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update on gladius loadouts because I was a bit bored yesterday:
nose
>tarantula is OK, lands a good deal of shots but takes forever to take a target down because the damage is halved by the shields and it only does 45 damage to begin with. Feels like it should fire slower but hit harder, instead of being a constant harassment gun. (I'm still hoping for a more sniper/cannon/railgun type weapon)
>sledge deals 70 damage and lands a fair number of shots well, but it's a terrible idea. Only lasts the first two rounds of VS and you're left with your wings
>M4A Laser looks obnoxious (muzzle still sits at a slant like it's wing mounted), but packs a decent punch.
>the default chaingun is still very ideal for most people, it fires fast bullets at 20 dmg each and is pretty accurate at distance.
wings
> gimballed NN13 Neutron (Jimble Neutron) is pretty fun, rips down shields in one or two hits, then tears down an enemy in a few more, though they're understandably short range at 420m max. Can fire 3 shots before they overheat, but they cool pretty fast so you just have to aim and pace yourself
> the default gimballed laser repeaters are a solid choice to stick with as well, the constant harassment can burn through shields relatively fast and keep them from regenerating.
> fixed S2 anything is pretty much wasted space if you're a mouser. However, I saw a video yesterday of a guy using joystick, absolutely destroying in multiplayer with three sawbucks, with nose gimbal deactivated. I should try sawbuck for the nose
tempest II missiles are pretty reliable, though you only have two in the default loadout. The ignite II's that come with it haven't hit a mark for me yet, they just don't turn fast enough it seems. The tempests are sitting on mounts that could hold single S3 missiles, which we don't have yet, and for comparison, the avenger can only mount 4 S2's overall.
In combat (for now), the gladius feels just like the avenger, which is a little disheartening given it's valued a bit higher. Understandably down the line we'll get armor ratings and an updated physics model for each. From what I've noticed, the nose gun, despite being S2 compared to Av's S3, only does 20 less DPS. What's more, the avenger now has S2 wing mounts instead of its previous S1's, so the two are pretty close in stats and loadout capability (again, for the time being). The S3 nose of the Av also still can't mount other S3 weapons (relying on you placing a gimbal puck to mount an S2), though the S2 mount of the Glad will happily take any S2 without needing a puck.
In the end I think I'd put more harassment-oriented weapons on the gladiator (its default guns are great choices) and high damage, slow firing weapons on the avenger (still waiting to jam a tarantula S3 on that nose). I'm hoping to see avenger variants soon so I could have a broader set of roles instead of 'interceptor' and 'cheaper interceptor with a bigger nosegun and space for functionality and travel'
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also have we heard ANYTHING about skins lately? I want to slap "Shut up and take my money!" on the retaliator
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"delivery!"
Jesus christ, what the fuck
[video=youtube;SNlWQ3s5Xc8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNlWQ3s5Xc8[/video]
[URL="https://archive.is/6Oovx"]Polygon stirs up the shit a bit with an article that's "fair" except that the real goal is clearly to try and encourage people to get refunds.[/URL]
I expect the following people in TS3 in one hour:
Useful Dave
Korro Bravin
jonoPorter
WarriorWounds
Feral
Mattk50
DVH
And [I]maybe[/I] Scotty if he's not asleep.
[QUOTE=jonoPorter;48501692]Jesus christ, what the fuck
[video=youtube;SNlWQ3s5Xc8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNlWQ3s5Xc8[/vido][/QUOTE]
:wtc:
Gentlemen, I think we have our first target for the less than legal acquisition of an Idris...
[QUOTE=Korro Bravin;48502767]:wtc:
Gentlemen, I think we have our first target for the less than legal acquisition of an Idris...[/QUOTE]
Only if they use those squeakers on VoIP. If they do, exterminatus.
We're on the TS. Some of us, anyway.
[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;48502766][URL="https://archive.is/6Oovx"]Polygon stirs up the shit a bit with an article that's "fair" except that the real goal is clearly to try and encourage people to get refunds.[/URL]
I expect the following people in TS3 in one hour:
Useful Dave
Korro Bravin
jonoPorter
WarriorWounds
Feral
Mattk50
DVH
And [I]maybe[/I] Scotty if he's not asleep.[/QUOTE]
I'ma trying, but for some fricking reason my updater never wants to DL this 1.9gb update or whatever.
[QUOTE=jonoPorter;48501692]Jesus christ, what the fuck[/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;blPpnnSOiwk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blPpnnSOiwk[/video]
[video=youtube;vstb6-xQayU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vstb6-xQayU[/video]
[QUOTE]01:13 – Intro
03:19 – Intel Developer Forum Video
06:28 – News From Around the Verse
17:27 – Interview with Jeremiah Lee
21:50 – Helmet Talk with Omar Aweidah
28:17 – SHIP SHAPE
32:04 – MVP
32:55 – Art Sneak Peek[/QUOTE]
I swear to god they better use those squeakers on radio while simultaneously typing out their own subtitles
[QUOTE=jonoPorter;48501692]Jesus christ, what the fuck
[video=youtube;SNlWQ3s5Xc8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNlWQ3s5Xc8[/video][/QUOTE]
oh god i uh no why am i imploding or is that the shame in the air
[QUOTE=jonoPorter;48501692]Jesus christ, what the fuck
[video=youtube;SNlWQ3s5Xc8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNlWQ3s5Xc8[/video][/QUOTE]
jesus that squealing at the start made my cat go berserk
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I hope CR wasn't actually subjected to that video
[QUOTE=jonoPorter;48501692]Jesus christ, what the fuck
[video=youtube;SNlWQ3s5Xc8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNlWQ3s5Xc8[/video][/QUOTE]
Fuck you guys for telling me to watch this video. Why does this even exist? I'm pretty sure I have cancer now.
Sandi posted this teaser of one of the Vanguard variants, the Sentinel:
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And the other variant is the Warden (look in the lower left):
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[URL="https://imgur.com/a/gnaML"]Someone on Reddit took some screengrabs of the helmets section.[/URL]
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avenger variants [B]w h e n[/B]
So I had some fun with the XML editing...
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Aurora Sombrero
[QUOTE=ScottyWired;48500254]Setting my alarm, pray that future me gives enough shits not to walk four steps back into bed and wake up at 1pm instead.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;48502766]
And [I]maybe[/I] Scotty if he's not asleep.[/QUOTE]
Welp I failed. Woke up, turned off alarm, sat in chair, fell asleep during the PC bootup sequence.
Am I too late to buy the Reclaimer aka be a space garbage man?
[QUOTE=Rubs10;48506567]Am I too late to buy the Reclaimer aka be a space garbage man?[/QUOTE]
you had like a 2 hour window last friday
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I finally get settled in at home after a long day and go to log in and
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They're moving their webservers from AWS to Google Cloud Engine.
[QUOTE=jonoPorter;48501692]Jesus christ, what the fuck
[video=youtube;SNlWQ3s5Xc8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNlWQ3s5Xc8[/video][/QUOTE]
This is what will kill Star Citizen dead.
citizen zoo is a front for goons I'll tell ya.
[QUOTE=dai;48506738]you had like a 2 hour window last friday
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Don't tell me there was a Carrack sale as well?
[QUOTE=Viper123_SWE;48509414]Don't tell me there was a Carrack sale as well?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=dai;48401072][url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14881-Gamescom-Flash-Sale]Flash saleeeee[/url][/quote]
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update on gladius haberdashery: sledge nose gun redeemed on the gladius, leave the default badgers on the wings and treat THOSE as your main weapon to buzz away with, waiting til you know you've got a solid beat on the enemy and laying into them with the sledge. Given my average range and rate of firing with the sledge during my last playthrough, I'm going to try out the NN14 for the nose
Does anyone have tips on learning to fire with the Avengers wing weapons?
I can aim absolutely fine with the nose but I just can't get used to the wings at all.
[QUOTE=The Drones;48509645]Does anyone have tips on learning to fire with the Avengers wing weapons?
I can aim absolutely fine with the nose but I just can't get used to the wings at all.[/QUOTE]
I mentioned in my previous gladius experimentation (it's practically the same ship at this point in time), if you're using a mouse to aim and like the nose gimbal, I'd suggest using some REC to buy some S2 gimbal pucks, mount those to the wings, then drop some S1 guns on the pucks. Now all your guns aim with the nose
Also, try and practice with no gimballing- tap the left-side ALT on your keyboard and it will lock your nose gun face-forward, so now all of your guns are 'fixed' mode.
ALSO also, this helped me with aiming fixed weapons: go to your options and change your target reticle mode (forgot the naming), so the 'pip' will lead the target instead of follow your aim.
If I remember right, the Avenger is in a really shitty situation because its wing mounts are only S1 which means you're forced to mix fixed and gimballed guns which is never a good idea. The way Star Citizen currently works (I hope this changes, but I'm not hopeful) you either go all gimballed or all fixed. There's little benefit mixing the two as it means you're either not hitting with your gimbals or you're not hitting with your fixed. The two guns will never line up.
Waaaaaay back when Jono did the one on one Chris talk, I actually asked specifically about this issue but I didn't word it right and it wasn't clear so it was a flop. I've been wondering how CIG was going to address this since day one, but so far there's no indication that they think it's even a problem.
Anyway, with the Avenger your choices are to either use the nose gun and just ignore your side guns, or lock all the guns forwards and pretend the nose gun is fixed. Fortunately the Avenger's nose gun is actually on par with most S2 guns, so even though its a S1, it still hits like a fixed gun. Both the special nose guns on the Avenger on Gladius are very strong for their size and actually one of the better guns in the game.
At least, that's how it was before the most recent balance pass, but I imagine they're still like that. I haven't seen spreadsheets of the latest weapon stats.
wing mounts are S2 now as per the spec sheet
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and the nose gun is s3
the nose gun on the av is S3 (a big selling point from the start was the abnormally large class nose for the ship's size) and can mount an S3 puck to fit S2 weps, and yeah the wings got an upgrade recently.
also I have the launcher updating on my work computer (heh) and one of the songs sounded very familiar.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T0xlHWNVsQ[/media]
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofUR8lGSnxY[/media]
I'm ok with this
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