Attention new players- its also really important to login during christmas time. The free Luminalia gifts are one of the few persistent items that survive wipes because they're account bound.
24:27 Attn: New Players. If you don’t have a backpack you can move lootable items into the local section of inventory. The proceed to enter your ship and if it has stowage space, you can transfer the items to your ship from local. You can buy storage SCU boxes from cargo centers on space stations in 1, 2, 4, or 8 sized boxes for additional storage space.
It took me a solid week to figure this out, after leaving without a backpack about 20 times. It is INVALUABLE info. I spent yesterday running around mining outposts for loot boxes, and loading up on CRUZ/Food, undersuits, and throwaway armor to ferry back to my home station that way I have backups when I - frequently - die.
I have had star citizen since the crowdfund in like 2011, and never actually played for a while, as the game was always laggy at the start. But recently while playing after a good 15 minutes my game was just butter smooth, and I have learned so much watching your videos. Thank you for all your work, keep it up!
I mean if you see 15 minutes gameplay as achievement; that is really a big thing for Star Citizen. I have been around since 2012 and I open a bottle every time I can actually complete a mission that is not pewpew.
You have to give it to CIG, what they are doing IS impressive although it took them over a decade to get here. Even if they don't succeed, they're setting the tone for future space MMOs. I've been following the development all along, really hoping for this game to become a reality but also staying critical all along and I always hesitated giving them my money. But I have to say, I can see a puzzle slowly coming together. Even if it stays in this tech-demo state, I'm looking forward to have a look at it myself and fly around a bit, and with 3.23 on the way and with the new system, it seems like now is a good time to finally give it a try. Pulled the trigger yesterday and am downloading the files as I'm writing.
Got my pre-built PC coming on Thursday. Can't wait to get into Star Citizen. I've been watching your videos and ship reviews. Thanks for the guide. I signed up and used your referral code. Great channel. Can't wait to join the universe!
As environmental hazards (and the occasional stairs) can cause injuries it might be good for beginning players to include the existance and use of a med pen into the guide. These pens can be purchased at various shops such as pharmacies or found in the various loot crates around the verse. Having at least one of these pens (the red Hemozoral pen helps with bleeding) along is advisable as you never know when an accident may occur. These single use pens can be a real life saver for the player themselves but can also be used to provide aid to other players. When in hand the default settings are left-click to apply to yourself and right-click to apply to another player if you are close enough.
I definitely need to re-watch this. I was completely out of my element when I fired up the game for the first time last night. I immediately died after landing my ship on the outside of a space station and stepping outside without a spacesuit. Then, I crashed into it and tumbled through space until I passed out and ran out of oxygen. Awesome game, will play again 10/10.
Thank you for this video, I am new to Star Citizen. My friend recently got it and I watched him play it. It has some bugs but it’s not unplayable and is very detailed with lots to do! They are upfront about it being in Alpha and that’s all I ask with games like this. None the less they continue to bring it updates and support it so I’m all for giving it a shot!
One thing that all start up videos miss is how to use your scanner to ping dark space stations or for landing at dark locations. Those were the two biggest issues I had when I first started playing.
Hey, great video! I had some questions for players and community members to help me decide on whether to pick up the game 1) how much ship customisation is there? Can i place decorations, build rooms onto my ship and customise the exterior? 2) what is exploration like in game? With enough money and a decent ship, can i fly around and explore like i can in no mans sky? 3) is there any sort of base building? If so, what game is it more similar to? 4) how involved is the multiplayer? Can my brother and i build bases and play games without waking up to a raid that will wipe us? 5) how much real world money will i need to spend? Can i buy my way in and play from there or should i expect to spend money on microtransactions etc
1) Not much at this stage, there are external paints but they can sometimes be difficult to acquire (or cost real money) 2) You can explore pretty much anywhere, but right now there is only 1 star system - 4 planets, and a handful of moons. As the game expands, it's expected to grow 3) Not in the current patch. It's a planned future feature 4) N/A - no base building yet 5) Lots of people buy extra ships, but per this video, you don't need to; you can buy them in-game with in-game currency. The people who spend about $50 often get the best value from the game.
One quick correction: When starting the ship, "flight ready" defaults to Right-Alt + R. The shortcuts I and O will toggle your engines and shields, respectively, but they will not put your ship in to a flight-ready state. Also, the default hotkey for calling ATC is Left-Alt + N.
Thanks, I can never remember the new flight ready bind, although I and O still work to bring on the power and engines, which is essentially flight ready. I used them earlier today :)
You sound like you a feeling better. Glad to hear it. This is a good intro video. If I find another friend that I would like to introduce the game to sending them this video would be super useful. Enjoy the new year and keep doing great work. 👍🏻
Thank you, I am! Although I actually recorded this one before the last one - takes a lot of work to edit these things. Best wishes for new year when it arrives
Very nice video as per usual sir. These guides are especially appropriate for people like me who only jump into the game every 3 months or so to check on the progress of the game. I must say from, geez what version did I buy an Avenger on sale? 3.0? 2.9? Geez can't remember. There has been significant progress in the game. Yeah some things are a little gimpy still, but it's getting there. These guides will surely help out new players as there are no real "tutorials" in game as of yet. Have you thought of having sort of a quick playthrough video with one of the starter ships? Like "Hi, I literally have nothing but an Aurora/Mustang. Let's get started" videos? Obviously it doesn't have to be intense but maybe more of a "Ok here is your first 20K of credits". Notice I didn't say 30k...So there is not dirty words in there.
That's damn awesome! However I guess it might change just a touch with each patch. I'm going to look up those videos. Thanks for helping the community.@@Farrister
Hey Farrister it would be great to have a guide that's like 1 step more advance then this, showing slightly more niche but still common things you might need to know how to do, like how to scan things with your ship, how to use missiles, how to toggle different flight modes and why you might want to do this & explaining how g-safe and decoupled work and how to use them, how to heal another player, how to change fire modes, how to throw a grenade and not kill yourself etc, those are just the ones that I can think of immediately but I'm sure there's loads more. Stuff that players returning to the game after a while will likely have forgotten how to do, or that new players might not even know is possible. While there are plenty of videos on these topics individually on youtube, it's kind of a case where you don't know what you don't know, so might not think to search for a guide on something when you're barely aware it's even a function that exists.
These are always good to update every once in a while so a newcomer won't see only years old instructions that might be out of date. As for the starter ship I'd recommend the trusty old Aurora package. It's a perfectly good starter at the lowest price point and you can upgrade it later to any ship you've tried in the game and pay only the difference in the ship prices.
Personally I would suggest against the Aurora package, the titan (be it more expensive) makes the game infinitely more playable. The Aurora can be a good starter but as far as gameplay loops go the titan just made me want to play so much more.
@@larry3174 As someone who has had an Aurora, Cutter, C8X, and a Titan - I do really enjoy the Titan for it's general "Fighter meets small storage with a bed", and it's currently what I have my old LTI Aurora upgraded to. But out of all the starters, the C8X Pisces is easily my favorite entry level ship. It's quick, maneuverable, it looks nice, it has plenty of space to ferry around small boxes if that's your jam, it can take some hits, and the weapons are no slouch if you are precise with your shots, and has two passenger seats if you want to do response beacons or ferry friends around. The only real downside is the lack of a bed, but it'll get you far enough money wise to get yourself a Nomad and sort that issue out permanently if you're a solo player. The Cutter sits between the Titan and the Aurora for me - as a ship, it's beautiful with a great interior and modern QoL stuff, but it absolutely eats it in speed and maneuverability. It's a casket with two engines, if you're a new player not used to the flight system. I started with the Aurora with LTI back during the kickstarter, and when I finally got the chance to enter it, fly it, and put boxes in it, I regretted not shelling out the extra $20 for the 300i. It was an absolute nightmare of a ship. Getting in and out of it were a pain, half the time the interaction menu wouldn't respond to mouse-overs and clicks, and the thing really feels like "Well, I need something to get me off the planet".
Great video! You are my favourite source of Star Citizen videos :) I particularly enjoy the drydock and ship reviews never give up! Youre a wicked sick legend!
Excellent video Farrister! This is a very detailed guide and will give new citizens a great start in the verse. Have to say though, I disagree with your use of light mode on the RSI website 😄
Would welcome a complete new player experience including the spawning in bed, figuring out where to get ships and supplies; navigating hanger lifts (that took me 30 mins to figure out i needed to scroll the mouse wheel to find a hanger,.. i literally ran to every lift i could find before someone in chat helped me out.) Then the process of getting into a ship, and flying it out (I took ages trying to figure out how to make ship fly, and i eventually gave up when i couldn't figure out how to get out of vtol. So yea perhaps some basics as well like selecting places to fly to for missions, mining, navigating menu's, etc etc. Sort of a dumbed down baby's 1st steps would be nice
Terrific video. The idea of this game has always captured my imagination, but one hurdle or another has always made me stop short of pulling the trigger on actually buying it. Now and again the battle lines are redrawn for another furious mental debate and with my birthday coming up in a few weeks, the timing of finding your channel couldn’t be better. Perhaps this time…..
Great video thank you, I have been debating this game for a very long time, the one thing that holds me back is its been in Alpha for so long and I don't know anyone that plays :(
The Alpha is a tough one, it depends on your attitude to bugs and incomplete-ness. You can make friends really quickly with the game however, seeking out an org is a great start point
@@Farrister LoL, You can laugh, but you DO indeed have a really great voice!! And it's always enjoyable to listen to. So I am both well entertained AND informed by watching and listening to your content. Imagine how much harder it would be if it were no video, just radio, and you had all that info to lay out for listeners!! I personally think you would probably have been well up for that challenge!!.
if you want a little easier start i would get a Vulture and start off working Salvage, although you def don't have to.... i started the aurora (the basic pack) and am now a multi millionaire owning all the big ships:)
@@Farrister oh ye 100%, i highy recommend Against buying any starter ships since you can make pretty decent money pretty quickly :) you just have to figure out how to do stuff. Also, having ships you want to buy adds goals and reasons to play the game as well ;) i haven't spent any $ on the game besides base pack and i have all the big ships by putting in hours and just enjoying the game
I am pretty sure you said O and I to turn on your ship and Engines when you meant to say U and I. This was early on in the video when you were explaining keys for staring your ship just before flight.
I needed this, my first attempt at playing led to me overheating in atmosphere then falling to the ground narrowly saving myself as i touched the ground, then doing it again except this time i smashed into the ground and died
It was just the most beautiful screenshot I could find! Interestingly, or maybe not - let me know, but I draft up anywhere between 2 and 10 thumbnails for each video, and then decide which to use based on anticipated click-ability. Sometimes I poll some of the community members for which thumbnail to use!
Will say, one of the resons im here is my tutorial bugged on Drink Water and i could not continue with it. Had to figure out how to get to my ship and fly on my own, barely made it home and landed xD
I'm going to say anyone looking to start playing I would suggest not to jump into main game but do the 2nd option and learn to fly and dock and land and most of all dog fighting then mabe move to the fps side of it it's a little different then what I was used to but still fun do this for about a week but most of all the choice is yours my first day I lost all my armor and had a bug were armor would disappear when I equiped them. And most of all have fun
Best video so far about this game, saying the trueth about how buggy it is and that is not for everyone.. for now at least.. !! Started playing this game almopst a decade ago, and sadly until now days cant play it properly and dont feel like worth my time.. for me they are just getting money and doing little.. also with a high end pc cant run this game with more than 40 fps
a myth/misconception people think is when you are using your warp drive to get around, you are in a "loading screen". you aren't. this is proven by holding still and simply picking a spot in space and LOOKING. you will literally see other players in their ships in warp drive flying around.
I played Star Citzen a few years ago - and i was in that criminal loop. The reason i stopped playing was i didnt know how to get out - and i didnt know why i did get in
I wanna play this game but I don't have any friends to play with. Is there any clans or a discord I could join to find people to play with. This game looks like something I could play every day
Yeah, there are lots! I have a link to my org in the video description, although there are many others out there too, depending on what you're looking for
Played the turorial. Dropped my borrito after it took 5 min to spawn. Lol i was trying to eat catchup or fill coffe cup with tap water. Then it spawned in. Anyway burroto fell through floor and couldnt eat it hahaha
So lets say my brother and I are looking to perhaps jump in. Im unaure really on what lackage makea the most sense. I was thinking the warbond nomad pack. Would it make more sense to wait for invuctus event?
Somehow I get the feeling that I'll download the new patch, start the game, only to experience one game-breaking bug after the other. Had this happen way too many times. Jaded af tbh. Or would you say SC is actually playable right now? Do basic things like delivery kiosks work reliably now? I saw that the old mobiglass UI still hasn't received an overhaul. What about the star map? Still janky when trying to set routes? What about crashes and disconnects? Rarely or every hour? I truly would love to just simply enjoy the currently existing gameplay loops, but as I've said I've tried diving in way too many times only to see that even those loops are way too flawed to be enjoyed. It's 2024 now... Chris ... cmon now.
I think it's playable, and also littered with bugs. I play it as my main game, for hours every week, and although I regularly encounter bugs, I still have a good time playing (in general)
Now that I think about it, there's no functional air traffic control in the game. So asking for clearance to take off is completely pointless, other than for a little immersion. But it's more annoying than anything, because you'll never be declined clearance to take off.
Not related to this video but I would like to see a drydock video of the Endeavor as I’m looking to ccu to one but I would like to learn more about it Though make sure not to rush anything 😊
I have a question!!. I just bought the game but didn't play it yet, my starter pack have a 3 months insurance with my ship, is it 3month in game or 3 month reel live, and after my 3 month if my ship explode can i still claim it? Will i have to pay, and last question did the inssurance cover for all the ship i buy or just this one and o have to buy an insurance for every ship...thanks for your responce🫡.
Nobody really seems to know for sure, there are different views about it. It's probably something we need more clarification about. For now, it doesn't matter - whilst the game is in alpha, the 3 months doesn't mean anything, your ship is just insured. But maybe that will change at some point in the future, we don't know.
Hey may I ask I’m thinking about buying but won’t it bug my pc if it’s a starter and if I boy it and they make a huge update will u need to buy again??
If you buy with cash, it's expected to persist through updates. In game purchases are sometimes wiped, due to game still being in development - but this is rare.
I cant seem to finish the new 3.22 initial tutorial , it wants me to fly to a couple of "checkpoints" in New Babbage, but when i fly to them im not sure what to do next? I see 3 markers on the ground, am i supposed to park in between those markers facing a certain way? It wont let me access my ship until i figure this out. Please help!
so today was my first time playing after building a pc and when I plugged in my elite 2 controller it worked all binding were correct I didn’t have to download couch citizen. I wonder if they fully added support with new update 3.2.2
21:30 pirates everywhere now. trying to do overdrive missions and kareah (however it's spelled) is almost always camped by griefers blocking people from playing.
@@Farrister I'll hold off on buying then. It's very expensive here in my country and I don't want to buy it if I don't get full game too if and when it releases.
The game is broken. You pay 70$ to get a package but then it wont let you log into the game. Error code 19000. been on it for hours, nothing solves it.
Literally? A loading screen that you can stop at any moment if you change your mind or want to go to a different place instead? A loading screen that pirates can use a ship with a quantum snare to pull you out of? A loading screen that you can fall out of accidentally and end up in the middle of dead space while your loading screen continues without you? A loading screen that lets you get up out of your ships seat and manage your inventory/change equipment/eat and drink/and then sit back down before it finishes loading? A loading screen where you can access global chat, the map, the mission menu, etc? A loading screen that you can get killed during if you weren't careful about not letting stowaways on board your ship? I could go on. Literally, you're objectively wrong.
Aslong there won't be private servers where the server owner could disallow ingame assets bought by real money, i won't really become a fan of this game. The amount of money some have put in there to get huge ships, some with priviliges like lifetime inssurance services which especially with the bigger ships will translate into many ingame hours not having to grind out credits, it is in my book still a pay to win game.
Sounds real to me , who wakes up in a huge space where everyone is naked ? There will be rich people who has big ships . Deal with it or go play shitty games 😀
@@NK-yx7zn seeing how the real world is seemingly going to shit, sooner then later the rich will be dealt with, maybe then they can take refuge in the dream world of shity games like this, like your priviliged ass seems already to do. 😃
Farrister you didn't mention that most of issues comes with heavy bugs existing in the game for years, while cig is not interested in fixing them, because they are focused on implementing new ships and other stuff, which let them make more money. Player's convenience is out of the plate on their road map. In general, while playing the game you have to struggle with bugs, making you loosing any progress you made and the only sure thing existing in t he game, is that what you payed for with real money. This means that the only way to play it about feeling a little comfortable is to buy stuff for real money. This is 100% exact pay-to-win model, which cig is offering. Way the development is going is really bad and the whole thing is closer to scum than a good game. It looks nice, but that's all. If you need a real adventure in space, buy rather X4: Foundations, Everspace - both parts are great - or Starfield. Star citizen is only a bunch of simple tasks to do, loosing money and time in this space walking sim, where simple travel from space port to a shop can take 10-15 minutes, depending on a city map. Don't loose your time and money for star citizen. It's a shiny but smelly sh*t.
I had a whole section on Alpha Testing and what that means... People should know what they're getting in to, but for many of us, eyes wide open that's still a good game.
@@Farrister This is pretty obvious what alpha is, without your videos. What I am not sure, is about these "eyes wide open" :) The game is pretty. The game allows for getting inside a spaceship and experience lifting, landing and flying spaceships from a cocpit perspective. That's pretty much what is quite innovative here. If you add these possibilities to e.g. Everspace, guess what would happen with Star Citizen. Only few loosers who spend most money would stay in Stanton :) I believe we can expect such games pretty soon as there is a lot to take from the Roberts plate. This is how the market crumbles. Thia is how the game will die if cig will not provide a decent gameplay for supporters really soon. Mark my words Farrister :)
LOL you painted a picture of Star Citizen that is not even remotely close to it. Good video, but sadly you are promoting a rolling demo that breaks every time you breathe twice in rapid succession... Beside the fancy places and detailed ships, the rest of the gameplay is not even remotely stable. You will spend hours just going from a bug to another that will mine your progression and waste your time basically. So more than a "starter guide" I wish people would make a guide about what actually works and focus on that; because if you try to manage Star Citizen as if it was a game, you are in for a sad time. This is the type of products you hop in to see how is going and hop out, spending your precious time onto games that are finished and that actually value your time without asking you to pay money beyond the sticker price. Are other games as beautiful and immersive as Star Citizen? Not even close, but this is not a game, it is a demo that you pay $50, if you decide to not be a whale and spend thousands in it. Once it will ship, that will be a different story; but there is no plan for the next 3-4 years for sure to see this completed.
Does not matter how good it is - it does not work. I have powerful pc, bought the game, and… for second month cant play and support cant help. Think twice before waisting money on this.
I am an elite dangerous player. I love space games. It was a very hard experience learning how to play elite. I have been interested in this game and wish it was on console. Like elite was. However I have been abandoned by fdev. And it seems if I want to continue I will have to learn mouse and key board computer game play. I have a great gaming ng system computer but just don't like using computers. But it seems I have no options.and I will be forced to engage.so I'm studying on this games level of effort. Versus starting over in elite. I'm so frustrated because I am a DBL elite CMDR with 22 ships and a fleet carrier with billions in the bank. All fully engineered hundreds of hours in. And I love the game. Starting over is upsetting to say the least. So ty for the great 👍 info. I may be switching thanks to you and others who have been so helpful.great job
