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Greetings Citizens,
There has been a lot of discussion on the RSI forums about how Star Citizen will handle multiple pledge packages on a single account. Today, we’d like to put that speculation to rest! To start, understand that every Star Citizen pledge package currently includes three essential parts:
Your Ship. Needed to travel the galaxy and play the game. Whether you’re exploring the stars yourself in a single-seat Aurora or captain of a Constellation crew raiding the space lanes, your character is going to need a spaceship to make a name for themselves in Star Citizen.
Some Credits. Every package has an allotment of starter UEC credits. They will be needed to do things like begin outfitting your ship, pay initial landing fees, buy fuel and munitions, purchase your first load of cargo. We don’t break these out onto your UEC ledger just yet as we may adjust the starting amounts for each package when we balance the persistent universe costs.
Game Character. This is “you.” Whether you choose to play a law-abiding merchant, a fearsome pirate or an intrepid explorer, you need a customized character who will inhabit your hangar and fly your ship.
What this means is that if you currently have four Star Citizen packages you will be able to play four different characters using one RSI account, each with their own ship and starting credit balance. You will also have the option of breaking up your pledge packages and reallocating these three elements as you deem fit. In addition, you will get to choose which characters receive your addon ships, Voyager Direct items and stretch goal rewards you have accumulated. In this example, someone with four packages could assign all of the ships and credits to one character and leave the three Game Characters for later use. Unused Game Character slots without an associated ship or credits have two roles. They can be used to create additional crewmen or they can be gifted to other players.
If you have purchased multiple packages with identical physical extras, such as ship models or star maps, you will receive multiple extras when the game ships. If your packages have digital extras, like the downloadable soundtrack, you will be given the option of gifting the duplicates to friends.
Creating Crewmen
Many of Star Citizen’s ships, such as the Freelancer or Constellation, feature positions for multiple crewmen. Players will always be able to hire NPC crewmen in the game, contracting computer-controlled crews to help man turrets, run consoles and fly escort. If you would like the option of customizing your crew, you can create your own NPCs by using a Game Character slot. You will go through the same character creation process as your player character but will then have the option of handing off control to an AI. As an additional bonus, friends can ‘drop in’ to take over these crewmen themselves and to help man your spacecraft when available.
Remember it is not necessary to use a Game Character for your NPC crew. You will be able to hire normal NPC crew with credits you’ve earned in-game. The difference between a Game Character slot converted into a NPC crew member and a regular NPC crew member is that you can customize the Game Character NPC’s look, name and backstory. There is an additional bonus of being able to specify one of your Game Character NPC crewmembers as your successor in the event of your main characters death (See Death of a Spaceman), at which point the Game Character NPC will become playable again, with the assets of your deceased old character conveying.
Gifting Game Characters
You will also have the option of gifting unused Game Characters to other players. Remember, in order to chart your own path in the Star Citizen universe, these characters will need a ship and some credits! Credits that you earn in the game can be transferred to your friends (minus UEE taxes!) or they will be able to purchase an allotment through the Voyager Direct store. We are also considering a system through which players with a Game Character slot but no ship can “work” for other characters (either real players or NPCs.)
Players who would like additional Game Character slots, either to create a second player character or to build a customized crew, but don’t have multiple packages will be have the option of a stand-alone Character Slot purchase from the pledge store without having to buy a full game package. This will also allow the small number of backers who only have an addon ship but not a game package to purchase a Game Character slot and a few credits and be able to head out into the big wide galaxy!
We hope this clarifies some of the confusion about Star Citizen packages.
The goal is to make the experience extremely customizable and give backers complete control over what they have pledged for. You should not have to split your ships into multiple accounts just to play multiple characters. Of course you will always have that option but this system allows you to keep all your items on one character, separate them out to play several alts, create a crew of highly customized NPCs or to share the Star Citizen experience with friends!
The tenth issue of Jump Point, the subscriber-only Star Citizen magazine, is now available for download in your subscriber area! Jump Point features behind-the-scenes articles, in-universe fiction and exclusive Star Citizen stories. For more information on subscribing, please check here.
There has been a lot of discussion on the RSI forums about how Star Citizen will handle multiple pledge packages on a single account. Today, we’d like to put that speculation to rest! To start, understand that every Star Citizen pledge package currently includes three essential parts:
Your Ship. Needed to travel the galaxy and play the game. Whether you’re exploring the stars yourself in a single-seat Aurora or captain of a Constellation crew raiding the space lanes, your character is going to need a spaceship to make a name for themselves in Star Citizen.
Some Credits. Every package has an allotment of starter UEC credits. They will be needed to do things like begin outfitting your ship, pay initial landing fees, buy fuel and munitions, purchase your first load of cargo. We don’t break these out onto your UEC ledger just yet as we may adjust the starting amounts for each package when we balance the persistent universe costs.
Game Character. This is “you.” Whether you choose to play a law-abiding merchant, a fearsome pirate or an intrepid explorer, you need a customized character who will inhabit your hangar and fly your ship.
What this means is that if you currently have four Star Citizen packages you will be able to play four different characters using one RSI account, each with their own ship and starting credit balance. You will also have the option of breaking up your pledge packages and reallocating these three elements as you deem fit. In addition, you will get to choose which characters receive your addon ships, Voyager Direct items and stretch goal rewards you have accumulated. In this example, someone with four packages could assign all of the ships and credits to one character and leave the three Game Characters for later use. Unused Game Character slots without an associated ship or credits have two roles. They can be used to create additional crewmen or they can be gifted to other players.
If you have purchased multiple packages with identical physical extras, such as ship models or star maps, you will receive multiple extras when the game ships. If your packages have digital extras, like the downloadable soundtrack, you will be given the option of gifting the duplicates to friends.
Creating Crewmen
Many of Star Citizen’s ships, such as the Freelancer or Constellation, feature positions for multiple crewmen. Players will always be able to hire NPC crewmen in the game, contracting computer-controlled crews to help man turrets, run consoles and fly escort. If you would like the option of customizing your crew, you can create your own NPCs by using a Game Character slot. You will go through the same character creation process as your player character but will then have the option of handing off control to an AI. As an additional bonus, friends can ‘drop in’ to take over these crewmen themselves and to help man your spacecraft when available.
Remember it is not necessary to use a Game Character for your NPC crew. You will be able to hire normal NPC crew with credits you’ve earned in-game. The difference between a Game Character slot converted into a NPC crew member and a regular NPC crew member is that you can customize the Game Character NPC’s look, name and backstory. There is an additional bonus of being able to specify one of your Game Character NPC crewmembers as your successor in the event of your main characters death (See Death of a Spaceman), at which point the Game Character NPC will become playable again, with the assets of your deceased old character conveying.
Gifting Game Characters
You will also have the option of gifting unused Game Characters to other players. Remember, in order to chart your own path in the Star Citizen universe, these characters will need a ship and some credits! Credits that you earn in the game can be transferred to your friends (minus UEE taxes!) or they will be able to purchase an allotment through the Voyager Direct store. We are also considering a system through which players with a Game Character slot but no ship can “work” for other characters (either real players or NPCs.)
Players who would like additional Game Character slots, either to create a second player character or to build a customized crew, but don’t have multiple packages will be have the option of a stand-alone Character Slot purchase from the pledge store without having to buy a full game package. This will also allow the small number of backers who only have an addon ship but not a game package to purchase a Game Character slot and a few credits and be able to head out into the big wide galaxy!
We hope this clarifies some of the confusion about Star Citizen packages.
The goal is to make the experience extremely customizable and give backers complete control over what they have pledged for. You should not have to split your ships into multiple accounts just to play multiple characters. Of course you will always have that option but this system allows you to keep all your items on one character, separate them out to play several alts, create a crew of highly customized NPCs or to share the Star Citizen experience with friends!
The tenth issue of Jump Point, the subscriber-only Star Citizen magazine, is now available for download in your subscriber area! Jump Point features behind-the-scenes articles, in-universe fiction and exclusive Star Citizen stories. For more information on subscribing, please check here.
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Grüße Bürger,
In den RSI-Foren wurde viel darüber diskutiert, wie Star Citizen mit mehreren Pfandpaketen auf einem einzigen Konto umgehen wird. Heute möchten wir diese Spekulationen beenden! Um zu beginnen, verstehen Sie, dass jedes Star Citizen Versprechenspaket derzeit drei wesentliche Teile beinhaltet:
Ihr Schiff. Benötigt, um die Galaxie zu bereisen und das Spiel zu spielen. Egal, ob Sie die Sterne selbst in einer einsitzigen Aurora erkunden oder der Kapitän einer Constellation-Crew die Raumfahrtbahnen überfällt, Ihr Charakter wird ein Raumschiff brauchen, um sich in Star Citizen einen Namen zu machen. Einige Credits. Jedes Paket hat eine Zuteilung von Starter-UEC-Credits. Sie werden benötigt, um Dinge wie die Ausstattung Ihres Schiffes zu tun, erste Landegebühren zu zahlen, Treibstoff und Munition zu kaufen, Ihre erste Ladung Ladung zu kaufen. Wir brechen diese noch nicht in Ihr UEC-Ledger auf, da wir die Startbeträge für jedes Paket anpassen können, wenn wir die anhaltenden Universumskosten ausgleichen. Spielcharakter. Das bist "du". Egal, ob Sie sich für einen gesetzestreuen Händler, einen furchterregenden Piraten oder einen unerschrockenen Entdecker entscheiden, Sie brauchen einen individuellen Charakter, der Ihren Hangar bewohnt und Ihr Schiff fliegt. Das bedeutet, dass Sie, wenn Sie derzeit vier Star Citizen-Pakete haben, vier verschiedene Charaktere mit einem RSI-Konto spielen können, jeder mit seinem eigenen Schiff und Startguthaben. Sie haben auch die Möglichkeit, Ihre Pfandpakete aufzulösen und diese drei Elemente nach Ihren Wünschen neu zuzuordnen. Darüber hinaus kannst du wählen, welche Charaktere deine Addon-Schiffe, Voyager Direct-Items und Stretch-Tor-Belohnungen erhalten, die du gesammelt hast. In diesem Beispiel könnte jemand mit vier Paketen alle Schiffe und Credits einem Charakter zuordnen und die drei Spielcharaktere für die spätere Verwendung belassen. Nicht genutzte Spielcharakter-Slots ohne zugehöriges Schiff oder Credits haben zwei Rollen. Sie können verwendet werden, um zusätzliche Besatzungsmitglieder zu erstellen, oder sie können an andere Spieler weitergegeben werden.
Wenn Sie mehrere Pakete mit identischen physischen Extras gekauft haben, wie z.B. Schiffsmodelle oder Sternenkarten, erhalten Sie mehrere Extras, wenn das Spiel versendet wird. Wenn Ihre Pakete über digitale Extras verfügen, wie z.B. den herunterladbaren Soundtrack, haben Sie die Möglichkeit, die Duplikate an Freunde zu verschenken.
Crewmen erstellen
Viele der Schiffe von Star Citizen, wie z.B. die Freelancer oder Constellation, verfügen über Positionen für mehrere Besatzungsmitglieder. Die Spieler werden immer in der Lage sein, NSC-Crews im Spiel einzustellen und computergesteuerte Crews unter Vertrag zu nehmen, um Mannschaftsgeschütztürmen zu helfen, Konsolen zu bedienen und Flugbegleiter zu sein. Wenn du die Möglichkeit möchtest, deine Crew anzupassen, kannst du deine eigenen NSCs erstellen, indem du einen Spielcharakter-Slot verwendest. Du durchläufst den gleichen Charaktererstellungsprozess wie dein Spielercharakter, hast aber dann die Möglichkeit, die Kontrolle an eine KI zu übergeben. Als zusätzlichen Bonus können Freunde vorbeikommen, um diese Besatzungsmitglieder selbst zu übernehmen und den Mann Ihres Raumschiffs zu unterstützen, wenn es verfügbar ist.
Denke daran, dass es nicht notwendig ist, einen Spielcharakter für deine NSC-Crew zu verwenden. Du kannst normale NSC-Crew mit Credits, die du dir im Spiel verdient hast, einstellen. Der Unterschied zwischen einem Game Character Slot, der in einen NSC Crew Member umgewandelt wird, und einem regulären NSC Crew Member besteht darin, dass du das Aussehen, den Namen und die Hintergrundgeschichte des Game Character NPCs anpassen kannst. Es gibt einen zusätzlichen Bonus, wenn du eines deiner NSC-Crewmitglieder des Spielcharakters als Nachfolger für den Fall des Todes deiner Hauptfiguren angeben kannst (siehe Tod eines Raumfahrers), ab diesem Zeitpunkt wird der NSC des Spielcharakters wieder spielbar, mit den Vermögenswerten deines verstorbenen alten Charakters.
Geschenk-Spielcharaktere
Sie haben auch die Möglichkeit, ungenutzte Spielcharaktere an andere Spieler zu verschenken. Denke daran, dass diese Charaktere ein Schiff und einige Credits benötigen, um deinen eigenen Weg im Star Citizen-Universum zu finden! Credits, die du im Spiel verdienst, können auf deine Freunde übertragen werden (abzüglich UEE-Steuer!) oder sie können ein Kontingent im Voyager Direct Store kaufen. Wir denken auch über ein System nach, durch das Spieler mit einem Spielcharakter-Slot, aber keinem Schiff für andere Charaktere (entweder echte Spieler oder NSCs) "arbeiten" können.
Spieler, die zusätzliche Spielcharakterschlitze wünschen, entweder um einen zweiten Spielercharakter zu erstellen oder um eine maßgeschneiderte Crew zu bilden, aber nicht über mehrere Pakete verfügen, haben die Möglichkeit, einen eigenständigen Spielerschlitz im Pfandleihgeschäft zu kaufen, ohne ein komplettes Spielepaket kaufen zu müssen. Dies wird es auch der kleinen Anzahl von Geldgebern, die nur ein Addon-Schiff, aber kein Spielpaket haben, ermöglichen, einen Game Character Slot und ein paar Credits zu kaufen und sich in die große weite Galaxie aufzumachen!
Wir hoffen, dass dies einige der Unklarheiten über die Star Citizen-Pakete aufklärt.
Das Ziel ist es, die Erfahrung extrem anpassungsfähig zu machen und den Geldgebern die volle Kontrolle über das zu geben, wofür sie sich verpflichtet haben. Du solltest deine Schiffe nicht in mehrere Konten aufteilen müssen, nur um mehrere Charaktere zu spielen. Natürlich wirst du immer diese Option haben, aber dieses System erlaubt es dir, alle deine Gegenstände auf einem Charakter zu behalten, sie zu trennen, um mehrere Alts zu spielen, eine Crew von hochgradig individuellen NSCs zu bilden oder die Erfahrung des Star Citizen mit Freunden zu teilen!
Die zehnte Ausgabe von Jump Point, dem reinen Star Citizen-Magazin für Abonnenten, steht ab sofort in Ihrem Abonnentenbereich zum Download bereit! Jump Point bietet Artikel hinter den Kulissen, Fiktion im Universum und exklusive Star Citizen Stories. Weitere Informationen zum Abonnieren finden Sie hier.
In den RSI-Foren wurde viel darüber diskutiert, wie Star Citizen mit mehreren Pfandpaketen auf einem einzigen Konto umgehen wird. Heute möchten wir diese Spekulationen beenden! Um zu beginnen, verstehen Sie, dass jedes Star Citizen Versprechenspaket derzeit drei wesentliche Teile beinhaltet:
Ihr Schiff. Benötigt, um die Galaxie zu bereisen und das Spiel zu spielen. Egal, ob Sie die Sterne selbst in einer einsitzigen Aurora erkunden oder der Kapitän einer Constellation-Crew die Raumfahrtbahnen überfällt, Ihr Charakter wird ein Raumschiff brauchen, um sich in Star Citizen einen Namen zu machen. Einige Credits. Jedes Paket hat eine Zuteilung von Starter-UEC-Credits. Sie werden benötigt, um Dinge wie die Ausstattung Ihres Schiffes zu tun, erste Landegebühren zu zahlen, Treibstoff und Munition zu kaufen, Ihre erste Ladung Ladung zu kaufen. Wir brechen diese noch nicht in Ihr UEC-Ledger auf, da wir die Startbeträge für jedes Paket anpassen können, wenn wir die anhaltenden Universumskosten ausgleichen. Spielcharakter. Das bist "du". Egal, ob Sie sich für einen gesetzestreuen Händler, einen furchterregenden Piraten oder einen unerschrockenen Entdecker entscheiden, Sie brauchen einen individuellen Charakter, der Ihren Hangar bewohnt und Ihr Schiff fliegt. Das bedeutet, dass Sie, wenn Sie derzeit vier Star Citizen-Pakete haben, vier verschiedene Charaktere mit einem RSI-Konto spielen können, jeder mit seinem eigenen Schiff und Startguthaben. Sie haben auch die Möglichkeit, Ihre Pfandpakete aufzulösen und diese drei Elemente nach Ihren Wünschen neu zuzuordnen. Darüber hinaus kannst du wählen, welche Charaktere deine Addon-Schiffe, Voyager Direct-Items und Stretch-Tor-Belohnungen erhalten, die du gesammelt hast. In diesem Beispiel könnte jemand mit vier Paketen alle Schiffe und Credits einem Charakter zuordnen und die drei Spielcharaktere für die spätere Verwendung belassen. Nicht genutzte Spielcharakter-Slots ohne zugehöriges Schiff oder Credits haben zwei Rollen. Sie können verwendet werden, um zusätzliche Besatzungsmitglieder zu erstellen, oder sie können an andere Spieler weitergegeben werden.
Wenn Sie mehrere Pakete mit identischen physischen Extras gekauft haben, wie z.B. Schiffsmodelle oder Sternenkarten, erhalten Sie mehrere Extras, wenn das Spiel versendet wird. Wenn Ihre Pakete über digitale Extras verfügen, wie z.B. den herunterladbaren Soundtrack, haben Sie die Möglichkeit, die Duplikate an Freunde zu verschenken.
Crewmen erstellen
Viele der Schiffe von Star Citizen, wie z.B. die Freelancer oder Constellation, verfügen über Positionen für mehrere Besatzungsmitglieder. Die Spieler werden immer in der Lage sein, NSC-Crews im Spiel einzustellen und computergesteuerte Crews unter Vertrag zu nehmen, um Mannschaftsgeschütztürmen zu helfen, Konsolen zu bedienen und Flugbegleiter zu sein. Wenn du die Möglichkeit möchtest, deine Crew anzupassen, kannst du deine eigenen NSCs erstellen, indem du einen Spielcharakter-Slot verwendest. Du durchläufst den gleichen Charaktererstellungsprozess wie dein Spielercharakter, hast aber dann die Möglichkeit, die Kontrolle an eine KI zu übergeben. Als zusätzlichen Bonus können Freunde vorbeikommen, um diese Besatzungsmitglieder selbst zu übernehmen und den Mann Ihres Raumschiffs zu unterstützen, wenn es verfügbar ist.
Denke daran, dass es nicht notwendig ist, einen Spielcharakter für deine NSC-Crew zu verwenden. Du kannst normale NSC-Crew mit Credits, die du dir im Spiel verdient hast, einstellen. Der Unterschied zwischen einem Game Character Slot, der in einen NSC Crew Member umgewandelt wird, und einem regulären NSC Crew Member besteht darin, dass du das Aussehen, den Namen und die Hintergrundgeschichte des Game Character NPCs anpassen kannst. Es gibt einen zusätzlichen Bonus, wenn du eines deiner NSC-Crewmitglieder des Spielcharakters als Nachfolger für den Fall des Todes deiner Hauptfiguren angeben kannst (siehe Tod eines Raumfahrers), ab diesem Zeitpunkt wird der NSC des Spielcharakters wieder spielbar, mit den Vermögenswerten deines verstorbenen alten Charakters.
Geschenk-Spielcharaktere
Sie haben auch die Möglichkeit, ungenutzte Spielcharaktere an andere Spieler zu verschenken. Denke daran, dass diese Charaktere ein Schiff und einige Credits benötigen, um deinen eigenen Weg im Star Citizen-Universum zu finden! Credits, die du im Spiel verdienst, können auf deine Freunde übertragen werden (abzüglich UEE-Steuer!) oder sie können ein Kontingent im Voyager Direct Store kaufen. Wir denken auch über ein System nach, durch das Spieler mit einem Spielcharakter-Slot, aber keinem Schiff für andere Charaktere (entweder echte Spieler oder NSCs) "arbeiten" können.
Spieler, die zusätzliche Spielcharakterschlitze wünschen, entweder um einen zweiten Spielercharakter zu erstellen oder um eine maßgeschneiderte Crew zu bilden, aber nicht über mehrere Pakete verfügen, haben die Möglichkeit, einen eigenständigen Spielerschlitz im Pfandleihgeschäft zu kaufen, ohne ein komplettes Spielepaket kaufen zu müssen. Dies wird es auch der kleinen Anzahl von Geldgebern, die nur ein Addon-Schiff, aber kein Spielpaket haben, ermöglichen, einen Game Character Slot und ein paar Credits zu kaufen und sich in die große weite Galaxie aufzumachen!
Wir hoffen, dass dies einige der Unklarheiten über die Star Citizen-Pakete aufklärt.
Das Ziel ist es, die Erfahrung extrem anpassungsfähig zu machen und den Geldgebern die volle Kontrolle über das zu geben, wofür sie sich verpflichtet haben. Du solltest deine Schiffe nicht in mehrere Konten aufteilen müssen, nur um mehrere Charaktere zu spielen. Natürlich wirst du immer diese Option haben, aber dieses System erlaubt es dir, alle deine Gegenstände auf einem Charakter zu behalten, sie zu trennen, um mehrere Alts zu spielen, eine Crew von hochgradig individuellen NSCs zu bilden oder die Erfahrung des Star Citizen mit Freunden zu teilen!
Die zehnte Ausgabe von Jump Point, dem reinen Star Citizen-Magazin für Abonnenten, steht ab sofort in Ihrem Abonnentenbereich zum Download bereit! Jump Point bietet Artikel hinter den Kulissen, Fiktion im Universum und exklusive Star Citizen Stories. Weitere Informationen zum Abonnieren finden Sie hier.
Chinese
Greetings Citizens,
There has been a lot of discussion on the RSI forums about how Star Citizen will handle multiple pledge packages on a single account. Today, we’d like to put that speculation to rest! To start, understand that every Star Citizen pledge package currently includes three essential parts:
Your Ship. Needed to travel the galaxy and play the game. Whether you’re exploring the stars yourself in a single-seat Aurora or captain of a Constellation crew raiding the space lanes, your character is going to need a spaceship to make a name for themselves in Star Citizen.
Some Credits. Every package has an allotment of starter UEC credits. They will be needed to do things like begin outfitting your ship, pay initial landing fees, buy fuel and munitions, purchase your first load of cargo. We don’t break these out onto your UEC ledger just yet as we may adjust the starting amounts for each package when we balance the persistent universe costs.
Game Character. This is “you.” Whether you choose to play a law-abiding merchant, a fearsome pirate or an intrepid explorer, you need a customized character who will inhabit your hangar and fly your ship.
What this means is that if you currently have four Star Citizen packages you will be able to play four different characters using one RSI account, each with their own ship and starting credit balance. You will also have the option of breaking up your pledge packages and reallocating these three elements as you deem fit. In addition, you will get to choose which characters receive your addon ships, Voyager Direct items and stretch goal rewards you have accumulated. In this example, someone with four packages could assign all of the ships and credits to one character and leave the three Game Characters for later use. Unused Game Character slots without an associated ship or credits have two roles. They can be used to create additional crewmen or they can be gifted to other players.
If you have purchased multiple packages with identical physical extras, such as ship models or star maps, you will receive multiple extras when the game ships. If your packages have digital extras, like the downloadable soundtrack, you will be given the option of gifting the duplicates to friends.
Creating Crewmen
Many of Star Citizen’s ships, such as the Freelancer or Constellation, feature positions for multiple crewmen. Players will always be able to hire NPC crewmen in the game, contracting computer-controlled crews to help man turrets, run consoles and fly escort. If you would like the option of customizing your crew, you can create your own NPCs by using a Game Character slot. You will go through the same character creation process as your player character but will then have the option of handing off control to an AI. As an additional bonus, friends can ‘drop in’ to take over these crewmen themselves and to help man your spacecraft when available.
Remember it is not necessary to use a Game Character for your NPC crew. You will be able to hire normal NPC crew with credits you’ve earned in-game. The difference between a Game Character slot converted into a NPC crew member and a regular NPC crew member is that you can customize the Game Character NPC’s look, name and backstory. There is an additional bonus of being able to specify one of your Game Character NPC crewmembers as your successor in the event of your main characters death (See Death of a Spaceman), at which point the Game Character NPC will become playable again, with the assets of your deceased old character conveying.
Gifting Game Characters
You will also have the option of gifting unused Game Characters to other players. Remember, in order to chart your own path in the Star Citizen universe, these characters will need a ship and some credits! Credits that you earn in the game can be transferred to your friends (minus UEE taxes!) or they will be able to purchase an allotment through the Voyager Direct store. We are also considering a system through which players with a Game Character slot but no ship can “work” for other characters (either real players or NPCs.)
Players who would like additional Game Character slots, either to create a second player character or to build a customized crew, but don’t have multiple packages will be have the option of a stand-alone Character Slot purchase from the pledge store without having to buy a full game package. This will also allow the small number of backers who only have an addon ship but not a game package to purchase a Game Character slot and a few credits and be able to head out into the big wide galaxy!
We hope this clarifies some of the confusion about Star Citizen packages.
The goal is to make the experience extremely customizable and give backers complete control over what they have pledged for. You should not have to split your ships into multiple accounts just to play multiple characters. Of course you will always have that option but this system allows you to keep all your items on one character, separate them out to play several alts, create a crew of highly customized NPCs or to share the Star Citizen experience with friends!
The tenth issue of Jump Point, the subscriber-only Star Citizen magazine, is now available for download in your subscriber area! Jump Point features behind-the-scenes articles, in-universe fiction and exclusive Star Citizen stories. For more information on subscribing, please check here.
There has been a lot of discussion on the RSI forums about how Star Citizen will handle multiple pledge packages on a single account. Today, we’d like to put that speculation to rest! To start, understand that every Star Citizen pledge package currently includes three essential parts:
Your Ship. Needed to travel the galaxy and play the game. Whether you’re exploring the stars yourself in a single-seat Aurora or captain of a Constellation crew raiding the space lanes, your character is going to need a spaceship to make a name for themselves in Star Citizen.
Some Credits. Every package has an allotment of starter UEC credits. They will be needed to do things like begin outfitting your ship, pay initial landing fees, buy fuel and munitions, purchase your first load of cargo. We don’t break these out onto your UEC ledger just yet as we may adjust the starting amounts for each package when we balance the persistent universe costs.
Game Character. This is “you.” Whether you choose to play a law-abiding merchant, a fearsome pirate or an intrepid explorer, you need a customized character who will inhabit your hangar and fly your ship.
What this means is that if you currently have four Star Citizen packages you will be able to play four different characters using one RSI account, each with their own ship and starting credit balance. You will also have the option of breaking up your pledge packages and reallocating these three elements as you deem fit. In addition, you will get to choose which characters receive your addon ships, Voyager Direct items and stretch goal rewards you have accumulated. In this example, someone with four packages could assign all of the ships and credits to one character and leave the three Game Characters for later use. Unused Game Character slots without an associated ship or credits have two roles. They can be used to create additional crewmen or they can be gifted to other players.
If you have purchased multiple packages with identical physical extras, such as ship models or star maps, you will receive multiple extras when the game ships. If your packages have digital extras, like the downloadable soundtrack, you will be given the option of gifting the duplicates to friends.
Creating Crewmen
Many of Star Citizen’s ships, such as the Freelancer or Constellation, feature positions for multiple crewmen. Players will always be able to hire NPC crewmen in the game, contracting computer-controlled crews to help man turrets, run consoles and fly escort. If you would like the option of customizing your crew, you can create your own NPCs by using a Game Character slot. You will go through the same character creation process as your player character but will then have the option of handing off control to an AI. As an additional bonus, friends can ‘drop in’ to take over these crewmen themselves and to help man your spacecraft when available.
Remember it is not necessary to use a Game Character for your NPC crew. You will be able to hire normal NPC crew with credits you’ve earned in-game. The difference between a Game Character slot converted into a NPC crew member and a regular NPC crew member is that you can customize the Game Character NPC’s look, name and backstory. There is an additional bonus of being able to specify one of your Game Character NPC crewmembers as your successor in the event of your main characters death (See Death of a Spaceman), at which point the Game Character NPC will become playable again, with the assets of your deceased old character conveying.
Gifting Game Characters
You will also have the option of gifting unused Game Characters to other players. Remember, in order to chart your own path in the Star Citizen universe, these characters will need a ship and some credits! Credits that you earn in the game can be transferred to your friends (minus UEE taxes!) or they will be able to purchase an allotment through the Voyager Direct store. We are also considering a system through which players with a Game Character slot but no ship can “work” for other characters (either real players or NPCs.)
Players who would like additional Game Character slots, either to create a second player character or to build a customized crew, but don’t have multiple packages will be have the option of a stand-alone Character Slot purchase from the pledge store without having to buy a full game package. This will also allow the small number of backers who only have an addon ship but not a game package to purchase a Game Character slot and a few credits and be able to head out into the big wide galaxy!
We hope this clarifies some of the confusion about Star Citizen packages.
The goal is to make the experience extremely customizable and give backers complete control over what they have pledged for. You should not have to split your ships into multiple accounts just to play multiple characters. Of course you will always have that option but this system allows you to keep all your items on one character, separate them out to play several alts, create a crew of highly customized NPCs or to share the Star Citizen experience with friends!
The tenth issue of Jump Point, the subscriber-only Star Citizen magazine, is now available for download in your subscriber area! Jump Point features behind-the-scenes articles, in-universe fiction and exclusive Star Citizen stories. For more information on subscribing, please check here.
Links
| Text | URL |
|---|---|
| Death of a Spaceman | https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/12879-Death-Of-A-Spaceman |
| check here | https://robertsspaceindustries.com/pledge/centurion-sub |
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- 12 years ago (2013-09-27T00:00:00+00:00)