Inside Star Citizen: Year in Review | Fall 2022

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   [Music] hello everyone welcome to inside Star Citizen I'm Jared Huckabee and this is it it's the end of the year the much anticipated Alpha 318 is being hammered away on by developers and citizen testers alike and it's that time where we look back and reflect on many of the more memorable events and additions to the Star Citizen experience in a special episode we like to call the Star Citizen year in review 2022 because because sometimes you just call a thing what it is let's get to it foreign we'll start things off with some of the

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   big ticket feature items and perhaps none were bigger than the server cap increase which saw the persistent universe population increase from 50 to 100 Paving the way for things like Siege of Oregon changing the dynamic for events like jump town as you can see here the collective re-entry of a hundred simultaneous spacecraft and the loudest I've ever heard the VFX team Giggle and let me tell you they're gigglers also made its debut in 2022 enabling the peer-to-peer profession that allows for a new way to help your fellow citizens and make a buck along the way an important step ahead for the upcoming inclusion of the Pyro system where gas stations will be few and far between in the wide open and desolate wastes where Anarchy rains and everyone must fend for

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   themselves it's basically Los Angeles on Black Friday in addition to refueling the arrival of mining gadgets brought another refinement to that profession providing new and improved means for making your fortunes out in the verse and then coming back to liquidate that and almost everything else with the new selling mechanic allowing players to finally clear out much of what filled their inventories for profit why can you make so much money in video games and not in real life that's my mom asking not me there were also plenty of new places to visit and have Adventures including a variety of new derelict spacecraft both floating in space and crashed down on the surface of Stanton's planets and moons these derelicts not only add to the visual texture and history of the

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   persistent Universe they provide numerous opportunities for Mission and loot gameplay as more and more continue to be added throughout this last year and the next and the same can also be said for derelict outposts and rivers which began with a single Estuary on Microtech and continued to develop throughout the year into a watershed release included in the upcoming Alpha 318 but for me the highlight of rivertech has been the ascendance of will Haynes a river guy in the YouTube comments hospitals were added to the persistent Universe in 22 as important an aspect as any for those of us who spend most of our time waking up in medical beds rather than exploring the universe it's not that I'm bad it's just that

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   everyone else is better especially at racing in the first of several Community initiated in-universe race tracks such as the snake pit which began with the xgr racing Community exploding in popularity this year and an exciting initiative within development to canonize Creations from the players into the persistent Universe proper that will continue in the upcoming Alpha 318 and Beyond and speaking of the community much of what made Star citizens 2022 special was created by the community itself including recurring events like fight or flight the largest 2v2 PVP dogfighting tournament in the verse the Hurst and hurt locker a Battle Royal event on Magda that features lots of Mayhem and death where almost anything goes and precious few survive and the classic daemar rally a canonized staple that

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   kicks off each year with a 500 kilometer race with multiple divisions and loads of ground vehicle Shenanigans and in addition to competitive events the role-playing scene in Star Citizen continued to evolve and take notice within both the community and development teams as players utilize tools within the game to report the news create exciting narratives and simply bring an increased sense of immersion to life in the persistent universe and out of universe the bar citizen World Tour kicked off as cig staff traveled to cities states provinces and countries around the world to break bread and tell tales with players from all walks of life it's been a terrific return to form and a chance for players and developers to connect that will continue throughout 2023 so be sure you keep an eye on the website and

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   socials for details and let us know when events are happening in your area other notable events where the battle of the bricks where the Star Citizen and Eve online community teams came together for charity in a battle of building blocks trivia weird challenges and whatever a wolf fish is it's terrible terrible is what wolf fish is and then this year citizen gone kicked off with the official journey to 4.0 initiative with presentations from developers on exciting new gameplay systems like Resource Management Master modes and investigations the return of Chris Roberts to peel the curtain back on Squadron 42 developments that will benefit the persisting universe in the future and we debuted the only constant the spacecraft where ISC scl and more will emanate from for

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   the foreseeable future and it still has a few tricks up its sleeve we hope to show you in 2023 and Beyond but back in the verse while The Intergalactic Aerospace Expo in Invictus continue to be highlights of the year the biggest Dynamic event in Star citizens history happened with the siege of Orizon where the vicious nine tails took control of the floating platforms surrounding aurison and waged a multi-stage battle against players in a first of its kind mixture of star citizens FPS gameplay systems and impetus for numerous technological improvements to the entire game as a whole including the server cap increase we talked about before and this year's ship Showdown was a chance for community members to Showcase their creativity in pushing their favorite ships and vehicles into contention to be named Best in Show at this year's iae and you can see some of that creativity here

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   and here definitely a highlight of each and every year and speaking about ships and vehicles let's do a rundown of all the new ones that made their way flyable and drivable in 2022 including the hall a hover quad mule Centurion STV Scorpius Corsair cutter and c8r Pisces and that brings us to now and the impending release of alpha 318 which will add a whole lot more to this 2022 of Star Citizen highlights including hole stripping Salvage gameplay yes you and your trusty multi-tool reclaimer or brand new vulture have a new means to make your

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    fortunes by finding and processing the remnants of space junk in the verse this applies not only to destroyed player ships but MPC hulks spawned throughout the Stanton system for you to discover and dismantle the cargo reflector is here the cargo reflector is here Alpha 318 also brings with it the first iteration of the cargo refactor that will physicalize much of what we carry in our cargo holds and open up new avenues for cargo Reclamation after disaster and potential piracy for the disaster causers of us out there I'm looking at Tom there's also the new PTV race track in Oregon that aims to provide a new recreational activity for those looking for the low stakes challenge of buggy competitions or for the players that go out there and create emergent opportunities that I have no

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    doubt none of us are prepared for can't wait to see what you do here and the revitalization of Korea and the addition of additional sandbox prison activities two components of an overall overhaul to the crime Stat system that will be more lenient on what sends you to prison while providing new opportunities to remove crime stat before going and after escaping six new persistent Universe race tracks based on community Creations that will bring players to several of the Lesser traveled areas of The Stance system and allow them to test their metal against others with new Gateway and timer functionality being added alongside them new ores and missions that run on the surrounding platforms when Siege of Oregon is resting from all the Mayhem new sand cave archetypes in the Daymark crash site introduced the brand new Mercury and 600i derelicts being added

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    to the persisting universe and two new exciting technological advancements this year with the implementation of the Gen 12 renderer and persistent entity streaming which both convert the current persisting Universe to new graphical and technological foundations that serve as the new basis for persistent universes continued development as well as set the stage for Star Citizen to realize its fullest potential in the years to come through server meshing increased player and resource caps and the addition of new star systems like pyro NYX and and going on right now is luminolia where players can log in each and every day to redeem a variety of in-game gifts including holiday sweaters undersuits new paints for the 100i Avenger and more remember it is 12 days folks and a

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    Sextant that Ben Curtis has really wanted to get in there for a while it's cool so what did we learn this year well I'd say a whole heck of a lot but at the core of it all to me this year seemed to be about celebrating and renewing that connection between player and developer that's been at the heart of this project since it first launched in 2012. it's been said often and probably by folks much better than myself but it Bears repeating over and over and over again that none of this happens without your continued involvement whether that's playing the game uh discussing on Spectrum reporting on the issue Council supporting through pledging encouraging through bar citizens creating and streaming through social media and

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    contests and the like or simply allowing us into your lives most weeks while we share the who we are and what we do with you through ISC and scl and the like it's kind of ridiculous I get to stand here on a spaceship and represent the work of over 800 strong with you from game directors to QA testers from major features like Salvage and cargo down to little internal tools like asset validators and I can hardly wait to see what 2023 has in store for us this this journey we're on can be exciting rewarding educational consuming and if we're being honest a little frustrating at times but there isn't another one remotely like in the entire game

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    industry with so many dedicated to bringing this universe of possibility to life so for one last time in 2022 for inside Star Citizen I'm Jared Huckabee happy holidays be safe and we'll see you all here next year thank you