With those prices, I'm out.  I'll pick one up in the PU.

Sexy ship though.

The concept art with the three of them sitting on the tarmac is probably the best concept art to date.

melted a fighter for the harbinger I shall own all the bomber things

Nyx landing zone preview video

https://vimeo.com/137655209

Kharn

Latest release looks great. I tried playing another match with my cutlass - I found my most successful strategy was tangling my ship up with the other ship and blasting away at their belly. Man I suck at space games. First half of the match my 4 year old was at the helm, we collided with a lot of asteroids.

I think I need to ccu my omega to an avenger...

This game takes practice and exercise.  The fights are long duration, nobody is running around with death rays, and PvP may very well come down to who gets tired and starts fucking up first.  If you want to get serious about combat, you need to spend a lot of time thinking about how you position your HOTAS, because the more comfortable and stable you are, the less muscle strain and the longer you can stay in a fight.  Work on placing your stick somewhere so that your arm lays naturally while being braced by either something padded and stable, or even better, your own body.

As for the asteroids, well, once I match speeds with my target, I imagine being connected to the target with a string, so all my momentum is tied to them, and it just seems to make asteroids almost trivial.  If they try to face off on me, I'm already zeroed in on them so they're at a disadvantage, and if they're just trying to evade, then they're dodging the asteroids for both of us.

Man, the social module looks spectacular...I have to admit, it is far more than I ever expected from the FPS play, in terms of graphics.  When it gets populated with more people, NPCs, shops, markets, etc....dude.

They nailed the atmosphere, ambiance, whatever.  I mean nailed it.  I totally feel like I walked into a great Sci-Fi novel.  It makes me consider going the RP route.

Amazon has gaming accessories on sale today (Sept 1), up to 50% off.

So what's a good cheap person stick?  You assumed I had a hotas in response to me saying I'm terrible at flying, and I'm just keyboard and mouse ;)  although I did play some more and used a mustang instead of my cutlass, and the cutlass is just a pig right now (maybe it always will be).  Compared to the manuverability of the mustang, it is a whole different game.  Of course it is just an omega with 2 size 1 mounts so it can't kill a skilled opponent in free for all ;) but I did "better" at not dying immediately.

There aren't any sticks on sale, unfortunately.    When I first clicked the sale link I was more excited, but it was only the one page of sale items.  Best item is probably the Logitech G13 game pad, 50% off.

Me personally, I'm using a Microsoft Sidewinder that I've had for a gazillion years.  I have the previous model too, that requires a game controller port.    Honestly, I think it works great.

Mouse comfort is just as important as joystick positioning.

More later...gotta do work.

Ha, yea, I had a sidewinder back when freespace 1 or 2 came out, no idea where that is now.  I may just wait for the star citizen branded hotas and buy that.

I tried out racing, and in the cutlass it was hilarious, I'd get the nacelles or the turret caught on those damn poles that stick out everywhere and have to back up to get unhooked.  Managed like half the gates (5) before the timer kicked me out cause everyone else had finished ages ago (multiplayer for rec of course! got like 50 rec from that).  Then I tried the mustang and wow, made it through a whole lap before it kicked me out, 100% improvement!  Tried again, and knocked a whole minute off my best/initial lap time.  At this rate in a few more tries I'll finish the race before it kicks me out.  

My main issue is the race course is more of a maze to me right now, I get through a gate and have no idea where I'm heading.  I figured out the radar tries to tell you where to go next, but it really is not intuitive at all how to get there.  Give me wipeout's half pipe, or F-Zero or mario kart or grand turismo even and I at least know where I'm going.  Ah well, few more tries and I'll have it memorized.  Whoever allowed those billboards so close to the course lanes should be fired.

It took me a few runs to get the race pattern down.  You need to divorce yourself from the idea of up and down, and use your roll so you're always pulling back on the stick (err, going up for you mouse folk).  Use your thrusters for greater control and tighter turning/climbing.  I want to set up pedals for thrusters.

Well, crap!  Now I've got a $40 G13 with free shipping in my Amazon shopping cart and I'm angsting over whether to pull the trigger!  Shit!
$40 a great price, or does it occasionally go lower or at least close to that?





ETA: NM.  Finally clicked pay and it was too late-- back up to $70.  Ah well, maybe someday.



 

Endeavor concept art shown at DragonCon

 
Neato, it has a ferris wheel.

Last night was the last night for me to goof off hardcore for awhile, so fired up Arena Commander.

Decided to kill some drones in Vanduul Swarm in an Avenger.

15 waves and 5 hours later, I had to self destruct and go to bed.  Payday was the 4th elite, and was as hard as people make it out to be...after you blow off his shields, he's damned near impossible to hit, and even with almost every unit on his ship in the red he was still maneuvering like a monkey on crack.

I was fucking tired at that point, but then the next wave showed up, and after Payday it was like spraying fat kids with a fire hose.  The next elite after that wasn't much harder.  That's about when I looked up to see the big 300 minutes flashing on the screen, but my ammo reloaded after the last elite, so I unloaded all my missiles before self-destructing.

Oh yeah....5 hours may sound slow as hell, but somewhere near the beginning I lost a ship due to 1 of only 2 asteroid collisions.  The next collision, a couple of waves later, didn't kill me or even damage me much, but it took out my right side laser cannon, so I was firing at half power for like the next 2 hours.

ETA:  Have you seen the sign hanging in the gun store?

I really doubt CR or his crew give a rat's ass about the SJWs.  Additionally, I suspect that the crew at CIG is sufficiently diverse in all ways to somewhat inoculate them from many of the attacks.



 

We've given CIG nearly 89 MILLION dollars for this game.  What leverage would the SJW pukes have?  Talk the big houses out of funding SC?  Scare away backers?



 

The game is supposed to be realistic.  It's a gun slogan in a gun store.  Pretty sure it isn't going anywhere.  

If anyone is looking for a good headset to play PC on that has a mic and whatnot, take a look at these guys.  My pair showed up today and I'm damned impressed.

The price dropped $10 bucks in the last week.  Absolutely freaking fantastic headset for $40.  I know it's not a screaming deal, but they are really damn nice.  As a whole, all the Etek stuff I've got has been great bang for the buck. They have a snagshout style try free kind of thing that I'm trying to get in on.  Will update if I do.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012EQGAWO

I just got a set of Sony Bluetooth noise-cancelling headphones from Costco.  I still need to test the mic on TeamSpeak, but I think they'll work well.

Sony doesn't boost the base like everyone else does, which I kinda like...you hear so much more when the sound is accurate, and over-amplified base isn't drowning everything else out.

 
You fucked up, man. "Open" headphones are way better.












 

This man knows what he speaks.  I love my open can Sennheiser.  Gaming headphones are a gimmick.  A decent set of open cans will generally have better 3D sound.


I'm not saying the gaming headphones suck but I prefer the open cans.


 

Neither one of you read for shit.  Or absorb much from videos.

I got a set of noise cancelling headphones.  What's the big disadvantage of open headphones?  No noise cancellation, not even passive.

And they aren't gaming headphones, either.  Which is why an open mic is a concern that I need to test on TeamSpeak.

I'd love to try open headphones, because I hate when my ears get all hot under closed headphones, but I needed the noise cancellation and wanted something that would work for multiple devices and situations.

So, no, I didn't fuck up.

I recently got a pair of Audio-Technica ATH-R70x along with a Element. Everything I listen to has me at .



Both the headphones and amp have a very neutral sound that doesn't over or under emphasize anything. Best audio purchase I have made, next to my subwoofer.

I use a Plantronics Gamecom 788 headset and it's actually pretty nice. I'm not an audiophile who will start trying to convince you this headset had muddy lows or other crap like that, but it sounds great to me and has held up well so far for probably 3/4 of a year to my big ass head.



http://www.amazon.com/Plantronics-GameCom-780-Headset-Surround/dp/B00B1KJK22/

My headphones have an ear thing on either side and a boom mic  That's good, right?

 
I have open headphones and a normal/typical place I live at. The headphones pretty much cancel out all the noise. I can't hear shit unless it's really loud or something.




Closed are recommended for people in places that are playing in loud areas. Open is just fine for average joe.


 

Hey, if you like what ya got. More power to ya. But for myself, whose played games online, having good sound IS an advantage when you're playing against other people.

 
Those people know what the fuck they're doing. I have AD500X, for around 100 dollars back when I got them. They're definitely better than my Turtle Beach headphones I bought for my Xbox 360 awhile ago.

Guy gave me a brown leather coat tonight.  Trouble is, it's REALLY dark brown.  Anybody know a way to lighten leather without destroying it?

Are you lost?

Nope.  Just looking to get my coat a more brownish color.  I'd have asked over at the official type RSI Brown Coats org forum, but I figured you guys would be a more reliable source of valid information concerning what we laughingly refer to as the real world.  See, I bought all of these freaking SC patches, and I don't have anything to stick them to.





 

If you want to stain leather, shoe polish works pretty well, you just have to be careful to get it all rubbed in and dried before you touch it to anything else or you'll get other stuff stained too.

Sounds like they'll be releasing Arena Commander 2.0 and "baby persistent universe" soon to satisfy their kick starter obligations... at least that's what the scuttlebutt is on the RSI forum.

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What are the supposed KS obligations?

they release the game winter 2014?

That was my thought.  They slightly missed it.  What's it matter now?

They're going to release something for sure at citizen con, Oct 10th.  Maybe they'll release something before then, but I'm not getting my hopes up for anything huge.  There's definitely a lot of pent up completed work ready to release.  It is unfortunate that they have decided to go with a more traditional release structure.  Would have been cool to get daily/weekly builds without holding anything back besides the campaign.  Ah well.

I think after they finish the merge of the development streams we will start seeing more frequent updates.

 

The big hangups right now are engine/physics based, once those obstacles are overcome, then all the other stuff can start being released.

Kharn

There's some sort of language in the original kickstarter about allowing a year for missed deadlines, IIRC.

Kharn

I'm told CitizenCon should be very exciting.

Both seinheiser and audiotechnica make gameing headsets now their not cheap but but when you pair them up with the right amp you won't find anything better.

I run the open back audiotechnica gaming series with an astro mix amp. I got both for 250 on one of the amazon black friday deals.

Hey guys I just saw this thread and im interested rolling with your guys but i really need some guidance on ship set up  and choices.  I bought a few ships to try out/give to my friends later on, I cant seem to make up my mind on which I like the best.  I also don't really know what I should do to properly equip these for arena commander.  They are all 100% stock and im getting RIPPED up.  I currently have a stock p-52 merlin, RSI Aurora LN, Orgin 315p, and a F7C-S (the stealth one).  I intend to do exploring, and team play with the squadron doing whatever we do.  I could imagine my position in the squad being more scouting/infiltration or piloting a capital/inforunner than combat oriented   I figure Ill prob end up buying one of the big capitals/frigates when we get closer to launch and prob grab whatever for fighters so i have something for combat before then.    Also do you guys have a TeamSpeak or anything set up yet?  Thanks for the help!

Realize I'm terrible at the dog fighting part of the game when you follow my advice:

If you want to learn how to fly well, play the racing levels until you can complete the course without going off track or dying.  This forces you to understand manuevering much more than free flight does, and you really learn how your ship handles.  The different ships handle VERY differently.  Tips here are - you don't have to be at 100% throttle all the times, boost lets you make course changes that are otherwise impossible (so face a gate, fly straight to and through, then adjust course while boosting to face the next gate, repeat), and sometimes "slow is smooth and smooth is fast".  I found myself completely lost on the racing maps until I'd learned their layouts, so hopefully that isn't too frustrating for you.

Once you can race decently, you need to start experimenting with weapon loadouts.  None of the ships you have are that great for dog fighting, with the hornet being the best.  You can get a ball turret for your hornet using REC and load guns on it, and then you'll be pretty well situated if you want to be competitive in dog fighting.  The great thing about buying your weapons with REC is when the patch the game and change stuff, you can switch to spending your REC on the current best weapon and not be stuck with UEC ($) purchased guns that are now nerfed.  

Be aware that most weapon mounts can support multiple sizes of weapons, and they don't come stock with the largest size they support usually.  So you can use REC to upgrade all your weapons, even in slots that already have a weapon.  Usually you're best off having as many of your weapons the same as possible because the projectile speed and range will be the same, so if you hit, you hit with everything (some people call this an alpha strike, from mechwarrior terminology).   There aren't any detriments to that currently, so once you figure out what the best weapon is currently that'll fit on your ship, carry as many of them as you can.  Also there are 'gimbals' that allow a weapon to not be fixed forward toward your nose, and removing those allows a size larger weapon to be used.  This is useful in getting all your weapons to be the same size, sometimes it means removing a gimbal for that added size bump, or maybe adding gimbals when you aren't using the max size.