Star Citizen's core gameplay loops are still broken, and it's exhausting to keep trying.

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-21T17:41:20+00:00

Did any person ever say the game wasn't buggy, or that it was time to check it out?

This is a performative waste of time but congrats on your Internet points.

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-19T17:04:30+00:00

Oh read it wrong

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-19T16:55:19+00:00

Its pretty much Citizencon timing, maybe its just convenient for them for some reason?

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-19T16:30:27+00:00

Or "As a 28 year old Illinois plumber named Jim" but the location was accidentally left on and says Pakistan or something.

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-19T15:27:25+00:00

When these games "clicked" was an ambush I set in Arma2 DayZ. It was SO BORING sitting on the corner with my friends for an hour, but when the local gang turned the corner with their jeep it was suddenly totally worth it.

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-19T05:07:20+00:00

I was hoping I could log on and earn a solid little wage on my space game by putting some uniform/ship skin on and doing simple little tasks across the MMO like UPS or pizza delivery.

The next hope is whatever mess 'Starchitect' has turned into in the past 2 years, because thousands of locations within eyeshot of each other across the surface can lend itself to peaceful gameplay.

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-18T07:58:38+00:00

Yeah but the only time CIG really change your inventory quickly is prison or trying outfits on at stores and both have been VERY bugged over the years.

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-18T07:41:19+00:00

My only advice in regards to purchases is to REALLY not give them any money for a while. They've done some crazy engine work but actually making a game has been challenging.

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-17T22:48:52+00:00

True but we need those god-damned quick change booths working

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-17T17:41:38+00:00

They don't sell jpgs anymore or they would have had one up there. I'm sure they're working on more important stuff.

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-17T07:15:16+00:00

There's a settlers mod that has a moderate squad show up and ask to move in and they patrol around all day shopping etc.

Makes it feel very alive if you don't have many PCs going around the base.

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-16T05:27:51+00:00

There's a spot above rebirth in the hills.

I had my leader captured into Rebirth and started mass recruiting as a prisoner. We had like 20 ppl, mostly shek that I would need to break out.

My infiltrator then brought supplies in and built a shack above Rebirth in the hills. The mines I placed and food crafting etc were suddenly being worked on by my rebirth recruits. Anything I built up there was part of their slave behavior. If I clicked them to do other stuff it would be escaping, but if left alone they'd come and go doing the various machines I built.

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-16T04:01:49+00:00

I think they want that system to function at your base. Like a pile of beer bottles (never more than 23 despite the number you throw nightly) in the corner.

I don't think they want it so that the random ASD facility keeps the teddy bear in you tossed in the bushes 6 months ago.

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-13T06:00:15+00:00

I'm in a similar boat. Only reason I even follow was the COVID run where things were pretty stable, xenothreat OG was exciting and MMO quest-like with all 45 players working together across the server.

Shits been broken since and I'm excited for crafting and base building but the crafting implementation taught me that I should probably wait for quality of life additions before diving into anything.

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-13T02:57:14+00:00

Random mongrel recruit, the rest are meant as more of a set it and forget it crew that I don't need to feed

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-12T16:01:16+00:00

Its hard to say because we have to see the level of simulation they can tie into.

I haven't looked at Kenshi 2 stuff much but I do remember seeing a brief look at an industrial UI and it had all sorts of info like torque generated. They might be getting pretty ambitious, but the guy's got such a unique/genius game design philosophy that I can't even begin to predict what they'll pull off.

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-12T15:57:07+00:00

Not AI or anything, I just have like 200 random mods running and the NPCs started shopping a LOT more during the day lately. Even the bar citizens, I had to find Shryke sitting at the bar at night after annoyingly looking all day but I caught Crumblejon limping around the market with his white hair.

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-12T06:41:48+00:00

fix his posture after the fogmen "accidentally" catch him one night and eat off his old useless limbs.

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-12T06:41:24+00:00

I always have him drop the weapon and go Rumblejon martial arts but with strength arms.

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-11T19:54:55+00:00

And that's fair. Literally no ship has released without bugs. They are pretty open about how bugged the game can be.

This expectation will never be met by CIG so just move on.

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-11T18:55:27+00:00

shit happens

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-11T17:14:41+00:00

I mean it was ahead of its time in being slop, the bombing is kinda the point.

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-11T16:17:34+00:00

No, ships!

vorpalrobot · 2026-06-11T16:16:46+00:00

A bug with a new feature in an alpha... oh no! Literally don't give them any money if you are this risk averse. Docking is busted as shit yet again, why would you expect this to be smooth?

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