The video humorously reviews various ongoing issues and community frustrations in Star Citizen, including delayed hacking gameplay, cheating scandals, complicated bed logging, pay-to-win concerns, and repetitive ship releases. It also touches on gameplay quirks and the slow development progress, reflecting the mixed patience and exasperation of the player base awaiting the game’s full release.
The video begins by discussing the long-awaited hacking gameplay in Star Citizen, highlighting that the community ended up creating their own hacking experiences due to delays from the developers. The Legionnaire ship is reportedly ready but remains unreleased because the associated gameplay mechanics, like hacking, are not yet implemented. The video then shifts to a recent cheating scandal where hackers used scripts to knock out players and loot their gear, causing significant disruption. A clip from a player named Burks illustrates this issue, which was supposedly addressed by tightening anti-cheat measures, though this may impact Linux users.
Next, the video touches on the ongoing frustrations with the game’s bed logging system, which has become complicated and inconsistent since patch 3.24. Players find it difficult to log off using beds, especially on friend’s ships, due to awkward controls and bugs. The system was fundamentally changed in patch 3.18, preventing players from logging off on others’ ships, which has not been well received. The creator expresses nostalgia for the earlier, simpler system where players could log off anywhere and wake up in logical locations, emphasizing that bed logging still needs significant improvement.
The topic then shifts to the contentious “pay-to-win” debate within the Star Citizen community. The video presents a meme illustrating how certain powerful ships like the Polaris can make players nearly invincible, fueling pay-to-win accusations. The creator admits that while they dislike the pay-to-win conversation, the game does lean towards it due to the availability of powerful ships through purchases. This segues into criticism of recent ship releases, which often feel like minor variants rather than innovative additions that enhance gameplay, leading to a sense of ship sales being driven more by revenue than new content.
Further into the video, the discussion covers various gameplay elements and community reactions, including the problematic hover mode in planetary mining, which negatively affects stability and laser targeting. The creator imagines future fun possibilities like hoverboards for city traversal once the game’s urban areas are more developed. Other memes highlight desires for custom ship skins and humorous takes on the game’s quest and task systems, drawing parallels to the challenging and often frustrating missions in games like Escape from Tarkov.
The video concludes with a meme about the slow progress of Star Citizen’s development, humorously imagining the game finally reaching version 1.0 in 2035. This reflects the community’s mixed feelings about the game’s protracted development timeline, likening it to other long-awaited titles like GTA 6. The creator uses this to underscore the patience and sometimes exasperation of the player base, who continue to hope for a full release despite numerous delays and ongoing development challenges.