KGB tripled down on it's commitment to Star Citizen this morning with the purchase of a JAVELIN-CLASS DESTROYER (Complete Specs Here).
The ship takes 23 people to run and is the largest player owned ship available.
x13 Size 5 ATA Turrets x2 Size 7 STS Turrets x2 9m Desolator Class Anit-Capital Ship Torpedo launchers
KGB citizens now possess 2 Idris Frigates as well as a Javelin Destroyer. We are committed to this game and we are hoping it is everything it is promised.
I thought it would have been out by now I remember romeo buying that huge package while we were playing darkfall. What are kgb numbers like in archage and city of ??????
Melted retaliator and herald for Carrack (will likely melt for Endeavor.
KGB and my PS2 group may need to see about some working together in the verse.
The option is still there for your friends to join up with KGB. Otherwise we will have to see what social structure is available later on for alliance structure. I'm still registered on their site.
I am painting big pink fluffy bunnies all over that bad boi and going trolling in 0.0 space.
Largest player owned ship that is not persistent. This means that either at worlds and/or large space ports you will be able to pack that bad boi away.
Cost sink is going to be munitions, fuel and Insurance for everything beyond the LTI Hull Insurance. Just like anything, the big question is if you have the manpower, how many people can you stuff into the same persistent zone without parsing your fleet out into multiple shards of the same zone.
I have boiled down to 2 accounts that are fully stocked for the PEW PEW, QQ MOR!!
Also, if boarding is in at live launch, prepare the Donk-a-naughts for anti ship boarding hilarity.
"if boarding is in at live launch" its going to be in well before launch not sure of the version maybe arena commander 3.0 but one of the game modes is capture the Idris
"if boarding is in at live launch" its going to be in well before launch not sure of the version maybe arena commander 3.0 but one of the game modes is capture the Idris
Shitty broken fps avatar vs avatar game mechanics don't count.
We are going to need crew to pilot these things. I think running one of the big Javelin or Idrus guns is going to be a blast. Not everyone needs all the ships.
We do need everyone and I think this is going to be a HUGE recruitment opportunity just with the fleet our members already possess.
Current consensus for our active members is still to stay pretty unfettered, freelancers (pun intended) but some sort of affiliate may be amenable. Mostly they aren't talking about or considering anything much regarding SC.
Even then we have no idea on the limit of NPC crew or the limit of NPC wing-man as of yet. Last I heard was 4 NPC wing-man and possibly 10 NPC crew. Things change and who knows what it will end up being. The Javelin requires a major investment of members not something to easily drop cash on with a needed crew of 20. At least I expect to somehow fly an Idris solo if the situation warranted it. That and I'm sure the cost associated with upkeep on these said NPC crew members will take a good chunk to maintain and with a 150k credit limit as of now, if you have more then that you can't buy any with its current daily limit of 25k. Might be a huge money sink using NPC's.
I've been watching it I'll be buying a ship just waiting to see if there is a sale soon . If not I'll probably drop a buck or two can't wait too much longer I wanna get in game and play around with it
none of the CIG sales are real sales with reduced prices the ships are all sold at a fixed price. You can always pick up an aurora package for $45.00 USD which includes access to the the areana (ship combat test bed)
also as each ship is added to the areana as a flyable asset you can upgrade any of your existing ships to it so the longer you wait the more options you have
there is also a possability that SC will offer accounts without ships aprox $10.00 USD but this may not happen with the numbers of SC ships held by KGB a non ship account would be workable
my best advise tho would be to regisate on the site and buy a $5 shipskin so that you are listed as a backer just incase they give out anymore freebies to backers. you can always turn the ship skin back to store credit for buying your package afterwards
one thing to be aware of is you can always melt down any ship you have for store credit and buy a different ship some people do this every time there is a new ship release just so they can try out the new ship
wow.. a Javelin destroyer! Coolest capital ship I have ever seen in a space game. Going strong!
I have been busy to melting ships I bought for the looks and buying ships I need for playing the game to have a great start grinding credits for the guild instead for a better trade ship for example.
I now have a trader (banu merchantman), a scout (xian scout), a multi crew ship (constalation andromeda), a stealth ship (hornet ghost), a pirate (cutlass black), a racer (M50) and a heavy fighter (freelancer mis).
enough ships with a lot of potential to have a great start in the game.
wow.. a Javelin destroyer! Coolest capital ship I have ever seen in a space game. Going strong!
I have been busy to melting ships I bought for the looks and buying ships I need for playing the game to have a great start grinding credits for the guild instead for a better trade ship for example.
I now have a trader (banu merchantman), a scout (xian scout), a multi crew ship (constalation andromeda), a stealth ship (hornet ghost), a pirate (cutlass black), a racer (M50) and a heavy fighter (freelancer mis).
enough ships with a lot of potential to have a great start in the game.
Good to see you guys are alive and doing well, I have to admit I'm a little disappointed to not have a Hall of Fame entry though ;) Do you still possess legendary beer-swilling ability?
January 13, 1999 There have been some major changes to the military ranks of late. General Weiland has stepped down due to RL concerns and obligations. He still hopes to be out fighting with us but he's concluded he doesn't have the time to run his division the way he would like to. I'd like to thank Weiland for all his hard work taking on such a demanding job. THANK YOU BROTHER WEILAND! =)
Javelin + a few Idris' and nice fleet of support fighters are going to make for a helluva laser spray!
And yes - you don't need to pickup a "special" ship at all; just one of the $45 starter packs will get you a basic ship + hangar + Squadron 42 and Star Citizen. The multi-crew thing is what is REALLY going to make this game AWESOME!
If you are considering bumping up to a better ship - and need help; please feel free to IM me.
