda email some point in December after opening my ticket starting November… anyway. I paid with PayPal so no chargeback here. Do I have any chance to cop out of this bullshit? I only spent like 50€ but I could use that money for better things right now.

Daztek posted:

Reminder

Dusty Lens posted:

I cannot wait for CS to send me an email explaining that I owe them money because someone I flipped a ship for got a chargeback.

Maybe they'll let me work it off for referrals.

Haskell9 posted:

Lol @ people not instantly perceiving that fuzzy was taking the piss PS hi from 10 pages ago jezus this thread is fast

darkarchon posted:

And so it begins, let's see what they will answer me.