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Star Citizen Survival Mechanics - Food Consumption

It's not a popular opinion, but I like the updates to the food consumption side of Star Citizen's survival mechanics. If the game doesn't require that we eat and drink at a noticeable frequency, what's the point? Unlike the more traditional MMO experience of eating and drinking for buffs or to replace health and energy consumed, you must consume food to survive in Star Citizen. In typical CIG fashion, the variety and visual detail are stellar. 

You can read more about the updated mechanic on Aly's World that now includes A.I. narrated versions of my posts.

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Star Citizen - The Men in White

A byproduct of players dropping all gear as loot upon death is that many of us are now choosing to run around in the default scrub-looking white suit. Getting a marker to retrieve your corpse or the game persisting it through a full death isn't 100% reliable. Plus the inconvenience of flying back to the scene of the crime, only to find nothing remains, wastes time. Unless you're doing FPS combat, armor provides no benefits besides storage and protection from the weather, neither of which come into play if your activity is mostly aboard a spaceship. No one wants to lose armor they've purchased for no reason. Hence, there are many men in white suits roaming the Star Citizen verse.

A couple of weekends ago, a group of us were doing Bounty Hunting missions together. And as you'll see, we've elected to be in the default replacement flight suits. While waiting for other members to join us at the orbital station above Hurston, comedic events ensued.

THE MEN IN WHITE SUITS

 

Star Citizen Players Become Loot Goblins

Star Citizen Alpha 3.17 is turning most of us into Loot Goblins. Now that looting has been joined by selling items, chasing boxes has become a favorite pastime of many players. Bunker missions, Box Delivery, and old fashion exploration are yielding opportunities to collect rarer items or as a means to earn extra cash. It's definitely a low-skill ceiling way for new players to hop in and earn money with no special equipment or skills required. If yo u can fly, land and look around, you too can become a little Loot Goblin.

Read more on Aly's World.

Star Citizen - Aegis Eclipse Stealth Bomber Bounty Hunter

I'm still working on my Bounty Hunter reputation in Star Citizen. I recently reached the second to last mission difficulty, Very High-Risk Targets (VHRT), and needed a new strategy to continue working on them solo during the week. When I first started VHRTs I was doing them in multiple passes. First I went after the light and medium fighters, drawing them away from the heavy support. Once those were destroyed, I returned to the target area of conflict to play cat-n-mouse with the heavy fighters until I could take out the mission target, being the Aegis Hammerhead. The Hammerhead is a formidable ship when fully crewed. And not a ship I could easily stand toe-to-toe with using my Constellation. Then I overheard a conversation about size nine torpedoes one-shotting the Hammerhead and went in search of an option to use that strategy.

And so, the Aegis Eclipse, a stealth bomber, was reintroduced into my fleet. I'd owned one a couple of years ago - maybe further back. At the time, I didn't find much need for it in my gameplay but it certainly has its uses now. Not just for soloing bounties meant for small groups but for dealing with large frigate encounters we have in the new dynamic events. During the earlier phases, I can participate with the Constellation in combat or hauling crates then swap to the bomber. Even if I don't use the Eclipse for dynamic events it has become invaluable for my progression in Bounty Hunting.

I hope CIG revisits the payouts for the VHRT and ERT missions. We used to do them as a group but the payouts aren't worth it when the shipowner also has to repair and restock their ship. Splitting 10K is a joke compared to maintaining a ship, hence most of the people in our group are all running the missions solo now. You can read more about my journey to complete Very High-Risk Target missions using a Stealth Bomber here.