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Aly's Star Citizen Events Coming Soon

I've been working on having my site updated to host in-game events in Star Citizen. Social gatherings that use game assets, mechanics, and lore to create competitive games. Formal registration, participation sheets, and winners round out the events. Am in the final testing and have a few organization members lined up to run a small scenario as additional testing. I'm very excited to get these going. You can find out more here, on Aly's World of Star Citizen.

Star Citizen - Drake Mule

At the end of Invictus 2022, Star Citizen unveiled the game's first cargo loader. It's not fully functional yet, but the intent and value are clearly obvious. From starter delivery missions to those managing bases or large ships, the ability to move supplies in multiples will be a fundamental need. I purchased one since the price is low and took it for a spin. It handles very well, has nice animations, and cleanly designed HUD.

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Star Citizen - FPS Bounty Hunter Guide

Star Citizen is experiencing a surge of new players and with that comes the pains of playing a game in Alpha. There are several rewarding game loops available. Unfortunately, stumbling your way into them can be painful. I've created a small starter guide for the very popular FPS Bounty Hunting loop.

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PVE ship combat bounties are a very popular activity because they don't require specialized ships. You can successfully jump into the game with a starter ship and complete flight combat bounties. Unfortunately, the same can't be said for FPS bounties, which are equally popular. For the FPS bounties, you need basic gear that is purchasable in-game. You also need a

 

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.

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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.

Star Citizen: Many New Players

New players continue to embrace Star Citizen regardless of the bad press and the number of years it's been in development. I see them introducing themselves on Reddit and Twitch wanting to know how to get started. It's refreshing to see new people excited about what's in the game. To be fair, there are enough pieces of a game to string together a fun experience. I couldn't play it solidly for the number of hours I played a broken game like New World but I am starting to hop in a couple of evenings during the week and a few hours across the weekend. Here's what I think is keeping new players entertained and how most recommend they get started in the verse.

Bounty Hunting in Star Citizen

I'm spending more and more of my gaming time in Star Citizen. I've been focused on the PVE Bounty Hunting profession trying to increase my reputation with Miles Eckart in order to trigger the huge Idris fight that's part of the finale. The logistics of physicalized inventory, faction reputation, and combat meta have kept my interest. Like choosing hybrid builds, I've been leaning toward hybrid ships for the flexibility of being able to accomplish more than one type of task in the same ship. I want the immersiveness of spending time aboard the same ship versus hopscotching through my fleet. So far, so good. You can read more about my Bounty Hunting adventure HERE. 

Star Citizen: Casual Citizen S3E5

Welcome to Casual Citizen Season 2, Episode 5. I'm your host, Alysianah from AlysianahsWorld.com. Casual Citizen is an ongoing series about the upcoming first-person MMO, Star Citizen, by Cloud Imperium Games. My show is a mixture of game commentary, lore discussions, tales of my adventures in the game's persistent universe, and fan-fiction I write set within the Star Citizen IP.

Episode 5 topics include Price of a Seamless World, Gamer's Musing discussion of playing Star Citizen, returning to New World, The Sims 4, and the daunting task of intelligent AI CIG is expected to deliver.

Our lives are still focused on my daughter's health crisis. She had surgery on Friday to remove a cyst. It will be a couple of weeks before the pathology report is completed. Until then, I work and endure by finding joy wherever I'm able. Unfortunately, recording and editing audio aren't in the cards, but I did want to release the next story in my Pod City, The Fallen series. As a result, the whole show uses an AI voice. I hope you can enjoy all the same.

Show Versions:

• YouTube with relaxing visuals
• SoundCloud audio only

Star Citizen - Gone Fishing

I stopped playing New World a few weeks back. I don't know where Amazon is going with the game but for now, it's not for me. The exorbitant amount of grind required across such a narrow content pool stopped being enjoyable. I'm not into meta min/max. I aim for a well-prepared and functional character able to hold her own and participate in activities without being a burden. I do not ever aim for being in the top 5% and grinding my heart out to get there. That's not entertainment for me.

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