I am playing since 2018 and I would say that over those years I got more than 5k worth of fun and experiences out of it, met interesting people and had great discussions.
Even though it was in a rough shape (you were lucky when your gaming session was longer than an hour or had more than 20 people in a session) back then it really got much much more stable (your session can be as long as an entire day, servers that carcked it will be replaced while you simply wait a few minutes with players in the hundreds per session).
This years Citizencon they revealed their plans for the release version, and it looks pretty sweet albeit condensed but they will continue working on it, since it is CRs dream ever since Starlancer/Freelancer.
And yes I bank on it to release, becoming more fatter and richer in content. I also as mentioned stopped adding more funds to it, since 5k is more than enough for me but I am thankful for all the other whales that add way more funds than me as otherwise the project and studio would collapse.
And you throw around that huge amount of money ss it is solely for developing the game, which is factual wrong. It goes to the wages of Devs and staff, the development of the studios and the game development. When they started with the Kickstarter they had a demo akin to freelancer built in a garage. Now they are an international game company.
How far they are on the roadmap to 1.0? I would say 45%, with the biggest hurdle being the networking and the simulated economics being tackled on right now. And fluctuations/turn over happens in that field of work, nothing to worry about.
but I am thankful for all the other whales that add way more funds than me as otherwise the project and studio would collapse
Can you seriously not see how insane this statement is? This is exactly what I’m talking about, absolutely delusional thinking.
And you throw around that huge amount of money ss it is solely for developing the game, which is factual wrong. It goes to the wages of Devs and staff, the development of the studios and the game development.
I have no idea what you’re saying here, paying the wages of devs and staff is literally where the money for a game’s development budget goes. What else would that money be spent on? They’ve spent SEVEN. HUNDRED. MILLION. dollars on this game and you estimate it isn’t even halfway complete?!? Where has that money gone?! What have they been doing with that incredible amount of time and money? Does it feel like a $700 million dollar game to play? Do you seriously think people are going to give them ANOTHER $700 million dollars to finish the game?
And fluctuations/turn over happens in that field of work, nothing to worry about.
There are many, many reports detailing the frustration that senior devs have with the development and the toxic work culture, and how inexperienced the remaining development team is.
There is nothing insane about it. Other studios are backed by publishers, CIG is not. The players and whales are literally the backer of CIG and Star Citizen/Squadron 42.
I am playing since 2018 and I would say that over those years I got more than 5k worth of fun and experiences out of it, met interesting people and had great discussions.
Even though it was in a rough shape (you were lucky when your gaming session was longer than an hour or had more than 20 people in a session) back then it really got much much more stable (your session can be as long as an entire day, servers that carcked it will be replaced while you simply wait a few minutes with players in the hundreds per session).
This years Citizencon they revealed their plans for the release version, and it looks pretty sweet albeit condensed but they will continue working on it, since it is CRs dream ever since Starlancer/Freelancer.
And yes I bank on it to release, becoming more fatter and richer in content. I also as mentioned stopped adding more funds to it, since 5k is more than enough for me but I am thankful for all the other whales that add way more funds than me as otherwise the project and studio would collapse.
And you throw around that huge amount of money ss it is solely for developing the game, which is factual wrong. It goes to the wages of Devs and staff, the development of the studios and the game development. When they started with the Kickstarter they had a demo akin to freelancer built in a garage. Now they are an international game company.
How far they are on the roadmap to 1.0? I would say 45%, with the biggest hurdle being the networking and the simulated economics being tackled on right now. And fluctuations/turn over happens in that field of work, nothing to worry about.
Can you seriously not see how insane this statement is? This is exactly what I’m talking about, absolutely delusional thinking.
I have no idea what you’re saying here, paying the wages of devs and staff is literally where the money for a game’s development budget goes. What else would that money be spent on? They’ve spent SEVEN. HUNDRED. MILLION. dollars on this game and you estimate it isn’t even halfway complete?!? Where has that money gone?! What have they been doing with that incredible amount of time and money? Does it feel like a $700 million dollar game to play? Do you seriously think people are going to give them ANOTHER $700 million dollars to finish the game?
There are many, many reports detailing the frustration that senior devs have with the development and the toxic work culture, and how inexperienced the remaining development team is.
There is nothing insane about it. Other studios are backed by publishers, CIG is not. The players and whales are literally the backer of CIG and Star Citizen/Squadron 42.