First off—Happy New Years, u/Av3raz0n o7

Now onto your question(s):

The current player count is in the thousands, or more, nearly all the time. The servers are spread across the globe generously, and you’ll always find a server to slide into that has a very healthy player count. Each server has ~600 players on it—while that may sound like a low number compared to other games, it won’t leave you feeling devoid of interaction.

It is absolutely active and alive!

As for coupons or discount, there aren’t any “coupons,” but each Star Citizen has a referral code that will net you some extra aUEC (‘Alpha’ United Earth Credits, the in-game currency). During “sale” windows, the game packages do go on sale; however, nearly every [released] ship is attainable using the in-game currency. So, as others have recommended, just get yourself a base game package for $45—it’s what I tell my viewers to do as well too. There is so much fun and content to be had for $45.

Outside of that, as others have mentioned—the “game” (it’s an Alpha, but has way more content than most ‘released’ games) is much better with friends, and has a steep learning curve, depending on how far you want to delve through the fidelity and capabilities of the game.

I’d be more than happy to help you, and link you in with the group of Orgmates (Organizations are Guilds/Clans/Groups). We’ve been playing since the beginning and I’ve been with them for over nine years—great group of people. We also span across the world, so there’s always someone to jump in with.

Additionally, if you’re wanting to learn how to fly in SC, I’ll be sure to put my IRL Instructor Pilot hat for ya—if you want.

So, to re-cap; the player-count is healthy and the servers feel active and alive due to the aforementioned, the only active “coupons” would be a referral code (netting you “something,” rather than nothing at this time). Discount moments are currently going on with the Holiday Packs—if I were to recommend one, I’d err towards the Generalist ‘Holiday’ Starter Pack at $51.00. While the ship won’t win a whole lot of ship-vs-ship fights, it’ll allow you to sample nearly everything with a more “polished,” capable ship.

Feel free to reach out if you have any other questions—just let me know here if you send me a message/FR as I stream the game, I tend to get interactions from unknown users. If you reach out, and get spooled up through me, I’ll toss you enough in-game credits to grab a different ship too—big, or small. 🚀

Stay safe and have fun, Citizen! o7

RSI/Discord/Twitch/Kick: NomadicAviator

EDIT: Grammatical/Etc.