at this point I'm just watching your reviews. They're awesome, well explained and with honest criticism. The Carrack seems like the perfect Star Trek Roleplay Vessel. It's incredible in that regard. Also I got lost in your tour... This thing is huge, can't wait for the origin jump! :-D
@@Farrister right now, everyone is moe or less on their own and big groups are not as rewarding as small ones. A feature yet to be implemented. In the end, do you think the Carrack will be the better choice when facin the 600i explorer? aside from that a personal question: which one do you prefer as a big ship to live and mak a living in? (i'll tell you what i think and will have the spacecraft regardless. I'll share it in the next comment)
@@Farrister the game might need some sort of "sanity meter" to make use of socializing and games with lots of meters are tedious. also there is never long enough distances to make use of it. Maybe in the future there will be modded servers for that living stuff. Thanks for your input. I think I'll keep my 600i
Another great review of an Explorer ship. As mentioned previously, I am an explorer at heart and currently have most of the ships dedicated toward that end. I stopped spending here on the Carrack. I chose not to go to a bigger ship as the Carrack will fit my ticket for ships and the 600I is for me, a waste of luxury. I don't need that. This ship will be my home ship, with smaller ships dedicated toward other things. I have exploration ships that can traverse small, medium and large jump points, with this being the largest. She is a big ship, but eventually it will be fully equipped for everything needed to explore. Having a small ship hanger and coming with a cargo capable small ship is great. I like the Pisces as a shuttle to bring crew up from planet side or small amounts of cargo and spare parts. That rover bay will definitely hold two Ursa Rovers or an Ursa, a Cyclone and I have also put a Dragon Fly/Nox/X1 or a Roc mining rover in with them. It will comfortably fit at least 3 vehicles. In combat, it's quite capable of holding it's own but as you mentioned, it isn't built towards a combat role. Not having missiles does limit it's punch, but those big turrets do make short work of smaller ships. I love this ship. Thank you for your review, and fly safely.
@@Farrister That's really why I put my comment because your review is older, but the game still looks as good or even better years later. I'm excited to, but I really hope it's not a hype thing.
I really love the upper and lower pilot stations especially because you can just jump down from above onto the beautiful glass without any damage. Feels great
I just wanted to let you know that I have purchased a Nautilus upgrade (not applied yet) and I can lend you the ship for a review whenver it's implemented in the game. You're the best ship reviewer I've seen.
its a fun ship that can barely land at stations but also somewhere on here is a spot to glitch in cause the amount of times ive been raided from someone no clipping into my ship from the cargo pods is insane
I know you can't please everyone but it still surprises me how many are unhappy with this fantastic ship; it's the Serenity minus private cabins for your crew mates. I named my Expedition the "Empyrean Ox", assuming it's viable I intend for her to serve as a tourer and transport, not charting the black.
@@Farrister Thanks ☺️, I'm not against borrowing a name from a favorite IP but I had been really hoping that at least one of the names I've cooked up myself would be available. I was pretty pleased to have got that one.
I've no interest in the Star Citizen gameplay, but exploring the ships through other people's work is fun. I'd buy the game in a heartbeat if I could just walk around the ships (due to work and life I've no time these days to grind for them, nor am I likely too when the game gets a final release). These videos are a great substitute. Of all the ships I've seen on this channel so far, this is definitely the most well-realized as a livable and workable ship. Lots of little touches that show the thought and care that went into designing it.
Twice a year or so they do in game expos where they open a giant showroom with tons of ships for a week. You can walk around all the ships and fly them for free. And best of all the game is free 2 play during the expo.
Probably a broken record in your comment section lol but, you’re reviews are quick, efficient, and contain great information. An extremely palatable way to digest star citizen info. Great stuff dude.
When pyro comes out i plan to create an exploration org and use the carrack along with the pisces to explore pyros planets and moons. Phase 1: carrack stays in orbit, pisces to surface, take some pics of surface and fauna, document atmosphere pressure and composition, return to orbit, meet with carrack, go to next planet Phase 2: carrack lands on planet, stays there for a day or two, thouroughly exploring the area and surface, taking more detailed pictures of fauna and landscapes, understand the planet and maybe pyros solar flares, move to next planet. I hope i can someday actually do this, its my biggest dream in the game to run an exploration org with carracks and other explorers. Maybe in the future multiple crews can explore multiple systems!
@@Farrister That's from Portal. There's these robotic turrets that talk to you in a cute squeaky friendly voice as they're killing you, lol. I thought EVERYBODY had played Portal by now, lol.
I like it. The closest to a well designed ship in the game. Can cargo, can fight. Not perfect though. Whats the need of two bridges? Could have had everything on the top bridge and had a torpedo system on the bottom bridge. Or a really big gun.
Look what they DID to my BOY 😭😭😭 Still hate the outside, but that internal layout is quite nice and I like the flow for the most part. I think it could use a redo on the lighting though, feels so dark and gloomy. I think that mood makes sense for the cartography deck, but most everywhere else, especially the living space, it should be brighter white I think. Much closer to how it is on the Idris. And they *could* have kept that sleeker looking exterior and made room for the internal layout by scaling the ship up a bit, giving the best of both worlds, but nooooooo. Sad times lol
They told you people: if they scaled it up, it wouldn't fit in most hangars. Personally, I like the new Carrack way more than the original concept, and so are many other people, who believe it to be the best designed ship to date. In my opinion, it doesn't need reworks - only some minor tweaks, which I suppose are inevitable for most ships we currently have.
The ship can barely squeeze into large hangars as it is. Making it any longer would take landing in large hangars impossible and slimming it down would mean taking multiple rooms out and there is no rooms with extra space to try to make one room do two things. The last little bit of tweaking they did to the ship for the community proves this.
Enjoying your vids just a suggestion on sound there is a lot of “sssss” when talking. I know they have gear to lessen that and it would make your voice even more soothing. Oh, and we can hear your mouse movements as well.
Personally I'm not so sure, it seems to be more geared around long range exploration. I do wonder whether it might make for a good scanning ship at the centre of a combat fleet - a combination of AWACS or Command & Control. But that's very very speculative
@@Farrister yeah I’ve read that. I meant lore for your org. But hey love your channel. Subscribed a week back or so. I’ve only started playing a little over a month ago.
I love the ship. It's simply amazing. But from a practical point of perspective, it's not for me. This ship is a fking flying city and it's so huge it would require a full team of players to effectively use all its potential. This is pure multi VERY multi-crew ship and if you don't play with friends then...just... don't. If I have to chose an exploration ship... I'd get the 600i. With the upcoming interior redesign, the 600i is going to be really good and not so large. Look at that damn enormous flying spaceship. You're going to be all alone most of the time in there. Why would you want that? Get a smaller ship.
@@Farrister I mean, if you are the boss of a guild then by all means the ship is awesome. Even more if you can populate it with specialized NPCs. I also love the drone capabilities of the Carrack, it's something awesome I'd like to see in the 600i. With a bit of luck we'll get a medbay when they release the gold standard redesign and it would be glorious if they also give it some drone deployment capabilities.
@@Farrister I suppose it would depend on how exploration gameplay pans out. I mean, it only needs one pilot, but if you can stop and go to a sensor seat, then that might be soloable... while if you need to manage several tasks at once, you would need a group... or perhaps NPCs? Are NPC crewmen a thing?
You need to slow the camera movement down. You're zipping around too quickly and giving your viewers a headache. Pan around slowly when you walk around
I hate the carrack, it is overrated. The only defense you have as a pilot is ramming your agressor. gameplay loop for exploration isnt in thus making this piece of floating meatshield useless cept for the respawn station.
Look, Chris Roberts said that SC will be 90% Ai, 10% players. You shouldnt be forcing players to find other players to crew your carrack. The designers should at least give 2 guns for the poor pilot to shoot with. Or get the NPC ai crew ready.
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You’re the best star citizen reviewer imo
Wow, big compliment, thank you!
Welcs my man. Whenever I’m looking for a ship review I’ll always search out to see if you have one out first before settling for another ;)
Ever since tactical advance stopped doing his sadly
at this point I'm just watching your reviews. They're awesome, well explained and with honest criticism.
The Carrack seems like the perfect Star Trek Roleplay Vessel. It's incredible in that regard.
Also I got lost in your tour... This thing is huge, can't wait for the origin jump! :-D
Thank you :) enjoy!
@@Farrister right now, everyone is moe or less on their own and big groups are not as rewarding as small ones. A feature yet to be implemented. In the end, do you think the Carrack will be the better choice when facin the 600i explorer? aside from that a personal question: which one do you prefer as a big ship to live and mak a living in? (i'll tell you what i think and will have the spacecraft regardless. I'll share it in the next comment)
@@nilsgerdes6747 it's really hard to know, I don't think many of the 'live in' features will become all that relevant to actual gameplay :(
@@Farrister the game might need some sort of "sanity meter" to make use of socializing and games with lots of meters are tedious. also there is never long enough distances to make use of it. Maybe in the future there will be modded servers for that living stuff.
Thanks for your input. I think I'll keep my 600i
Another great review of an Explorer ship. As mentioned previously, I am an explorer at heart and currently have most of the ships dedicated toward that end. I stopped spending here on the Carrack. I chose not to go to a bigger ship as the Carrack will fit my ticket for ships and the 600I is for me, a waste of luxury. I don't need that. This ship will be my home ship, with smaller ships dedicated toward other things. I have exploration ships that can traverse small, medium and large jump points, with this being the largest. She is a big ship, but eventually it will be fully equipped for everything needed to explore. Having a small ship hanger and coming with a cargo capable small ship is great. I like the Pisces as a shuttle to bring crew up from planet side or small amounts of cargo and spare parts. That rover bay will definitely hold two Ursa Rovers or an Ursa, a Cyclone and I have also put a Dragon Fly/Nox/X1 or a Roc mining rover in with them. It will comfortably fit at least 3 vehicles. In combat, it's quite capable of holding it's own but as you mentioned, it isn't built towards a combat role. Not having missiles does limit it's punch, but those big turrets do make short work of smaller ships. I love this ship. Thank you for your review, and fly safely.
This was one of my first ship reviews too!
I really can't believe people are comparing this game to starfield lol, just watching this masterpiece of a review makes star citizen lead the way.
This is a very old review too! I'm really excited for Starfield though, I think it'll offer something a bit different. Excited for both games!
@@Farrister That's really why I put my comment because your review is older, but the game still looks as good or even better years later. I'm excited to, but I really hope it's not a hype thing.
I really love the upper and lower pilot stations especially because you can just jump down from above onto the beautiful glass without any damage. Feels great
Agree - the 2 floor bridge is so cool!
I just wanted to let you know that I have purchased a Nautilus upgrade (not applied yet) and I can lend you the ship for a review whenver it's implemented in the game. You're the best ship reviewer I've seen.
Thank you, very kind :)
Thanks for the review! It was very useful! :-)
I bought a Carrack during Invictus yesterday!
Congratulations! Hope you enjoy :)
ah the beautiful carrack, so glad i got one myself
It's definitely beautiful - the cargo running is quite useful too.
its a fun ship that can barely land at stations but also somewhere on here is a spot to glitch in cause the amount of times ive been raided from someone no clipping into my ship from the cargo pods is insane
Love the design and layout of the Carrack, I can’t wait to see what the Odyssey will look like internally in comparison
Definitely plan on playing the explorer role and trader role once I get my hands on this game
Just don't feel like you have to spend a fortune on a large ship like this - lots of entry level explorer ships, and you can upgrade in-game!
@@Farrister oh I understand that, it’s just something I want to upgrade to later on. Especially since there’s no money in exploration yet.
I am saving up for one, can't wait for two weeks from now :) I will be flying this beast
A friend of mine just got his on in-game purchase, took a while but it's a big boy!
@@Farrister how did he grind uec?
@@Roaring2Thunder lots and lots of bunker missions, which is not for me :D
@@Farrister oof did you so that with a giant crate?
@@Roaring2Thunder no, I do bounty hunter PvE or quantainium mining
I know you can't please everyone but it still surprises me how many are unhappy with this fantastic ship; it's the Serenity minus private cabins for your crew mates.
I named my Expedition the "Empyrean Ox", assuming it's viable I intend for her to serve as a tourer and transport, not charting the black.
Great name!!
@@Farrister Thanks ☺️, I'm not against borrowing a name from a favorite IP but I had been really hoping that at least one of the names I've cooked up myself would be available. I was pretty pleased to have got that one.
I didn't see any crew showers, only toilets. What's up with that? lol
Hey Farrister, a 4K re review of this ship would be much appreciated.
Oooh Carrack, noted!
I've no interest in the Star Citizen gameplay, but exploring the ships through other people's work is fun. I'd buy the game in a heartbeat if I could just walk around the ships (due to work and life I've no time these days to grind for them, nor am I likely too when the game gets a final release). These videos are a great substitute.
Of all the ships I've seen on this channel so far, this is definitely the most well-realized as a livable and workable ship. Lots of little touches that show the thought and care that went into designing it.
And quite an old video too!
Twice a year or so they do in game expos where they open a giant showroom with tons of ships for a week. You can walk around all the ships and fly them for free. And best of all the game is free 2 play during the expo.
Probably a broken record in your comment section lol but, you’re reviews are quick, efficient, and contain great information. An extremely palatable way to digest star citizen info. Great stuff dude.
Aw thank you, this was one of my earliest ones too! Appreciate it :)
I just wish the Carrack had a surface elevator like the 600i Rework will have.
I'm still giving your ship reviews priority but might I suggest that you start going through your older ones and consider an updated version. ❤
Thank you, I actually have been! But there are so many, it's a big task!!
When pyro comes out i plan to create an exploration org and use the carrack along with the pisces to explore pyros planets and moons.
Phase 1: carrack stays in orbit, pisces to surface, take some pics of surface and fauna, document atmosphere pressure and composition, return to orbit, meet with carrack, go to next planet
Phase 2: carrack lands on planet, stays there for a day or two, thouroughly exploring the area and surface, taking more detailed pictures of fauna and landscapes, understand the planet and maybe pyros solar flares, move to next planet.
I hope i can someday actually do this, its my biggest dream in the game to run an exploration org with carracks and other explorers. Maybe in the future multiple crews can explore multiple systems!
That would be awesome! Be sure to park the Carrack off a main transit route though - I think there will be some unsavoury characters around in Pyro!
@@Farrister oh yeah. 50% of pyros danger comes from the people, not the environment xD
Whenever you say "turret," I can't help hearing "I see you!" "Target acquired!" "Dispensing product!"
Afraid I don't know that reference!
@@Farrister That's from Portal. There's these robotic turrets that talk to you in a cute squeaky friendly voice as they're killing you, lol. I thought EVERYBODY had played Portal by now, lol.
The answer is beneath us
The cost of the ships in USD vs auec is interesting, as is the weights of the ships in comparison to each other.
Yeah, somebody pulled together a google document which compares them all!
Good show mate!
You didn't mention that the starboard seat on the upper bridge is the gunners station for the upper remote turret.
Well done! Good review!
This is my dream ship!
I like it. The closest to a well designed ship in the game. Can cargo, can fight.
Not perfect though. Whats the need of two bridges? Could have had everything on the top bridge and had a torpedo system on the bottom bridge. Or a really big gun.
I'm actually hoping to revisit the review in the coming weeks and months too!
I am watching this video in preparation for me getting the UEE exploration package
Ooooh, good luck, and I hope you enjoy!
can you do reviews of concept ships would love that
I think a few people would, I'm always a bit more nervous because it's less certain exactly what we'll get with them...
Awesome review, this is one of my dreamships. ☺️
I wonder, would a Super-Hornet fit in the upper bay?
As good as the 600i. Clear and simple as I like.
Anvil really needs to spend some money to put more light bulbs in there. This ship is so extremely dark, it's as if it was made for vampires.
Haha
Look what they DID to my BOY 😭😭😭
Still hate the outside, but that internal layout is quite nice and I like the flow for the most part. I think it could use a redo on the lighting though, feels so dark and gloomy. I think that mood makes sense for the cartography deck, but most everywhere else, especially the living space, it should be brighter white I think. Much closer to how it is on the Idris. And they *could* have kept that sleeker looking exterior and made room for the internal layout by scaling the ship up a bit, giving the best of both worlds, but nooooooo. Sad times lol
They told you people: if they scaled it up, it wouldn't fit in most hangars. Personally, I like the new Carrack way more than the original concept, and so are many other people, who believe it to be the best designed ship to date. In my opinion, it doesn't need reworks - only some minor tweaks, which I suppose are inevitable for most ships we currently have.
The ship can barely squeeze into large hangars as it is. Making it any longer would take landing in large hangars impossible and slimming it down would mean taking multiple rooms out and there is no rooms with extra space to try to make one room do two things. The last little bit of tweaking they did to the ship for the community proves this.
It's the bebop - 'nuff said
Have this ship, its a nice ship yet its a dizzying jaunt as you move through the ship, reminds me of a SuperMax, not a ship i use anymore.
And this is an old video, too!
Enjoying your vids just a suggestion on sound there is a lot of “sssss” when talking. I know they have gear to lessen that and it would make your voice even more soothing. Oh, and we can hear your mouse movements as well.
I'm hoping some of those are improving in the more recent videos, I've been spending a lot of time working on audio :)
@@Farrister awesome! You have a great voice and cadence so I look forward to the tweaks.
Love the Carrick. Can you please review the 600i explorer
I will see what I can do :)
Outside of their intended role, would these make good ground support/gunships? Standoff range missile boats for harassing enemy fleet from afar?
Personally I'm not so sure, it seems to be more geared around long range exploration. I do wonder whether it might make for a good scanning ship at the centre of a combat fleet - a combination of AWACS or Command & Control. But that's very very speculative
how can you put those boxen in side those things i can only place then. do you need something for it i have the consulation adromeda
It's a quite old video at this point :(
What is the United Space Confederation against that the United Space Federation is for?
I must confess I'm not as familiar with the lore of it as I should be!
@@Farrister I was just wondering. I bet you could come up with some cool lore.
@@aipilot6795 oh they have it! There are pages of lore, I just don't know it lol
@@Farrister yeah I’ve read that. I meant lore for your org.
But hey love your channel. Subscribed a week back or so. I’ve only started playing a little over a month ago.
@@aipilot6795 so did I! The org creator came up with a lot of background, I just don't know it! Glad you are enjoying the channel :)
At around 12:50 how did you get the lights to work? I thought they were just broken for now.
It was in PTU ahead of live, I haven't been able to do it this week :(
@@Farrister ahh thanks
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I wonder how much has changed since this has been made
I love the ship. It's simply amazing. But from a practical point of perspective, it's not for me. This ship is a fking flying city and it's so huge it would require a full team of players to effectively use all its potential. This is pure multi VERY multi-crew ship and if you don't play with friends then...just... don't. If I have to chose an exploration ship... I'd get the 600i. With the upcoming interior redesign, the 600i is going to be really good and not so large. Look at that damn enormous flying spaceship. You're going to be all alone most of the time in there. Why would you want that? Get a smaller ship.
Can you imagine how much more extreme that will be for an Idris or Javelin?!
@@Farrister I mean, if you are the boss of a guild then by all means the ship is awesome. Even more if you can populate it with specialized NPCs. I also love the drone capabilities of the Carrack, it's something awesome I'd like to see in the 600i. With a bit of luck we'll get a medbay when they release the gold standard redesign and it would be glorious if they also give it some drone deployment capabilities.
The only big con of the carrack is that the pilot can not control any guns :/
It's definitely a multi crew ship for a coordinated crew
@@Farrister Hope the AI Crew is near. Probably the Bartender AI helps :D
It's a beautiful ship... but can it be flown solo? Is it viable for a solo player?
The million dollar question!
@@Farrister Meaning there's no answer?
@@STNeish it can be flown solo, but at the moment the jury is out as to whether it can be effectively operated solo in the future
@@Farrister I suppose it would depend on how exploration gameplay pans out. I mean, it only needs one pilot, but if you can stop and go to a sensor seat, then that might be soloable... while if you need to manage several tasks at once, you would need a group... or perhaps NPCs? Are NPC crewmen a thing?
@@STNeish not at the moment, not sure what we will get in the future! (Big speculation territory)
When he said the pledge was $500, I almost laughed. talk about a missed opportunity
edit: i have no idea why it cut out when i posted that
The what what?
@@Farrister That's what got cut out xD
audio in this is pretty unbearable ngl. Nice to see how much of an improvement you have made since though, low key asmr now ;)
Thank you, I've been learning a lot over the last year :) Still trying to keep improving!
What do you mean it has a captain BIRTH? What is that !???
A berth is how many beds there are I think
Looks cool. Too bad it's $1,100 so the regular person can't readily afford it.
Yup :(
You need to slow the camera movement down. You're zipping around too quickly and giving your viewers a headache. Pan around slowly when you walk around
Thanks, will make an effort to be slower in the next one
Good observation ❤😂🎉
This or Hammerhead
I LOVE the Hammerhead, but it's really only workable with friends. Carrack is more versatile for smaller number of players
I hate the carrack, it is overrated. The only defense you have as a pilot is ramming your agressor. gameplay loop for exploration isnt in thus making this piece of floating meatshield useless cept for the respawn station.
The respawn station is quite useful though!
You can't see it but im looking at your comment with disdain.
Look, Chris Roberts said that SC will be 90% Ai, 10% players. You shouldnt be forcing players to find other players to crew your carrack. The designers should at least give 2 guns for the poor pilot to shoot with. Or get the NPC ai crew ready.