Star Citizen: Missile Operator Mode

A short while ago CIG unveiled Missile Operator Mode, in part with capacitor game play and multi-crew - but is it everything we dreamed about? Dive in with Lead this week while we look at what it could have been, and maybe if CIG is listening: what it could be?

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[millergamingdk]

You hit the nail right on the head here, so many good points, and i REALLY hope they are gonna move towoards what you said in the video.
To limit single seater is just stupid, and making torps more stealthy is the way to go.
Great video!

[ericjiang]

Great video. Missile operator shouldn’t be just off load task from pilot but making missile more effective. This add another type of skill set making multi crew even more fun.

[tomfoolery]

I think your comment "the idea is solid, the execution...not so much" This hits it home for me in a lot of ways. CIG have a ton of awesome ideas but it feels like every iteration of every system is placeholder and not feature full. Lesigh. Lol Thanks!

[Ezonial]

Anything that makes the copilot seat relevant at this point would be welcome.

[Pulciu]

Having an operator mode that takes some skill to use for max efficiency, could be the a great first step towards making co-pilots actually useful.

[GRANDADMIRALCAT]

These are some great ideas, really hope they'll move more toward realism and let us make these types of decisions before and during combat.

[LukeLaczynski]

I'm subbed and you are one of the most reliable youtubers, not only for star citizen content. Thanks for all you do for the community!

[EmotionalSupportCube]

I was suprised to see a clip from squad, and I hope they add a similar mechanic to a tow missile rather than necessarily controlling the missile directly. it seems way more effective to be able to acquire and hit a target from a 3rd person view.

[treyagpstudios]

This is exactly it. Also, I love your constructive attitude on moving forward with suggestions to CIG on how to make this better.

[xgamingpoorly]

Really enjoyed this. My knowledge and experience of missiles and torps is so limited that this was like a class. much thanks

[voiDude]

I sincerely hope CIG are subscribed to your channel. These topics are incredibly well thought out and I feel, incredibly important to SC's combat gameplay.

[Hermit-Mech]

Awesome video! really looking forward to seeing how missile tracking works within asteroid fields/atmospheric effects with the new system. Keep it up with the great content!

[Metro]

Excellent points made throughout. I couldn't agree more about not dumbing things down. Well done!

[Jaleney]

Some pretty valid points made, I do hope they don't overbalance missile operator mode too because it seems not needed. Interested to see if this along with the flight model rework is gonna shake up the meta again. Keep up the work with these vids man, that Perseus video was gold!

[dankbudah]

These are some of the best suggestions I've heard yet for the missile operator mode. Hopefully someone from CIG gets to see this or anything else you may have done pitching these ideas. If nothing else, they should be able to add these things in slowly in ver 2, 3 ect.

[jch]

Very intrigued to see how this changes gameplay for me. People can offer their reviews but nothing beats hands on!

[jgun-tv]

Love the great breakdown! Always look forward to your videos.

[lachlansalway]

Always love the videos, the missile mode will change for better or for worse we will have to wait and see.

[mikalandzelo]

Man. I have not heard anyone critique and provide better feedback for the missile operator mode. You are completely right, there is absolutely no need to artificially limit the pilot from firing weapons and missiles at the same time. Instead, giving us more options to play with would really make this game stand apart from other arcade style space games. Wish CIG would watch this video, man!

[fireflymal]

This is really well thought out and I agree with your analysis