Cult Citizen

[shubn]

Adding to what Rory wrote regarding comm arrays:

You can also buy Tigersclaws at Technotic in Grim HEX, and at the Factory Line at the New Babbage Plaza (head to the center of the Plaza and walk downstairs). Buying them from the displays isn't working right now, but the Factory Line also has a terminal you can buy them from. You can also find them in loot crates.

To get in a comm array, you can park in a blind spot under the entrances, between the main structure and the solar panels, so your ship doesn't get shot at by the automated turrets. At least this used to be possible, and may or may not have changed. You can also shoot down the turrets, or have a buddy drop you off and pick you up. Using a hoverbike to get up to the entrance also works, and the Pulse is small enough to get inside. There are two entrances, located opposite from each other, 90 degrees from where the solar panels connect.

Hacking a comm array with a Tigersclaw takes about 5 minutes from the moment the hack starts. It sends an alert to other players, so you might get visitors. Sometimes, a comm array might be up, but the terminal says it's down. Simply click "reconnect" then "cancel" to take it down, without needing to insert a cryptokey. There's no automatic reconnection timer, it stays down as long as no one reactivates it.

There's been a bug for a while where you often cannot insert a cryptokey to hack the terminal. The issue has been marked as "under investigation" by CIG recently, and should hopefully get fixed soon.

[icycalm]

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spec ... ns/7043427

So with hitmarkers, it's currently only tied to combat visors, they're the most optimal for combat for certain playstyles but will have larger trade-offs when more gear archetypes come online etc.

But there's no reason not to use one now because the other gear types aren't here yet but when more things come online you'll have to make meaningful choices on the gear you take with trade-offs to suit your style.

So for example, gear that gives you more information such as hitmarkers will not have the other powerful elements that other gear will have (which I won't go into since it's future content we've not talked about specifically).

But you can imagine just as a really high-level concept example of a trade-off, this gear might have very high emissions meaning you are really easily scanned.

Obviously don't want it to be a crutch for combat as we want to offer gear with meaningful choice and reward those who go for gear with less contemporary FPS feedback.

But just the nature of development with the combat helmets being the furthest along and being the only ones turned on.

[ysignal]

Be sure to check the recipient when transferring aUEC using the wallet. When I typed in the amount, it changed the recipient for no reason and so I sent 500k to CULTCLONE-2 instead of CULTCLONE-1 by accident.

[icycalm]

https://old.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/co ... altr_press

Default key for Carry Lowered is now Alt-R. Press Alt-R to lower your weapon.

AMD card users - Alt R will Launch Radeon Settings. You can change that mapping in the app itself.

Nvidia users - Alt R will pop up the Performance Display. No clue where to turn that off, would love to know.

Wait a minute, when I try to aim from carry lowered he automatically store the weapon, that behavior has been like that since 3.23. How does it works for you?

Keybinding was requested by the community, it's new in for 3.24.

Yes, lowered ready weapon indicates you do not want to be hostile but will be if required. I would like to see NPCs react to this as a positive attitude but also cautious.

I remember reading the Spectrum thread where this was requested months ago and a dev replied that they put it on their list. It will be very useful in Pyro. Previously you either had to have the weapon stowed, or drawn and pointed at people. Carry-lowered was desperately needed in a game as social and vicious as this. It means people can approach you without (much) fear of instant hostility. It will doubtless be the beginning of many beautiful friendships.

[shubn]

Currently, the most efficient way to earn Merits in Klescher is to go far enough in the mines where the Comm Array doesn't reach, and start knocking out and looting other inmates (middle mouse button to knock out). This is around depths 7 to 9 depending on the route. You'll get a notification once you're deep enough, and the Comm Array icon in the top-left corner of your screen will disappear. What you're looking for is Hadanite, Dolivine, Tigersclaws, and Prison Shivs. Hadanite has the highest Merit value. Dolivine has about half the value of Hadanite. Aphorite has a very low value, so you don't want to bother with it most of the time. You can of course mine Hadanite and Dolivine if you find any, but I never do, so I stopped looking. If you do find a shiv, equip it, pull it out (hold 1 and select it on the wheel), and start stabbing inmates instead of knocking them out (middle mouse button for a knife takedown). Killing inmates will make it so that the ones you've already looted never wake up, meaning they won't waste your time with an empty backpack. Any extra shivs you find, as well as Tigersclaws, can be surrendered for Merits at the contraband terminals located at depth 1 of every route. Next to the contraband terminal is the ore deposit terminal, where you can deposit your hard-earned gems. And of course, you can take and complete oxygen dispenser contracts, for bonus Merits.

If you're stacking Merits with a patsy clone, you don't need to worry about the Comm Array, and can knock out or stab inmates anywhere in the mines. It will increase the patsy's CrimeStat, but since he's staying in Klescher, it doesn't matter. And he will eventually rack up enough time served to be able to leave at any time, in case he is needed outside. Attacking other inmates within Comm Array range will make the guards hostile, but you should be able to run past them, and getting killed by them resets their hostility.

Note that other players can knock you out and steal your shit as well, so make sure to stay aware of your surroundings, especially outside of Comm Array range.

You can see how many Merits you have at the commissaries, located right before the entrance to the mines, and at the contraband terminals.

The Merit cost for reducing a sentence is 3,600 per hour. You can use this to calculate how many Merits you need for a specific sentence, including the transfer fee: https://komarden.com/merits

Merits can be sent the same way you'd send aUEC. Some people might be wanting to buy some from you. This isn't a very common occurrence currently, but it could become a legitimate business once server meshing comes online.

Attempting to escape wipes your Merits, so you'll want to avoid using the patsy clone to practice escaping, unless he has few or no Merits.

[icycalm]

Something shubn told me that’s worth sharing. When a new patch launches, your gear across the system gets sent to your home location. So for example I’ve been meaning to stock up on Inquisitor gear, but the new complex cargo mechanics have been holding me back because now you need large boxes, and you can’t get them at landing zones, so that’s an extra trip to an LEO station just for the boxes, not to mention all the freight elevators and tractoring involved. And then a pirate attack or server error or just a botched landing can send you back to square 1 and cost an arm and a leg to boot. However, since a new patch drops this week, I went to CRU-L4 and bought dozens of sets of gear, and just left it there. It’ll be safely delivered to my HQ later this week, and for free!

Come to think of it, I should have also gone to Lorville and Everus Harbor and bought some Master Chief and Captain gear. I’ll try to do it before the patch drops.

[icycalm]

The Best in Show paints this year weren't attributed correctly to people's web hangars, so CIG will be removing those that were given and reattributing everything. This "removal" has got people on edge that a mistake may remove legit items, and with some people's hangars being dozens of pages, maybe even hundreds for older big spenders, it will be a challenge even realizing that you lost something that you should have. So people are taking pics of their web hangars, and I just did it too. I suppose it's a good idea to do this periodically, but especially now that they're about to run a script that removes items.

[shubn]

You can see changes to your web hangar by clicking the "Hangar log" button in the top-right corner of your hangar page. If anything is removed, it will show up there.

[shubn]

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm ... v5cQI8ZCLC

[icycalm]

Alpha 4.1: First Look at Item Recovery
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spec ... m-recovery

Long post, good idea to read it. Either way though, read below if you don't want to risk losing your exclusive gear and being unable to continue play that rank.

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/co ... _a_storage

If you place your subscriber gear in a storage container or a ship, and lose that ship you will lose it.

Just letting you all know, I probably should have known but it is what it is!

If it's not on your body or in a local inventory, be prepared to lose it.

Yeah, calling it "item recovery" is misleading. Nothing on this "item recovery" will make you recover lost items. It just prevents you from losing equipped ones.

We'll be using more exclusive gear for routine missions from now on, and if you make the mistake of taking them off your body outside a safe area, you might lose them and be unable to join us in that outfit until a major update.

[icycalm]

The Unofficial Star Citizen Ship Marker Handbook
https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/co ... r_handbook

You forgot the green one. :Ahole who commits violence with you and sometimes against you.

[icycalm]

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/co ... e_yourself

PSA you can premedicate yourself

Just as the title says, if you know you are going into a crazy firefight. Go ahead and use Adrena or Cortico medpen. If you get an injury while the medication is still active, you won't get any of the symptoms until the medpen wears off. Good for not having to worry about medicating injuries middle of a fight.

Kind of like Nazis using meth lol.

The US Air Force had their pilots using amphetamines up till the mid 2010s. I guess they use Modafinil now.

Sounds like we need some form of let's say power armor that will autoinject stims and other medications.

I think technically heavy armor is power armor. It's the lore reason we can still move around with those massive backpacks on.

It used to be a good method, but since the BDL takes longer to wear off than the effective period of the drug now it's better to inject medicine after you get injuries.

PSA you can overmedicate yourself at the medbed for free and stumble around like the crackhead you want to be in game.

How long do their effects last (not the BDL)?

It depends on the dosage. One hit from a medpen will last 15 minutes. If using the medgun, adjust the dosage and it will tell you on the screen how long it will last. Just remember the higher the dose the higher your BDL.

Screw the pens. Switch your medgun to manual and load yourself up on everything but the detox one. Keep your pen slots for quick healing imo.

Yes. This. Not sure why everyone carries pens other than med and detox. That's what your gun is for.

It's always a good idea to keep a green pen strapped on you.

If you get a bad arm injury, you'll be unable to use the medgun on yourself. A green pen will temporarily relieve the symptoms of limb injuries enough for you to be able to medgun yourself.

Good point.

Depends, if you heavily rely on medpens for whatever reasons, then it's going to spike BDL.

Good thing there's a detox pen. BDL basically doesn't exist so long as we have that medpen available to us.

I haven't used a detox pen (or Resurgera from a paramed) this patch, but in past patches, it was not an instant fix.

Oh, last time I used it, it was an instant -25% to BDL and a slow burn to -50% or something. Probably two years ago or so though, at this point. No surprise it's changed.

In any case, stabbing yourself with pens isn't exactly the worst thing in the world, though like you said, doing it a bunch adds up.

For science, I just logged in and drugged myself, and then detoxed myself. I don't have the full detox on video, but it was about 6 minutes (19 detox pens, and a big dump of resurgea from the paramed) to get to a non-wobbly state.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfgiNxLaUwQ

This isn't a good thing. This was one of the contributing factors to the absurdly cheesy PVP in Tarkov. I hope CIG adds tolerance so if you use things like this too much, the drug stops working.

They already have. You have a maximum amount or meds you can have in your system and in takes quite a while to wear off. So if you do this you can heal less overall. Plus the TTK is so short in this game that I don't think this is going to be super-useful in PVP outside of a couple situations.

I get where you're coming from. But I wouldn't be too worried unless we had drugs that gave us temporary invulnerability or something.

If I'm not mistaken, in 3.14 - 3.17ish we used to be able to shoot-up with certain pens before going into space combat and it would delay blacking out from high-G maneuvers. I wonder if this is still a thing...

It was resurgia which removes negative effects... gloc happened to be a negative effect at the time. Different systems now I believe, at least it didn't work for me as of last patch.

Used to do this in Arma before big fights too lol.

This is a real lifehack, just take drugs all the time and then when you need to be on drugs you already will be.

One step ahead of you, maaaaaan.

What's the conclusion from all the above? I have no idea, but it's a starting point to anyone who might want to start experimenting with this stuff.

[icycalm]

Basic Combat Guide 4.3.2
https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/co ... _guide_432

Agreed that grenades are just so-so although sometimes when you're on the receiving end...

I've been using them more lately for those situations where some weird spawning occurs and you get a small herd of NPC baddies coming at ya or the 4 NPCs in an elevator just standing there. Knocks em down like bowling pins and you can pick 'em off pretty easy.

Sure could use a sticky grenade at times though. Curious to see how the breach charge implementation goes.

I can't tell you the number of times I've stood underneath my ship and shot out of its shields at enemies because for some reason they're all toting Gallants or Karnas and they can't hurt me.

Or for that matter, realised my enemy is on the other side of a landed ship's shield, and I can't hurt them because the Gallant is my rifle of choice :P

I would love to have a deployable shield-projector gadget added to the game.

I agree on most points except for suppressive fire. In PvP squad action just firing an LMG in the general direction of the enemies can be very helpful. In PvE on the other hand I wouldn't waste the money.

[icycalm]

If your connection is bad and cuts out a lot, you unlock a whole new tier of bugs that players with decent connections don't know about. The game becomes truly unplayable, no matter how much patience you have.

It happened to me now because I am playing via my phone, though I also played 5-10 hours yesterday through my phone with no issues. It was just a better connection.

[shubn]

When entering an elevator with multiple people, running can push others through the elevator walls, making them fall through the planet and forcing them to relog. Use your mousewheel to slow down to a walking pace so you don't accidentally push anyone. This way, you can safely fit many people in an elevator.

[icycalm]

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/co ... nt/nrj6m4h

It's a complicated issue. CIG has attracted a group of people whose main enjoyment comes from ruining yours. Any trick is just as well to them. To those, Reddit and Spectrum are part of the playing field and as such, they will have no qualms in increasing misery in and out of the game. If they can tick someone off with a comment? They'll go for it. It's part of the fun for them.

It is also a new player problem predominantly. Murderhobos lack the skill for PVP. Oh they like to talk big, they like to taunt and mock, thump their chest and provoke you into breaking Terms of Service, but when push comes to shove, they crumble faster than paper in the rain.

They need overwhelming force or the element of surprise to get anywhere. That's why you often find them at orbital markers, to shoot down ships as they arrive or why you will see them camp out at outposts.

That means an experienced player can avoid them almost entirely and will only have to worry about the very rare PVP org or squad doing interceptions.

So here are some survival tricks:

• Check Global Chat. Two surefire tells: First, there will be arguments going on once they start camping. Remember, murderhobos thrive on hurt and if they can cause more by poking the victim, they will. Second, if you spot any political trigger topic, chances are very high that murderhobos are present. If they have to bait with Trump, minorities and other topics, they will. If you see any of that, exit to menu, switch regions, get a new server.
  
  
• Check state of environment. Does the station look like a monkey pissed and shit all over? Are there medbeds janked into hallways, shipwrecks where they shouldn't be? Kopions in the lobby or dead NPCs? Yup. Exit to menu, switch regions, get a new server.
  
  
• Are you on the US servers? Assume there will be murderhobos. Be extra vigilant but chances are above warnings will very quickly pop up anyway.
  
  
• Delete orbital markers (OM) from your mind. They do not exist. The map is lying. Use locations on the surface to fly around a planet or switch to moons and...
  
  
• Learn to cut your quantum. You can at any point while in quantum turn it off. Make use of this. Never go anywhere in a straight line. Cut your quantum - go for a tangential target, cut again and then approach your real target.

TL;DR: Check server vibe. Does it look and feel like a shithole? Dip. The more you quantum in straight lines and make use of predictable exits such as OM, the more likely you are to find murderhobos.

This isn't a surefire guarantee to avoid all PVP but just by vibe-checking and avoiding predictable exit points, you basically skip the majority of all murderhobo encounters.

I laughed at the anti-Trump comment. Nice touch.

[icycalm]

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/co ... ense_to_me

New weapon racks have more than 2 sizes now. There are large racks, rifle racks and SMG racks now. Karna goes in a rifle rack, this looks like it might be an SMG rack.

You need bigger weapon rack for bigger weapons, I would say that makes sense. And that is also why some ships got bigger weapon racks.

Whole outfitting might become way more interesting once we can't just fly ships in heavy armor with an arsenal on our back.

[icycalm]

I have a tip for people on slow connections that have trouble downloading updates, or even the game itself, because the launcher keeps resetting their download progress. I've seen multiple people complain about that on Reddit, and I've had this issue too for the past few months due to relying on a cellphone connection to download and play. Someone on Reddit posted a solution that I saved but haven't been able to find since: he said you basically have to periodically backup some folder(s) in order to create checkpoints to revert to if the launcher sends you further back than the download. I don't remember the specifics, but that was the gist of it.

Well what I did with this latest massive update (45+ GB) because it wouldn't even go past 5 gigs before resetting so I'd never have got it down, is simply shut down the launcher every now and then. When you restart it, it banks the already downloaded data, so it can't reset it. This worked fantastically all the way down to about 3.5 gigs left, at which point there was only one file left to download and it wouldn't let me bank progress beyond that, meaning I had to download the last 3.5 gigs in one go. And it took like 4-5 tries to do it. But now it's done.

I figured all this out by thinking about my initial download of the full game (100+ gigs) back in the summer. There was no way I could get all of that in one session, so every time I would start the launcher, instead of the progress bar showing me what I had downloaded and what was left to download, it would only show me what was left, as if I had just started downloading. Such weird launcher behavior: never seen anything like it. Typical CIG reinvention of the wheel. And of course it's bug-ridden. But it turns out I can employ the goofy design to overcome the bug lol, and that's how after weeks of trying I finally managed to download the game back in the summer. And it only just clicked with me that I can employ this strategy even for the updates. Would have saved me a lot of grief over the last few months if I had figured this out earlier. I missed at least a couple of Saturday sessions because I couldn't get the updates down in time.

[shubn]

https://sc-cargo.space

Remember the Cargo Grid Reference Guides I posted above? This is the same thing but as a 3D viewer.

[icycalm]

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/co ... nt/ogybhkn

It's not broken. Once you have a CrimeStat and don't work it off in Klescher, many of the "reputable" agencies in game withdraw from showing you legal contracts. You are now stuck in the "illegal" cycle. Very very hard to fix. You're probably going to end up having to ask for a full character reset...

This is the part that all the "it's cool to be a pirate" players don't tell you about.

[icycalm]

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/co ... nt/olxrtyc

I tried refueling by NPCs this morning and it worked great. No more having to detour to a station to fill up! It cost 4.7k for half of an L22 fuel tank. I don't know how that compares to going to a station.

Depending on if quantum or hydrogen that sounds like it's likely a 25-40% additional price over what you'd normally pay at a station.

I'd expect filling half of a Wolf at a station to take about 1.5k to 2k maximum, if that.

Seems like it's a pretty fair price to get an NPC to truck the fuel to you.

If it were my game you wouldn't be able to use this in lawless/frontier systems like Pyro and Nyx, or it would at least take forever and cost a fortune. But maybe they'll refine the system later and do this.

Cool addition though: definitely speeds up zipping around systems, and you simply don't have to think about fuel again no matter what kind of ship you're using.

[icycalm]

Equip and insure your paints in all your vehicles before leaving home. This way you can claim them across the galaxy instead of having to go all the way back to equip more paints on more vehicles.

[icycalm]

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/co ... nt/ommy6zb

Rule no 1 of SC: There is zero useful information in the game. If you want to play, warm up your second monitor and run some comprehensive third-party website that gathers info from like a million obscure sources.

[icycalm]

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/co ... nt/on5lsvh

You don't even need to get it from Wikelo, if you find a game-spawned one send it down your hangar elevator. Wait a patch and it's in your ASOP.

Sounds dodgy to me but it's worth a try.