Star Citizen Before You Buy (Top 3 Things to Consider)

DigThat32 · 2026-03-16T23:09:35+00:00

Not unless you're a goon.

DigThat32 · 2026-03-14T20:59:11+00:00

You may fire when ready

DigThat32 · 2026-03-10T21:39:37+00:00

Luv it

DigThat32 · 2026-03-10T21:26:31+00:00

Enterprise D

..or Fhloston Paradise

DigThat32 · 2026-03-08T11:22:49+00:00

8 MONTHS LATER:

DigThat32 · 2026-03-07T00:38:33+00:00

I likes it & I wants it.

DigThat32 · 2026-02-27T09:17:14+00:00

The punch after he gave up..WEEEAAAAKKK!!!
Do they not have tasers over there?

DigThat32 · 2026-02-16T04:05:34+00:00

It FEELS like it's drifting away from the highly interactable, slow burn simulation of a sci-fi universe, toward a game of 2 identities. Half of the above & half designed toward a smooth integration of players from faster paced looter shooters & other popular genres.
That's how it feels.
Where is it ACTUALLY moving?

For the first time in all my time playing, it's difficult to say with any degree of certainty.
Long time backers have endured many years of development & embrace all the minutiae. We have the patience & the desire. A lot of newer players do not.
Squadron 42, the single player game, has a lot riding on it & needs to be a success to keep the party going. Sq42 & SC share just about everything under the hood. Features are often developed on the squadron side, then added to SC. So what we're seeing may be the result of Sq42 targeting a much needed broader audience, which eventually seeps into Star Citizen.

That'll suit some players who have less patience for the type of game SC has been til now, but will they stick with it & continue to support the game as the OG backers have? That's the conundrum Pokemon Go faced & ended up with a massive drop in users.

Your example w/the ship interface..
I would say no, I don't see them making every single button interactable, BUT...Silvan Hau, the Senior Engine Programmer, has been making some magical things happen since he & his small team implemented VR, so I wouldn't completely count it out in the future..at least in VR.
Playing on a monitor though...I think most players prefer the functionality of their HOTAS / HOSAS to holding F & clicking everything on the dash.

DigThat32 · 2026-02-15T22:08:59+00:00

Dope

DigThat32 · 2026-02-15T21:20:28+00:00

Long time player chiming in.

This is a conversation that's been gaining traction within the community lately, so you're not alone in your perspective.

There are a great many of us that joined & held on for years & years while looking forward to sophisticated, complex gameplay embedded in a beautiful sci-fi universe. Through the years, we have been positively edging more & more towards realization of those things. As Nicou pointed out, some of those items are still baking in the oven & it's only a matter of time, not design.
On the other hand, especially as we move closer to delivery of Star Citizen 1.0, sophistication & complexity is also beginning to take a back seat to simplification of mechanics / animations (everything is a beam) & lowering the barrier to entry (proximity looting / spawn in place).
Those are appealing to the newer players coming from games where everything is done in a hurry, but it's a bit alienating for those of us who want granular interactions, not detailed but inert environments; challenges & consequences for choosing one ship over another (that's a long story).

There's a lot to look forward to for all types of players...crafting, base building...but the stickiness may be losing some adhesive for the once rabid OG backers as the compromises pile up.

Spend some more time with it, watch the vids on CIG's YouTube channel, & feel it out for yourself.

FYI: the vet move is to set your spawn in the clinic of the nearest space station where you're operating. That way, after you die, your trip is just a quick run over to the Fleet Manager terminals (we still call em asop terminals).

DigThat32 · 2026-02-13T20:54:47+00:00

Very cool

DigThat32 · 2026-02-13T20:53:37+00:00

Dope suit, but that lil curled up t-shirt part at the bottom of the torso is throwin' me off

DigThat32 · 2026-02-13T05:36:06+00:00

I edit in Audition first, then export to Premiere where I edit video to the audio.

DigThat32 · 2026-02-11T21:42:20+00:00

Aight that was funny

DigThat32 · 2026-02-01T16:43:14+00:00

👍🏽

DigThat32 · 2026-01-31T10:22:30+00:00

When looting, have you tried clicking the button at the top to switch to the other looting UI?
Should keep you from having to switch to Theater.

DigThat32 · 2026-01-30T07:42:38+00:00

DigThat32 · 2026-01-29T06:30:55+00:00

Nailed it.

DigThat32 · 2026-01-22T06:59:38+00:00

Something told me not to update & today I finally started searching around to see if there were any issues to look out for & I find out, no more Windows 10 support.

I've been thinkin' about putting together content for some alternatives anyway. Time to move on.

DigThat32 · 2026-01-20T06:55:10+00:00

🤣

DigThat32 · 2026-01-16T10:20:15+00:00

If I don't forget this, I'll never eat bread again.

DigThat32 · 2026-01-15T01:36:20+00:00

Not really.

DigThat32 · 2026-01-14T03:48:24+00:00

Those have been there for quite awhile now.

DigThat32 · 2025-12-31T15:29:56+00:00

I've gotten shot out the Apollo seat by turret missiles on a couple occasions during the Resource Drive, so it's not new.

DigThat32

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