What is it?Arena Commander is an in-game simulation module that pilots can plug into and practice in.
It’s served as the testing ground for much of the flight and in-combat ship experience.
All ships listed as flyable pre-2.0.0 PTU can be flown and fight in any of these modes.
- (NEW) The AEGIS Vanguard Warden is now flyable.
- (NEW) The Apocalypse Arms (APAR) Revenant, a new size 4 ballistic gatling gun (standard on Vanguard Warden)
- 6-Part Tutorial that introduces players to basic and advanced flight controls, including take-off, landing and combat.
Game modes include (Available in both single and multiplayer)
:- Racing Mode, with three unique “tracks” of increasing difficulty. It is referred to as the Murray Cup in lore.
- Free-flight mode, with no time limit, AI enemies or goals on your choice of two unique maps,
Dying Star or Broken Moon.
- Vanduul Swarm, on two unique maps, Dying Star or Broken Moon. Do battle with wave
after wave of increasingly difficult enemy Vanduul ships.
- Single player mode has AI teammates to help you
- Multiplayer mode is up to four players in a team vs the Vanduul Swarm.
Multiplayer Only- Battle Royale, a free for all combat mode with four to sixteen players.
The player who scores the most total points within the time limit is the winner.
- Squadron Battle, a team vs team fight with four to eight players on each side.
The team who scores the most points against the rival team within the time limit is the winner.
- Capture the Core, a team-based capture the “flag” game mode with teams of four to six players on each side.
The first team to score five captures wins.
- All can be played on two unique maps, Dying Star or Broken Moon.
- Public free-matches are limited four per side.
Social Module
What is it?Area 18 is a city on ArcCorp, a planet in the Stanton system
and the games first interactive planetside environment.
- Gameplay is focused on individual exploration and social interaction.
- The zone contains a customs area, shops, Medical Bay, items (not yet buyable) and a bar.
- Augmented Reality mode allowed players to see names of other characters
and view the names/details/prices of any items they look at.
- Fully destructible Greycat Buggies that players could drive around the zone,
with the ability to run over and kill other players or destroy said buggies.
- Our first player experience with death and respawn into a Medical Bay after being run down.
- Some NPCs, with interaction being developed now.
- Introduced the chat and animated/voiced emote system. With the ability to create
and join multiple chat channels, zone into ArcCorp instances with their friends, and interact with them
on a much more personal level.
- Up to 36 players, with a hard cap of 40. The soft cap is to allow
for friends to join the same instance together.
Hangar Module
What is it?Hangars are where players can view and explore their ships, as well as decorative items,
objects and subscription flair items that are sold from the store.
Hangars can expand from one to up to five bays depending on the number of ships loaded into them on the website.
- (NEW) Million Mile High Club is now available to those with the eligible package.
- Each bay can hold 3 small ships, 1 medium or 1 large ship. Expanded options are in development.
- The exception is VFG Industrial. The central bay for VFG Industrial can only hold 3 small or 1 medium, not a large ship.
- Currently have four hangars. SelfLand, Aeroview, Revel &York, and VFG Industrial.
Gameplay- View, explore and interact with your ships or the hangars.
- Use the Holotable to remove, add or change the equipment loadout on your ships.
- interact with flair items from posters to a small bar or Jukebox.
- Drive around in a Greycat Buggy (if available).
Squadron 42 To be released sometime in 2016
If this space game doesn't interest you, try Elite: Dangerous
