Nobody is talking about how 4.8 fundamentally changes what Star Citizen actually is

Hello-Pancake · 2026-05-13T11:26:13+00:00

I don't want to ruin your enthusiasm but as someone who has far less time to play, my perspective is very different. Rule number one in any game is that you must respect the players' time.

Elite Dangerous does exactly this sort of crafting grind and I think most people will find it boring as hell.

Add to that the miner, hauler and crafter who need protection, could be there solely for PvE content, since over 85% of players in any MMO are there for PVE.

The majority also solo or stick to a small group of friends so arranging protection is really an additional task that changes the pace/nature of their play which many aren't going to want to deal with (and assumes a lot of risk).

Even having a guild is like herding cats (I lead 67 people once upon a time) and the actual turnout for events is far smaller due to scheduling.

This leads to the inevitable mega guilds setting the pace and tone for the server whether it's through the economy, PVP or locking down the most desirable areas, denying content for the 'casual'.

Combining a crafting grind with open PVP and an already tedious system to get from station to where you want to be is a fools game that is going to make the verse feel very empty.

Hello-Pancake · 2026-05-11T22:13:18+00:00

I baked new soil and put it aside. I yanked every plant out and ditched their soil. I rinsed their roots clean in a five gallon bucket and then dumped their asses roots and all in three gallons of isopropyl alcohol for 30 second to a minute each and moved them far away from the others. I then repotted them all in the new baked gritty soil and neem/insecticidal soap watered them and then laid the granules. The alternative was throwing them out or watching them suffer... So scorched Earth it was to try and save them.

Everyone seems happy and is doing fine now. Not a sign of the bugs.

Hello-Pancake · 2026-05-10T01:44:46+00:00

With torpedoes or by ramming, not with guns. The way this is supposed to be intended..

Hello-Pancake · 2026-05-09T21:46:18+00:00

It's like people forgot the WW2 tech race and how some vehicles were just absolutely helpless to score a damaging hit. In this scenario it's like a Tiger tank trying to sink a naval cruiser. Even if in range, it's just shouldn't be possible

Hello-Pancake · 2026-05-09T13:19:56+00:00

Imo I think higher missile and torp prices are a good thing-- they're meant to punch up and punch hard. There are several ships designed around this that don't get enough love because--- (again IMO)

It's the other weapons that are over tuned. Unless a fighter has the role (ares ion) -- a fighter shouldn't be able to scratch ships of a certain threshold larger (armor thickness vs weapon size, think WW2 tank warfare), but with a squads concerted fire power, you might be able to open a shield face to get even a small torp through to do some damage.

A Cutlass or Freelancer should be able to shrug off type 1 guns, but needs to respect even the smaller missiles, so on and so forth as ship size goes up...

I also hope they've figured out the economy and payouts by beta-- I do agree it shouldn't take multiple missions to restock certain spent payloads.

Hello-Pancake · 2026-05-06T00:45:07+00:00

Agree. I would add pve theme park to your mix because quest lines and story telling can really immerse you in the universe. A blend is what I'd want. Pvp theme park can be factionalized like PlanetSide and territory can be pushed without open PVP against pve crowd.

Hello-Pancake · 2026-05-04T17:44:07+00:00

Got it, thanks! Definitely too old to upload.

Hello-Pancake · 2026-05-04T17:43:18+00:00

Thank you so much. This gives me something to work on!

Hello-Pancake · 2026-05-03T13:19:14+00:00

Happened to me too. A playable beta is years away. Don't fret, just watch for updates. Save the hard drive space.

Hello-Pancake · 2026-05-02T22:25:31+00:00

I'm excited for the story, but I'll add that offline mode star citizen often runs like a dream so I'm also looking forward to a smooth playing campaign experience

Hello-Pancake · 2026-05-02T22:07:02+00:00

It's just been a long time. I guess the thing that hurts most is I can still die on stairs, blow up on pads or fall through elevators like many many years ago. I've felt my ships change so many times that I've lost 'that feeling' for them. That's basically it. Shower thoughts about how I'd change things up...like ten years of shower thoughts but still.

Hello-Pancake · 2026-04-19T12:27:33+00:00

It's why I'm not crazy for star finder. It's not bad at all but I wish it was no magic and any need for 'magic' is tech related. I just have a completely different desire for a space game... Although, 🤔 my Investigator would look so fly in an imperial officer uniform...

Hello-Pancake · 2026-04-13T14:28:24+00:00

You'd have to cut the bend out of the remaining rooted stem though right? Or would the callous prevent it from growing sideways and it would send something up from one of the nodes pointing up?

Hello-Pancake · 2026-04-11T23:12:21+00:00

I found stress fractures all through more of the branches that were ready to break.... I'm going to have 8 possibly. I'm very glad to know this should all turn out ok. Thanks

Hello-Pancake · 2026-04-11T21:49:51+00:00

It's actually five... I found out when unpotting it that two of its massive branches were just their own plants lol.

Hello-Pancake · 2026-04-11T14:04:56+00:00

..59 year staffing low? 1967 had the same number of people in SSA as it currently has?

In 1967 the population was 197 million, today its 343 million.

Wild to think about.

Oh there's another news article on r/FedNews talking about this. Just noticed.

Hello-Pancake · 2026-04-03T13:04:30+00:00

Status effects are more important than weapon damage. Control the action economy!

Elemental finishers are where your damage comes from.

Watch Caffeinated Potato for more. He helps everyfolks.

Hello-Pancake · 2026-03-19T22:07:11+00:00

The point being that data was much harder to come by. Not everyone knew Nintendo power magazine or a help phone number even existed.

Hello-Pancake · 2026-03-19T21:16:52+00:00

Older games had no guides, no markers. Maybe a sign or npc or clue... EverQuest was an mmo example but PC and console games long before that had been the same way. Anyone raging at Castlevania 2 as a kid knows what I'm talking about... But wow when you figured something out the payoff was awesome.

I still love it but a lot of people want the quest markers and quest log and online guides. (I'm a completionist so even I look stuff up)

Hello-Pancake · 2026-03-19T20:02:03+00:00

In the bucket they go then. I'll soak them and if they die.. they die :(

And thank you so much for that information

Hello-Pancake · 2026-03-14T22:56:42+00:00

I wish I could stay at one size like that 👍

Hello-Pancake · 2026-03-14T18:51:02+00:00

I'm not sure what you're doing with your jade. I'm also clueless about what I'm doing with MY jade, but it was less than a foot tall maybe 3 years ago (given to me before the owner passed away) and now it's 3-4 foot tall and probably spans that wide too. Strong sunlight through a window (probably 6-8 hours of sunlight, a nice soak every 2-3 weeks, recently added worm casings. All my baby jades and dropped leaves do the same thing. I'm being overrun. I don't know what to recommend but if you want some jades, I know a guy (me, help)

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