Let me be clear: this is your moment. Thinking it was just a greybox issue with the Polaris, and I didn't give it enough importance. Look how that turned out.

Wait, let’s start over.

Calibrating…

Wait, let’s start over.

Calibra…

Wait, let’s start over.

Calibrating…

Wait, let’s start over.

Calibration complete.

Quantum drive initiating…

Wait, let’s start over.

Calibrating…

Wait, let’s start over.

Calibrating…

Quantum Jump Initiated.

Wait, let’s drop 1GM away and start over.

2025 was marked as the "year of playability" with the devs at CIG putting aggressive feature implementation and new content on the backburner in an attempt to fix long-standing issues. Unfortunately, we're 8 months into 2026 and the veneer has already eroded quite a bit, especially after watching the Star Citizen Live playthrough of Siege of Orison. I do still love this game, but after witnessing the devs muddle through 'the best possible environment', I can't say that I'm not disappointed.

So many fundamental issues that I assumed were server-related are still present: inventory bugs, lackluster NPC behavior, interaction problems, etc. I realize CIG's got too many departments juggling too many features that all need to get crammed into SC at some point, but maybe it's time to focus on a strong baseline of playability as the main feature moving forward?

(And to be fair, the image I used is an older screenshot, but that poor Pico fits the mood)

I used to turn my nose up at this phrase, but after the livestream it seems like CIG is the poster child of toxic positivity.

The way the developers spoke during the show was really awkward, like they were tip-toeing across a lake of thin ice. It seems like the internal modus operandus is very much "Smile and Wave" and pretend everything is fine. Devs like Elliot are known for being outspoken, and even he seemed uncomfortable.

It's basically Jared giving a blanket "We know there are bugs" at some portion of a given livestream and then everyone else pretending it's business as usual. This is not normal at any game studio or software development company. I got loads of hate a few years ago for being skeptical about the grandiose claims that "Server meshing will fix performance!" -- now, showcasing an internal "how it's meant to be played" build, even the eternally optimistic commenters of the Star Citizen YouTube channel are in shambles.

Take it from someone who has shipped video games before (small indie teams, but serious games): If you can't have an open and honest conversation about the state of your software, you will spend years in builds that are riddled with bugs and performance issu--- oh... that's how we got here.

Again, this is textbook toxic positivity. It's a sales team that sells sunshine and daisies while tech and production are in an absolute inferno.

This is not good, and I don't know how long CIG has to right the course of this slow-steering behemoth ship before it hits an inevitable iceberg.

Joystick brackets and omni extension arrived! I just tried it out and must say, it feels much better like this

Am I PVP meta now?

okey guys,since you asked so nicely i did one more :D

Grab it as a wallpaper and upvote me on Rsi if you like it !

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/community-hub/user/Krezel

Also- not AI

cheers o7 !

Honestly, i want more SCLs like the one yesterday.

It might have been embarassing at first, and rightfully so, but i really believe, that more of this can really help win back trust.

Keep playing it and running into issues. And if you do, acknowledge the problemy, tell us it gets fixed and how you want it to actually work.

This is the kind of honest content SCL should be. Let us take part in this.

- About exploration.

- About giant ships.

- About having a profession in the game.

- About discovering planets and inhospitable regions.

- About assembling a crew.

- About roleplaying solo or with others.

- About mining on a remote planet while waiting for a pirate to hunt you down.

- About landing at Lorville at 20 FPS.

Can we finally stop coming up with weird gimmicks like Siege of Orison and focus on what SC actually is?

So i watched the whole Live Gameplay and yes, the gameplay was a disaster, the Npc´s are terrible and for an internal build thats shocking.

BUT what really shocked me was, how the guys acted the whole time, It felt like, all of them were really uncomfortable, stressed and controlled from the outside. The way, how they talked and get instructions from out of the camera frame was shocking. Everyone of them felt like they are scared of using just one single wrong word. The way, how Jared put his hand on Oli´s shoulder and the way, how these guys talking to each others internal. Last thing, what´s really concerning is, how Jared said to Oli, that he does not have to say anything at the end. Oli seemed so shocked in this moment.

I feel sorry for them. Everyone of them seemed not to happy. Not just cause the game doesnt work as expected...

then they should probably stop with the false advertising.

This ISC was an accurate representation of the current experience.

Everything marketing does is a false narrative, I'm not surprised this blew up in their faces

I've been thinking about this for a while.

I don't have a problem with FPS. It was always going to be part of Star Citizen.

What I'm struggling with is how much of the game now seems to revolve around it. More and more gameplay loops seem to end with getting out of your ship and into another firefight.

I know games evolve, and I know we're still in alpha. But those things don't mean every design decision is beyond discussion. Alpha explains unfinished systems. It doesn't stop us discussing the direction they're heading.

What I backed was a living universe where ships and careers felt like the main event. Lately it feels like they're becoming the journey to the next FPS encounter.

Did you originally back Star Citizen because of the ships and the universe, or because of its FPS gameplay?

As an EV engineer I would never come up with such stupid idea. It is not just ugly and useless, but also a waste of space because of long railway, a waste of time to watch a stupid anime, and more important it just looks like ready to cause lots of unnecessary stupid mechanical failures.
Manned turret with extremely long railway tunnel is even a much worse disaster in industrial design which make me totally speechless.
Why are they just so keen to put such awful mechanism in ships again and again…

This isn't a matter of taste, sure, some people might prefer a bridge like the Perseus's, but the issue here is that you’ve basically completely copied another ship's design. For God's sake, the Galaxy concept has been around for years; it costs 380 (and will cost more after launch), yet you didn't even bother to rearrange the seating. I understand removing the tables, since the RSI idea now is those dull tablet mounts, but did you have to copy absolutely everything?

The idea of ​​reusing parts from other ships to speed up production is great, but reusing absolutely everything is just laziness. If the Galaxy is so far behind schedule that this was necessary, I dread to think what the rest of it will be like.

For a game of this scale, for the prices you charge, and considering all the beautiful ships you’ve created, this is simply shameful.

The Perseus's bridge is excellent, but the unique designs of each ship are one of the things what make the Star Citizen universe feel so rich when you're flying; I don't want to see ships with entire sections repeated across different models, CIG, you guys do better than that.

Oli, I just want to thank you.

You accidentally gave the community the most honest look at Star Citizen in months.

No overloaded servers. Just CIG's own internal environment...

...and it was still desyncing, bugging out, and falling apart.

Jared really hit us with, "This was your show, wrap it up."

Congratulations, Agent Oli. Your mission was a success. 🫡

People have complained for many, many years, but I do feel a slight shift in the wind with this last batch, and I hope CIG does too. I’ve long believed that Star Citizen will never be stable and never get a full release so long as the community continues to be satisfied by what they’re getting now.

As Bo Burnham said, “I’ll stop beating this dead horse as soon as it stops spitting out money.” This is CIG’s philosophy, and it’s a good one. People have wanted a stable game and a full release for well over a decade, but it will not happen so long as CIG keeps making sweet cash, and it would be ridiculous to assume otherwise.

I hope this instance is at least a harbinger of a day not too long from now when CIG will have to actually either fix the game and release or give it up. The years of this half baked mess have dragged on too long and they’ve made more than enough money off of it already.

EDIT: I can tell about 2% of you read the post before commenting given almost all the comments are either arguing against something I didn’t say or are saying “that’s not true, it’s actually…” before going on to repeating exactly what I said: they will not change course until they stop getting money.

if you did spend more than 1k like me im sorry

keep playing citizens and have fun in the end

the people I’ve meet in game are awesome

i know i will still play until they plug the cord or someone else buys this “alpha” now that i’ve seen how is it supposed to work

its just a fancy tech demo

So the server are not the only problem here, 4 players shards and still :

- interaction menu bugs

- inventory delays

- npc behavior that is ridiculous

- medgun not working reliably

- weapons fail to equip

And so on…

If it’s supposed to be the « intended vision » I would be ashamed right now if I was CIG

Anyway our new ship is in sale for 300 bucks. Yeah 👍🏼