Ding! $55m reached

TeaLeaf · September 28, 2014, 08:09:28 PM

The Reclaimer sale has boosted backing and raised just under $1m in two days, pushing us past the $55m barrier!

OldBloke · September 29, 2014, 02:58:52 PM

And hitting this stretch goal gives ...

QuoteBallistic Gatling â€" Preacher Armament Inquisition XXII

Preacherâ€™s Inquisition XXII is the weapon to turn to when you want complete target saturation. Its dual-ammo feed allows you to hotswap feeds without exiting your ship, giving every owner the ultimate flexibility to pick the ammo based on the situation. This Arena Commander upgrade will be given to all players who pledged before we reached the 55M goal.

smilodon · September 29, 2014, 06:38:13 PM

And it will sit at the front of my 325

OldBloke · October 01, 2014, 08:26:41 AM

... and one of the best 'Letter from the Chairman' I have ever read.

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14184-Letter-From-The-Chairman

Vote for your 'Wave 4' ship class too :yahoo:

TeaLeaf · October 01, 2014, 09:15:21 AM

Quote from: OldBloke;388625... and one of the best 'Letter from the Chairman' I have ever read.

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14184-Letter-From-The-Chairman

A lot of very useful info for people to absorb from that letter. It answers the questions that most people have in the back of their minds when considering SC.

smilodon · October 01, 2014, 09:27:33 AM

Yep I was going to cut and paste an early paragraph as a quote but turns out the whole letter is a joy to read.

Justin Tolerable · October 01, 2014, 12:16:52 PM

Yeah, the letter was brilliant. It makes me confident in their ability to make this a viable long term project. CR clearly has his ear to the ground and his head screwed on properly. Someone with good business sense, good PR skills and a proven track record in making great games is the perfect front man for CIG.

Galatoni · October 01, 2014, 01:04:19 PM

QuoteSomeone with good business sense, good PR skills and a proven track record in making great games is the perfect front man for CIG.

This is where I think CIG has the edge over Frontier. I have no doubt at all regarding Mr. Braben and his abilities - he's been in the industry for a long time. But he just doesn't seem quite as 'good' (for lack of a better word) as CR. I'm sure people will disagree, I don't even know why I think it to be honest.

Justin Tolerable · October 01, 2014, 01:35:14 PM

You're not imagining things - I get that feeling too. ED will be a great game, but it feels like something to play while I wait for SC. Part of that is because I feel CR has the same passion for this kind of thing as I do, whereas Frontier seems one step behind (despite the fact that significantly more progress has been made there... don't ask me to rationalize it please!).

Galatoni · October 01, 2014, 01:57:16 PM

Agreed. Graphics aside take a look at the.features that were available in frontier elite 2. We're not even there yet. It's not bad, we're just going through old footsteps at the moment

Twyst · October 03, 2014, 08:31:53 PM

Quoteor continually strive to make the art assets better. Just compare the Hornet from October 2012 to the current PBR Hornet in Arena Commander

That explains why each "major" patch feels like you're downloading the game again over again.
I might need more than 50Gig a month just to accommodate playing this!

Gone_Away · October 04, 2014, 02:01:44 AM

Genuinely..

I'm quite "Freak"ed out by how much money is being poured into this game.. Is it run by the American Government?

Sneakytiger · October 04, 2014, 07:50:16 AM

it would be nice to have somethng more from CR than dogfighting or looking at your hanger tho at the moment.

TeaLeaf · October 04, 2014, 09:13:00 AM

Quote from: Sneakytiger;388842it would be nice to have somethng more from CR than dogfighting or looking at your hanger tho at the moment.

You have to remember where we are though Sneaky. We're pre-alpha on a game that is not due out in multi-player until 2016, so any expectation or hope to see something other than arena commander and the hangar is way out of line. They haven't even finished designing the ships, let alone the universe they will be flying in! This game is massive, way bigger in scope than Elite imo, you can't just roll something out when a lot of 'the next bit' is so heavily inter-linked:

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/project-status

The project status page gives you a real high level view of pre-alpha status. All of those chunks are dependent upon one another.

In my estimation it will be 12 months from now before we're in a similar position to Elite's recent alpha testing of their universe, so SC's Alpha PU might be out Q4 2015. Squadron 42 might be released Q4 2015 too, but I would not be surprised if it slipped into Q1 2016. The MMO side of the game that I'm so looking forward to is more likely to be mid-2016. All dates are wild guesses at the moment, but they are more or less in line with the community's expectations.

Galatoni · October 04, 2014, 09:41:02 AM

Prepare for the worst. Hope for the best. If the final game is even half of what has been promised, it'll be amazing! Well worth the wait imo. But I get what is being said. Some character widgets or something would be a welcome change from guns. But I see what's happening. The communities water is being tested while a testing the pipeline.