my understanding on the command module on the catterpillar was that its like the tug on a truck. its the truck part,. and you can have two hulls and you bring one in and take the other one out while its being loaded or emptied. so you swap between them with the command module and it would be essentially ship itself
It would be cool if you could grab and dock a second caterpillar to the other side of the command module and have double the size with middle pilot seat like a giant vulture for cargo instead of slavage
Every pirate will just shoot the cockpit module off :) It's the weak-spot and even if you miss, thanks to the armor the cargo you want will stay intact.
@@briangeorgebowes Ballistics penetrate shields and the pilot module is not that tough. So unless they will change the shield mechanics, it stays a problem.
Going to want to keep enemies off the starboard side so they have to shoot through the whole hull to damage it. Gives a chance to use it as an escape module that way. Having good gunners, and hopefully a design that allows lots of the turrets to fire to the starboard, will help a lot.
Lol the only gameplay CIG can do comes from Orgs. Bounty hunting in 3.23 is really repetitive I mean come on even missiles fly right through asteroid fields the size of Texas. Have different missions instead of recycling from the previous patch. Why nit have a search for bounty that as soon as you arrive a quantum snare happens preventing you from leaving while the bounty takes off. You fight off the reinforcements and then have the ability to track the bounty down again....geez CIG I literally came up with that while I sit here on the shitter
If they do, I hope that it's not optional (or at least having an announcement system). Basically, the pilot/owner/commander has the ability to speak over the ship's intercom and it's heard by anybody onboard the ship, even if the people on the ship haven't actually joined the voip channel.
Coming from racing, please strip off all the guns and shields and balance our ships properly without worrying about combat impacts. We already strip off all weapons and shields. The interceptor tuning has had a major impact in an effort to balance combat when they should be treated as their own class. Some ships are better than others but the meta has excluded a lot of the ships, especially racing focused snubs like p-72 and especially fury LX
Yet another ship in a very long list of concept ships what makes this DRAKE tug looking contraption appealing to anyone is beyond me gib me my damn BMM
All very exciting. But the mule desperately needs a size 2+ tractor beam like the MPUV. The forklift style simply won't cut it for larger boxes. I got the military version of the ironclad, if you need one for testing or to compare the two, you can borrow her :)
@@wozo9210 wont take that long this time, everything has been sped up and they need this done asap before they can do anything with the kraken. even gold passes on drake ships have been moved behind it.
When the fuck will i be able to wear my ballcap with armore on. I mean..every damn pilot i know throws his cap on after jumping out of seat. Give me FREEDOM!
If they are "retiring" the F7 lineup, they need to just upgrade player ships to the MK 2s. As everyone loves to point out the game is still alpha, and the idea they are making a ship obsolete before release is a bit ridiculous.
bout time we see some Drake ships rolling out, its been dry for many years. All their ships have been in the verse since pre 3.0 with only the Vulture,corsair,mule and Cutter being added. Kraken was the newest Concept ship for drake and that was 7 years ago. all the other brands have had a few concepts and straight to flyable ships since then. CIG make the cargo bay un-scanable like the phoenix set drake apart from the rest
The Ironclad should be the standard design style for all ships. Sleek ships should still be sleek, but they should still be based in a similar design language, even if just a tiny bit. My main complain about the current ships is that too many parts of too many ships look too much like toys.
I absolutely cant wait for these massive ships to start popping up. That with server meshing and massively increasing server population i could see a large ship with a high bounty drawing in possibly hundreds of players and having an insane space battle.
Don't hold your breath. Capital ship production will be one of the hardest issues for CIG to tackle, it takes so long just to get out a single capital ship, about a year to be exact, and we still have so so many in the backlog.
@@thekillerprawn what they need to do is spend a year with all of their ship teams consolidated instead of being spread out so much. Its pretty fuckin simple from a management standpoint.
Im contemplating if i should keep my crucible or apply my ironclad ccu to it as want something additional to my bmm and part of traveling market offering either rapairs or ferry stuff and ships from stanton to pyro in the ironclad as well as use it for stocking up the bmm or delivering goods to bulk buyers. Whats your thoughts?
Picked up some VKBs, just got the fully set up (with chair mounts). Used your code, wanted to say thank you! The sticks are great. Been mining actually, much easier to get around imo. But excited to see cargo hangers! Debating if i should melt my C1 for some retalitor cargo mods…. 🤔
People, be aware then, that 3.23.2 has the potential to BE that dreaded 3.18 'Moment' CIG hope to avoid and act accordingly. When this patch hits Wave 1, respectfully test it out, and call out what you find. The MORE PEOPLE TESTING the better, the quicker the issues can be ironed out, and the sooner 3.23.2 gets to Live WITHOUT becoming a 3.18!!
yea I did some testing in the 3.23 wave 1. you could see it improving every day. without those reports and all that test data - it is a lot harder to get right!
I also understood that size 1 "unified" ballistic ammo (as a caliber) will be used as size 1 repeater ammo AND size 2 gatling ammo (since a gatling fires smaller bullets but with a higher rate), instead of considering them like two separated types, which seems to be the case currently.
This was my understanding as well. Not that there will be one ammo type for "all" weapons, but ammo types will be shared between /certain/ weapon classes. Kind of like the real world where submachine guns shoot the same ammo as pistols but are automatics.
"As time progresses in game" ? Time hasn't even started because the game is not live. Its alpha. Its just a lame excuse for them to maximise Mk2 sales, while the Mk2 should have replaced Mk1s for everyone and the Mk1s should have been gone from the game completely. But they only made one Mk2 hornet, so they can't do that. There is still the ghost tracker and superhornet which do dot have Mk2 variants.
Very disappointed that BH has been pushed. It’s all well and good adding pretty places like the consolidation centres, and sand caves, but gameplay is seriously lacking. Once SM is in, they really won’t be able to keep making the same excuses for how long it’s all taking. For the ammo, they should have ammo boxes that can be added/removed. Right now you can switch from something energy based, to physical without any changes to the ship bar the weapon. This seems very at odds with the realism they are striving for
The Drake Ironclad is the Pirate Repository Ship. It can handle Hull C size Cargo Containers, it has the potential to tractor in smaller size ships for the Crew to pillage and loot at leisure, hoover up the cargo from ships taken down by Corsairs and Cutty Blacks, and transport prisoners/hostages/slaves by use of it's Secure Storage (Brig). The Ironclad raises Piracy to new heights!! Pirate Orgs will love this ship!!
pretty sure a vulture would fit in that bay, imagine the team going out on mission, taking the bounty, park the ship in the bay, strip off its weapons, use the vulture to strip its RMC and break it up, tractor back all the resource, repark the vulture and off to the next target
I think for the ground vehicle usage, they should get it to where we can drive around the cities. Even just on the outskirts where the npcs can not get in the way for now. Maybe for singular or maybe some multiple box drop off missions. It would even be cool for an outskirt landing pad and a small rent fee for a box only vehicle (stv probably)
I cant wait till server mesh is in and working so CIG can start to fix all the bugs all the stuff that dont work missions that work ! getting our hangers is going to be great been able to make a home is good but a lot of players wont come back to it as they get to a space station and move the spawn. Base building oh yes making a home is the dream, I would like a repair pad for customers I speed my days salvaging mets for the repair pad and to build a bigger base. may be a shop to sell the components I get from the ships. but then I WAKE UP lol
ThanX Ryan! always great and in depth analysis! Only little thing I would like, is for You to be a bit more critical on the real state of the game as well, nothing to salty but just telling the masses that are interested in SC, on the here and now state of the game, and not only the CIG version of game state. Once again ThanX for sharing! cheers!
I swear when this all cones together...its going to be absolutely bananas. Huge week long mining ops with cargo runner and security orgs all working together fir massive payouts. Cant wait!!
I'm listening to your video on the section about MM and racing and your examples of using a tank to race, and literally yesterday I saw a video of four tanks racing on a beach. ^^
One thing I liked about No Man Sky, is finding wrecked ships and making them my own. If I find an abandoned ship, I should be able to fix it up and own it.
Love your comments on racing ships. I've felt that way for a long time. It would also make sense that they have relatively weak shields with the focus on forward strength.
I think they have made a missed oportunity, as they should make it where the ironclad and cat should use the same (or atleast swapable) module and then you can have another ironclad or cat to hack and attach to another player's drifting cargo. It seems like a missed pairacy loop
I think you misunderstood what they said about ammo. I am sure they said that it will be the same ammo for any gun of the same size and ammo category eg every size 2 ballistic weapon will use the same ammo but you need a different amp for size 3 ballistic.
your own hanger, with an opening floor that your ship is delivered from, you can call up ground vehicles - drive them to the side then call the ship and drive teh vehicle in, no need to go to mining outposts. cargo has its own elevator in your hangar, so you can load AND UNLOAD cargo from long term storage. this is also how you call up armour weapons etc. Its a BIG deal, and didnt make it in at 3.23.0, so testing at 3.23.2 is great news!
Quad lower turrets on the Assault version really should be on top of the ship, but with ability to depress sufficient to fire downward at decently close range. That way they can clear a landing area ahead, but still be useful for aerial defense once landed. As they are currently configure the will become largely useless once the ship is on the deck.
I will be honest, I do not think the Assault will be living up to it's name. It can carry tanks, which is great, even more than the C2 or M2, BUT the singular small ramp that forces the tanks to offload single file renders the ship useless for preforming combat landings. All it would take is the lead tank, or any tank in the line being destroyed and the ramp becomes useless. Add to it that it only has 18 seats for marines/tank crews, using it as an infantry lander is just as pointless as the Valk has more seats, multiple infantry disembarking points. Overall, the Assault will probably be used as a mobile supply and support base, able to repair ground vehicles, but never leading an assault unless the crew or commander is truly desperate.
@Kaiberus combat Jumpseats or total Jumpseats including crew? Either way, You would still probably get away better with a Valk or Steel for deploying Infantry, and an M2 for Deploying tanks(so the tanks have multiple points of egress). What I think they need to do to give the Assault better utility is: A) 2, preferably 3, points for the tanks to exit the Assault. One idea would be to make the top a solid piece (so non retractable) and instead have the floor be able to lower to the ground, or ramp down to allow the tanks to disembark with some cover or expediency. B) have an "Infantry" module that trades tank space for more Marine Jumpseats, armor, and support turrets. Basically trying to move it away from a mobile repair bay to an actual "Assault" troopship.
This is going to be horrible for solo players, especially for players in a part of the world such as New Zealand where there is few people online to assist.
Can they remove whatever they marked on my account for police harassment? I get scanned far far more than anyone else I know. And now there is no HUD to let you know you they asked you to stop. I have been straight up murdered by cops with no crimestat several times. I have been rammed by them, but who hasn't. And I have had cops shoot my ship to pieces while I was in a bunker working for them. This on top of all the other bugs and random BS. This is been a terrible patch for me.
I would be nice to chill in my own hangar, HOWEVER, I cant even play, the key binding on my xbox controller dont work or save, nor can I put on any armour, clothes etc, as the mobi gear menu will not allow me to use my mouse and hover over items I want to put on.
Tbh I thought restraints would fall under the umbrella of Bounty Hunting 2.0, so I thought it was a little weird to mention that as a prerequisite. But anyway it was nice for them to just come out and say that it's on a back burner right now.
Thought comes to mind while looking at the repairing process. Why does it have to be multitool with Repair component? Cant it be Gloves instead? Very close range thing, still beaming, but you would move your hands around it, scanning, rather than pointing a "gun" at the component and laser it till it works
Industrial gameplay is my thing, so I can't wait for mining missions to be a thing. Until then, mining (and driving around the DCs) will keep me entertained.
balance is important but balance in terms of fun, not effectiveness. people always pick fun over effectiveness, in any multiplayer game. there is a reason pudge is the most picked hero no matter if hes the weakest hero in the patch.
Hoping the command moduel ends up been the same one as the cat has and ends up been link a snub that can control the cat or the ic or future smaller / larger things a specific dock for it on the kraken. Could end up been the drake trademark. Got myself one love a big drake barge.
...I now want to see a cannon mounted to an F1 racing car, and see it sent into a war zone...perhaps my movie pitch for the next 'Fast and Furious' movie...
I can see all the ammo for a size weapon being the same. Example all size 1 ballistic use the same ammo but their is a difference between size 1 and size 2 ammo
Totally agree with your comments on the difference between racing and non-racing ships. There should be a significant, meaningful gap in specific performance.
I really hope 3.23.2 includes the pledge retrieval. I lost most of my items due to a sudden major lag spike and crash to desktop when trying to leave Lorville.
Why would it? Retaliator just finished getting its gold pass and the torpedo module is completed. There isn’t really enough room in the Tali to carry a spare 4 torpedoes I think, unless you cram em into the rear cargo bay and reload the front 4 from the outside. I don’t think that’ll be worth the extra two torpedoes you’d get over just taking the aft torp bay
@@viscounttudon68 I didn’t mean getting more torpedos, I meant as in having to have someone load torpedoes after they are fired. I figured that would be something that came with engineering once it came out.
Cargo suit Ripley wore, Cargo suit Ripley wore, ,Cargo suit Ripley wore. XD B.F.R 's!! I know the Ripley exosuit is sadly out of date due to Multitools but still BFR's xD Edit: Ah, having googles BFR it does not mean what I meant, I used it in the old PlanetSide way ie: Big Fuc⚔️ing Robot
Are personal hangars free in game? I think they should start charging for premium stuff (with in game money). We need to start seeing more money sinks. If they charged real money I wouldn’t be happy however.
From what I’ve heard, the first iteration of the personal hangars will only be at the major cities. The hangar will be free and the size you get is based on the largest ship you own. Eventually we will be able to rent a hangar at other cities or stations using in-game money.
I think it is less that it's on hold as much as dependant game play and systems are still in development. Once those dependencies are ready then we'll see BH 2.0.
@@MatthewGleed Yes, there's a ton of critical situations that the devs have to handle especially if you want to keep your prey alive and use stasis pods, both on PVE and PVP side.
5:49 you said this is whitebox but it's not, it's in the concept mesh phase, it says so in the bottom left, which is no different than the concept art. It's just placed there to get the dimensions correct and to give a "vibe" of what the finished product might look like. It's all still early, pre-whitebox concept and is not being actively worked on. As someone who covers SC nearly every day Mac I'd figure you would know the difference. They only show us these "concept meshes" to get people to think it's being made to boost sales, which worked epically for their benefit, when it is likely 3+ years from beginning development and 4+ years from being in game.
I think they are thinking they will work in this first before working the Kraken. They said they will work on this ship to get some fundamentals down before working on the bigger ship. I think now that Squadron is winding down that it is possible to maybe cut in half the development process for some ships depending on what they want to work on first.
?? you can call it a wax painting but it doesnt change the fact that someone at CIG has already created and modeled out the ship in blender. The work has already been started, its not just a concept drawing. All the info u need is on the screen.CIG doesnt wanna deal with ppl losing their shit over sayin its being worked on when some are still bitching about the merchantman and many other ships, so its easy to just say its not real its just a mesh. The Iron Clad was part of what the Kraken was ment to be way back in the day, so there are many models still on file they tweaked till they landed on this one.
@@MMORPG87 Yeah...no. This is fundamentally NOT true. The Iron Clad has no relation to the Kraken, and the Kraken is guaranteed about 5 years away. Lay off the copium. I know it tastes great, but it's not good for you.
@@MMORPG87 Yes it is just a concept drawing but in 3d. If you watched the SCL last week you would know that they stated all the ships they're working on and that they'll be working on RSI for some time before moving over to Drake. All the info I need is on the screen? You're right! It says "Concept Mesh" right there which means it's not even in whitebox which you seem to be confusing with this concept mesh phase. It is not even beginning to be modeled, this mesh is equivalent to a piece of concept art. It's just a concept to convey the idea. Whitebox is when they start modeling it in its final layout and dimensions including the engineering, damage modeling, and new gameplay loops yet to be added like scanning meaning the ship is years away from even starting development. They'll look back and this mesh years later and scrap most of the ideas like they've done with many other ships.
Hell yeah, can see myself spending entire sessions chilling in my own hanger setting everything up
To have it wiped by a bug.
@@malkowitch Thats the beauty of it)
@@malkowitch Would be realistic, cant leave my snacks out b4 bugs destroy them either lol
@@malkowitch should've spent more money on a better security system, if the bug thugs are getting in and looting your stuff
I just want to see multithread Vulcan update.
Same!, it's one of the most important updates ever IMO
One step closer to native Linux support 🤤
Yup, this game would perform 4X times better on linux
@@xtoorgaming3982 why 4x better tho, can you clarify?
Ya because GPU bottlenecked games aways magic 4x performance when running on Linux.
my understanding on the command module on the catterpillar was that its like the tug on a truck. its the truck part,. and you can have two hulls and you bring one in and take the other one out while its being loaded or emptied. so you swap between them with the command module and it would be essentially ship itself
yea it is, I recently got a catapillar - I just love flying it!
looking forward to possible modules in the future!
It would be cool if you could grab and dock a second caterpillar to the other side of the command module and have double the size with middle pilot seat like a giant vulture for cargo instead of slavage
Good, I hope we get NB space port working better. There are still some very big bugs.
Every pirate will just shoot the cockpit module off :)
It's the weak-spot and even if you miss, thanks to the armor the cargo you want will stay intact.
*Transfer command to the command deck.*
*Swap to SCM-Combat mode dropping to 200 meters a second in 6 seconds.*
*Pirate explodes on my armored butt.*
Is that after you get thru the 4 x s3 shields?
@@briangeorgebowes Ballistics penetrate shields and the pilot module is not that tough. So unless they will change the shield mechanics, it stays a problem.
Going to want to keep enemies off the starboard side so they have to shoot through the whole hull to damage it. Gives a chance to use it as an escape module that way. Having good gunners, and hopefully a design that allows lots of the turrets to fire to the starboard, will help a lot.
Lol the only gameplay CIG can do comes from Orgs. Bounty hunting in 3.23 is really repetitive I mean come on even missiles fly right through asteroid fields the size of Texas. Have different missions instead of recycling from the previous patch. Why nit have a search for bounty that as soon as you arrive a quantum snare happens preventing you from leaving while the bounty takes off. You fight off the reinforcements and then have the ability to track the bounty down again....geez CIG I literally came up with that while I sit here on the shitter
They need to implement a VOIP command channel for those huge ships. So the commander can communicate with crew easily.
If they do, I hope that it's not optional (or at least having an announcement system). Basically, the pilot/owner/commander has the ability to speak over the ship's intercom and it's heard by anybody onboard the ship, even if the people on the ship haven't actually joined the voip channel.
@@gildedbear5355 Indeed it should work like that, otherwise what's the point of communication if people turn off VoIP.
Coming from racing, please strip off all the guns and shields and balance our ships properly without worrying about combat impacts. We already strip off all weapons and shields. The interceptor tuning has had a major impact in an effort to balance combat when they should be treated as their own class. Some ships are better than others but the meta has excluded a lot of the ships, especially racing focused snubs like p-72 and especially fury LX
Yet another ship in a very long list of concept ships what makes this DRAKE tug looking contraption appealing to anyone is beyond me gib me my damn BMM
All very exciting.
But the mule desperately needs a size 2+ tractor beam like the MPUV.
The forklift style simply won't cut it for larger boxes.
I got the military version of the ironclad, if you need one for testing or to compare the two, you can borrow her :)
-500
I'm sure he will remember this comment in a decade when it is finished
@@wozo9210 wont take that long this time, everything has been sped up and they need this done asap before they can do anything with the kraken. even gold passes on drake ships have been moved behind it.
@@DecanFrost that's cause things are getting rushed for their 4.0 deadline and sale pretty much jank work
@@mmaammn Supposedly its because S42 is in polish mode so they moved everyone over to SC development full time now.
When the fuck will i be able to wear my ballcap with armore on. I mean..every damn pilot i know throws his cap on after jumping out of seat.
Give me FREEDOM!
If they are "retiring" the F7 lineup, they need to just upgrade player ships to the MK 2s. As everyone loves to point out the game is still alpha, and the idea they are making a ship obsolete before release is a bit ridiculous.
obsolete? lmao
I've been waiting on personal hangers for 12 years. 😂 Can't wait. I'll need to hop into Wave 1 and see how it is.
bout time we see some Drake ships rolling out, its been dry for many years. All their ships have been in the verse since pre 3.0 with only the Vulture,corsair,mule and Cutter being added. Kraken was the newest Concept ship for drake and that was 7 years ago. all the other brands have had a few concepts and straight to flyable ships since then.
CIG make the cargo bay un-scanable like the phoenix set drake apart from the rest
I also don't understand why they give racing ships weapons in the first place.
There were plans for mad max races where guns were allowed, iirc.
The Ironclad should be the standard design style for all ships. Sleek ships should still be sleek, but they should still be based in a similar design language, even if just a tiny bit.
My main complain about the current ships is that too many parts of too many ships look too much like toys.
I absolutely cant wait for these massive ships to start popping up. That with server meshing and massively increasing server population i could see a large ship with a high bounty drawing in possibly hundreds of players and having an insane space battle.
Don't hold your breath. Capital ship production will be one of the hardest issues for CIG to tackle, it takes so long just to get out a single capital ship, about a year to be exact, and we still have so so many in the backlog.
@@thekillerprawn what they need to do is spend a year with all of their ship teams consolidated instead of being spread out so much. Its pretty fuckin simple from a management standpoint.
@@Jewifer333x2 That is what they are doing recently. They have like 2/3 of the ship team working on just the Polaris to get it out this year.
I find your updates to be the most direct and entertaining SC news channel out there.
The trouble with CIG is they release a ship and everyone gets all excited about it and then we wait five years or more before it is actually in game.
That or they randomly put out a ship that no one knew about that wasn't needed.
count the amount of times the word "hope" appears in such vids or the comments
Not to mention they typically release them overtuned and OP to get more buys. Then nerf them a month or so later...
Im contemplating if i should keep my crucible or apply my ironclad ccu to it as want something additional to my bmm and part of traveling market offering either rapairs or ferry stuff and ships from stanton to pyro in the ironclad as well as use it for stocking up the bmm or delivering goods to bulk buyers.
Whats your thoughts?
Picked up some VKBs, just got the fully set up (with chair mounts). Used your code, wanted to say thank you! The sticks are great. Been mining actually, much easier to get around imo.
But excited to see cargo hangers! Debating if i should melt my C1 for some retalitor cargo mods…. 🤔
People, be aware then, that 3.23.2 has the potential to BE that dreaded 3.18 'Moment' CIG hope to avoid and act accordingly. When this patch hits Wave 1, respectfully test it out, and call out what you find. The MORE PEOPLE TESTING the better, the quicker the issues can be ironed out, and the sooner 3.23.2 gets to Live WITHOUT becoming a 3.18!!
yea I did some testing in the 3.23 wave 1. you could see it improving every day. without those reports and all that test data - it is a lot harder to get right!
Well the thing is 3.23.2 is not entirely a major patch, so don’t expect a 3.18.
No fear! Even tho i am Fear, no fear!
I also understood that size 1 "unified" ballistic ammo (as a caliber) will be used as size 1 repeater ammo AND size 2 gatling ammo (since a gatling fires smaller bullets but with a higher rate), instead of considering them like two separated types, which seems to be the case currently.
This was my understanding as well. Not that there will be one ammo type for "all" weapons, but ammo types will be shared between /certain/ weapon classes. Kind of like the real world where submachine guns shoot the same ammo as pistols but are automatics.
"As time progresses in game" ? Time hasn't even started because the game is not live. Its alpha. Its just a lame excuse for them to maximise Mk2 sales, while the Mk2 should have replaced Mk1s for everyone and the Mk1s should have been gone from the game completely.
But they only made one Mk2 hornet, so they can't do that.
There is still the ghost tracker and superhornet which do dot have Mk2 variants.
Very disappointed that BH has been pushed. It’s all well and good adding pretty places like the consolidation centres, and sand caves, but gameplay is seriously lacking. Once SM is in, they really won’t be able to keep making the same excuses for how long it’s all taking.
For the ammo, they should have ammo boxes that can be added/removed.
Right now you can switch from something energy based, to physical without any changes to the ship bar the weapon. This seems very at odds with the realism they are striving for
The Drake Ironclad is the Pirate Repository Ship. It can handle Hull C size Cargo Containers, it has the potential to tractor in smaller size ships for the Crew to pillage and loot at leisure, hoover up the cargo from ships taken down by Corsairs and Cutty Blacks, and transport prisoners/hostages/slaves by use of it's Secure Storage (Brig). The Ironclad raises Piracy to new heights!! Pirate Orgs will love this ship!!
pretty sure a vulture would fit in that bay, imagine the team going out on mission, taking the bounty, park the ship in the bay, strip off its weapons, use the vulture to strip its RMC and break it up, tractor back all the resource, repark the vulture and off to the next target
I think for the ground vehicle usage, they should get it to where we can drive around the cities. Even just on the outskirts where the npcs can not get in the way for now. Maybe for singular or maybe some multiple box drop off missions. It would even be cool for an outskirt landing pad and a small rent fee for a box only vehicle (stv probably)
I cant wait till server mesh is in and working so CIG can start to fix all the bugs all the stuff that dont work missions that work !
getting our hangers is going to be great been able to make a home is good but a lot of players wont come back to it as they get to a space station and move the spawn.
Base building oh yes making a home is the dream, I would like a repair pad for customers I speed my days salvaging mets for the repair pad and to build a bigger base. may be a shop to sell the components I get from the ships.
but then I WAKE UP lol
ThanX Ryan! always great and in depth analysis! Only little thing I would like, is for You to be a bit more critical on the real state of the game as well, nothing to salty but just telling the masses that are interested in SC, on the here and now state of the game, and not only the CIG version of game state.
Once again ThanX for sharing! cheers!
I swear when this all cones together...its going to be absolutely bananas. Huge week long mining ops with cargo runner and security orgs all working together fir massive payouts. Cant wait!!
I'm listening to your video on the section about MM and racing and your examples of using a tank to race, and literally yesterday I saw a video of four tanks racing on a beach. ^^
One thing I liked about No Man Sky, is finding wrecked ships and making them my own. If I find an abandoned ship, I should be able to fix it up and own it.
Love your comments on racing ships. I've felt that way for a long time. It would also make sense that they have relatively weak shields with the focus on forward strength.
I think they have made a missed oportunity, as they should make it where the ironclad and cat should use the same (or atleast swapable) module and then you can have another ironclad or cat to hack and attach to another player's drifting cargo. It seems like a missed pairacy loop
I think you misunderstood what they said about ammo. I am sure they said that it will be the same ammo for any gun of the same size and ammo category eg every size 2 ballistic weapon will use the same ammo but you need a different amp for size 3 ballistic.
Can someone explain to me what's changing with the hangars update?
your own hanger, with an opening floor that your ship is delivered from, you can call up ground vehicles - drive them to the side then call the ship and drive teh vehicle in, no need to go to mining outposts. cargo has its own elevator in your hangar, so you can load AND UNLOAD cargo from long term storage. this is also how you call up armour weapons etc. Its a BIG deal, and didnt make it in at 3.23.0, so testing at 3.23.2 is great news!
And you can decorate your personal hangar with furnitures to make a cosy living space that will persist (certainly in a later patch).
Ingame Jared looks like he's straight out of uncanny valley... something is just off about him.
Fatterpillar seems very fitting. I'm digging the design. I hope CIG do more with the retractable roof idea.
Quad lower turrets on the Assault version really should be on top of the ship, but with ability to depress sufficient to fire downward at decently close range. That way they can clear a landing area ahead, but still be useful for aerial defense once landed. As they are currently configure the will become largely useless once the ship is on the deck.
I will be honest, I do not think the Assault will be living up to it's name. It can carry tanks, which is great, even more than the C2 or M2, BUT the singular small ramp that forces the tanks to offload single file renders the ship useless for preforming combat landings. All it would take is the lead tank, or any tank in the line being destroyed and the ramp becomes useless.
Add to it that it only has 18 seats for marines/tank crews, using it as an infantry lander is just as pointless as the Valk has more seats, multiple infantry disembarking points.
Overall, the Assault will probably be used as a mobile supply and support base, able to repair ground vehicles, but never leading an assault unless the crew or commander is truly desperate.
@@Mikalent doesnt it have like 26 or 30 seats?
yeah the assault version has 34 jump seats
@Kaiberus combat Jumpseats or total Jumpseats including crew? Either way, You would still probably get away better with a Valk or Steel for deploying Infantry, and an M2 for Deploying tanks(so the tanks have multiple points of egress).
What I think they need to do to give the Assault better utility is:
A) 2, preferably 3, points for the tanks to exit the Assault. One idea would be to make the top a solid piece (so non retractable) and instead have the floor be able to lower to the ground, or ramp down to allow the tanks to disembark with some cover or expediency.
B) have an "Infantry" module that trades tank space for more Marine Jumpseats, armor, and support turrets.
Basically trying to move it away from a mobile repair bay to an actual "Assault" troopship.
@@Mikalent pretty sure the assault one doesnt have a retractable top but idk for sure and yeah an elevator to drop all tanks at once would be nice
It does feel more and more like a game, not a jumble of systems smashed together
This is going to be horrible for solo players, especially for players in a part of the world such as New Zealand where there is few people online to assist.
It should not be too balanced, there must be overpowerd ships like ares idris eclipse and other but there should be ships that can take them out.
the command modules of the caterpillar and ironclad should either be identical or able to be attached to either frame...
"...mining missions are on the way." LMAO! Sure, pal. Sure.
I got rid of my cat when I up graded to the clad. Since you get a cat for loaner ship.
"Mill of the run," you're backing talkwards again. :P o7
love your vids man
I feel like this ship is gonna have a bad reputation once pirates get their hands in it...
I hope they restore Personal Transport Beacons and Rescue Beacons.
They should remove the guns from race ships and give them there speed back
Can they remove whatever they marked on my account for police harassment? I get scanned far far more than anyone else I know. And now there is no HUD to let you know you they asked you to stop. I have been straight up murdered by cops with no crimestat several times. I have been rammed by them, but who hasn't. And I have had cops shoot my ship to pieces while I was in a bunker working for them. This on top of all the other bugs and random BS. This is been a terrible patch for me.
Thats not cop, but random npc. Im experience it too
Command module should be an away ship 100% not just an escape pod
I kinda want the iornvland assault.
Unfortunately I can't afford to att
I think the ironclad would make an awesome small carrier for a small org.
Thanks Mac, your vids are always the best! I'm back in SC after a long break and I'm finally enjoying full gameplay loops. So excited!
speaking of forests. i'm still waiting for trees to stop raising 890s
cant wait for personal and persistent hangars and even habs eventually
Will we have the ability to rent hangers in space stations in addition our home hanger?
Yes but later.
But how many Furies will fit in an Ironclad?
Only FPS scenes. Had better ones in Quake 3
First?
Yea new Patch. Lets have it take away 5 More ships.
Ironclad, hope I get a chance to fly this beast
I would be nice to chill in my own hangar, HOWEVER, I cant even play, the key binding on my xbox controller dont work or save, nor can I put on any armour, clothes etc, as the mobi gear menu will not allow me to use my mouse and hover over items I want to put on.
Tbh I thought restraints would fall under the umbrella of Bounty Hunting 2.0, so I thought it was a little weird to mention that as a prerequisite. But anyway it was nice for them to just come out and say that it's on a back burner right now.
Thought comes to mind while looking at the repairing process. Why does it have to be multitool with Repair component? Cant it be Gloves instead? Very close range thing, still beaming, but you would move your hands around it, scanning, rather than pointing a "gun" at the component and laser it till it works
Always the next patch will be better, never is.
hangar, trade, cargo gameplay and much more... I've been there since 2015 and I'm thrilled with what CIG is producing now 😱
Industrial gameplay is my thing, so I can't wait for mining missions to be a thing. Until then, mining (and driving around the DCs) will keep me entertained.
balance is important but balance in terms of fun, not effectiveness. people always pick fun over effectiveness, in any multiplayer game. there is a reason pudge is the most picked hero no matter if hes the weakest hero in the patch.
Hoping the command moduel ends up been the same one as the cat has and ends up been link a snub that can control the cat or the ic or future smaller / larger things a specific dock for it on the kraken. Could end up been the drake trademark. Got myself one love a big drake barge.
Love the Ironclad, really opens up gameplay possibilities and expands our dreams and imagination of what can be for the future. Love it!
...I now want to see a cannon mounted to an F1 racing car, and see it sent into a war zone...perhaps my movie pitch for the next 'Fast and Furious' movie...
I wonder how the Unification of ammo type will work for ships like the Perseus that will have different ammunition types for it's guns
Trying to decide if the Ironclad or the Caterpillar is more like the Firefly-class hauler from the TV show
I can see all the ammo for a size weapon being the same. Example all size 1 ballistic use the same ammo but their is a difference between size 1 and size 2 ammo
Totally agree with your comments on the difference between racing and non-racing ships. There should be a significant, meaningful gap in specific performance.
Is the Hull-C actually usable as in running large amounts of goods that aren't H2 or helium?
there are additional access points on both sides of the ironclad from external balconies at lower midship point that appear to have extendable ladders
I really hope 3.23.2 includes the pledge retrieval. I lost most of my items due to a sudden major lag spike and crash to desktop when trying to leave Lorville.
All resets do
@@extremepsych True, but we don't get a character reset with every patch.
@@Archmage9885 request one if it matters that much to you
Ground based cargo missions. Roads!
the way you story tell about the adventures you can imagine it has me right there with you. it sound believable
upgraded from the reclaimer to the ironclad, how could i not, its crazy.
hard to get excited over one thing when they have so many topics at once, really cool
Lots of fun things ramping up.
Mill of the run!?! What???😆
I luv this ship it keeps your cargo safe for me when we blow it up
Bro, the very first real scene at 55 seconds, interactions have never been that fast
im weird, my favorite cargo ship is still the starfarer. nostalgia i guess.
I wonder if the work on the torpedo room in the Polaris will apply to the Retaliatory as well
Why would it? Retaliator just finished getting its gold pass and the torpedo module is completed. There isn’t really enough room in the Tali to carry a spare 4 torpedoes I think, unless you cram em into the rear cargo bay and reload the front 4 from the outside.
I don’t think that’ll be worth the extra two torpedoes you’d get over just taking the aft torp bay
@@viscounttudon68 I didn’t mean getting more torpedos, I meant as in having to have someone load torpedoes after they are fired. I figured that would be something that came with engineering once it came out.
nice looking ship, love the drake style. bring on the kraken!!
Cargo suit Ripley wore, Cargo suit Ripley wore, ,Cargo suit Ripley wore. XD
B.F.R 's!!
I know the Ripley exosuit is sadly out of date due to Multitools but still BFR's xD
Edit: Ah, having googles BFR it does not mean what I meant, I used it in the old PlanetSide way ie: Big Fuc⚔️ing Robot
The “Fatapillar” 😂😂😂
Funny! CIG uses Blender for Modeling^^
The fatapillar would be a great drop ship to drop off tanks
Awesome updates!
Are personal hangars free in game? I think they should start charging for premium stuff (with in game money). We need to start seeing more money sinks. If they charged real money I wouldn’t be happy however.
From what I’ve heard, the first iteration of the personal hangars will only be at the major cities. The hangar will be free and the size you get is based on the largest ship you own.
Eventually we will be able to rent a hangar at other cities or stations using in-game money.
@@user-bh6hi6cr5h Hmm maybe city personal hangars should be an up front cost, while stations remain rented.
They said they were considering an X-shaped envelope to sort out back strafing I believe
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Kinda surprising that they put bounty hunting on the back burner..... especially since they already converted the Hawk's prison cell
I think it is less that it's on hold as much as dependant game play and systems are still in development. Once those dependencies are ready then we'll see BH 2.0.
@@MatthewGleed Yes, there's a ton of critical situations that the devs have to handle especially if you want to keep your prey alive and use stasis pods, both on PVE and PVP side.
5:49 you said this is whitebox but it's not, it's in the concept mesh phase, it says so in the bottom left, which is no different than the concept art. It's just placed there to get the dimensions correct and to give a "vibe" of what the finished product might look like. It's all still early, pre-whitebox concept and is not being actively worked on. As someone who covers SC nearly every day Mac I'd figure you would know the difference. They only show us these "concept meshes" to get people to think it's being made to boost sales, which worked epically for their benefit, when it is likely 3+ years from beginning development and 4+ years from being in game.
I think they are thinking they will work in this first before working the Kraken. They said they will work on this ship to get some fundamentals down before working on the bigger ship. I think now that Squadron is winding down that it is possible to maybe cut in half the development process for some ships depending on what they want to work on first.
@@RazSkull673 Which means the Kraken is sooooo far down the road that we may not see it for 5+ years! How long since they announced the RSI Galaxy?
?? you can call it a wax painting but it doesnt change the fact that someone at CIG has already created and modeled out the ship in blender. The work has already been started, its not just a concept drawing. All the info u need is on the screen.CIG doesnt wanna deal with ppl losing their shit over sayin its being worked on when some are still bitching about the merchantman and many other ships, so its easy to just say its not real its just a mesh. The Iron Clad was part of what the Kraken was ment to be way back in the day, so there are many models still on file they tweaked till they landed on this one.
@@MMORPG87 Yeah...no. This is fundamentally NOT true. The Iron Clad has no relation to the Kraken, and the Kraken is guaranteed about 5 years away. Lay off the copium. I know it tastes great, but it's not good for you.
@@MMORPG87 Yes it is just a concept drawing but in 3d. If you watched the SCL last week you would know that they stated all the ships they're working on and that they'll be working on RSI for some time before moving over to Drake. All the info I need is on the screen? You're right! It says "Concept Mesh" right there which means it's not even in whitebox which you seem to be confusing with this concept mesh phase. It is not even beginning to be modeled, this mesh is equivalent to a piece of concept art. It's just a concept to convey the idea. Whitebox is when they start modeling it in its final layout and dimensions including the engineering, damage modeling, and new gameplay loops yet to be added like scanning meaning the ship is years away from even starting development. They'll look back and this mesh years later and scrap most of the ideas like they've done with many other ships.