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Games / [Megathread] Star Citizen Update 2.3
« on: January 18, 2016, 08:52:13 PM »
What is it?
Star Citizen Alpha 2.3 sets the stage for the persistent universe, offering players
access to multi-crew ships, large world maps and FPS combat. The latest update brings the flight-ready Vanguard Warden
and MISC Freelancer. Other additions include the hangar-ready Sabre, the Million Mile High Club, a new open world mission
and countless fixes and balance updates for those exploring Crusader.
Open World Missions
- Takes place in a small 400 quadrillion cubic km area of space within Crusader.
- Complete with 8 Comm Array missions involving dogfighting and EVA
- 8 Research missions involving protecting civilians
or recovering lost data and 1 Exploration mission of an abandoned station.
- 20+ Random Encounters – Most are random dogfighting encounters, often with a mix of friendlies and hostiles.
4 are random exploration missions involving finding lost wrecks.
- New! Monitored Space – large areas of the Crusader system actively monitored
by Crusader Industries, activated and deactivated by Comm arrays.
- New! Bounty system – Criminal activities inside of Monitored space now give players
Wanted levels, which will eventually cause a bounty mission to be placed on them.
Criminals can also attempt to elude bounty hunters by accessing a computer on Kareah to have their bounty lifted.
First Person Shooter
- Recharging energy weapons.
- In-game pick-ups including ballistic weapons, ammo and MediPens.
Player healing.
- Due to the open-world architecture of the Crusader system, FPS combat can occur
on space stations, on the decks of ships, or even while engaged in EVA.
- A space station location specifically designed for and dedicated to
FPS combat, including many stores and caches of personal weapons.
More Features
- Constant and ongoing skirmishes and space dogfights between Pirate factions
and insystem security forces in the Yela asteroid belt.
- Wreckage to scavenge in the Yela asteroid belt.
- Ship Repair, Refuel and Restocking at Cry-Astro.
- EVA – Extravehicular activity.
- Multicrew Ships and Multicrew ship gameplay! You’re not tied to your seat, you can walk
around inside your ship with friends, and assume different responsibilities at different crew stations,
such as ship’s pilot or copilot, engineer, or turret gunner.
- Ship to space transitions.
- Seamless first-person gameplay! Transit between the interior of your ship to outer space
and back without any loading screen! Fly, fight, and spacewalk all in the same game.
- Quantum Travel, complete with limited fuel mechanics. All non-fighter craft have a Quantum Drive
that allows them to travel through local space at genuinely 0.2 speed of light.
- Mobiglass Mission and Journal system.
- EMP warfare in the Avenger Warlock.
- Large World tech that allows for extremely large expanses of space to explore without loading screens.
- New IFCS Flight models.
- Ship repair refuel and restock.
- Party system.
- Multi-ship crew stations.
- IFCS Flight Modes – Precision, SCM, and Cruise flight modes.
- Afterburner.
- Ship-to-ship EMP and disruption damage.
Locations
- 1 planet: Crusader.
- 3 moons: Yela with its asteroid belt, Cellin with a station and Daymar with a station.
- 3 distinct stations: Port Olisar (The new local shipping hub, a space hotel players get their start in),
Security Post Kareah (our FPS PvP location),
Covelex Shipping Hub (Abandoned shipping hub, acting as an EVA exploration location for players).
- 9 Cry-Astro repair and restock station.
- 8 Comm arrays with encounters, missions and EVA exploration.
Purchase:
All you need, to play the game. Includes Squadron 42 and Star Citizen
Mustang Alpha $45
Aurora $45
All Packages
Media:
Sources:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/feature-list
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/about-the-game/spaceflight
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/squadron42
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTeLqJq1mXUX5WWoNXLmOIA
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCXJ9uG1cTdf8C9OEY1s2gA
