Star Citizen's Next Big Step 

They implemented an armour placeholder in 3.23 that makes it where ships do not pop as easily, especially industrial ships like the MISC ones. You actually have to use precision sub-targeting to target the components to disable them, which is a precursor to how fights will play out when Maelstrom comes online.

Have you ever used a bigship in combat scenarios this patch? It lasts long af

@@Billy-bc8pkwhat’s maelstrom?

@@TheWasd1234 yah like the IDRIS fight you can do for the quest line takes like 30-60mins

i cannot w8 to see u all try to exit torrent chair to fix your ship haha lol guys the boldly game is broken it dos not work , and im not talking about bugs , bugs we can deal with the F 20 fps the input lag the npc teleport all the time the inventory lag , haha man Star citizen players are so brain wash jepg collectors . And lets not talk about pay to win where majority have buy ships with real money and game balance is = 0 , no point to farm no point to craft(when and if it will come) When u buy items with real money they will be in your inventory forever and eve. And what do u all think this whales will do in game ? go farm ofc not they will grief the shit out players who spend 45$ cause they have all they need before the game starts. Think ppl use your brain u are all cannon meat for the avocado Groupe and wave 1 and wave 2 and wave 3 and wave 4 hahahah CANNON MEAT . U will sit 30 min to w8 for a cooldown they will press retrieve. This game will never launch cause they know it will fail from start. But u all can hope and keep dreaming and keep defending this abomination saying to your sef look at the progress :) , well in 4 years i see the same shit server lag buttons no working inventory lag NPC teleport nothing is change just some jepg on UI and u all go bananas. Enjoy the BS it will last all your life and beyond if u keep kissing CIG ass

Exact same thing happened to me, with the introduction of the replication layer I guess these sorts of things became more common. Hopefully they smooth it out for 4.0, as the replication layer is the main indicator of whether or not server meshing will be functional.

Yeah, my main issue with SC is that that has been my experience almost every time I've logged in for the last 5 years. They need to resolve most of these long standing bugs before people will be able to take SC seriously as a game.

Same. I love this game but it butt fucks me every time I try to play. It feels like I'm in an abusive relationship ... it's always 'going to be great', but never seems to get there.

LOL that happened in the EPTU and possible first day of release. You clearly haven't been playing the live version, not for any amount ot time anyway.

Happened to me like 20 times in 2 month

Too many online "do what you want" games seem to think they can't also have a few decent multi step story line quests in too without it being considered a game like World of Warcraft. Not asking for much, just a few short 4-6 hour or so long basic story lines like you'd find a load of in WoW or Skyrim or something. Instead they just shove in a load of meaningless "kill this person for X credits and X rep", "deliver this thing for X credits and X rep".

Id much rather have Gameplay be a focus along with expansion of the In-Game Universe before any story Implementation or expanded questing that grants more to the play to explore rather than simply slap one in when the game has so much more to offer with QOL/Expansions Though I do agree, Static animations for NPC's would be great to make the world feel lived in

@@walker1054 Agreed ... but games like Elite D also have big events like alien incursions going on in the background. The 'lore' is all well and good, but it's all just historical detail, there is no 'living universe' behind what we've got at Stanton.

Yeah you need to understand development first. Basically gamification sits on top of all other systems. It's a bit like the mission system. You need all the dependant parts in place. The mission refinement, community drivven elements and gameification are going to be the last things to be perfected. Yes there are some of these at the moment, but I'm expecting these to change quite a bit. The game is still very much in development.

Agree. But not only that. There is still a plethora of other purely game-design questions to be considered before it can become a game really. But we're still waiting for just core techs to appear 😒I wish the appearance of SM acted as a knocked out cork which will free their hands (as many people hope). But, honestly, I'm a bit sceptical about that. Despite being a core tech and absolute necessity, it does not solve all those other numerous questions and problems.

I'm thinking that with persistent hangars and boxes, we can load up all the gear we need into a crate and then tractor the appropriate cargo box into the hold and go. ... and by 'thinking', I obviously mean 'hoping'.

I'm hoping that requesting ships to hangers will be able to have loadouts. Like, yes I do want you to pull from my storage 5 behring smgs to stock the weapon racks on my caterpillar and fill the storage with various parts and fuses. Something like EVEs fitting system.

I wouldn't be against the extra prep time IF the servers were actually performing well, the UI wasn't so tedious to use and the general flow of the game was smoother and more convenient. It takes like 10 minutes just to buy items, get your gear, make your way to the spaceport, make your way to the hangar, get your ship and take off.

You're asking for gamification over realism... Go play Fortnite

@@twilekcustodian It's meant to be a fucken game first, so... yeah

Imagine if they added mag boots.

Sponsor (good for him)

How can you s,uvk your own 🥒 101

IKR!!!!

production quality rly is crazy.. to bad the game is not playable and will not be in the foreseeable future

Same

Tired of wasting my time on this super slow slag crawl

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The log thing has always confused me. How hard can it be to just let me log out when the fuck I want to and where I want to.

It's still always a fun time with the boys tho

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What basic functions are you talking about? This sounds like a troll message. There are several issues but the core mechanics seem fine to me. Reputation is probably the biggest failing at the moment as that's broken on many missions but there's a lot influx as you would expect in agame in development. However there's also a lot that does work and can be enjoyed. Sounds like you are not cut out to be a tester and should probably wait for the 1.0 release.

@@dtrjones Every gameplay loop is disconnected and therefore meaningless. Why do you mine asteroids? To sell them. Why do you buy cargo? To sell it. Why do you salvage? To sell it… Nothing affects each other, its like playing three different games and all of them are outmatched by games specializing in these game loops.

@@dtrjones You ask me what functions and call ME the troll? All while telling me to get lost and come back in 1.0 when what exactly? All the functions that I'm trolling about, and you have no idea about, will be gone? Get serious, you're trolling me. I've been in game a lot this week, and anyone who has knows that there are a multitude of serious issues and listing even just the major ones would make this a very long comment.

It’s meaningless to fix issues and spend money and resources if they are adding new content every patch. Bugs will exist until the game is at least beta which is why the game is still in alpha

Its funfor 20 mins.. then.... i discover anything is more fun and want my 20 min back

Said it was in the road map for 4.0 which is set to release this year. Will it happen? Yes. Will it be buggy like everything else? Most definitely. lol

"Right around the corner" has been the phrase for YEARS i don't believe it in the slightest. I'm not gonna let myself feel any hope, just take what comes. Personally i don't see Star Citizen every getting off the ground. But i already bought in cheaply when this kicked off, and i might as well keep my eye on it.

@@thecommenter9678 Yes but you are bright enough to recongnise that 4.0 has never been the next patch on the release view until now. We are getting close, I believe 4.0 may not happen Q3 but it will happen this year.

@@dtrjones Won't hold my breath, but i will accept good if good comes.

I wouldn’t believe cig if they said they could change a lightbulb.

Lmao remember when they said it would be out in 3.18? Good lies.

@@theonefrancis696 They said what would be out in 3.18? 4.0 and Pyro? That doesn't make any sense, 4.0 and Pyro have always been intertwined. Did they lie, or did you just misunderstand what they said?

They will 100% sell more ships for actual cash though.... im now jumping on the "this is a scam" boat.

Pyro has been dangled at the sales events for years. I'd follow development more if most of their content and communication wouldn't feel like watching QvC with that constant FOMO high pressure tactics.

@@rolinthor Ummm... Forecast by who? At no point in 2021, 2022, or 2023 were we told by CIG that 4.0 would be releasing that year. You're mixing up CIG's "forecasts and predictions" with the community's. At most, they may have expressed some vague hope that it would be possible, but it's not like they've been literally saying "later this year" every single year like Elon does with FSD. Yes, in the very "early days" CIG made some projections about their plans for the "road to 4.0," and those projections ended up being way off. They kept talking about 4.0/Pyro after that, but they didn't "forecast" a release every year and then fail to deliver. You want to act like it's been the same empty promises year after year, but 2024 is the only time 4.0 has actually made it onto the schedule in any concrete way. And yeah, it is possible that it could get pushed into next year... but who cares? This isn't a typical game development project that can be planned out step by step and follow a rigid schedule. Nobody else is trying to make a game like this because they can't commit the unknown amount of time or money needed for R&D. If you want games that release "on time," the rest of the industry has you covered. If you want something with a shred of ambition, you might need a shred of flexibility.

I think you're missing the point.

@@TheLozfan1000I think his point is the same point everyone has been making since the beginning. 100 worlds aren’t any different from 10 if there isn’t any persistent content to make it worth traversing amongst them.

For years they switched from a 50/50 focus to the MMO side only getting 25% of the dev resources. They warned it would feel like another 2.x content drought era but would come with a big payoff at the end. It appears they are actually making good on that claim as the smaller dev pool is polishing the single player game and the MMO now getting the main focus.

Makes you wonder how much progress could've been made if Star Citizen was the focus and not Squadron 42 :/

Don't forget that just about everything dev'd for SQ42 is transferable to the SC verse. So its really no loss. We just didn't see the work being done in a single player closed environment. Build it an enclosed single player and polish it, and if it has issues when ported into the MMO, than its likely a network issue, Which is easier to find and resolve.

And it still took them 6 months to port over from S404 a hand full of back end features that add next to zero gameplay... but hey, its "ThE bIgGeSt PaTcH yEt!!!!1!!!11".

@@pistonsrule82 A successful SQ42 is massive for the continued success for SC as a whole. Until now CIG has not proven than they are even able to produce a functioning game that is fun to play. All we have now are a rough tech demo, our dreams and their plans to go on. If SQ 42 is a masterpiece with good mainstream success it will 1. dramatically improve their financial situation giving them their first real income stream not based on the whims of backers. 2. Boost confidence in the project as a whole because now we have proof that they can actually do what they claim and 3. introduce a flood of new peopleto the game that do not follow gaming news (this is the vast majority). On the other hand if SQ42 releases in a broken state or just plainly sucks, or even is mediocre, it will be a disaster.

Means that it's actually the next major patch in release view. They've been talking about 4.0 for years, but it wasn't on release view at any point until now. So yes, it will be by the end of the year.

Between now and Soon tm

@@neofromthewarnerbrothersic145 There's nothing in the world stopping them from adding another 3.23.x patch in December and saying it needs to cook longer. 3.23.1 shows that their networking and desync issues are substantial even without the most basic version of server meshing in place. In the PTU tests earlier this year, when there were 800 people in Stanton, controlled by (I think) 5 DGS under static server meshing, it was taking people up to 5 minutes to do simple things like pull out a weapon or drink a Cruz Lux. They have a long way to go.

@@neofromthewarnerbrothersic145 It was on the release view in 3.4 and then again in 3.6. Scratched both times, of course.

@@rolinthor Okay, so back in like 2018/19? Would you say that means it's just as likely to get scratched again this time?

Agreed. Coop PVE is where it is at!

Great idea

Totatly disagree. They need to add a Vandul system though soon where you can do that.

This was my understanding as well.

Morph constantly makes this mistake

@@robertchandler2063 A lot of people do, I think because the word "shard" makes it sound like a fragment of something. So they naturally think "your instance of the game world is made up of server shards." But in reality it's "your instance of the game world is called a 'shard', and it's made of servers meshed together." I think of it like shards of a mirror, all showing a reflection of the same thing at first, but each shard becomes a universe unto itself. But probably the simplest way to think about it is that your shard is the "copy" of the multiverse you are inhabiting.

@@neofromthewarnerbrothersic145 to be fair I played all the Ultimas so i understand the concept as Chris uses it

Yeah, it is sp annoying...

What the hell this sounds made up. I never have this many issues in a single play session. You encountered that many players/trolls in one sitting??

@@artuno1207 Yes. It was what it was. Maybe I’m unlucky.

So to sum that up, you're whining because in this *multiplayer* game, the people you self associated with by playing alongside, didn't want to play the game in your prescribed method, and ruined your precious fun. The worst kinds of players are the ones who refuse to accept the game is what it is, a *multiplayer* open world sandbox. It's not a mining game just because you wake up one day and decide that's what you want it to be, and so everyone else should conform to you.

@@canniballistic555 Yes. That’s fair, ad hominem attacks notwithstanding. I don’t enjoy spending two hours trying to setup for mining only to be attacked needlessly in a CIG defined safe zone by huge ships which break astrodynamics and immersion by bouncing their behemoths like sewing needles just to be annoying. But I’ll admit, some might find that fun.

Not saying I dont believe you but I have very seldom encountered this many players in this short period of time. Especially hopping between POIs. Did you have a crimestat? Because it almost seems like they knew where you were going. (CS tracker doesnt see the future but you can guestimate where someone is heading to based on where they are and what they are doing) Otherwise, you could have just been incredibly unlucky. I havent experienced this consistent level of griefing. If it helps, they are going to be addressing griefing and pad-crashing within the next few patches.

Spotted the p2w whale lmao.

Today is the first day of the 3rd month of Q2. They said release for 3.23 would be in Q2. They aren't late as they still have 4 and half more weeks of Q2 left. Sure, not everything made it to the initial release because they have a marketing schedule to keep, but you're making them out to be something they aren't. At least in this instance. edit: to be clear, on June 1st we're 5 months into the year. Not 6.

​@@jackinthebox301 I never said they were late. i simply stated the progress so far this year.

@@Woobieeee Then your comment is entirely moot. They gave you the roadmap for the update. They have stuck to that timeline so far. Complaining there aren't enough updates is silly.

@@jackinthebox301 nothing about my comment is false. I didn’t complain. I simply stated fact.

Gameloops tend to work and then get broken which is different. Remember, folks have said it a 1000's times, this is in development and we're all testers. Expecting a reliable game is not on the cards. You my friend have come to the wrong gig!

As there a space stations at each jump point, it's probably safe to assume they will be some sort of armistice zone

@@morgan123476 that would be the hope. Longer term I recall a desire to do away with armistice zones altogether, but that would likely place every alleles system in near lock down due to gate camping, essentially null-sec. Which might work great when there are more systems and not just one way in or out, until then “Pyro Safe?” may become the new hot question in game.

Agreed, StarCitizen and VR were made for eachother.

bad ui scaling, wow i never thought i'd hear about that from "pros"

It will be if you’re trying to solo or even duo a large multi crewed ship intended for 6+ people most likely, and imo that’s a good thing. Because there should be a downside to understaffing your large ships. I myself own a C2 to do cargo hauling but I understand that solo hauling it should have more risk, I can by myself keep the ship up and going in combat which considering the size of the thing is pretty stupid the way it is now. So I’m glad it’s getting reworked. But yes, for smaller ships such as the Avenger Titan which is meant as a solo ship, you should be able to handle it with little interaction with repairs or at least until you can end the fight and get to safety.

TTK is to fast for engineer crews to actually have an effect. Probably will see most engineers being members of ships that come and patch people up AFTER the fight, rather then DURING the fight until it becomes practical to do otherwise.

@@aeroskl6174 I think it would be very easy for CIG to overtune things and make even small and medium ships very difficult to operate solo or with a very small crew.

@@Archmage9885 definitely, it’ll be about finding the balance over the next year most likely.

@@aeroskl6174 Yep. My original point was that I hope they're careful and lean more towards making engineering less invasive, at least for the initial release.

Riding the copium train here, but now that creatures are starting to be implemented in the game, I could see infestation extermination missions similar to Helldivers 2 being a thing

@@trinityx3o522 honestlty why not, it would probably be a bastardies version of it cause u cant do the callin stuff so im wondering how much gameplay it would actually be other than throwing grenades into holes XD but i see your point and on the surface it deosnt even seem terribly complicated to implement. You could have teammates in ships above you providing airsupport XD

Scammers are good at scamming.

i think most of the community knows it's going to take a long time, we've waited 10 years already and with how promising progress is recently and the release of squadron 42 closer then ever there's more devotion to the game from the fanbase. at least that's how it looks to me, and when squadron 42 comes out that will give a lot of people an "actual game" to play. which will probably pull in more interest in the mmo side of things. so unless cig just goes dark for a few years with no warning i don't think the fanbase is going anywhere for at least another 10 years. but i don't speak for everyone that's just my take on it. after all there are less communicative dev teams that ignore their players a lot more that still get support and keep a decent fanbase.

Coming from a typical ''nobody who knows nothing'', stop parroting techno babble.

Star citizens community enjoys the game as is being so buggy lmao, and having low expectations when it comes to time of release makes its players and new players stay with the game, enjoying it for what it is. I wouldn’t expect this to become fully optimized for at least 3 years

Who chatgpts a yt comment

@@thetailpipe6762 You mum

You should probably avoid Pyro then! 😂

just gotta join the right gang

EVA T2 is doing great in my experience.

I dont know how much they plan to mess with static server meshing, since Chris is sure dynamic is not that hard to do.

He even said it might be ready this year too. THough always take that witha huge grain of salt

The main issue is that servers cost money. If you just add heaps of statically-meshed servers then most of the time they'll just be sitting there reserving resources and costing (a lot of) money.

Yikes man. Well over 10 years and at least another 10-20 years from any sort of release

I really want the realistic sounds. The demo on that was quite nice.