Origin 400i First Look | A Star Citizen's First Look | Alpha 3.15 

PSA: I understand the quality of my "First Look" series are not up to the same standard as the content you may be used to on this channel. The premise behind these videos is to show my unscripted first impressions of a ship. It's not intended to be polished, scripted, or cinematic. I am considering changing the title to "My first 30 min with X ship". This series is exclusive to the first time a ship hits the PTU to give my first impressions and show off the ship that is not yet available to everyone. My full buyers guides, loadout guides, ship battles, etc will always be well edited and scripted. Speaking of my more usual content, you may have noticed it has been less frequent these past few months. This is because the meta is in flux with the baseline stats brought forth in recent patches. I don't see the point in making a loadout guide in the games current state because it will be obsolete pretty quickly so this series is essentially on hiatus. My website subliminal.gg has my up-to-date text loadout guides. And I have started a new weekly RU-vid Short series called "A Star Citizen's Quick build" that goes over the build I've been flying that week that I think you may like to try. I have also done an all in one weapons guide and components guide for 3.14 to further explain my thoughts on the meta. In closing I clearly label these videos thumbnails and set the expectation for what to expect in the first 30seconds. So if that isn't for you I'm not trying to waste your time. I enjoy making the content that gets 99-98% like to dislike ratio. Videos like this are usually 95% like to dislike. This is all still WELL above average so I will continue to make these videos. I can't wait to make the next buyers guide or full loadout guides just as you enjoy watching them. Thank you guys for your viewership and understanding! TLDR: First looks are not designed to be polished or scripted. Some of my usual content is hindered by the baseline meta currently in the game. Normal content will resume when it is safe to do so.

One small piece of constructive criticism: don't jerk your mouse around like you're playing competitive Overwatch or something. When giving a ship tour, try to keep it smooth please, it gets hard to follow.

Shout-out to every impoverished pilot that will be waiting until 3.16 go pick up a 400i for aUEC. I have been waiting so long for a ship I actually like, this is it.

I really hope they add fishing to the game - and oceans. Land on the ocean.. cruise around, throw up a sail to save on fuel. Then find a nice mountain lake - get out a fly rod and chill to beautiful sounds. All paid for by a few box runs in my space Bugatti.

What?? No they skinned it to be silver because of the Phantom Menace. It totally feels like a Jedi's or Sith's ship, with a little extra space for the Jedi's companions. This could have flown straight out of Naboo.

They already confirmed that the handling will get "fixed" for live. It's not supposed to be that sluggish

As someone who plans to do mainly exploration, I won’t be making my decision on which multi-crew explorer (Aquila, Corsair, or 400i) I want to buy until we actually have at least some meaningful form of exploration gameplay.

I freaking love everything about this ship. I’m using this as my daily right now.

25:32 Best part of the whole video. Had me crying lol

love how this ship looks

Love it's design and looks. But I'm holding out to see what the Corsair holds.

I hope CIG introduces a parking/low hover mode for hover vehicles.

This thing is beautiful, I just wish they'd made the hold a little larger.

I have wanted this ship ever scene SCLeaks first dropped it...i am just so glad it is real lol had to get one and all the skins

that silver skin is soooo fresh the 400i reminds me of like 3 or 4 different star wars ships combined

I love the MISC skin. It just give it a rough edge. I mean I love the Origin interior, but I prefer the MISC exteriors. So Meridian 400i is the ideal ship for me!

0:18 The nose is an elephants trunk flacid towards the ground. The two weapons on either side of the ramp are tusks. The ramp is the open mouth of the elephant. Enjoy, you cant unsee it now. Dumbo is a very happy 400i.

Buggy up the ladder was a valiant effort! Edit: I’ve yet to see anyone in a fight with it. I’d like to see that; especially with a crew.

Great stuff man, thanks for the inclusion!

That's a great ship. Stylish outside, super functional interior layout, and it doesn't waste a bunch of space on saunas and tanning beds or whatever. Just some nice upholstery and some plants, swank without getting in the way of the mission equipment. CIG gets better at this with every ship they make. BTW your stream graphics are awesome.

Actually one of the best vids for showing the skins and their textures.

Traded in my MSR for the 400i, and I regret nothing.

16:43 Had me laughing my ass off, just earned the sub with that!

I think it should've gotten two size 5 hardpoints with size 4 gimballed weapons, the guns are on opposite sides of the ship, so unless your target is directly in front of you, you'll only have 1 size 3 gun on target half of the time, I'm immediately swapping the gimbals out for two size 4 rhino repeaters. Allegedly, on spectrum devs talked about looking in to the 400i acceleration, yaw and pitch and hopefully they will be buffed before 3.15 live release.

"... rather than going through the bottom, f***- ah, messing with the stairs." 🤣 Great review, man. And what a serendipitous event that all three paints were in the same place!

Watching this and seeing your real time surprise, confusion, and delight with the ship is a real joy man.

The 400i is beautiful! I am so glad they went with this concept. The hammer type head looks perfect. I'm not a origin fan but this ship is something I was really excited for. Honestly the dark skin would be awesome if it added a stealth aspect to the ship.

It was fun chilling with you in morph's stream the other day!

Watching you try to put the bike in was Priceless lol

"Am I canceled?" 🤣 Informative and funny vid! Great job again, Subliminal

Looks like the most functional design they have ever done

I mean its meant to be competition for the connie but the turrets are in awful spots, at least the turrets on the connie can join in shooting at the main target up front with the pilot

I didn't know how to feel about this ship right away but I have been slowing loving it and now I want one

Love your videos, thanks for the details

Of course my luxury personal space yacht needs a parking space specifically for my space motorcycle

Ha ha! I never get tired of watching you HIGH-TAIL it through Port Olisar's orbital rings, more successfully of course. As for the loading the cycle into the landing bay. I used to build NURBS. They have not cleared out the lift areas yet, so there are invisible rough edges still present, but it's an easy fix.

mandator comment for the algorithm. It is 16 S1 and 16 S2 missiles however, not 32 S2.

Yea I’m really scratching my head as to why this ship is not faster than the Connie. Connie has more firepower so it makes sense for this to be more agile. AND the entire backend of the ship is a main thruster and somehow is slower than the MSR which desperately needs a engine to a** ratio increase.

I am glad i picked this one up. SO far I am really liking it. Only thing i have noticed a bit buggy is the quantum travel HUD does not seem to line up on the waypoint i have chose to spool up to. But yeah loving the heck out of this one even more than the MSR. If only they had it in a purple paint job. LOL. I will rock the black n gold for now though. Thanks for the video man!

I really like your videos. If i want to buy something i watch your buyers guide first. Keep it up

10:00 If a creepy monster or alien boards your ship, it automatically goes into this light mode 😆

lol nice crash Side note: Looks like they need a mode for the Grav lev bikes that moves them lower to the surface, speed restricts them, and allows them to ignore minor changes in the surface by sensing a larger surface area and taking the average.

Got mine! Looking forward to your loadout guide!!!

I hope we get Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems in SC, something that would be very nice to have, with this you could implement high off boresight modes for the missiles along with adding situational awareness.

The 400i somehow is a luxurious camper from an elderly married couple who decided to spend their retirement in style wherever they want to go but I love it

Thank you for a watchable review…. Your style is enjoyable

Hey Subliminal. Idk if you'll see this and I like your videos but in the future can you please move the camera smoothly? Your mouse hand is moving like a COD match instead of a ship tour. It's driving me nuts. Makes it hard to keep track of where you are in the ship. Other than that good stuff.

Woop woop, frig my 400i! I actually upgraded to one as soon as I saw it in the citizencon... Yes, yes, shame me. I deserve it.

I love the ending 5 minute blooper reel!!!!

YOU CAN PLUNGE THE SPACE POOP. What a time to be alive. XD

If you check behind the map table, you'll find 6 Blades on the back wall of the room down by the floor too. I didn't really expect to see those in the ship, but they're there. I'm guessing you probably found the seat a bit low; the perspective is good for space, but planetside I found I kept wanting to sit up in the seat or just stand up. Like literally, I strain upwards and try to stand up unconsciously so I can see lol Still managed to get used to it and maneuver and land without 3rd person. What I did find however, was in Cruise control mode, the upward strafe is inhibited, and if you drop the nose and approach the surface, it stops you from strafing up, so you just end up bouncing and skipping as you pull up the nose, (in VTOL mode).

Regarding loading the Nox into the 400i... I that if you reduce throttle output from 100% (NOT input) that it will hover lower/closer to the ground and make it easier to load it into the garage without hitting your head on the underbelly of the ship.

The end of that video was gold. Absolutely hilarious

I don't know why they gave this video a thumbs down makes no sense to me its well done and entertaining. Thanks sub for the show you done did good once again =D

You can take the remote turrets off and put them on the pilot hardpoints. Very cool.

It resembles the Naboo ship more than the mandalorian ship

Great videos man but your mic audio sounds a little odd

The 400i is the Origin ship for people who don't like Origin ships. I love the thing.

The skin shown off in the Pyro mission vid was the Meridian skin with signs of degradation and wear, and imo it looked fantastic. Gave the impression of a once well off explorer turned smuggler falling on hard times.

Keyboard and mouse ...perhaps in the future they are into nostalgia. Nice looking ship.

It's a real shame they didn't format it so it can hold a G12, though I'm still salty that buggy has wheels so...

Awesome video as always, but I do miss your older videos with the monotone voice and the joke thrown in every now and then. Those always cracked me up 😂

Nice. Looking forwards to anything on the Liberator

the skin gives it Naboo luxury vibes

Oh nice. Very interesting ship. Will check it out next week

A ship that actually has more escape pods then crew! What a concept...

too each his own...my personal favorite is that meridian skin.

oof those rapity rap snap mouse view movements, might want to pop a Dramamine before viewing

Is it just me or does it look like port olisar is much closer to crusader now than it used to be?

I like the ships looks very much, both inside and out. But man the guns are so tiny. And I'm disappointed that the Turrets don't retract, that's one of my favorite features of the 600i and 890J.

The 400i is the first origin ship that I actually want to own.

There are 4 Escape pods. Does that mean there'll be a fourth, maybe scanning station, requiring hot bunking? Also, I wish they had a bespoke docking collar for the X1, using the Merlin's docking mechanics. Looking at the building blocks lift controls beyond the grav generator from the interior kills the vibe for me. Lastly, how do people feel about the low-slung pilot weapons?

Stealth load out, lock bounties in the X1 garage

Well I guess that answers my question about the Nox fitting in there lmao

seems like it would be easier to just go up the stairs with the bike. Then close the doors and pull into that spot if the eye ball thing wasn't in the way

I love every ship in the game, i just cant stand that they put guns on all the ships. Citizen class ships should have mounting racks and cargo holds, not hard points. This would provoke more escort presence or risk taking trips. Countermeasures yes, not hard points. Weapons take away from their beauty. Them turrets are goofy looking. Just my opinion tho. All in all beautiful Mercedes yacht. 😂😂😂😂

Reminds me of the sith infiltrator that Darth Maul flew

Been waiting for this all day lol

They need to darken the label button controls so you can see them better

I am so decided between this and the Connie Andromeda. I grabbed a Andromeda -> 400i CCU and going to sit on it closer to Beta to see how both of these stack up with future changes.

This ship is so awesome !

I love the ships design and I would've upgraded to it if it wasn't a Pathfinder. Because it's a Pathfinder and not a small expedition like the Connie was a deal breaker for me. We have too much pathfinders and this just seems like an expensive addition to a long line. Much rather have a cheap expedition ship other than the Connie. In case anyone is wondering what the difference is Pathfinder exploration ships are going to be useful to find ship wrecks, anomaly's, and other solar system type things, expedition is going to be used to explore other solar systems and navigating through new jump points. Sorry for the rant I was genuinely disappointed with that one detail because it's a beautiful ship, and the orgin series always give me an Enterprise D feel that I'd love in an expedition ship but like some I don't feel like getting a 600i or carrack just yet.

Count Dooku's ship from Star Wars!

Awesome video! 😂16:40

I'd have made it a few metres longer to get the holo table on the bridge, and an entertainment area at the back, and I'd have rounded the edges a little, like current gen Origin, as the sharp edges make it look like the old Origin styling. I'd have also widened the nose to fit side-by-side speeders, and more room in the entry area. It looks like they've taken some other manufacturer's ship, shoved some Origin style engines on the back, and done an Origin interior. They definitely need to be rid of the inner-thought on buttons, and maybe change it to a tooltip instead.

The 400 is everything I've hoped it would be, but they waited until I didn't have the money to buy it...I hope the sale goes on for a while.

There are more skins apart from the white, the limited one and concierge. They also have a ski pack with 3? other skins

Wish it was a bit bigger, would still take the MSR over it. But it looks cool

I buckled and bought one, Warbond. Thing is, I already own an MSR and an Aquilla. I really have no use for another ship in this size/class.

400i is sexiness personified

Like the Black & Gold skin, but would prefer a dark blue highlight over the gold

Man I like the front from the 400I idk it looks unique.

Sorry that was me in the concierge 400I. saw you were looking them over and thought you might want top see the skin to compare.

Admiral command variant or escort: Navy gray with a turret on the bow, guns on the wings. Cargo adjusted to fit a rover or cyclone, super long range radar 🤔 compliment an M2 ground invasion. Be like a cutter or frigate. Origin branch out 🤷‍♂️🤞🏻

Agree it's not as agile as the Connie (yet ... It'll be tweaked soon) but I have to disagree about it not being faster. It's not "quicker" (it accelerates like a sloth in a pool of molasses) but when the adversaries that are chasing it have reached their top speed, the 400i is still accelerating away. With a top speed of 1250 mps, there are only two or three ships in the verse that are faster. It starts slow, but after it gets going, color it GONE! I think that's the reason it has such good rear turret coverage. It's made to explore and run if there's trouble. The rear end (shrinking out of sight with guns blazing) is the view most enemy will see.

Quad redundancy on the coolers because they are in a cold room!

The skin used in the demo is not available, it was meant to look like the Razor Crest

The crash had me laughing. I had a 400ikill me today. Smashed me while I was running on microtech lol

I love this ship and I'm not partial to Origin ships at all.

This is the way.