Seriously... why? I can see an argument being that the Medusa's rounds travel so slowly anyway, hence a maximum ~2km being fine, but why not reward people who have skills to be a decent crackshot?

According to stats from Erkhul, a Medusa Round has a range of about 9kms.

With an ample amount of hopium, I imagine the turret gameplay will still be subject to further improvement and balancing (the silence from CIG on this matter doesnt give me any faith though).

Cig For the love of god please let us Palletize our ordnance.... whether on an actual pallet with all the rounds visible in their little frames, or in a 4scu Box, 8scu Box, 16scu Box.... hell i'm even fine with making it where to palletize that it take 3 minutes to palletize/pack

This is barely more efficient than just using the handheld tractor beam BUT imagine that spot on the balcony having a tractor beam terminal and 2 screens to interact with the box printers remotely... I can dream

It wpuld be cool if they did that for now on and maybe sometimes gave them to npcs so we can fight against them as well :)

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Like i get it, im excited for sq42 as well lmao

Nobody made this comparison yet, so here I go lol

I have the TAC and can use store credits to get the Mk5 without spending anything extra. However, they are very similar in many aspects, and it might be smarter to use those credits to grab a ship for a different role. That being said, the differences between them are almost convincing me to keep both, and I’d love to hear your thoughts.

(Everything below is just my opinion, and you’re all welcome to disagree and share your own points 😄 )

MK5 Pros:

• More cargo (240 SCU)
• More missiles (32 + 32)
• Higher damage output (4x S5 + 4x S3 on turrets)
• Higher hull HP and armor
• Faster SCM / NAV speed
• Awesome interior
• Can carry a Nova Tank
• Both turrets can shoot forward

MK5 Cons:

• Weird exterior (especially the landing gear. Loved the old design, this new one not so much...)
• Very slow turn rates
• Only 4 seats
• Apparently cant RRR skylark (needs confirmation)

TAC Pros:

• Best maneuverability in its class (only behind the MAX)
• 2x T3 medical beds
• Ability to carry other snubs in the hangar
• Rear missiles for the copilot
• 14 seats (8 of which are jump seats for dropship gameplay)
• Accommodations for up to 8 crew members
• Side S5 turrets for ground attack
• Nice interior and exterior (imo lol)
• RRR for snubs

TAC Cons:

• Very slow SCM / NAV speed
• Very poor visibility for pilot/copilot
• Top back turret can't shoot forward due to that weird "spoiler"
• Cargo is split by the 'garage' in the middle, so only 96 SCU (that was so dumb, by the way, since other ships have a full grid and let you park ground vehicles wherever you want).
• Side turrets are only effective for ground attack (not super relevant right now since there isn't gameplay for it, but eventually ships will only be able to hover horizontally, and belly/side turrets will be a big deal for ground support)

Both ships are Gunships, with the difference that the Mk5 is also a medium freighter while the TAC doubles as a dropship. Ultimately, you can pull off basically the same gameplay with both ships, whether solo or with a crew.

To me, the biggest differences are the maneuverability with the Connie currently feeling pretty sluggish (though that might improve) and the TAC having medical beds along with more seating for bigger crew. The extra seats will matter because eventually, during quantum jumps, all cargo will need to be properly snapped to the grid and the crew will need to be seated in designated seats (at least, they mentioned this will be a requirement in the future).

What do you guys think?

I wont post the people because many here cant stand the sight of streamers.

More and more bigger content creators are now reacting to it.

All are very positive and hope they make the release this time. Stop worrying about the "hate brigade" if the game is good it will make it.

It is now in CIG´s hands to deliver it in a good enough state and on time this time for it to be a massive success

I think were on track to a good time ahead.

Even the biggest critics are accepting this.

I know, views aren’t everything, but the controversy from a month ago has so much more views than their official squadron trailer. All of the reaction videos to the trailer are basically people who already knew about Star citizen, and squadron heavily. In this week in Star citizen they were talking about a bunch of people coming into the game because of the marketing for squadron. I don’t know if that’s gonna be that true. My only hope is it’s shown at the game awards and everyone says it’s amazing and that gets the hype truly going for the outer gaming world because currently none of the big streamers or even really utter gaming outlets except IGN are even talking about it.

get creative

You can click the little "play" button on the right to deploy the wings. It's a bit too long when retracted to fit the real Aurora Mk II slots but that's still cool :)

Starts October 14th