COH: Europe In Ruins

Anyone that hasn't seen this yet, you should check it out.

Wing Commander done big ol' multiplayer and persistent.

Link to Chris Roberts site
http://www.robertsspaceindustries.com/

If you do end up getting it, use this link, you get an extra 250 credits and we all get a chance at some hardware promotions from Alienware.
https://www.robertsspaceindustries.com/star-citizen/?rid=53758

Well i bought the Early Adopter pack so i just hope its gonna be as good as it looks.

What's your username or email?

If you do it through the second link it should do it automatically. Otherwise, AmPm

They just made there stretch goal for the corvette ship class at release!

Ok, if we can all put together $1000 dollars we can have ourselves an EIR Guild Cruiser class ship that can dock several fighters! We have 5 hours left any takers?

Where is tank when you need him!

lol, i know right. I just got the drake which is a 2 person pirate ship made to board.

6.7 million and closed.

So, who bought in?

I got a Wingnut package at $125 for the interceptor, Lionel I know has the Freelancer, and Jodomar got the "pirate" ship.

i missed out, noooooo!

Yeah I'm sad I missed out as well. I was planning to get the 125 thing as well

That just means you get to be tge boarding party

i would have loved to chip in for a EIR class cruiser, Named Normandy xD

 please if it was chefartz we would have to name it the cokepit.

and then you could sit in the cockpit with chez's stick

In this case it would be the chokepit.

They still may allow you to buy the packages but you will not have lifetime insurance on your ships.

thepackages only have 6 momnths of insurance....

I think I will be upgrading to the RSI Constellation...who will be my Chewbacca

I forgot about getting on the purchase with this. Just remembered today.

Appears I missed my deadline for Lifetime insurance(nov 26th)

I'm gonna get the $65 pack I think, tempting as the $125 is I won't see material gain until Nov. of 2014.

I know the guys who had ships before and add more still get the Lifetime insurance for a bit. and you can sell the ship and the insurance transfers which might be handy if i change my mind later on.

(Yeah I'm gonna look around the info for a bit. from what I can tell I could give you guys the money to add a ship with Lifetime insurance. and then in the finished game you could gift it to me and I'd get the benefit of it. Clearly this would require a great deal of trust.)

Im planning on the Constellation. So will need gunners and fighter pilot anyway.

You can be my wingman any time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fWr6CBARMw)

Well the Pirate ship looks like a nice pickup. I actually want to grab a trading vessel but I think the Pirate package would give a nice alternate play style

The pirate ship looks nice. I think as a group we are short a dedicated dogfighter/tackler.

I bought in a week or two before the end of crowdfunding. I got a Origin 300i.

So, it's nearing that time. The time when you can't add on any more stuff to your pre-order package.

Who has what, I'm still sitting on my F7A but I've been tempted to upgrade to the next package up for the Constellation. However, with the new ships that have come out, should we just save up in game money as a group to get something else?

I was waiting to Add a ship to someones Package and then have them trade it to me. That was what the Language said a while back but I don't know if it's still the case.

I can add ships with Lifetime Insurance, and then trade them to others. However, they won't get Alpha access.

I'm thinking of picking up the Aegis Avenger in addition to my F7C. The only downside to my Hornet is that it doesn't have a crew area for sleeping or whatnot (it's a carrier based escort fighter, not a civilian style ship). All of the other ships have room to walk around, a bed, galley area, etc. They may not be spacious but they have some other areas than a cockpit.

The Freelancer has some sight line "issues", it's designed like a cargo ship/airliner and visibility wasn't a big concern. It feels and looks like a cargo ship though.

New hanger mod is pretty neat, just so you can see the amount of detail in the models.

Id like to take that role.

I havent got the game with lifetime insurance, so uh, dont know what to do about that really.

turn off dat shit and go code some EIRR

I'll give you one with LTI.

Yeah the interceptor version of the 300series looks slllleeeeek as hell!

Take a look at the Avenger. It's bigger, but all of its maneuvering thrusters are articulated and it has a bigger main engine. Also, mounts the biggest weapon available on a fighter. It's like the Bf-109/Yak-9/A-10 of space

Articulated meaning what?  What does it do to the flight model?

Meaning they have a point of pivot thus increase maneuverability.
 So rather then having only north south east and west maneuvering thrusters
they are capable of NE NW SE SW to sumise it for the layman.

Even still I'm not sure that summarizes it very well.

It basically affects your overate pitch and yaw control. There are even different types of articulation.

Consider that a normal stationary maneuvering thruster only fires in one direction. The articulated ones can fire in a range of directions based on the type of articulation. So you can get more thrusters aiding in a movement than you would with a standard single vector thruster.

The Avenger is currently my most looked forward to ship. The size 5 gun means it should destroy anything it can line up on. Mostly I think it will be good to hunt down the large ships, while still being a sizeable threat to small ships with its array of missiles and smaller guns.

Also, for a limited time, the Drake Interplanetary Caterpillar is for sale. It's a "transport" built for boarding.