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So far, I have learned that it's better not to expect anything at all, to be positively surprised if something happens, or simply shrug off any disappointment.

"just around the corner" 😢 Don't do that. Don't give me home." No but for real, the wait for Pyro has been unreal, but once we actually get an outlaw system, it'll be incredibly exciting living on an exploration ship (drake corsair!!) and checking out all these outposts

As someone that prefers story driven single player games anyway, I'm looking forward to SQ42, but also as someone that enjoys the sandbox of SC, I'm definitely looking forward to potentially dozens or hundreds of people shifting from SQ to SC. Quarterly patches would become bonkers.

CIG needs to come out swinging at CitizenCon! They have to see the hype and it's just been so long, and the community both old backers and new ones need this in order not to lose all hope in what they have promised.

i am a bit scared that this is just going to be another way to say 'were working hard and we are SO close' like theyve done for YEARS to get more donations

This is the 500th time something has been declared "just around the corner" either by CIG or by one of its friendly content creators. I see no reason to believe it now. My attitude with SC is "believe it when I see it". I expect nothing from this project though I'd be glad if they miraculously succeed.

I'm rooting for them. Mostly because I'd like to know the money I dropped on them wasn't completely in vain. Because I'm really short on faith at this point. I hate to be pessimistic, I really do. Honestly, it's very difficult not to be at this point. So I really hope I'm impressed.

I expect another Citizen Con talking about what they hope will come in the future, but spoken as things that will come in the future.

preparing for this to age like milk

After nine years of supporting this project, I've decided to no longer pay heed to CIG or content creators proclaiming that the project is "just around the corner." I've come to feel financially trapped by this endeavor and am now finished with their unfulfilled commitments. The numerous unfulfilled promises, a flawed tech demo, and the predatory sales practices that CIG has employed in recent years are truly repugnant. To the extent that I am even considering giving away my account for half of what I've invested.

The meshing itself is soooo much more important than the jump point and pyro. I hope they don’t just force pyro before meshing is done and just duck tape it.

For about 2.5 years how SQ42 was my actually the primary drive for me to be interested in SC. I just really liked the direction they were going with that project and what focuses they set here (Combat, Flight and Social). For me it is somewhat of a Space Half-Life as it seems to me like they are very much focusing on a lot of stuff that makes Half-Life the best game-series I have ever played (including Half-Life Alyx which is one of the best games of all time for me). Specifically the world-building, the fact that the world moves around you (everywhere you go seems like it was already doing stuff BEFORE you got there and triggered a specific scene) and so on. I also have only limited time and a lot of private projects so a massive MMO is not always the best for me personally but I think everybody can take time to finish a mid-sized Campaign (I expect it to be more the size of games like many Playstation First-Parties and not a monster like for example this year BG3 or Starfield). So, yeah. Because of this alone I think this years CitizenCon is the most hyped I have been so far for one and I can't wait to see some stuff (even if it is only something about the development-side because that is the other reason I follow SC. I just really like all the insight into development following this project gives you)

I want to be excited about possible announcements at CitizenCon, but I just can't. I still want SC to succeed, but CIG has become better and better at providing disappointment with each passing year. All I can say is this: if this CitizenCon turns out to be amazing and CIG actually _provides_ whatever they're promising in a timeframe much better than Soon™, I'll be ecstatic to have my excitement restored.

I think what will most likely happen, is Pyro will be released, but server meshing will have issues. We can still visit Pyro, but it will have to be a separate instance that you would have to select from the main menu. Travel between Stanton and Pyro from in-game won’t be possible at first…but, they will fix it eventually.

They did have another suadron42 video called the briefing room, they said it was going to be the first of a series that focuses specifically on SQ42, but there hasn't been a briefing room ever since. Maybe they'll do a live one in citcon this year, giving info on the progress they made.

I don't think I've met anyone who doesn't want a fully realized Star Citizen. It's a matter of whether they've lost faith in CIG to fulfill the dream or not. At this point, given the history, I'm skeptical. But still hopeful. I don't put any stock in placeholders, promos, ISC's, progress trackers or CitizenCon presentations. At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is CIG's ability to deliver something to its backers. Something substantial and functional. Pyro would be a great start in that direction. More importantly, server meshing would be ideal. Without it, the game will never be what it was intended to be.

They've had a lot of these jump gate assets finished for awhile, at least since their last demo. Putting the gates in the game, while testing the replication layer separation is significant. I think we'll start seeing a lot of new content at a fairly rapid pace, once the servers can share the load effectively.

Just a reminder that IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME no big update has released less than 4-6 months DELAYED from its announced planned release date. And that has actually included almost every regular interval patch being 3 months delayed minimum. They will probably announce the rollout for Pyro/4.0 for Christmas and we will not see it until the summer.

My issue with SQ42 is that there is zero gameplay shown. If the product was almost ready to release, show some gameplay, a part of a mission, some hands on. But there is nothing. Only pre-rendered cutscenes.

I have only been following SC since December, and I have not seen drama like this game since middle school.

During citcon 2019 they showed a working jump point and Chris explicitly said "we streamed out Stanton and streamed in Pyro". 4 years ago. And citcon poster said "Pyro in 2020". Copy-pasted station and a texture don't mean anything. It's ok to be excited about a copy-pasted station and a texture. But don't say that Pyro will be released soon, because that's not true. It can be 2024, can be 2025, can be 2030.

I love to watch these videos for what-ifs, because I think Star Citizen's tech is amazing. But I won't hope to see any of it until it actually appears. Everything about this game has been around the corner for years, and progress (while really cool) is often way slower than anyone thinks it is.

Personally I am glad to see you're excited. I feel that they have burned us a few too many times with these cit-cons. Showing off things that never end up in the game and so forth. As such, I will watch with a huge grain of salt and wish for the best.

There are really only two things CIG can do at CitCon that would restore my faith in the project: 1. CR walks on stage and announces that SQ404 is available to download and play _right now_ (highly unlikely, think of all the unlucky backers who paid to attend CitCon and can't play) 2. CR walks on stage and announces that Pyro and server meshing are available on the PU _right now_ (again, highly unlikely see 1) Any future date they care to give us for either of these (which they won't, CIG not being beholden to such things) is meaningless, answer the call 2016 and all that. Sadly, in this case past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior so I'm afraid it will all just come to empty promises and hype. Which is not to say that I don't hope that they announce something big, I would really like to see the projects move forward, I just refuse to take anything they say at face value. If it's not on my drive and I cannot play it, it might as well not exist. I no longer care about the hype around SC & SQ42, all I care about are playable/testable results

0:49 i thought that little ship was a fury, to my surprise its a connie! the gates was really ginormous with that comparison.

I really hope they have something tangible for us at citizencon. It will be very bad if all they have to give are promises.

I think it's foolish and unreasonable to expect CIG to deliver anything until they deliver something.

I believe CIG will deliver. And if they don't, I'll forever appreciate the effort, tears and blood they've put into this shared dream. That said, the amount of fun and awe I've had playing the alpha PU is already worth the $45 I pledged. I'm now enjoying the ride along with CIG and this welcoming and intense community.

Squadron needs to be 100% finished. It can't release without things like gamepad support or HDR

It feels like they talk about server meshing for the last decade. It's just around the corner, like the next Song of Ice and Fire book.

I'm not sure how I feel about Jumpoints having such VERY visible magnetic fields that you can see in the shape of in the gas cloud, it just makes it feel like Jump points should be very obvious (assuming they are all in gas clouds which we have seen so far). And if they are, how are any jump points going to be "hidden".

Just pray this isnt like Cyberpunks launch. Incredible hype, amazing promise, and a buggy mess that takes years to clean up. Please CIG, please have taken the time to polish the experience.

I predict we'll get a SQ42 release date for next November 2024....then sometime around August 2024 SQ42 will get delayed and we won't see it again for another 4 years.

This is really significant for SC. Finishing up with Squadron, testing their new tech... who knows? They may even publish the game before the turn of the century!

Big problem being, CIG have made many of us sceptical of their release dates. They better have something ready to release after CitizenCon or we're back at the same page

This last year has been a bit blurry as far as updates go, but considering the last few months of radio silence and citizencon not only having an expanded schedule but also the fact it’s in-person and they are teasing so much ahead of time such as the F8C and jump gates, it makes me feel that they are very confident about… something. I’m excited to see what things are going to look like when I go

At best I say they will say at citizencon that SQ42 will be released in Q4 2024. Which would be big in itsself as they did not want to give any deadlines for releases anymore until they are truly sure. Anything else would feel off. Also I still need a few months until I saved enough money for a new rig that would be sufficiently aswesome for this release to happen. :)

I think I am waiting since 2015 or so for SQ42, that was the reason I pledged for a Carrack. Been waiting since then, a decent story driven, epic space combat simulator, just like WC1! We will see, so far I havent seen more than pretty pictures. But sometimes I still like to install the game, walk on my Carrack, sit in the captain chairs and dream about what this all could be.

The road to pyro is like the runway on fast and furious 6

My first Star Citizen pledge was more than 10 years ago, and although the wait has been agonizing, I finally have the complete space adventure I dreamed of. Starfield is great!

I'm rooting for them and agree that this coming Citizen-Con would a good opportunity to announce/release things, but... I've learned through painful experience to tamper expectations.

I am still optimistic about this game and will love whatever they can give us.

I don't play S.C. but that looks kind of serene in my eyes. 저는 스타 시티즌을 플레이하지 않지만 정말 고요하고 놀랍습니다.

As much as I love seeing the Jump point locations on PTU, I honestly think that we're not going to see Pyro untill at least next year.. with the most optimistic date being end of Q1. As for an announcement on SQ42's release, I guess they will likely make some kind of announcement but in terms if they will actually stick with a potential release date.. I'll believe it when I see it.

Remember when Squadron 42 was supposed to launch 9 goddamn years ago? Pepperidge Farms remembers.

It’s astounding to me the amount of people who have “Stockholm syndrome” for this game. The studio should be held accountable for taking millions of dollars from people and not delivering on promises for the past 10 years.

I’m burned out on giving them the benefit of the doubt. Unless the single-player is going to be some MASSIVE galaxy with tons to do, I see no reason SQ42 should have taken anywhere near this long.

my hope is we get a SQ release date and they show something. I also hope we get 4.0 at least on test servers by end of the year . My expectations is we get neither and everything they show takes "2 more years"

"Really actually just around the corner" Gonna need you to add some more adverbs there once they say that it'll be delayed again.

Guess I'm going to be jumping back in after a couple of years away from it.

Squadron 42 has a lot on its shoulders I think, star citizen needs a decent population of players to really Work the way it's been envisioned, and I think it'll be really important for proving that they have in fact been doing something all this time

I am a 'believe it, when I see it' - no preorders - kind of guy, but I the update frequency seems to have been consistently going up with CIG.

I just hope whatever they show at Citizencon actually comes with playable content and not just more wishful thinking. Eleven years of soon(tm) has left me without much optimism or trust.

They already showed jumping to Pyro 4 years ago. Unless it's in our hands it's nothing but Marketing.

It would be nice if it released somewhere (probabbly end) of next year... I'm just about to upgrade my hardware and get into a stable job, so good timing for me!

I've been ignoring CIG/SC for awhile now, between pretty routine releases and a few PR blunders. This is their opportunity to recapture my attention with something substantial, but if it's another case of everything particularly interesting being projected for Q4 next year, I'm definitely staying clocked out for awhile.

"Take a drink every time I say Star Citizen" .... *Valhalla Calling starts playing*

Pretty trailers and more delays are my predictions for CitCon.

I will say the following. I fully believe in the storyline company SK42 because if someone does not know, then Chris Roberts is not just a igrodel who personally participates in the development as a programmer, but he is also a producer of film films! i.e. he is the person who loves games, knows how they work and has an artistic core that allows he needs to create spectacular content. If we turn to the old Roberts games, we will see Wing Commander - in fact, a movie with game elements) Then there were Privateer, Star Lancer and Freelancer - after each of these games I felt like a spectator of an interactive movie. And now, seeing everything that was in the shots of squadron 42, I see the same cinematic style of Roberts. That's why I can say for sure - the story campaign will definitely be spectacular, and the plot will be like a good action movie. And what I personally like about this situation is that in many story games we have a "new game +" i.e. the same thing but with a new complexity. And in Star Citizen, we essentially have a story company, at the end of which a new game + for us will be a full-fledged MMO mode. This is exactly what I would like to get after the end of the story part of the game Freelancer..)

Citizen con isnt much more than a marketing exercise. Historically very little comes out of this for the actual players. Lots of promises very little follow through and I figure this year will be more of the same. Roberts has always hyped the event and then promised lots with ambitios deadlines...... and here we are years later with a b=arely functional game missing most of its features and a single player game that is 9 years late with no actual release date for the future. Even if Roberts announces a release date I doubt many will believe him until its delivered. He has a singular lack of credability at this point. Sorry to be negative but its what CIG has delivered in the past.

I hope you're right, I really do. I agree that this feels like a really important time for the project. I believe they need to deliver "something" important in the near future because basically we've had about four or five years of hot air, bullshit and broken "promises" - I know, not exactly promises but let's just say that a lot have things have "supposedly" been just around the corner, imminent or upcoming. I'm already pleased with what I can see of the current QoL improvements in the PU and PTU and it's great to see that separation of the replication layer really is the next step, but being a backer for nearly 11 years at this point has taught me to enjoy what we have now rather than hoping too hard for what may or may not be just around the corner.

The things they need to provide for a successful CitCon. - Server meshing. - Quanta launch. - Pyro launch. - SQ42 release date.

They really need to do a damn single player story mode that can be enjoyed in multiplayer already. This tiny changes are going nowhere slowly. They have ENOUGH to start populating the world with actual interactive npcs that don't just T=pose on benches, creatures like the sandworm they teased a decade ago and never added, and immersive missions that aren't just fetch quests. The have enough funds. Half a billion is more than enough so no one can pretend as if they have financial obstacles. Instead of wasting money on stuff like Citizen Con, use that money t get a team to finish a playable single player experience that WILL make even better income and THEN do all these smaller updates. Perfection is a hollow dream if it means you're not hitting your milestones.

I can feel it in my bones. SQ42 is nearing completion. They’ve stayed quiet about it so they can focus and just make the game (without a live environment to take care of). Once this game launches it’ll be off to the races and Star Citizen will exponentially see massive content and gameplay updates. Lots of which will be brought over from SQ42. I have faith in this project. SQ42 was a strategic ace and people don’t even realize it yet.

I have been here since the kickstarter days, and I have to say I both want squadron badly, but I also fear its release. I'm scared that there has been so much focus on the technical that the story won't be there, or the game play. Will it be fun? That's my biggest fear.

Good touch on leaving the fact out where you can "buy" F8 with 10k. Been hearing that way too often lately

When the "Big Moment" hits.... Will the hangar bay doors open for my ship? Will I be able to play longer than one hour before my server 30K's?

The issue with Squadron moving forward is that Chris wants multiple episodes of that thing.

Nobody knows that its "around the corner". What you see could be LITERALLY all there is and theres NOTHING in Pryo, or close to dev complete. Everyone thinks that every major once Bi-yearly patch where they add something big is a "turning point". Its MIND-Blowing how they can throw in some copy pasta assets and suddenly the ash flow skyrockets. And hype train off we go. #NCTP - till Pyro ACTUALLY exists and is playable. Ill always eat my words if they prove me wrong, but the track record isnt great. But I will never give into the "its almost here, its RIGHT around the corner"

This is the first CitizenCon I'll be attending. I'm going in with low expectations for what I'm going to see. I'm aware enough of CIG and Chris Roberts that all that was suggested in this video to be announced later this month, won't come to pass. Or maybe it will. This is the first CitizenCon in years. It's taking place where the original SC Studio was located. The only way I'm going to be celebrating what I see, is if SQ42 has a release date announced. A specific date. Not a "Releasing in 2024" or "Releasing Winter 2024", a full date that they will be held to.

Backer since 2013, I stepped away from the news about 5 years ago because the blueballing was too exhausting. All I wanted was SQ42 😂

9:00 i really do hope when we do finally get to explore a new star system we get a cool warp sequence like that

I done lost count of how many times I have heard this since 2013. I consider my pledge money a bad "investment" that I have since learned a great deal from. I never pre-order games anymore, for example. No matter what. That said, I'd still like to be pleasantly surprised at some point by CIG or the fancy tech demo that is SC. I will admit that my recent experiences with the PU the past week have been the most positive so far. No crashes or 30K's, but considering I only played a couple hours, that's not exactly a broad spectrum of testing. Arena Commander on the other hand, which has ALWAYS been perfect for me, bugged out 4 or 5 times in a row where the pirates would stop spawning. The one time I actually got to fight the Idris, the stupid NPC ships refused to engage, and unsurprisingly, my Cuttie didn't quite cut it against a frigate. The resource usage has also gotten entirely out of hand, where it will actively lay claim to all 32GB of my RAM, almost push my i9 13900K to its limits (certainly all P-cores), and laugh at my 4090 when running it in 4K. But if I had the choice between disconnects and crashes, or 100+ fps, I'd certainly take the former any day.

that response time in bunker missions is scary 8:00

That keynote is going to be insane! I want a Keanu reeves moment with Henry Cavil, celebrity appearances, polished high fidelity scripted vertical slice, SQ42 2042 release date and a free ship for everyone who attended! 🔥💯🔥🌌 only then will my parabolic hype levels be satiated.

As one who has been without a working PC for almost a year now, I’m just excited to get back to Star Citizen no matter what happens at Citizen Con. Haha! Thankfully getting my PC upgraded and back up this week! Hopeful they’ll drop some big news on us all!

Hey Morph, loved the video and followed your advise. I rewatched it 4 times, I woke up in the hospital with a wrecked liver and a hangover lasting longer than the road to 4.0. Thanks 🎉

Getting excited for the next chapter.

After being an OG Kickstarter backer, I will believe it when I see it, Morph. I have zero interest into the Pyro gameplay loops (Pirate, villians, etc), I am rooting for the tech behind the scenes to finally be deployed.

I'd like to believe that server meshing and Pyro are actually coming, but I need to see it before I'll believe it again.

Stanton is a FUNCTIONAL proof of concept After this point once they have the replcation and meshing as a feature they can Then work at tech that FOCUSES on areas and applies unique mechanics to them such as a zone that has GAME MODES like lazer tag, rock climbing, Gym minigames, funtional boxing ring with unique fighting animations race tracks with refined mechanics like there are a lot of possblitites if they can figure out ways to implment smaller features in to it's own server system then it's pretty much expantion pack mode, where CIG will just roll out a TON of content in the forms of planets and play zones.

Hoping for the best with this year's Citzen Con, Expecting the worst. Wouldn't surprise me if SQ42 isn't more than a foot note. But I'm hoping the rumblings are true!

I'm not going to believe it until I actually have it. Also at this point, Pyro releasing isn't going to be enough to excite me. We should have gotten Pyro years ago. So if they really want to excite me, they need to release multiple systems at the same time.

Only thing CIG has released lately is more aggressive sales. I'll get excited when they actually start improving the game. Until then, they've earned my apathy

As I said a couple years ago I believe best case scenario is we have an announcement of a release next year in 2023. So I'm sticking to that. Would give them one more year to flesh it all out which sounds like is still needed with master modes still being worked on for example.

The citizen-con sweatshirts look really cool, anywhere that we can get them without going to cit-con?

I wonder if the bulk of backers are starting so suffer a level of fatigue over the timescale. We are still stuck in a single system. Given that recent patches have also been horrifically unstable, it would be unsurprising that many people are weary.

I'm at a "I'll believe it when I see it" mindset with this game.

it's so funny that I keep seeing your videos and it's like nothing happened in the span of 2 years. Every update is the same. Legit, I've been hearing that "if we just get server meshing then everything will be great..." for years.

I'll be at Citizen Con. I'm technically a member of the ARMCO community, but I've been largely inactive since joining years back. Still I'll try to say hi if I see ya. This year's con is looking very promising.

Tbh I dont really care anymore. When pyro comes out, I'll check it out, and if its fun to play in and well made, I'll like it. But I'm done waiting for CIG to deliver on their promises. They've shown their love for "marketing speak" is higher than their love for reality.

Cool video, that I aligh with a lot, thanks. I really hope CIG manages CitCon in accordance with how big the moment is. What has happened with both Bethesda and Larian lately kinda sets a stage for an additional expectation I think. The question being where CIG will try to situate itself, what message they will want to pass, what type of company they will want to be. The "as big and important and shiny and financially successful as the big names of the industry", or the "passionate bunch dedicated to quality for player above else, with money as a means and a good game as an end". In my view, Star Citizen will come to be, and will be big, it's almost inevitable at this point - they have worked hard for it and it starts to show (or will soon). But I'm eager to see what CIG becomes, what route they take. If they become what they aspired to avoid - big money machines with a game as a mean -, if they sell after success in a mainstream economics way, or if they stick to independance and embody the successful alternative never selling its soul. In my post-capitalist mindset, I think the world and the gaming 'industry' need the latter. Larian must not be allowed to remain the "anomaly". CIG needs to hit the nail once again. And they can use their big moment to do so.

CIG: Shit they're really getting in on it.... hurry get the fire extinguisher just in case

"just around the corner" is the new "when it's done". I'm gonna start calling Chris "The Duke"😜

Lookin forward to meet you in person morph!

Since Squadron 42 is feature complete, I predict we might actually see a Squadron 42 release at the end of 2024

A big moment would be Star Citizen being a playable game hahaha

It was almost there 6 years ago and just around the corner 4 years ago. Are they developing the game on Mercury?

Morph also didn’t mention that when SQ42 launches, he will be able to pilot his Javelin to Pyro..