Cits and Civs, Captains and Commanders, you’re tuned to episode 332 of Guard Frequency — the best damn space sim podcast ever! This episode was recorded on November 20, 2020 and released for streaming and download on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at GuardFrequency.com
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This Week’s Schedule
- Flight Deck
- The news from the deep black with Spencer McDunn on Galactic Public Radio
- We continue our audio adventure, Guard Frequency Origins, taking the highway to the Danger Zone – and skipping the toll booth.
- Feedback Loop
Links & the Like
Guard Frequency: Origins premieres with Mission 1
- Star Citizen begins its IAE 2020 event and continues its proud tradition of releasing new unannounced ships and testing the limits of what the word “homage” can cover.
- Elite: Dangerous has gone and announced that they are going to rebalance earning rates for the four major game loops: combat, mining, exploration, and trading. Either this will break the in-game economy and ruin everything that is good and holy and sacred about the lore of the universe, OR… it will usher in a golden era of peace and tranquility among pilots everywhere. There is no middle ground here. Also, there is talk among the Community Managers – well OK, one forum post from one community manager – that Open-Only Powerplay might be back on the table. They’ve got about 3 months to get this all sorted out. No pressure. And they managed to screw up last week’s community goal. Also, Epic Elite alts are a thing now.
- Star Wars: Squadrons, has been patching the patches, and has promised to fix the only things missing from the original release: B-Wings are coming. And also TIE Defenders, but those things are just freaky looking. More gear, custom matchmaking and bug squashings galore. Just in time for a 50% off Black Friday sale that makes everyone wish they had waited to buy it.
- KaiZen’s Feedback:
Good show last week guys. One small point of correction. That FSD rewarded was not a niche item but rather good for ALL exploration ships. Take a look at what the second level 5 engineering actually grants:
First engineer 5 above grants +55 optimal mass
The fast boot grants an ADDITIONAL 15% optimal mass. Meaning more jump range for EVERY SHIP (that uses FSD5) BAR NONE. That’s not a niche, that’s ALWAYS good.
Basically you are looking at roughly an additional 5 LY jump range for most ships from this which brings other ships up to challenge the mighty anaconda which is so unfun to fly…
Community Questions
- Are you enjoying the Consolidated Outland Asp Nomad? Do you like that peacocked asp?
- And are you looking forward to the gameplay reward rebalance in Elite?
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