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Ursine Catastrophe posted:I mean I'd kind of assume that they'd basically be set up like an aquarium but in reverse, right? They build most of the station for themselves and then a small subset of walkable platforms to interact with the walking visitors? Yep, this. I look forward to seeing all the ship designs, etc! Hopefully they have a plot that's actually about fighting off the Kha'ak on the side, like OFF EDIT: Antigravitas posted:Actually, it'll be a Subnautica crossover. You get stranded in Kindom's End. ohhh, yeah or this! 
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Wasn't one of X2 cutscenes showing Boron ship not just landing on a planet, but going underwater and docking a building there?
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Old X3 player here. I think I put a couple hundred hours into X3:Rebirth back in the 00s, and remember doing a lot of fun stuff like issuing commands and setting up macros to be able to send out messages to fleets/squadons. However these days I'm older and play games from a couch rather than a desk, I do have a wireless keyboard/mouse but mostly play using a controller. Back in those days I used a combination of flight stick and keyboard and I'm wondering how the controller support is for X4. I seem to recall I played Terran Conflict using a controller and it was decent but not great. So first question is, how is controller support for the game? While I do enjoy the economic aspects of the game, I'm really just looking for something at the moment to scratch an itch over the holiday season that I don't want to fill with Everspace 2 because I'm waiting for the full release of that. Second question is regarding ship capture and such, back in X3 if you damaged the enemy enough they would abandon the ship and you could fly over and take it. Does the game still work like that? Are there dead ships out in space that you can go find and fly over to in your space suit to take control of them? Last question, does the game still give you a cool little voice clip announcing the system as you enter it?
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PaybackJack posted:Old X3 player here. I think I put a couple hundred hours into X3:Rebirth back in the 00s, and remember doing a lot of fun stuff like issuing commands and setting up macros to be able to send out messages to fleets/squadons. However these days I'm older and play games from a couch rather than a desk, I do have a wireless keyboard/mouse but mostly play using a controller. Back in those days I used a combination of flight stick and keyboard and I'm wondering how the controller support is for X4. I seem to recall I played Terran Conflict using a controller and it was decent but not great. So first question is, how is controller support for the game? While I do enjoy the economic aspects of the game, I'm really just looking for something at the moment to scratch an itch over the holiday season that I don't want to fill with Everspace 2 because I'm waiting for the full release of that. I cant answer the controller question. It seems like it would work for flying but you will need m+kb for tons of other functions. Regarding question 2 and 3: S/M sized ships have a chance to bail out for you to claim them, but the mechanic has been changed a bit. The bigger the difference in hull power the more likely it is for them to bail, so if you have a very low hp ship and you harass M sized freighters etc they are way more likely to bail. L/XL ships have to be captured with marines. And yes, the announcer is still there.
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FrickenMoron posted:I cant answer the controller question. It seems like it would work for flying but you will need m+kb for tons of other functions. It's pretty good with a HOTAS but I don't know about using a traditional controller.
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The gamepad controls a cursor in the menu screens so except for anything that has to typed I'm 99% sure you can play the entire game with just a gamepad.
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I hated the boron ships in X3 so curious what they do with them in X4. In 3 they just looked like big green space turds.
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Gamepad is great for flying and most other activities, as long as you concentrate on space simming. If you’re into the empire building stuff, best to stick to keyboard and mouse.OwlFancier posted:I hated the boron ships in X3 so curious what they do with them in X4. Boo this man. Boo.
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I know I'm in the minority as everyone seems to really love the boron but genuinely I think it's just the low res texturing and lack of animation made them impossible to parse for me. Looked like their either should have been alive and moving or it's just a weird lump that someone painted that weird lumpy texture.
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OwlFancier posted:I hated the boron ships in X3 so curious what they do with them in X4. Don't worry, after green space turds we'll get green space buttplugs.
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PaybackJack posted:Old X3 player here. I think I put a couple hundred hours into X3:Rebirth back in the 00s, and remember doing a lot of fun stuff like issuing commands and setting up macros to be able to send out messages to fleets/squadons. However these days I'm older and play games from a couch rather than a desk, I do have a wireless keyboard/mouse but mostly play using a controller. Back in those days I used a combination of flight stick and keyboard and I'm wondering how the controller support is for X4. I seem to recall I played Terran Conflict using a controller and it was decent but not great. So first question is, how is controller support for the game? While I do enjoy the economic aspects of the game, I'm really just looking for something at the moment to scratch an itch over the holiday season that I don't want to fill with Everspace 2 because I'm waiting for the full release of that. I use a controller for all the flight sim aspects because I got used to doing it in Elite Dangerous, but a caveat is that I pipe it through a fairly convoluted Steam Controller layer because X4 baseline doesn't really support meta-button stuff like "hold down A and then hit right trigger to do X thing, hold down B and hit right trigger to do Y thing" I also technically can use the controller for empire stuff but 1. my controller has a keyboard thing plugged into it for all the spots where it's either "far easier" or "hard required" to do keyboard inputs like ship searching etc 2. even then it's way, way easier to just use a proper kb+m for empire management, to the point where my controller frequently auto-shuts itself off from disuse when I'm actively interacting with the galaxy map
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As a couch gamer I recommend a wireless trackball.
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big nipples big life posted:The gamepad controls a cursor in the menu screens so except for anything that has to typed I'm 99% sure you can play the entire game with just a gamepad. Does the cursor snap-to or cycle through fixed locations on the screen or is it just mouse emulation? Also I'm expecting to use they keyboard and that's fine. It's using a mouse that is problematic.
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PaybackJack posted:Does the cursor snap-to or cycle through fixed locations on the screen or is it just mouse emulation? Just mouse emulation so it isn't great but it works if you want to play controller only.
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OwlFancier posted:I hated the boron ships in X3 so curious what they do with them in X4. I've pretty much never bothered with anything but Argon and Terran ships for exactly this reason. Though Split ones in X4 look rad as hell
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I'm just glad they redesigned the paranid capitals, they look much better now.
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How dare you besmirch the fearsome hair dryer.
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PaybackJack posted:So first question is, how is controller support for the game? I gave up and got a HOTAS. I think it was mostly the speed control that bothered me with the controller, and meant I could not hit anything (intentionally). I am not dextrous though, you might do better.
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is x4 in a good spot now? Are people expecting an X5 sooner than later or are they still iterating on 4? asking cause the uhh x4 bundle? is on sale for $40. dunno what all it includes or if it's worth it vs just the base game (which is $19)
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Yeah it's good buy it if you liked the games before
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Imagine having to fly a ship yourself instead of hiring a chauffeur. 
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Antigravitas posted:Imagine having to fly a ship yourself instead of hiring a chauffeur.
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BlankSystemDaemon posted:The real trick is to get 30 reputation with every eligible faction, then you can teleport to any station in any sector. I always just parked cheap as poo poo scout ships at the faction HQs, named "-- Blah Faction HQ" so I could find them fast
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWfQ6fHsMQA Adorable Boron pods revealed! This is great, I didn't think they'd make another DLC for X4 but rather try to make a new standalone game.
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Very pleased with this style. I hope it will follow the DLC release schedule and release around april!
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That aesthetic seems a lot more … aggressive? I do wonder if that is an indicator of a change in Boron attitude. Perhaps they are going to go all Liir on people.
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Egosoft forums have a bit more info: https://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=146&t=450611 Patch 6.0 is going to come with the usual fixes, improvements etc.: quote:Position Defence, a new feature which allows you to have a carrier-led fleet defend a larger area
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That trailer looks great design wise. Planning on getting into this game soon with all the expansions so that'll be nice to have it comes out in 4-5 months.
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Mr E posted:That trailer looks great design wise. Planning on getting into this game soon with all the expansions so that'll be nice to have it comes out in 4-5 months. Given the game is really cheap atm it might be a wise idea to buy the basegame, get used to the handling and pick up some dlcs if you enjoy it. Then you can jump back in with the expansion.
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I had just started a new game to do a Tides of Avarice start and then they announce this, now I'm torn on just shelving it for awhile and playing other things while I wait.
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big nipples big life posted:I had just started a new game to do a Tides of Avarice start and then they announce this, now I'm torn on just shelving it for awhile and playing other things while I wait. Remember that you can permanently unlock things for the custom gamestart if you play without mods, that was always a good motivator for me.
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FrickenMoron posted:Remember that you can permanently unlock things for the custom gamestart if you play without mods, that was always a good motivator for me. That's a good point, I play vanilla anyway. Is there a list or something that has all the things you can unlock and how to do them? Nevermind, I see you can look them up in the custom start menu if you uncheck the spoilers thing. big nipples big life fucked around with this message at 17:30 on Dec 23, 2022 |
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FrickenMoron posted:Given the game is really cheap atm it might be a wise idea to buy the basegame, get used to the handling and pick up some dlcs if you enjoy it. Then you can jump back in with the expansion. Oh I already have the expansions from a sale a few months ago, I just haven't gotten around to actually sitting down and deciding if I want to play with KB/M or HOTAS. I think I got the mods I wanted already installed so I may start playing next week after Christmas. I really loved X3 except how cumbersome and convoluted it could get for trading and such and it seems like X4 fixed most of the issues I had with X3 or simplified what I wanted simplified so I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy.
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Entire boron shipbuilding budget spent on gluing more filligree to the ships. It looks cool if kind of stupid, but it definitely gives that bioluminescent deep sea feel.
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OwlFancier posted:Entire boron shipbuilding budget spent on gluing more filligree to the ships. How do I budget this my navy is dying
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gently caress yes the song
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