Polaris Palooza

[night cipher]

makes sense i would put no tax on t1 tho cuz station spawn point

nvm

galaxy has t1

idris too and apollo

wouldn’t like to lose my credits cuz. 10% of 47mil is a lot

[fierce arrow]

Idris has T1??

[night cipher]

yes

[fierce arrow]

Then don’t die.

Javelin will be juicy.

[night cipher]

supposedly

[night cipher]

easier said than done

[fierce arrow]

I live on a Javelin. After I petition CR to remove hunger and thirst, I’m probably going to just forget how to spell Death.

[night cipher]

just use medbay to have infinite food and water

[fierce arrow]

https://tenor.com/view/shocked-anime-personabeys-personabey-realization-gif-25244102

[fierce arrow]

I'm going to live forever!

[night cipher]

[patent galleon]

#1139296571188596756 message

Forever indeed

[night cipher]

[fierce arrow]

Shush! When I have my Javelin, your turret will be no match for my superior turretry!

[night cipher]

the uncrewed turretry you mean

[fierce arrow]

I am not your little bro.

[fierce arrow]

I was out of missiles and committed die.

[somber wren]

if you can afford to get it off the ground lol

[fierce arrow]

I will live in space.

[somber wren]

not literally. i very much doubt that a single person will sustain a javelin

[fierce arrow]

I think I will.

[night cipher]

[gray flower]

Running a jav is more of a group event thing for my peeps

My buds have been waiting for me to get back from family stuff to use my Polaris

[opaque rain]

ok bristerian

[fierce arrow]

Shut.

[opaque rain]

i literally have a shut up card for you

[opaque rain]

i'll literally just keep sending that clip

don't you have any shame to speak after i send it

[fierce arrow]

My ship is bigger than yours, so…

[night cipher]

we get it you have a javelin

won’t help your skill issue

[gray flower]

Lmao

[somber wren]

yet your crew is smaller than mine

[unique oriole]

the bigger they are the harder they fall

[night cipher]

i just creased out

[fierce arrow]

Non existent.

[fierce arrow]

NPCs!

[fierce arrow]

I won't even enter atmo. Orbital bombardment goes brrrt.

[fierce arrow]

Huh!?!

[night cipher]

more existent than the hair on your head

than the clothes on your body

than the keyboard on your desk

the awesome handsome man telling you that you have a skill issue

😭

[fierce arrow]

https://tenor.com/view/jhope-arson-jhope-arson-fire-bora-fire-gif-26207734

[somber wren]

i'm talking about actual crew members

npc's aren't even slated for 1.0

[fierce arrow]

I'll still win.

[somber wren]

i think you're counting your chickens before they hatch bubsy

[rigid brook]

I mean the only thing that can orbital bombard is the idris railgun and bombers

[night cipher]

i’ll fly your javelin for free so you can sit in the captains chair and feel like the ship is fully crewed (my payment is that i’ve always wanted to fly one)

you can also bark orders at me in true captain fashion

[fierce arrow]

Works for me.

[fierce arrow]

Javs rear S9 can also do that.

[fierce arrow]

Nuh Uh!

[somber wren]

go take your dementia meds

[rigid brook]

I doubt jav guns have a range of 20km +

[fierce arrow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/556672953467535372/1153045622400753724/1690916180810505.gif

[fierce arrow]

They are S9. I bet they do.

[proper junco]

hm no live yet

[night cipher]

its out rn

[proper junco]

nice

[night cipher]

so now its 3.23 the phoenix has PDCs right?

[proper junco]

should be

aight im updating now

Polaris should be out right?

[night cipher]

so now its 3.24.3 the phoenix has PDCs right?*

[night cipher]

it is yes

just checked patch notes

captains quarters is in btw

[proper junco]

oh right right i need to read that too

[night cipher]

!!!!

[night cipher]

quarters got added

[proper junco]

finally

[night cipher]

nvm it didnt

[proper junco]

on release day? not real

[night cipher]

i know

insane

[proper junco]

spectrum guys are saying they cant fly the polaris

[night cipher]

💀

[night cipher]

some can’t

if they just pledged it

or smth

like buy back

or upgrade but idk

[proper junco]

bout to find out

[night cipher]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/92000849236066304/1308926362735611904/image.png?ex=673fb82b&is=673e66ab&hm=a46e0ffdb290e351d65d6a38b63494f77da62c1db61c94355dd7e8bb7eca2471&

@proper junco

[proper junco]

[night cipher]

so polaris and max flyable

hornets and intrepid we wait

[proper junco]

well tbf i dont think anyone has a pledged intrepid yet

loading in

[night cipher]

yeah

they don’t

or the hornets

patch is 6GB for me is gonna take like 3 hours

maybe 1.5

or 2

this is insanity

[gray flower]

I'll need to see if I have any ships that I have that give me a hammerhead still

[proper junco]

yeap no polaris in ASOP

i still have my harbinger and HH loaners

[night cipher]

but not idris

[fierce arrow]

Why TF is that??

[night cipher]

fuck idris owners i guess

maybe surprise release at IAE?

doubt it

its probs a mistake theyll fix

after getting screamed at on spectrum

[fierce arrow]

If Idris and Javelin release at IAE, My heart will grow 3 sizes. But based on Citcon...

We know they are done and also that many people dislike this.

They really should huh.

[night cipher]

javelin probably wont even if idris did

[fierce arrow]

You just gave me a S9 dose of Copium.

[night cipher]

ngl they shouldnt rlly hold them back

[fierce arrow]

It was in the trailer!

[fierce arrow]

Exactly!

[night cipher]

and if theres sq42 spoilers

cant they just lock those rooms?

yeah see

[fierce arrow]

Huh??

[night cipher]

like the polaris captains quarters until they was ready

[fierce arrow]

They already gave a tour of the Idris... and showed us around a damaged Javelin.

[night cipher]

yeah but not the full thing right? at ILW its only part

[fierce arrow]

Release the Aegis caps!

When naming?

[night cipher]

if you mean the idris you can steal

with full interior then idk

[fierce arrow]

Wasn't that the entire Idris? At ILW?

[night cipher]

probably has whole thing

[night cipher]

idk they usually have guards at every door lol

except like medbay briefing room

like 4 rooms you can go in mainly just empty corridors

[fierce arrow]

I mean, there was the whole free tour thing.

[night cipher]

idk i cant remember

i think the idris you can steal from uee is the full thing tho

[fierce arrow]

#Release the Idris and Javelin!

[night cipher]

no locked rooms

[fierce arrow]

So if everybody already knows.. then why can't we already have it?

[night cipher]

idk

NO clue

dont ask me

just doesnt make sense that they can drop a polaris capital but not the already done and sold thousands of times ones

if they think the game is ready for caps

then let there be caps

unless they just dipping their toes and staggering them to get the most from sales

probs that

polaris wouldnt sell as well if over shadowed

[fierce arrow]

And why is Polaris overshadowed?

[weak hill]

So they gave Perseus, a smaller gunship, owners an RSI Polaris, a larger fleet leading ship, as their loaner?

[fierce arrow]

[fierce arrow]

Correct.

[weak hill]

What the fuck

is the polaris a joke?

just gonna pledge a kraken and keep my polaris.....

[fierce arrow]

Apparently yes.

[night cipher]

by a bigger capital?

also its still mid asf

[weak hill]

Its crazy how hard theyve botched this release

[night cipher]

even without a bigger better capital

needs some buffs still

[fierce arrow]

By anything not a Polaris.

[night cipher]

to power and ammo

[night cipher]

[fierce arrow]

I want Idris and Javelin now but not like this.

[weak hill]

I agree

[fierce arrow]

Power, mostly.

[weak hill]

They seem to want to force us to use crews which is fine because its a big ass ship. but then they nerf the turrets to the point where its not even really worth it

then hand the ship out like candy so it wont be special whatsoever.

Capital ships are meant to be huge and not everywhere. Should be kinda cool/special when you see one in the open. RN its like another tuesday

I understand over time we wont see as many. But a lot of people have perseus pledges and a lot of people also have Polaris pledges. What next fuckin hammerhead owners also get a complimentary Polaris?

[fierce arrow]

Because everybody and their mother got a Polaris Loaner.

[fierce arrow]

It's because there is novariety. Gee... if only they released a few different ships at a time.

[weak hill]

Just crazy how hard theyve done everything but what the community is saying...

[fierce arrow]

I even gace them a concise thread to follow. https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/65300/thread/polaris-potential-buffs

[weak hill]

oh dont even get me started on the powerplant...

[fierce arrow]

3 X1s produce more power than the Polaris.

[night cipher]

3 pulses probs have more dps than the S6 too

[fierce arrow]

3 Pulses have 408. Polaris S6s have 8000.

[night cipher]

brist

i want you to know

sometimes the things i say

i don’t mean them

it’s just funny

[fierce arrow]

I was questioning it for a sec and looked it up on Erkul.

[night cipher]

i hope you knew this

[fierce arrow]

Just because you didn't know doesn't mean I did.

[night cipher]

i wouldn’t be surprised

[fierce arrow]

The gun is bad and 1 Pulse is good. Mayyybe 3 Pulses...

[night cipher]

[proper junco]

so uh fixed yet?

[night cipher]

yeah you can fly her now

p sure

[fierce arrow]

Is the captains quarters in yet?

[night cipher]

no lol

wrong pic mb

here

@fierce arrow

sad sad

fym no eta

literally so rushed

if the quarters is this far away

one room btw

tiny ahh room

[proper junco]

so the pilot seat can use missiles

s3 missiles

are we dog fighting?

thats worse than s10 torps

co pilot gets the same controls + hangar door controls and cam

tractor beam uses 2 energy bars

yea the missile pod should def be moved to the middle of the ship

[night cipher]

and have its missile count multipled by at least 5

[proper junco]

for how big the powerplant is (bespoke btw) I feel like the Polaris is lacking in power

I lost the connie

[green herald]

Polaris perseus loaner is huge

Will the polaris go on sale for fleet week in the spring?

Because now I want to treat this loaner like a test drive but I'm afraid of the polaris not being sold again 💀

[proper junco]

the main elevator isnt accessible...?

https://tenor.com/view/sus-fry-futurama-gif-4691459

the hangar ceiling covers up the elevator areas

just a little trimming and it would fit perfectly

this artificially decreases hangar opening imo

[fierce arrow]

TF!?!

[fierce arrow]

They have never loaned something larger than the initial purchase before.

[green herald]

Wrong, current perseus loaner is the Hammerhead

with a vanguard harbinger

[fierce arrow]

Did they make a mistake?

[proper junco]

there she is

[green herald]

also this

[fierce arrow]

Ooh... Poo.

Idris Polaris Loaner means no Polaris drop.

[green herald]

I still might buy the polaris, I'm just concerned that it's gonna increase too much and I won't be able to buy it with store credt

Currenly running off of a perseus and 150 credit, so I can only afford it to go up by 75 which is probably too little of an increase

I have a zeus that I would rather not melt

[fierce arrow]

It is already $750.

[proper junco]

imma be real wid u fam thats giga cool

[main violet]

Yes, naturally its a polaris bargain sale

https://tenor.com/view/pedro-monkey-puppet-meme-awkward-gif-15268759

so every cap owner just got a polaris now

[weak hill]

Bro you get a free polaris for being a Perseus owner thanks to CIG making the polaris free to everyone basically

Also no captains quarters on LIVE RELEASE is some absolute diabolical work

I was a huge Polaris fanboy and still absolutely love the ship but this is just so fucking bad it hurts

[fierce arrow]

Why?

[weak hill]

The Polaris is the Perseus' loaner

[fierce arrow]

It's not released if it isn't complete. CIG lied.

[fierce arrow]

But Why TF was it made free?

[proper junco]

every one thats not a fish probably has one of those ships

[weak hill]

Its not that its free. its me being sarcastic cause im salty. But they handed it out to everyone with a perseus or bigger as the loaner

[proper junco]

not me tho, I got it as an actual pledge

[weak hill]

I do too, thats why im salty so many people are getting it as loaners especially for a smaller ship

[proper junco]

well no one likes the HH

got enough fuel to go back and forth MT - Orison about 20 times

then it needs a refuel

[fierce arrow]

That is basically free.

[fierce arrow]

Same.

[fierce arrow]

Small guns and too many crew requirements.

[proper junco]

perhaps the odyssey was better for my space base purposes

hangar size will probably still be gimped knowing cig

testing bed logging

wheres the 2nd in command room or the one for the pilot?

[fierce arrow]

Remember to right click because they screwed everything up with the markers.

[proper junco]

bed logged and woke up in the same bed succesfully

[fierce arrow]

Not in game. Delayed. No ETA.

[proper junco]

nah nah thats the captains room

im looking for the 2nd in command's

[fierce arrow]

The what?

Oh, right. Didn't they remove that room and... put a fuse in it?

[proper junco]

https://tenor.com/view/skeleton-falling-gif-27355771

pls remove fuse gameplay

[coarse mantle]

No it's the armory

Good trade, every polaris crew is gonna be underpaid anyways so a 2ic room isn't necessary

[fierce arrow]

Wait, so they made the XOs room an armory?

They couldn't have just... put that in the garage/hangar?

[proper junco]

both rooms were planned

[fierce arrow]

Well what happened?

[proper junco]

2ic room was sacrificed for crew rooms instead of one big crew room

[coarse mantle]

That's not practical, it's suppose to be leveled with the crew quarters and close to the bridge in-case of boarding action. Wouldn't want some random pirated having access to 5 railguns and 10 LMGs would you? It's not about just fitting rooms wherever it has some tactical planning towards it.

[coarse mantle]

Crew rooms staying like the original design which was about the same as the Idris's/Javelin's would've been fine personally. They take way more space. Although I guess you can say it's more personalized and comfortable.

[fierce arrow]

Very sadge.

[proper junco]

armory is opposite the captain s room

first one to grab a gun ig

pdc s target small crafts now?

[fierce arrow]

I like the personalized and comfortable... But I need Some place to sleep and not having the captains quarters means that this ship isn't yet fit for bedlogging.

[fierce arrow]

Yup. But only "Fighters."

[proper junco]

good enough ig

now I just need a crew to do the event

and maybe attend a ship meet

[green herald]

Yes. And I have 150 store credit, with 675 value on the perseus, so upgrading the perseus to the polaris means it needs to stay under 825, sorry I forgot to mention my plan is to upgrade

[proper junco]

that small base building car might be valuable for crafting fuses in teh future

[green herald]

definitely not disagreeing with the sentiment here

[main violet]

man the crews not even an issue i have plenty of people for a capital...but do i even want the polaris anymore?

[fierce arrow]

I would normally day no but it really sucks, so…

[green herald]

What really sucks, the perseus?

[fierce arrow]

[fierce arrow]

Polaris.

[green herald]

Ah

[fierce arrow]

[main violet]

maybe the polaris was the friends we made along the way

nah just kidding polaris gang 🤘

[proper junco]

perseus pilots cant use s7 guns

if they could and the polaris still cant fire s10 from the pilot seat ill flip a table

idek why the s3 missile launcher isnt a pod

why is it bolted to the front with pilot control like we re dogfighting

What size are the pdc guns?

[green herald]

They're manual turrets so they'll never be able to, I think the only pilot weapons might be the S5 torps but even those might get relegated to a copilot seat

[fierce arrow]

S1.

[fierce arrow]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-eyes-smile-evil-eyes-red-eyes-gif-13877523

Dontchudare.PNG

[green herald]

lol

no pylote weapons in a 6 person combat ship

😁

[patent galleon]

I'd assume it's for smaller targets and screening missiles, but right now we don't have something like Rattlers or a decoy/disruption missile in size 3 that you could drop to disrupt or overwhelm enemy PDs alongside your torps

[rigid brook]

Pdc are the pilot weapons lol

[fierce arrow]

How do I target a ship I want to attack?

Is that a PD rocket launcher or just a fancy missile turret?

Maybe the Sea Ram to our current Phalanx style PD? Do we think it will use the same missile technology the Nova has?

[night cipher]

how did you get it inside, doesn’t it retract the polaris when you spawn another ship

i always have to spawn my big ship, get a friend to fly it out then spawn the smaller one

for ground vehicles i drive them to the side

of the hangar

[proper junco]

I spawn the f7a and park it at the side of the hangar

[night cipher]

ah

where abouts is big enough?

[proper junco]

Theres enough room around the side and corners

Just make sure all the feet are outside the moving hangar floors

[night cipher]

cool, i’ve only managed to do it with fury nothing bigger

tbf i did try it with uh

f8

[proper junco]

Kinda wish for bigger floors lmao

[night cipher]

and bigger

[proper junco]

I did it with the vulture at the sides

[night cipher]

oh nice it’s kinda slim to

i can see that working

[night cipher]

have you done any phase 3?

[proper junco]

Nope

[night cipher]

ah ok

[proper junco]

Starting with phase 1 lmaooo

[night cipher]

LOL

[night cipher]

what is the min and max range for s10 torps?

[night cipher]

2.8k-30k thanks

[mossy yoke]

lock range, hit range is different, but yeah ;-D

[night cipher]

yeah lock range is what i was looking for

[rigid brook]

which ship team made polaris

[main violet]

i thought they were all together

[rigid brook]

im pretty sure they are relatively separated since is widely considered the Montreal team made zeus

[strong terrace]

Dumbfire polaris is risky but strong

[proper junco]

at this point the only way to play polaris

[rigid brook]

Polaris so bad we have to shot gun people with long range torps, struggles at long range struggles at brawling with turrets, bois I’m starting to think we got the civilian Polaris

[weak hill]

They def planning on releasing Polaris-M

[proper junco]

watch as they disable dumbfire

legit way to fire is somewhere 3k out but with the current speed that will take more than 10s or 15s ish

enough time to shoot down anything coming from the direction of the polaris with pdc's and turrets

not to mention counter measures and maneuvering to dodge

[weak hill]

Dumbfire requires two people still?

[proper junco]

solution: dumbfire as close as you can

yes

[weak hill]

Dumbfire lowkey a strat

[hallow rose]

Is anyone able to spawn their polaris in their XL hangers ?

[proper junco]

ngl it looks cooler than legit lock on and firing

go in fast, deliver payload, get out

like what was described on the Polaris brochure

truly

dumbfiring requires more communications than legit method

just as the multicrewers at cig intended

[fierce arrow]

Origin Supremacy.

[fierce arrow]

Retaliators job. Not Polaris. It looks bad when something so large does that.

[proper junco]

2 s3 powerplants produces 3 more bars than the s4 Polaris has (stock C2 vs Stock Polaris)

from erkul

the tractor beam uses 2 bars of power too btw

[obtuse minnow]

If anyone ould like to crew a Polaris frequently hit me up the Pella is Hiring

[rigid brook]

i think its over bois from the way they sounded on that IAE video, sounds like they happy with polaris

[strong terrace]

It's so over 😔

[weak hill]

All the Polaris is now is a bigger Carrack. SMH

[opaque rain]

honestly that's what i paid for so not a huge deal for me, sucks for everyone who wanted a proper capital warship

[strong terrace]

The low dmg turrets eerily remind me of the Idris-P to Idris-M/K upgrades..

[strong terrace]

You wanted a carrack when you bought a capital warship? 😐

[opaque rain]

honestly i liked the bigger hangar and more useful cargo

im gonna use it as a base instead of a warship

sad that they just bonked it for everyone who bought it for it's purpose tho

[strong terrace]

Fair on you. I know people will use ships as they very well damn please! but I am miffed the turrets are dog.. And torpedoes are useless unless you almost exploit CIG very clearly wants them to be useless at this point

[opaque rain]

yea. sad

[strong terrace]

On a side note.. do we have a number for how much HP the Idris in P3 has?

[opaque rain]

i wouldn't really compare anything that's released vs unreleased tbh

[strong terrace]

Oh, no - but im very curious as to how much HP it does have

[opaque rain]

don't really get why people keep comparing things that way, it's really not a good way

cuz they gon change a lot when they release it anyway

[strong terrace]

had two full crewed polaris dumbfiring torps + shooting em conventionally and it still took a good while

The Idris wont be as powerful as the "server boss version", i know - I'm just curious

[opaque rain]

regardless, polaris has been gutted in terms of weapons so

[strong terrace]

Wouldn't be so bad if the turrets just got upsized a tier or two

[opaque rain]

i'm honestly way past paying cig based on specs

[night cipher]

real, it’s an org platform to me not a battleship

[opaque rain]

specs as in gun/component sizing etc

[night cipher]

but would’ve been nice if it was an org platform battleship

sadly it’s not quite good enough to be a true cap like that

[opaque rain]

i mean it was sold as an org platform battleship tho

[night cipher]

exactly

but i mainly wanted an org platform more than a battleship so its not as bad for me

still scam game

[opaque rain]

yeah

[strong terrace]

Honestly, i wouldn't be so bummed about it if CIG didn't say like 5 months ago that it would stand strong based on turrets alone compared to other cap ships 😂

[opaque rain]

tbh only pledge ships when released and when you like them even if they don't have any components/guns on them

i'd pledge so much more shit if i actually believed cig would keep them balanced the way they intended them to be

first of all, my redeemer would still be in my hangar

[strong terrace]

The shields were a bit crazy, though..

But i didnt mind the guns

Would've loved to see it keep it's guns, get a shield/hull nerf + some mobility

Now it's just a mess

[night cipher]

instead they ripped its face off

[opaque rain]

i didn't trust them before the redeemer thing but that really set it in stone

[strong terrace]

I still have my redeemer

[opaque rain]

honestly depending on if the galaxy changes before release or endeavor drops before i expect or something like that, i might just melt my polaris. it's a cool ship and i'd keep it regardless because it's also a multicrew battle platform if i ever wanted to have one, but at this point.. granted percy doesn't get gutted the same way, i'll just pledge a percy.

[strong terrace]

I'm close to melting. But no idea what would replace it currently.

[opaque rain]

yeah, there's no other platform like it

[strong terrace]

I love alot about the polaris

but for the reasons i wanted it, it's awful

It won't fight idrises as a "underdog" with a trick

[opaque rain]

yeah, same

[strong terrace]

It won't really be more mobile

[opaque rain]

honestly my gripe with it was the looks, i really hated the way it looked before the change

[strong terrace]

It'll just be a stepping-stone warship till you get an idris

[strong terrace]

I might be in the minority but i really liked the small redesign

[opaque rain]

but now that we have the rougher exterior which i goddamn love, the strangled chicken neck is way less pronounced and it actually looks pretty neat

[strong terrace]

Interior is .. not good, though - but that's about it being rushed

[opaque rain]

yeah i love it

[opaque rain]

hallways seem way too cramped to me

[strong terrace]

Cramped hallways and dull light

I do love the "red doors"

that indicate turrets though

My favourite interior design decision on the polaris by far

makes it easy to tell friends / crew to find a turret

But the medbay is disgusting

[fierce arrow]

Frick...

[rigid brook]

well i guess we riot when polaris q&a drops

[fierce arrow]

I was hoping for a Saucer Separation escape pod thingy.

[fierce arrow]

Also agreed.

[fierce arrow]

It is too barebones. Literally the bare minimum.

[strong terrace]

Well, who knows what they will announce this IAE..

If nothing ill probably hodl my polaris

[hallow rose]

Random question, how do i get onto the polaris from the ground <_< i dont see any switch anywhere or label or marker or nothing

[proper junco]

The crew elevator is either hard to access or damn inaccessible. The ramps interaction prompt is quite away from the ship

It should mark on you hud tho

And interact with empty air

[tender pagoda]

we 10 manned the Polussy it was so fun

the missile turret is actually fun but it needs way more ammo

reloading 12 missiles every 2 mins would not be good for any loop

[rigid brook]

Main gun needs way more ammo
Size 6 with 300 rounds on a civilian grade wannabe cap compared to a fighter with a size 7 having 3600 rounds

[tender pagoda]

yea I agree, the only 2 big issue I can see are both related to ammo

the s6 an missile turret

id honestly be happy with a 3-4x the ammo on the missile turret an double the rounds for the s6

[rigid brook]

Meh I have issues with size 3 guns being on a military grade cap, and a ship that is suppose to “somewhat hold its own against other caps” all its anti cap firepower is in one turret

[tender pagoda]

and 28 torps

not just the s6

[rigid brook]

Torps are gimmick

[tender pagoda]

for now

[rigid brook]

Two Polaris can’t even land hits on 890j and idris and jav will have more pdc

[tender pagoda]

its just balance stuff mate

it can all be tweaked an ballistics guns shred the pds really fast

[rigid brook]

I mean if they make pdc weaker then Polaris becomes fish food for eclipses again

[tender pagoda]

its layers of defence that need to be stripped

it makes sense

[rigid brook]

So Polaris is military grade cap that has to be babied

[tender pagoda]

it doesn't

[rigid brook]

Well I mean Polaris won’t be able to do it on its own which makes torps an after thought

[tender pagoda]

no it doesn't???

[rigid brook]

So you want Polaris to close gap on idris avoid rail gun and take out pdc

[tender pagoda]

You just need to understand the pdc is a defence that needs to be removed before firing torps it's not hard to grasp

send a swarm of buzz furys to focus the pdc spots with ballistic gats

[rigid brook]

I mean when engineering comes in fury swarm is just meat for turrets

[tender pagoda]

its still hard to hit a fury outside of 1.5km

very hard

its tiny

meanwhile they penetrating the shields with gats an removing the pdc

you can't just roll up to another cap in a Polaris an expect to just nuke it with torps 0 effort

[rigid brook]

Not saying it should but relying on something else to do work to allow Polaris just to land one torp makes torps a after thought

[tender pagoda]

no it doesn't

it makes it balanced.

I don't wanna just QT to locations an dump 4-8 torps an call it a day

nty that sounds boring af

[gray flower]

Im with pingus

[tender pagoda]

ty

[gray flower]

If I wanted to have a solo flying experience with bunch of guns, I'd go play space engineers

[tender pagoda]

[rigid brook]

So unless Polaris has fury swarm it is glorified transport ship or fat carrack take your pick next to other caps ships

[tender pagoda]

man we had 10 of us today it was so fun

[gray flower]

That sounds amazing, most of the time it's 4 of us

[tender pagoda]

yah it was great we usually have 5-7 so we still okay but today was just peak

all guns firing even the missile turret

[gray flower]

I'd be curious how the game balance would work if we had something like a stasis webifier from eve

[tender pagoda]

I am not familiar with EVE

what is this stasis

[gray flower]

Stasis webifier (webs) slow a ships speed down to a % of its top speed

[tender pagoda]

ohhh we have that in a sense

[gray flower]

The specific % depends on the module, but it's 50-60%

[tender pagoda]

the mantis an such do this

force you into scm

20km radius iirc

[gray flower]

I was thinking more to lock down a ship hard

Like caps already have slow asf speeds

[tender pagoda]

I mean that's a pretty hard lock down already you are essentially forcing combat within a 20km bubble

no running

they can't switch back to NAV

[gray flower]

You still have full scm speed

[tender pagoda]

yah but that's not very fast at all

[gray flower]

Maybe a modification of the EM guns

[tender pagoda]

an you gunna be getting chased no doubt so the bubble will be moving with you

[gray flower]

Slow down ship as you hit it

[tender pagoda]

I doubt we gunna get that stuff it seems like it could be busted or gamed

an the mantis an such do the same role

which is force combat

[gray flower]

Give the mantis 4x hp so I can start calling it a HIC

Heavy interdictor

[tender pagoda]

yah something like that could be cool

no firepower at all

but just a sheer tank

[gray flower]

Let it hero tank an idris rail gun shot

Fior the meme

[tender pagoda]

we won't even see Idris railgun stuff on anything but the Idris

[gray flower]

No I'm saying let it get hit by it

[tender pagoda]

ohhhhhhhhhhh

yah super tanky

[gray flower]

I need a mantis pilot to fly between a bunch of caps yelling "WITNESS ME"

[tender pagoda]

we had some funny moments today an alot of near misses of other ships nearly ramming us

but holy shit when the 2 top turrets an 1 of the side turrets target the same fighter ect they literally melt

[gray flower]

It's like a HH when you have the same coord lol

I'd love to see a HH and Pol work together on a mission like this

When the xeno mission stuff was about to start, me and a buddy were doing the idris hunt and I'm guessing the incursion mission part of it slammed on top of each other

It was the idris from the Arlington gang vs the (not) xeno incursion of like 4 HH and fleet, and us picking off targets

I might have some footage of it still, I'll have to dig it up later

[tender pagoda]

honestly I feel the Polaris just functions as a better HH

with alot more potential

[gray flower]

I'd believe it

[sharp raven]

STARKITTEN POLARIS SKIN!?

[rigid brook]

Is that actually real or just visual glitch

Cause even the windows are tinted no excuse now why we can’t get concept paint

[fierce arrow]

I counted what I assume to be nearly 50 on Jav.

[proper junco]

Dumb fire drive by is the polaris meta

[fierce arrow]

That is a stupid meta. Valid for Retaliator but Polaris? No thx.\

[real hemlock]

Polaris isn't on sale yet is it? -- surely that's on RSI day a few days from now

[proper junco]

They better get to buffing

[patent galleon]

PDCs need some tuning I feel. Their prioritisation is good but they swap to priority targets too fast which makes swarming and overwhelming them with other missiles too difficult and you can idle your capships without worry about Torps at all.

With PDCs working the way they are, torps could probably afford a speed buff as well

[fierce arrow]

Not really. Torps just need to be better.

[patent galleon]

And making the whole idea of stealth relevant to detection and countering of torps

[fierce arrow]

???

[strong terrace]

Problem with torps is they are either too strong, or too weak - too easy to counter, they are useless. Too hard to counter, they are overpowered

[night cipher]

yer

[strong terrace]

See some people saying the polaris is strong asf even with it's s3 turrets, we'll see if that stays true once we have another military cap ship - i think s3 on a cap is a joke, when "armor" is in i don't see s3's doing any damage.

And dumbfiring isn't really a valid stratergy, as we see CIG trying to curb it at every given chance - meaning they dont know what to do with the s10 torps

[patent galleon]

The S3s are at the sides and rear and more for swatting lighter craft. The frontal firepower it the 2x Quad S4s and double S6s.

You can get the S3s on the nose target closer up but they're not positioned well for concentrating firepower in my experience.

[strong terrace]

S3's on the side do nothing to the craft who are hiding in the engine blindspot, where ironically we need more firepower against fighters we get a missile turret with lock range..

[patent galleon]

There's nothing really on the Polaris for hitting the side-rear blindspots, the main saving grace is that the convergence on the side arcs means you can try to hit them before they close.

[strong terrace]

Also, why not hop in an F7A MK2 instead of the side turrets? you'll be better able to cover your polaris with fighter escorts then wasting a slot on the size 3's

The f7a's will also deal more dmg then the quad s3's to other cap ships

[patent galleon]

With a big enough crew you can have both. We'll also have to see how AI blading those turrets works as well or if it's only for remote turrets.

Though with enough resources/ships having minimum viable crew in multiple larger ships is generally better.

[strong terrace]

Don't really need both, if i have someone with an f7a mk2 i'll just have them sit in that, and have the quad s4's and the s6 be manned in the polaris

[patent galleon]

And how the Rearm/Resupply works and if it'll affect our ability to fit double F7 Mk2s in the hangar.

[strong terrace]

it's a downgrade to have someone on the size 3's, is what im saying

[strong terrace]

Maybe, but atleast the f7a's can run on energy weapons if that becomes an issue

[patent galleon]

I think it'll depend on how active some roles are. If you're carrying ground folk to an enemy org base for an assault or something, the spare bodies can man the guns. Or if engineering isn't super heavy until you start taking damage then they can man the gun first.

Might also vary if the adjustments from the engineering playtest come in, where lower size weapons had higher RoF and faster projectile velocity which actually made them better at killing fighters than the cannons.

[strong terrace]

Again none of these things are adressing the main concern. As a torpedo boat, the polaris is great. as troop/vehicle transport, it's great

but it's not a capital ship

It's more akin to the perseus

https://youtu.be/j9d8GXMtHOs?t=815

[patent galleon]

Well not the Torpedo boat at the moment.

[strong terrace]

Probably seen it, but this is what made me lock in on polaris

Timestamped

[patent galleon]

Not until PDs get tuned anyway

[strong terrace]

I don't think torpedo gameplay will ever be viable, sadly

It might work occasionally or with stealth

[patent galleon]

Yeah I saw that when it came up and I already had the Polaris ccu-ed at that point.
It's worth noting some context which was that at that point the Polaris they'd showed us had been significantly down-gunned from the initial concept, and that was a response to the backlash of it's gunfire getting dumped.

[strong terrace]

But those things engines light up like a christmas tree - and i can confidently say, they will never make it OP because no one wants a "button press to win" situation

[patent galleon]

Right now I feel PDs are too efficient in terms of prioritisation and accuracy.
They need to be slightly easier to overwhelm with like swarms of smaller missiles or give us tools to jam them. Higher size Rattlers or Missiles that detonate into jamming chaff.

[strong terrace]

Aye, that's true. But it's not capable of standing up to even just the Idris P

[rigid brook]

I say as of now just leave torps as an after thought, occasionally used under certain circumstances, and just up gun Polaris it’s glass without up gunning and would fill its role as glass cannon with up gunning

[strong terrace]

If i had any hope of the torps working, i wouldn't mind the guns as much

[patent galleon]

Nah, it's a missile/torp Corvette. The Torps need to be the key system.

[strong terrace]

In an ideal world that'd be great

but it wont happen

[patent galleon]

If we get more Rattler/Swarm missile sizes and they're a valid way to overwhelm PDs it'd be alright I feel. You need wingmen launching it for an Eclipse or Retaliator, but can launch it from the Polaris itself with the nose mounted racks.

Loadouts and payload choices should matter for dealing with different craft.

[strong terrace]

I don't think they can balance the s10 torps, if there's a way (even if its a it difficult) to guarantee it will land, you can deal 3M dmg in just a single salvo

I think CIG is weary of this

[rigid brook]

I mean it was originally pitched as fat retaliator, but I guess someone at cig realized that just isn’t gonna work and Polaris would be gimmick ship, and the rework Polaris had significant up gunning then CR probably got involved and said no I want fat retaliator and we all saw at last citcon that it’s loadout looked pathetic so they up gunned it alittle to what it is now

[patent galleon]

Yeah that's true. But there needs to be ways to increase the chances

[strong terrace]

If they made the Idris Railgun shot able to be intercepted by way of PDC's, I think alot of people would see why the polaris is in such a bad state right now

[patent galleon]

Via teamwork and equipment.

[strong terrace]

This is the goal of any cap ship honestly

And right now, you're better off bringing smaller ships to a cap ship fight

The ONE thing, that is "OP" about polaris currently, is its health

it has insane staying power

Which is weird, cause it shouldn't have against other cap ships

[rigid brook]

Yea but I doubt idris or jav as military cap ships would require as much babying as Polaris to be effective

[rigid brook]

But health will be a after thought when engineering comes

[strong terrace]

big turrets is the way, and idris P which is the "lightest" version of it has min. s5's

[strong terrace]

I'll reserve my judgement about that until engineering is anything tangible

[rigid brook]

Jav has loadout and size 12 torps
Idris has loadout massive hangar and size 10 rail gun
Polaris has torps and built in weaknesses

[strong terrace]

Balancing ships for a future we know little about is not really helpful

[strong terrace]

Words can't describe how bummed i am to not have some kind of dynamic between idris/polaris

Once idris comes out in 2 years (if sq42 actually releases then) if polaris has no upgunning it'll be a victim 💀

So many people have the idris m and k

the guns on the polaris isn't so much an isssue right now, since there's no armor and not really any other cap ships to fight, but it will be

[strong terrace]

do you think they'll change the pilot gun on the idris to a second seat?

[rigid brook]

Probably not

[night cipher]

yeah and the only downside is sustainability

[night cipher]

they should do if they did it to corsair and polaris

lazy way to increase multicrew crew count

same with fuses being kinda lazy too

[strong terrace]

engineering could be fun if done like it is in barotrauma

[proper junco]

https://tenor.com/view/old-bomb-bonk-head-on-collision-missile-gif-17494665

remove fuse gameplay

[frank lily]

My Fellow POLARI Owners, i haven't had a chance to chat in here since the Polly was released on the PTU to the PU... and let me just share - how FUCKING AWESOME this ship is - for both a Solo player and for team play. On these Stanton missions it has been a freakin great - give and take a few standard SC frustrations...

CIG if you ever read these chats - what a fucking stellar job this POLARIS is... just AMAZING...!

[rigid brook]

This man been out of the loop with this chat

[novel remnant]

you guys just expect the world

[coarse mantle]

Don't mind the people crying that after waiting years for their "can do everything" ship it isn't utterly broken in every way possible till it can single handedly take on a Javelin. God forbid let the man enjoy his ship lmao.

I literally lose braincells reading the most utterly mind boggling statements here, glad y'all have no say in the development of this game.

[novel remnant]

God forbid balance is a thing. Not that they are doing it well right now though tbh. We need the gameplay feature to all be in before that though.

[hallow rose]

Balance? In an alpha ?.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Simply gold comedic material

[night cipher]

just need more power pips snd more ammo for the missile turret and s6

people saying it needs up gunning more

idk about that

also i’m really excited for captains room

[strong terrace]

I will be waiting patiently for this ship to not have a balance pass when idris comes out - And then the "its an alpha" crowd will be quiet

[night cipher]

i doubt it will get a balance pass

if they made the polaris better the idris wouldn’t be as attractive when it comes out

which is bad for their business in selling idrisesesseses

if they really wanted my money they wouldn’t sell all 3 idris stock in 10 seconds

[strong terrace]

Ain't that the truth

[brazen eagle]

Idris is only more attractive due to carrier capabilities otherwise Polaris is best military cap for a players

[night cipher]

also the main gun is like way better than the torpedos

because yknow

it’s actually gonna land

turrets are better i think they will get up sized as well

[brazen eagle]

Idris P has no S10 gun plus spinal mounted gun on such big ship will suffer at tracking nimbler targets

[night cipher]

you don’t use it for nimble targets

[brazen eagle]

tell that to NPC they tried hit me with it while i was flying 600i

[night cipher]

if you own an idris you would be doing a K/M mix

K weaponry and M railgun

maybe the K stuff on an M chassis if it has more armour

i know you can upgrade your K/P to M with shipyards

but that’s a long way out

[brazen eagle]

still i find polaris better military cap than Idris for players

also Kraken exists

[strong terrace]

You're insane if you think a polaris is better then an idris

Even the P version has better guns and health, and we can assume armor

Torps don't land and there is currently 0 word from CIG how they are going to balance torps

So i will lean on them just being a gimmick

[rigid brook]

Polaris still has many built in weaknesses no point in not letting it lean more into glass cannon role considering the torps will be very situational meaning Polaris is just glorified transport ship best armed cargo ship in game currently….. until idris comes

[night cipher]

yeah

[patent galleon]

Idris is also a frigate with 1.5 to 2x the crew requirement of the Polaris.

[opaque rain]

has anybody had their own torps just explode in front of them for no apparent reason? i've been having that bug when playing with a friend

torp gets shot and just explodes in a single second damaging the entire ah ship, had a 1.6M repair bill

[night cipher]

yep

don’t forget it

[strong terrace]

Did you try it against the idris? The pdc's on it will take out your torps immediately if youre within 2000m

[night cipher]

i think the torp is fired then desyncs backwards into the ship

happened to me once

i saw it like glitch and jitter back

it was really strange

[night cipher]

into the torp hole

[opaque rain]

no we were torping the ground kek

[opaque rain]

yeah mine basically hit the cockpit kinda, that's what i thought happened with desync but just wanted to ask still

[night cipher]

yeah

it happens

just pray

[strong terrace]

Absolutely. I don't think anyone who wants the polaris to be stronger wants it to contend directly with the idris in a slugfest! But as it stands right now it will be a victim to an idris with no counters. Unless CIG will upgun it later or offer some "miltary upgrade" bullshit, I dont see even 2-3 polarises winning against an idris M currently

Once armor is in, s3's i assume will deal 0 damage to cap sized ships

I'd be surprised if s4's did any meaningful damage, so that leaves just one puny little s6 gun

[brazen eagle]

Polarises is designed to use s10 torps against Idris and not guns

[strong terrace]

Have fun trying to do that

Would be awesome if it would work, but it won't

CIG is horrified of torpedo meta

[rigid brook]

But during rework cig wanted Polaris to be more then just a torp boat, Polaris with decent loadout would still lose to idris in brawling match cause of bad turret coverage and weaker then normal cap armor, literally no point in not letting it lean more into glass cannon

Like come on Polaris is already getting into brawling range in order to dumb fire it’s torps, and it’s gonna be funny watching Polaris rush player idris 10 size 10 rail gun

[strong terrace]

i think if it just got some better turrets it'd be fine as it is

The lil' missile turret is a waste of space and we should be able to replace it

Hell i'd take a quad s2 over that trash

[brazen eagle]

guys get your wallets Idris and Javelin WB are still buyable

[rigid brook]

Cig finally reaching the limit of whales

[weak hill]

Unironically the lack of captains quarters and overall piss poor balance for a literal capital ship has made me decide to go for Carrack. I like the Polaris a lot and might eventually return but the interior while nice feels a bit boring. The power pips situation is unacceptable IMO when we have a whole ass nuclear reactor in the back. It just needs some more tweaks. I dont want it to be soloable OP but I want it to be strong when fully crewed and it just doesnt feel that way.

[strong terrace]

I'm holding onto mine for now at least - it's still good fun to fly it. I just don't see it being competitive in the long run when the next cap ship absolutely will body it

Ironically since we got retaliator jank torpedoes, I hope we can eventually switch things around so we can have smth useful instead

[strong terrace]

I'll be so mad if the rumors that it's just a better 'deemer is true

?

Honestly between all the noise it's impossible to differentiate

I'll be happy if this is true

I'd be jumping ship to perseus so fast if it wasn't for the Q&A on it about the turrets hitting like "the ares and ion" or smth like that

Nothing could scare me off more then that.. but by design it's the best looking ship out there imo

[rigid brook]

Perseus is honestly best looking ship

[strong terrace]

And it's not even close

[fierce arrow]

Why? Where is it?

[rigid brook]

Smh smh 😔

well I guess we better enjoy it and get the most out of it before the real caps arrive and turn it into fatter carrack

[fierce arrow]

Should I get rid of mine?

[rigid brook]

I mean it’s fine for now but when real caps come Polaris becomes best armed cargo ship perfect for outrunning bigger threats

Sure herc could out run the bigger threats to but Polaris would have to beef to survive the occasional random pirate attack and escape as long as they don’t have quantum jammer

[fierce arrow]

Except it’s slow.

[rigid brook]

Compared to idris and Jav should still be fast

Idris and Jav will probably end up getting speed nerf when they come

[fierce arrow]

Idris has a 1 tap gun and Polaris has less guns than Hammerhead most of which are smaller.

22 on Polaris vs 24 on Hammerhead. And the Hammerhead has more big guns as well.

[rigid brook]

Tbh hh could probably take a Polaris in brawling match knock out that nose turret and Polaris become hammerhead play thing

Polaris nose turret is pretty easy to disable one hh turret running ballistic probably could do it

[fierce arrow]

Too much what? It’s Torpedos are a non consideration.

What is it anyways?

Two hits took an Auroras shields down to… half. It’s rear left wing was red but still.

Where? What video?

[rigid brook]

Cig version of cap warfare makes Polaris irrelevant, if you’re able to strip a cap of its defenses then you don’t even need any additional firepower like Polaris, just finish it off

[fierce arrow]

You mean the part where they said “send in fighter swarm to disable PD?”

I just finished this.

Also agreed.

[patent galleon]

The Tali and Eclipse can't also run refueling/rearming support for the fighters or hold craft for boarding tbf

[fierce arrow]

So… Retaliator and Eclipse meta?

[fierce arrow]

And the Polaris isn’t small enough to get close without getting railed.

[patent galleon]

Though neither of those gameloops are properly in yet either.

[rigid brook]

At that point bring idris better defended better offense and bigger hangar to support fighters

[fierce arrow]

Idris M… which is not available.

Weren’t they S6s?

[patent galleon]

Something to keep in mind with the railgun is we don't really know how it'll work once maelstrom and damage get reworked.
Odds are a slower firing precision ballistic will snipe out components/depressurise components and compartments without dealing lots of hull damage, and something like the Javelins rows of M9s are better suited for wearing away hull and killing.

We've had pretty wild paradigm changes in the past due to mechanic reworks.

[fierce arrow]

That sounds very powerful.

[weak hill]

Me personally after carrack update thats where im headed for the time being. Gonna have all of Pyro to explore so a carrack with a razor ex, lynx, and a nox will be plenty. The med bay looks and feels so much cooler and ill have my captain’s quarters

Who knows maybe they make Polaris feel meaningful eventually. If that happens ill happily come back but until then gold standard carrack it is

[rigid brook]

I mean even if Polaris sucks as a military cap, it does excel at being fatter carrack, literally does everything a carrack does but better

[weak hill]

It does on the surface but the interior of the Polaris feels lifeless

[rigid brook]

True

Probably cause it was rushed

[weak hill]

Idk imma test the carrack out when its rentable for iae but im fairly certain im gonna switch temporarily

Youre right the polaris can just be a bigger better carrack and that was my plan

But no cap quarters feels really bad having to log in the bunks. Med bay feels super boring to me as well. That paired with carracks goated ass pilot seat view

[rigid brook]

I know everyone thinks I’m wrong but I really liked smooth panel Polaris more

[weak hill]

Kind of agree. Also wish yellow windows

[rigid brook]

God two tone grey with yellow glass

[weak hill]

If they dont release that paint at IAE or at the least by 4.0 theyre cooked

[rigid brook]

Idk if it was visual glitch but I’ve been seeing people post pink paint for Polaris with pinkish tinted windows

Gonna be salty if that’s like a hidden 4th paint they add instead of two tone grey with yellow tint glass

[patent galleon]

I personally really like the Polaris interior, and the Hangar is more usable for me than the Carrack.
This isn't to say the Polaris doesn't need more work though, the Medical room is too empty and needs some shelves and medical thingamabobs.
Armoury needs some form of locker storage as well, you have all these guns but nothing to store ammo in.

It's not in any of the pitch/existing information but I'd love if the Polaris as a military ship also got blast shields for extra armour to that big juicy cockpit.

Nope nope nope, I do not want loaded guns in easy reach of whoever gets chucked in there.

It might be usable for NPC bounty missions if you're willing to pull out the massive capship just to pick up two criminals.

But logically weapon racks shouldn't be in easy reach of the prisoners.

Stick some lockers or shelves or something

More internal storage good.

Then he can use the weapon he grabbed from the armoury lmao

Storage only being in the bunks isn't great.

Give us a locker for ammo in the armoury and another for all our medical stuff in the medbay.

We'll also have to see what sort of crafting utilities ships get.

I could easily see the kitchen areas most ships have getting the nutrition crafting things built in.

Having a crafting/printing station for fuses and other simple engineering repair stuff (like the RCM prints for multitool SRT canisters) in Engineering would go a long way towards adding utility to some segments.

And it's not like we don't have stretches of the hallway which don't have anything in them yet.

[atomic badger]

Anyone else constantly have troubles getting the elevator to work when entering the Polaris from the ground?

I can't be the only one

[patent galleon]

Are you looking at the ground call point or the top button?

And yes, it generally takes a while and multiple inputs before the elevator comes down

[coarse mantle]

Fine for me, just have to call it at the appropriate location

[atomic badger]

Top. I've tried just about every spot to open it.

[patent galleon]

Polaris needs those laser/light on the ground that the Reclaimer and 890 have

[coarse mantle]

My still unanswered question is how do you bedlog in the polaris?

[patent galleon]

Yeah you can't reach that button from the ground easily. Look down and move around and there's a prompt to call the elevator down from the ground level

[atomic badger]

I will try this

[fierce arrow]

In the crew quarters. You'll need to hold F, then Right click on the closer bed log button.

[atomic badger]

Wow. That worked first try!

[patent galleon]

You might need to remove your armour to bedlog, and the text may not pop up but it's one of the quadrants.

[atomic badger]

I'm not going to say how much time in the last few days I have spent trying to open that elevator.

It's very embarrassing.

[coarse mantle]

The log out option never appears

Would be nice for them to just add the Captain Quarters already. It's legit just a room what so complicated about it?

[patent galleon]

Yep, you can open the side ramps this way too, but finding the call spot is difficult

[atomic badger]

SMH

Ok, this is nice.

[fierce arrow]

Right click on the button.

[fierce arrow]

Look at the test from the front.

[patent galleon]

It's judging how far the ramps extend out as the call text appears at the base, once you're familiar with them it's easier to find, but the entry markers tend to jump around and bug out.

[fierce arrow]

Oof.

[patent galleon]

It's an easy enough fix, but in my experience the "cargo door" text tends to appear inside the cargo hold or on the eva button when you pull the Polaris up.

Fun fact, the Polaris side turrets have a clear view of the entirety of the ramp down. They're pretty great at providing overwatch for a combat dismount.

[atomic badger]

Yeah those turrets are in a great spot for watching the ramp 100%

[real hemlock]

Do we know what time the Polaris will go on sale tomorrow? 🙏

[night cipher]

4pm for me

UTC

[rigid brook]

Tuesday
➣ IAE 2954 - Day 5
➣ RSI Polaris Q&A Comm-Link
➣ Lore Post: Galactapedia Update

gonna be one spicy q&a

[night cipher]

oh is that tmr????

bettt

[fierce arrow]

I have demands!

[night cipher]

i demand to take you on idris date

💯

[strong terrace]

Very excited for RSI day q and a..

[night cipher]

same

[rigid brook]

RIP Polaris with some bite crazy that it seems like the top, nose and sides look size 5 at one point

[fierce arrow]

PUT IT BACK!!!

I specifically told them not to change it but somebody said they looked “ugly.”

[rigid brook]

Those top turrets were so cool and unique

[real hemlock]

Today is the day!

Polaris won't be hull limited correct? So on sale all during RSI event today and tomorrow?

Wow just caught up on the thread and so much Polaris hate!

How about the people out there that are still hyped, love it, and are looking forward to it.c

I guess lots of them are already out there flying theirs. Not in this channel anymore.

[clear stag]

It got fucked over pretty good

[strong terrace]

"Hate" is a strong word, i like my polaris. But i most likely wont be keeping it for the long term - Unless they announce they will change it when the "real" capital ships come in the game 😅 We'll see what they have to say today in the polaris q n a

The only thing that is "capital" about the Polaris is it's health pool imo

[rigid brook]

Yea nobody hates Polaris here

We just worry about its future when the other caps come in

[real hemlock]

Fair

Then I guess maybe trade up/melt if need be

But for now it seems ....just amazing

I love the sound of the thrusters

omg

Absolutely moisture inducing

Anyone see buying options available yet for the Polaris?

[strong terrace]

Visually the ship looks amazing

The interior needed more time

[real hemlock]

Yeah definitely agree on the interior

[strong terrace]

But exterior is easily the best ship in the game right now

[real hemlock]

But hopefully it kind of gets....gold pass type thing at some point and at least we get captians quarters and refuel/repair in hangar

HOLY BALLS -- $975

good lord come on Chris

[strong terrace]

975 dollars jeesus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfCvtmiD9uA

[main violet]

it is a capital

hull limited too?

[real hemlock]

So why is one 850 and one 975?

[strong terrace]

no

[rigid brook]

850 is new money aka warbond

975 is with store credit

definitely overpriced

[real hemlock]

So there's no difference between the 850 and 975?

[night cipher]

ye

there is

the more expensive one you can use store credit to buy

the cheaper you cant

[rigid brook]

gameplay wise yes there is no difference, the only difference is how you buy it

[old badge]

the new paints r fire

[real hemlock]

OK so the cheaper one is just with cold hard new cash

[strong terrace]

Where is the Q and A tho

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/engineering/20314-Q-A-RSI-Polaris

nvm found it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zh1tqY7nNg

Bummed about the q n a. What are your thoughts?

[untold gorge]

The Polaris trailer is too cool for me to have an unbiased take

[real hemlock]

How long does it sometimes take for ships to appear in your online Hangar after purchase? Money was def taken out of my account....no Polaris in hangar 😦

[dense grotto]

Instantly… contact CIG

[real hemlock]

what.

[dense grotto]

You go to hangar and refresh it should be instant

[real hemlock]

It isn't there

[dense grotto]

Money was taken out 100%?

[real hemlock]

Order says "OPEN" at the moment but the money is not in my accnt so....

yep 100%

[dense grotto]

AHHHHH yep

[real hemlock]

Can anything just be easy?

[dense grotto]

It means it’s pending for them to receive the money since it’s a HUGE AMOUNT, assuming for Polaris?

[real hemlock]

Surely it will appear shortly

Yeah Polaris

[dense grotto]

Yeye it’s just cus it’s a huge amount of money

So the bank gotta authorize it

[real hemlock]

I assume being patient is the way to be

[dense grotto]

If it doesn’t appear in 30 mins contact cig you can dm me if you need help or tag me

Though I’m about to get off a train 😭

[real hemlock]

OK thanks Mel...what's the best way to get a hold of CIG :/

[rigid brook]

oh momma

[dense grotto]

Basically go to their FAQ site and press “contact us”

I think it is xd

[old badge]

not true since the 22 dollar paint i bought with store credit took 10 mins to get into my account

[untold gorge]

Might as well have made it $999

[real hemlock]

This page is the only way I assume: https://support.robertsspaceindustries.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360000074074

[dense grotto]

I ccu’d mine for 400 💀

[dense grotto]

Yup

Brb getting off a train

[real hemlock]

Thanks!

[dense grotto]

Np man

I’ve been on holiday for 3 weeks and didn’t get to try out my Polaris yet :’)

Can’t wait to get home tomorrow

[real hemlock]

Issue solved! Just took about 15 mins for them to "verify" -- Thx Mel

[dense grotto]

Lmk if you run into issues but don’t stress it happened to me before too, in my case it was because the bank saw it as a suspicious amount of money to be used at once so needed authorization from CIG I contacted them and got it sorted super quickly

[dense grotto]

Ofc man anytime

[rigid brook]

dang q&a was a let down

[strong terrace]

Yeah sure was

[rigid brook]

maybe during a IAE episode they will do some hard questions

[strong terrace]

Doubt it at this point

[coarse mantle]

Oi polaris nerds, what does the concierge paint for the polaris look like?

[strong terrace]

They do state that it's still subject to change though, so small hopium

[rigid brook]

black with alittle yellow trimming

looks like the blue and yellow one but the blue is black

[coarse mantle]

Image?

[night cipher]

literally fire

[strong terrace]

Incredible skin tbh

[coarse mantle]

Zamn, aight time to grab that from the market

[rigid brook]

kinda wished the blue didnt have the yellow trim

[coarse mantle]

Now just wondering when they're gonna add in the captains quarters

[rigid brook]

no

[coarse mantle]

Looks like the Zeus CL

[rigid brook]

its set for next major update

[coarse mantle]

Announced?

[rigid brook]

q&a

[pallid lantern]

zeus cl xl

[rigid brook]

confirmed polaris is just fatter zeus

[coarse mantle]

The $225 price increase caught me off guard lmao

defo turned out better than the leaks

[pallid lantern]

does wonders for the savings though

[rigid brook]

the paint i really wanted

[strong terrace]

The yellow glass is cool

Other then that i actually like what we got more

[strong terrace]

[rigid brook]

looks like the only thing that changed from leaks was them adding yellow to the black

[coarse mantle]

This is just the one we got on display last IAE minus the pee stained windows

[night cipher]

i knew it would be 900-975 it was obvious

shouldve grabbed that nautilus to polaris ccu last year newgens!

[rigid brook]

definitely a ship not worth 975

at that point for new buyers just bite the bullet and get idris

[night cipher]

yeah well look at HH, 890j and idris

percy probably gonna be 750-800 as well

undeserving of that price

[strong terrace]

Not everyone is gonna want to join the f5 war

[night cipher]

yep, that will also get a price hike when it comes out

[strong terrace]

Unless they are spending new money

in which case.. ouch..

[night cipher]

its easy to get a credit idris

[rigid brook]

thats wat im saying if you spending new money just bite the bullet and get idris before its price increase

[coarse mantle]

Not wrong there it's just 25 more lol

[night cipher]

8am wave 3 i literally just refreshed once and got it on mobile

[strong terrace]

How, exactly?

[night cipher]

hit refresh > click idris > click add to cart

didnt even try

[strong terrace]

Friend of mine lost it in the first second despite having it in cart

[night cipher]

people over exaggerate how hard it is

[rigid brook]

yea whales are done so idris is starting to feed down to normies

[strong terrace]

Idk i honestly believe its either bots or just luck that gets you it

[night cipher]

most already have 30 in buybacks

i got 2

[strong terrace]

Not any new cap ships to shop for (luckily)

I hope we dont get any more cap ships until launch in 2040

[night cipher]

same

[coarse mantle]

Oh the trailer is just the polaris trashing the idris lol

[strong terrace]

Wish i could send gifs

[coarse mantle]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1000299908433191034/1147406796173103114/Untitled.gif

[night cipher]

ngl was absolute cinema but wont ever happen unless really lucky that PDCs are so desynced dont even see it coming or you destroy the idris PDCs first

[rigid brook]

we watch the same trailer cause polaris inside was getting wrecked and then it shot 4 torps at idris with no pdc lol

[night cipher]

trailer was good they got good marketing team as always

[strong terrace]

shrek "like that'll ever happen"

[rigid brook]

can we get the game the marketing team has access to

[strong terrace]

SQ42

so.. soontm?

[rigid brook]

welp see you bois in 2027

[strong terrace]

2 + 2 is 4 so its 2028

[coarse mantle]

I mean if you manage to knockout a few PDCs on the idris and strike from a blind spot it can technically disable it in one volley

But by then you'd already need other forces to take down the shields then the PDCs

[strong terrace]

You better hope that idris left the size 10 railgun and the size 7's at home then

[coarse mantle]

Don't shoot torps from 6 miles away that's just asking for target practice

[rigid brook]

if you have the firepower to strip idris of its defenses then you already won just finish it off leave polaris at home bring more light craft to make it even easier

[strong terrace]

Plus you dont need to pay millions to replenish torps

It's a no brainer

[night cipher]

realistically polaris will be okay until idris or larger or a large group of torp bombers is around then you leave