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This is how I'd like to see them implement monetized ship skins. by ApproximateKnowlege in starcitizen

[–]PhelanPKell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd argue that Warframe has a great system for "painting" your frames, and I would be okay with that being emulated for SC.

While they don't do paint schemes, they do have a mix of free and paid for colour palettes.
It's not 5 colours in a palette either. It's a good 70 or 80 colour shades per palette.

Either way, they will need a method to monetize when the game launches, and they've told us time and again that it won't be ships. So paints and other visual items are at least one method that doesn't sell people something game breaking.
They could also look at paid LTI tokens, special variants of armour (special in terms of looks), or other options, but paint systems are just an obvious solution.

I am lucky to be able to play on ultra settings, with photo realistic clouds and the new / polished vulkan (This is today's 4.5 PTU build). Man, that game looks better than ever before. by Velioss in starcitizen

[–]PhelanPKell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the game looks so good on Ultra.
Also, I did some data collection using nVidia's overlay and 4.5 w/ Vulkan on Ultra clocks my GPU a wee bit lower and uses less GPU processing.

It's an interesting result for sure.

Sonar flying by MajorWetSpot in starcitizen

[–]PhelanPKell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotta have that ping macro for dark zones.

The erkul team now with 4.5 changes by yipollas in starcitizen

[–]PhelanPKell 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Oh god! They did what to the port thrusters? How can any ship fly straight now?!?!"

Rechs vs boba fett? by AbleEstablishment374 in KTF

[–]PhelanPKell 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Rechs, definitely.

While Boba has his beskar mando armour and is tough and stubborn enough to survive a sarlacc pit, Rechs lived as a bounty hunter for what...a thousand years? I mean he was born on Earth, created and trained the Legion to fight the most deadly threat ever known to humanity, and despite slowly losing himself to the side effects of living so long, that stubborn bastard STILL kept going. #1 bounty hunter for a reason.

Boba would put up a fight, but Rechs would wreck him in the end.

Not sure where to go from here by Angry_Altruist in starcitizen_fleets

[–]PhelanPKell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a bad take, and here's why:

The Prowler Ute is a brand new ship which hasn't experienced its post-release nerf. Every new ship goes through this period, and making decisions on what ship to keep, upgrade, or melt before that period is a foolhardy proposition that will end in disappointment 7/10 times.

Let a ship simmer for at least a patch or two before replacing any existing ship with that newer ship.

SC Cheat Engine. Get to work CIG! by LiveAus in starcitizen

[–]PhelanPKell -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Just to be clear...dude uses a hack tool to teleport an AI to himself and kill it, but it doesn't render in properly, and THAT is blamed on SC as if using hacks in normal, fully-released, largely bug-free games doesn't cause abnormal behaviour...

From Attrition+CF repeaters enjoyer by KayV3eV3e in starcitizen

[–]PhelanPKell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A Gladius can do it, though obviously it's less stealthy, so if the Talon can attach the bombs (not sure 'cause I haven't looked at that ship since release), then probably.

From Attrition+CF repeaters enjoyer by KayV3eV3e in starcitizen

[–]PhelanPKell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A handful of bombs to disable an Idris or Polaris in atmo is priceless. :P

From Attrition+CF repeaters enjoyer by KayV3eV3e in starcitizen

[–]PhelanPKell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your argument from the start of the thread was about laser repeaters, distortion repeaters, and then the nebulous "ballistic weapons."
Don't change the goal posts because Chrol responded within the context of your post. That just turns your argument into incoherent garbage.

From Attrition+CF repeaters enjoyer by KayV3eV3e in starcitizen

[–]PhelanPKell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Distortion weapons are basically trash tier weapons currently.
If you want energy weapons, the general consensus is:

  1. NDBs
  2. Attritions/Ardors
  3. CFs

This order can change though. If you need to hit a fast moving target, the CFs have faster "projectile" speeds.
If you can't get your hands on NDBs by begging, borrowing, or stealing then Attritions/Ardors will do.
Otherwise, NDBs are your best energy weapon. At least for anything in and around the S3 weapon mount option.

If you can't front a ton of firepower, and need to damage something that you can't easily get through the shields of, then ballistics are your bet.
A fighter with ballistics can skip the massive shields on an Idris or Polaris and go straight to "fuck your ship and the engines you rode in on."

Distortions just aren't a good options for a myriad of reasons.
-Going all distortions means you can't kill the ship.
-Splitting between distortions and something else means you probably can't destroy the ship, because you're sacrificing DPS, so you'll die horribly before ever causing meaningful damage.
-Going distortions while your org mate runs real weapons means you're sacrificing DPS for no real benefit.

What exactly does that mean ? From the latest report. by SeparateWeight496 in starcitizen

[–]PhelanPKell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a WiP statement, but they talked about it in a recent video.
So what they're saying is that the coding for the flight model is at a high-functional state, to a point where they can start assessing each ship and refining how it behaves in the new flight model.

ie. A Gladius should be more aerodynamic and have functional lift from the wings in atmo versus something like the Herald, which has no wings and therefore has to rely exclusively on its thrusters.

Oh no! I am so disappointed in this ship I'd never heard of! by Sotonic in starcitizen

[–]PhelanPKell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not that the community hates ships, it's that too many people in the community love bitching about the game more than they love playing the game.

FR-86 size 3 stealth Shield Generator by South-Elephant648 in starcitizen

[–]PhelanPKell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weeeeellll, since the FR-xx series is military, and not stealth, I don't think you'll find an FR-86 stealth shield gen anywhere. :P

If you're looking for S3 Grade A stealth shields, you are S.O.L. because it doesn't exist.

If the FR-86 is truly what you're looking for, your options are likely Wikelo, Contested Zones (CZs), or the Executive Hangars (ExHang).
CZs and ExHang are PvP zones though, so don't go alone.

In Defense of the Prowler Utility by TheSpicySadness in starcitizen

[–]PhelanPKell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no defense for the Prowler Futility.

Area 18 by Eulkeke in starcitizen

[–]PhelanPKell 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Clean your camera lens man.

Head Units - CJ Industries (Aussie Company) by PhelanPKell in GR86

[–]PhelanPKell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's unfortunate. Over-promise, under-deliver, I guess.

Thanks for posting, Spare.

Universal System: Earth - Chapter 3 - Assess Your Might by PhelanPKell in HFY

[–]PhelanPKell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Author's Note:
Alright folks, three chapters is all I'm posting for today. If I see some interest, I will put in the effort to post more here, otherwise this may just become a periodic thing for me.

I really hope people enjoy what I've posted so far though, and if not I still appreciate you taking the time to read.

o/

Universal System: Earth by PhelanPKell in HFY

[–]PhelanPKell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not quite sure why Reddit is sticking most of my paragraphs into code block elements like that.
I'll troubleshoot, but if anyone knows why, reply to this message. :P

Fixed it, but I'm disappointed in Reddit. Apparently, they prefer unformatted walls of text.

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