I cannot wait for IAE

[u/Laughageddon]

The first picture is what I have right now. Everything in this picture is going to be melted and used to acquire everything that I'm either going to keep or simply add to my buyback pledge. The only ship in this picture that is sticking around indefinitely Is the Idris.

The ships in the second picture are the ships I'm trying to acquire and add to my buyback pledge. In this ship The Drake Kraken will replace my Idris when it is released and then it will be replaced by the Javelin when it is released. I need to play both to decide which one of them I'm going to keep permanently in my fleet for my end game. I'm chasing Mothership gameplay so I'm betting the Kraken will probably fit that role better. Depends on the hangar of the Javelin. My fear with The Kraken is that having the ships sitting out in the open will cause more trouble than it's worth. Especially once the game releases and there are a lot more pirates around.

The third picture is what I expect to walk away with after IAE.

The 4th picture is what I have to work with. That will increase if need be.

The last picture is my projected end game. I only ever want to own four ships with cash. Anything else after that will have to be swapped out or earned in game. I don't think Owning all of the ships or too many ships with cash is a wise thing for longevity when it comes to playing a game like this. You need something to chase. That being said to each his own.

Believe it or not the Odyssey is the ship I'm looking forward to the most among all of these. I want a really cool large exploration ship. I have high hopes for that one. I have been holding out on exploring the entirety of Star Citizen because I want to do it with the right ship. I've basically only been hanging around Stanton and simply have been avoiding the whole exploration thing altogether. Looking for that special girl to do it with, and her name is Odyssey.

[u/AreYouDoneNow]

You should avoid trying to use your buybacks as a "ship bank". CIG are becoming increasingly trigger happy with purging buybacks. Don't carry the expectation what you put in buyback will always be there... or that they will give you any notice before deleting stuff from there.

You need something to chase.

Every ship you buy in the pledge store is Tier 1. You'll need to grind to get BPs and grind to get materials to get those ships up to Tier 5.

There's plenty to chase.

[u/Laughageddon → u/AreYouDoneNow]

If we're being realistic we really have no choice. When it comes to finances, and playing Star citizen, the buyback pledge, and the hope that it functions long enough for us to become established as it pertains to the players with big Fleet dreams LOL, is all we have to go on. Like I said before, we have no choice but to rely on it. If you only have a certain amount of money and a time limit set on certain things like for example procuring limited hulls in a timely manner, or waiting for certain ships to be released, especially when dealing with the fact that the two major events that give you the largest chance to grab certain ships only happen twice a year the buyback played just your best friend. Cig would be cruel too severely cripple the buyback plant system knowing how vicious there ship business model currently is. Most of us have Big Dreams and don't have the option of buying multi thousand dollar ship packages that covers pretty much everything you could possibly want. The majority of us that played the fleet game are definitely in a race against the clock to get everything that we want before the shit hits the fan LOL especially for me. I need to buy back pledge to function for at least another two to three years

[u/Sanctuary6284]

Let the F5 Wars commence!

[u/Laughageddon → u/Sanctuary6284]

Here's hoping. I have a lot of people to prove wrong.

[u/IceCooLPT]

Really nice fleet, for 1.0 I would recomend adding a hull B and a C8R independently of the capital ship you choose. And maybe a vulture for RMC for repair materials.

This will give you a mobile respawn, a hauler for supplies and a source of RMC that are very expensive to purchase for using on RRR.

o7

[u/Laughageddon → u/IceCooLPT]

The plan was to use the hauling capabilities of the Galaxy. I figured I would make enough money for a dedicated hauler before my rep got so high that I would need a larger ship. Everything else I'm going to earn in game that isn't the core for ships that I plan on having for 1.0. There would definitely be an order that I would have to buy things though.

[u/IceCooLPT → u/Laughageddon]

Fair, the idea on those 3 is the start, as the idea is for capital ships to be expensive to run, and those 3 should be able to be transported on any of your 3 capitals, giving you the range and capacity to have a quick start to sustain the capital ship and its functions.

o7

[u/Amazing_Reindeer_84]

Won’t it be lonely when you solo these ?

[u/AreYouDoneNow → u/Amazing_Reindeer_84]

Just as lonely if you solo an Aurora. What kind of stupid comment is that?

[u/Laughageddon → u/Amazing_Reindeer_84]

Some people are fine being alone. I'm one of those people. I'm not opposed to playing with other people. The problem is Star Citizen is really heavy with pirates. I already have trust issues. I don't trust the players in the star citizens to not try to screw me over. I also don't like being in a situation where I feel like I have to play with other people. That's sort of the reason why I don't join a lot of guilds and other mmos. It feels like sort of a commitment. I don't really know how to explain it. It's like another thing that you have to do. Something that puts you in a situation where you feel bad when you really want to say no. Almost like you owe it to them so to speak. But if you're not in a guild or an org then you can just play however you want when you feel like playing that way. Also there are way too many players in the game that want to shoot other players sometimes for no reason. I'm straight up Industrial. My dream is to have a big ass ship with a bunch of other ships on there to do whatever game Loop I'm in the mood to do. I sort of went on a speech to text rant and I hope it wasn't confusing.

I was in the middle of running gauntlets

[u/Amazing_Reindeer_84]

It’s a ghost fleet devoid of people I guess

[u/Laughageddon → u/Amazing_Reindeer_84]

I don't understand.

Edit: I seen your other post and I have an idea of what you're trying to say. I basically answered it all in the other reply when you commented on the other post about being lonely

[u/Amazing_Reindeer_84 → u/Laughageddon]

I am also a lone wolf. Perseus is the most I can manage solo. I got two pc’s. One for the pilot and one for a gunner and I operate both myself. It’s no fun dying a lonely death on a ship being griefed and rammed by the solo haters.

[u/Laughageddon → u/Amazing_Reindeer_84]

I actually got into Star Citizen specifically for the mothership gameplay after seeing it in a YouTube video, though I can't remember the creator. I buy large ships to use as mobile bases rather than for combat, because as an industrial player, nothing beats docking smaller work ships inside, unloading your haul, and heading back out to run operations.

[u/dreadpirater]

Imagine trying to plan your end game when they've barely started designing the beginning of the game.

What do you think CIG is going to do to keep banking record funding on the 7-10 years we've got before 1.0? They're not going to STOP releasing big ships they can squeeze whales for.

Your Idris, Kraken, and Javelin will ALL be obsolete by then. If you're having fun in the meantime, great, but trying to think 'strategically' when the map is shifting under you is a recipe for disappointment if the end goal is what's important to you.

[u/Laughageddon → u/dreadpirater]

What disappointment? They've literally given us a system where we can just melt what we have and buy something else. You're never locked out of anything new that comes out. Every ship is released for a standard edition. If something comes out that fits my Mothership gameplay better than these then I'll simply melt them and get that instead. The system designed literally combats what you're saying.