Arena Commander v 0.8 Release

[OldBloke]

Crowd funding rate prior to DFM release: $40,000 per day

Crowd funding now that DFM is released: $140,000 per day

:roflmao:

Freelancer variants released yesterday ... BOOM! $358,000 income

[Gone_Away]

I'm using my sidewinder 2 joystick and it seems to be working quite well.

It will be great when we can configure it or it is set up to support the hardware. I've figured out the 3rd person view, after-burner, target identification (including cycling through targets). To be honest there's so much going on in game I'm OK with having to aim down the middle and not fuss around with the mouse. I tried the joypad for about 30 seconds but it was too sensitive.

At first it was making me ill as the graphics are so good. Much better now.
Throttle response is realistic but also crucial to have that control when enemies are close. It is definitely not all-on or all-off
I like the shields being taken off line and then regenerating
Damage system seems to be working well.

All in all it's quite good fun and I'm enjoying my 300i. How the hell do I upgrade some of the weapons??

Also, how do I get online? Do I have to go through all the swarms? I did manage to get to level five on one of them.

I must not buy more ships.. I must not buy more ships... I must find a way to buy another ship without my Mrs finding out!!   "you paid £40 for a spaceship in a game that isn't even out yet??!!"

[smilodon]

The multi player roll-out is being staged and they're adding more players as they ramp up the servers etc. We'll get access to the multi player game based on how early we backed the game. So Brother Toby should be one of the first to get in.

[TeaLeaf]

I tried joystick this morning for the first time and irrespective of any discussion about control mechanisms, I actually found I enjoyed the joystick version far more and was actual more successful than I was with keyboard+mouse.     Tracking a ship with a joystick is far easier imo than with kb+mouse, aiming might be harder but actually I thought it balanced quite well.

Joystick all the way for me from now on for AC.    HOTAS will have to wait and see.

[Gorion]

I actually read somewhere that joysticks get some auto-targeting/tracking on gimbaled weapons.

[TeaLeaf]

They might well have in order to create some balanace.   I'm sure that they way we have it at the moment will be tweaked by launch time, but it sure is fun!

[b00n]

I tried joystick this morning for the first time and irrespective of any discussion about control mechanisms, I actually found I enjoyed the joystick version far more and was actual more successful than I was with keyboard+mouse.     Tracking a ship with a joystick is far easier imo than with kb+mouse, aiming might be harder but actually I thought it balanced quite well.

Joystick all the way for me from now on for AC.    HOTAS will have to wait and see.

I thought the same when I tried joypad after kb+mouse. I think the way the gimbaled weapons automatically track just now levels the playing field nicely.

The multi player roll-out is being staged and they're adding more players as they ramp up the servers etc. We'll get access to the multi player game based on how early we backed the game. So Brother Toby should be one of the first to get in.

Still no multiplayer here, I backed on 25/10/12.

[BrotherTobious]

Same month as me mate I know your pain

Sent from my Nexus 4

[Twyst]

I backed SC Oct 18, 2012 and no multi-player either. One rumour I've seen is that there is a private forum for the 1st 1000 backers. I'm #40214 so backed SC quiet early but maybe not early enough
Currently sort of enjoying drones @15fps low with red dots so MP can wait until my new parts arrive.

[BrotherTobious]

Wow I signed up 12 Oct 2012 and i'm #33474, a lot of people singed up in those 6 days!!!

[Twyst]

Well, they had a sweet deal on to get the ball rolling so to speak.
From memory is was Lifetime Hull Insurance with the promise of Alpha access, and one or the other would no longer be available when the website re-launched?

[b00n]

Lifetime insurance I think? Which reminds me, is that only on the ship that's in that particular game package? Probably worth upgrading to something better than an Aurora if it is...

[Twyst]

Only hull insurance. Load outs, cargo are not insured I think.
Also, I believe the in-game insurance to buy I think is time limited, so no matter how much you die, you always get your hull back. So it's not that much of a game changer, just a little help to get you rolling without fear of being really ship-less.

I have a 300i and no plans to change it right now as it's a fairly significant outlay to upgrade it to the Hornet which iirc is the only hull I could change it to. Hmmmm, I wonder if I could move it to the 325 variant cheaply though?

[BrotherTobious]

I moved up to the 325a  was £12 or something

[TeaLeaf]

Wow I signed up 12 Oct 2012 and i'm #33474, a lot of people singed up in those 6 days!!!

And I discussed it with you at the time iirc and then forgot to get around to backing, so I'm number #331747!