Man, if only CIG had some avenue to share this info with the whole community. Something like… I don’t know, an official YouTube or Twitch channels, their own website, maybe even forums! Man, that would be cool, wouldn’t it? It would almost make it feel like the game is made with so called “open development” in mind.

A’ight, enough snark. Thanks for the link.

I wonder how much of this will happen at all, let alone anytime soon. I still think things like death of a spaceman won’t really work with CIG’s approach to PvP and constant push towards combat but I’ll be happy to be proven wrong.
Inventory rework sounds promising but the whole thing will hinge on whether they’ll keep trying to reinvent the wheel or start to actually learn from the decades of industry experience.

Lastly, I really hope Squadron comes out ASAP. I just want enough people working on SC to not have it feel like an unwanted obligation for once.

I still think the act itself is pretty gross but yeah, the harm is the important part for me - and I don’t mean that just in case of sexual images. It’s also a problem in terms of content created to affect people’s reputation in other ways or influence the sociopolitical situation (something that’s already happening around the world).

The harmful potential of generative AI is on a completely different scale than photoshopped images already mentioned in this thread by others. That doesn’t mean genAI can’t be used in fun and interesting ways but stuff like what’s described in the linked article is a big no no for me.

In my opinion absolutely. Whatever happens in your head stays in your head and doesn’t affect the other person unless you take active steps for that to happen. Images or videos on the other hand can not only be distributed far easier, even accidentally, but also have a way higher chance of affecting people’s lives (how can you disprove you didn’t take nude photos of yourself for example? let alone make people believe it). They can lead to loss of reputation, harassment, bullying and serious mental issues for the victims (trust issues, anxiety, depression, self-harm) - imagination can’t really do that on its own.

Perhaps distribution is the real problem but easy access to tools that can create convincing results quickly and without effort makes said distribution way more probable.

Nice! Just binged through the manga a few days ago and would love to see this animated. What a perfect coincidence.

Photoshop requires at least some skill and doesn’t allow for mass production of fakes the way generative AI does. Same problem, different scale.

I don’t think CIG is capable of creating something this small but yeah, that would be ideal.

That’s a fair point but, as you already mentioned, deepfakes are a pretty universal problem unfortunately. The type of misogyny in Japan compared to say US or Europe doesn’t seem to affect that much (if at all). Either way, it’s a terrible practice without sufficient ways to combat it at the moment which makes me pretty worried about how things will evolve in the future - in terms of “content”, affecting lives of victims and laws that will come out of this (some probably made in the worst possible knee-jerk reactionary ways).

It’s suppose to have the ability to switch to a compact mode. Maybe they won’t forget about it.

There’s still a difference between a piece of clothing that may or may not have been worn by anonymous women and creations using real people without their knowledge or consent. Not trying to defend those vending machines but these aren’t the same in terms of results and potential effects on the victims.

Dunno if there were any updates on that but both wiki and the store page show a pretty significant difference between the two (Ranger: 2 x 3.7 x 2 vs Dragonfly: 2.5 x 6 x 1.5). Granted, this can change but that’s the only info we can work off for now.

I also have some hope that after making Pulse they finally figured out how limit wasted space on ground vehicles.

Can’t wait for Ranger for this specific use. Should leave more space for other things.

Terrapin’s armour would be mostly interesting for space combat extraction missions for me. I feel like landing at a safe distance when approaching a hostile territory is a reasonable (and probably intended) approach anyway - don’t even give the turrets a chance to graze you.

Anyone remembers how the distribution centres were suppose to be something like that but on a bigger scale? No? Someone at CIG maybe? Yeah…

You can try reporting the video but that probably won’t do much (doesn’t mean it’s not worth a try). The best you can do is treat it as free advertisement and hope it’ll encourage people to buy the game if they like it.

Remember that pirated copy does not equal lost sale, especially for an indie title most people won’t even hear about.

Edit: well, the double check by the other user makes this thing pretty sus. Either way, my comment still stands in case this really happens for someone.

Yes, I believe that’s it. It look pretty familiar to what I had in mind while thinking about it. Congrats, you get a box of chocolates!

I’ve been extremely lucky in terms of ship spawning it seems. I had none of the problems I’ve seen people talk about so far.

I’m aware of the reason for issues with Vulkan so it’s not like I’m angry about it or anything. I was just hoping for it to be usable since I’ve seen people playing with it all the time. It’s already better, I guess, since I couldn’t even boot the game with it before. It was a useful test either way.

Bunkers still very soloable, but maybe that’s the intention for now?

I don’t think it is, they’re still trying to strike a balance between pushing players towards group play and making it unplayable for the more casual crowd. They can’t make them into “sweat only” locations after all.

I don’t think CIG needs data to help with the queues. If I recall correctly this is a problem with the ancient ATC system being unsuited to work with server meshing (that’s why LZs don’t use all the hangar entrances at the moment). That said, it would be nice if they reworked all the landing areas to support higher number of players in general.

Oh what is a Connie Red?

It’s my tired as hell brain trying to write Cutty Red, thanks for letting me know. I really need some rest (´ω`)⌒)_

Fair enough. Would it help if I said it was a small cage (like for a medium sized animal) and located in an apartment? It was also set in modern times.

I’m really running blank on the details but my stupid brain can’t stop trying to remember the title.

Maybe? I’ll have to do some digging before I’m sure. Does it have a route where MC is locked in a cage by one of the guys? That’s about as much as I remember at the moment.

Yeah, current balance is pretty whack - great if you want a full-on power fantasy, not so great if you like to struggle (if only a bit). Simple XP Multiplier is an absolute must for me as I prefer to go slooooow with progression (in general not just in Cyberpunk) and mixed with other progression affecting mods can make you feel like you’re really struggling to dig yourself out from the depths of NC.