Arena Commander 1.0 is here! Todaya??s release marks the most significant update to Arena Commander yet, adding both the long-awaited lobby system and more than tripling the number of flyable ships. Every variant of the Aurora, Mustang, 300 and Hornet are now flyable, as are the base models of the Cutlass and the Avenger. If youa??ve been waiting to fly one of Star Citizena??s single-seaters, therea??s a good chance your ship has come in today!
Arena Commander 1.0 adds a host of new ship upgrades as well as significant enhancements to many of the gamea??s systems. Included for the first time are a ship signature system, a thruster power system, and a lateral g-force system. It contains the first iteration of the gamea??s lobby and we have launched a friends system in the game and on the RSI site to help you connect. Audio and visual effects have been updated throughout the game, with new animations, new textures, new cameras and more. You can find the complete list of changes, which range from the major updates below to dozens of game balancing changes and technical fixes, in the patch notes.
As you know, the team has been working very hard to release Arena Commander today and wea??re especially excited to publish this patch before our Holiday break. We would have ideally liked another 4-5 days of internal stress testing and polish but with everyone looking forward to some well-earned time off I didna??t want to eat into peoplea??s break. That said, being cognizant of the fact that the upcoming holidays are a time when everyone (myself included) looks forward to playing their favorite games we wanted to make sure that we released Arena Commander 1.0 for all our backers to enjoy over the holidays. With that in mind, Ia??ve opted to push todaya??s build of Arena Commander 1.0 to all of our backers today. So please, enjoy this significant update, give us your feedback, and wea??ll come back in the New Year ready to continue polishing Arena Commander and developing the BDSSE!
I would like to stress that todaya??s release of Arena Commander 1.0 is a beginning, not an ending. This milestone does not denote the completion of Arena Commander, it kicks off an even more significant phase of its development. With this update, wea??ve added a significant number of ships, items, missiles, and systems which means more interconnected systems, more servers to stress and more bugs to squash. These future changes wona??t be limited to fixing technical glitches and balance issues.
Some elements, like the initial Avenger and Cutlass, will be converted to the new modular ship component system, but we wanted long-waiting owners to get an early look at their ships. So I encourage you to experience everything wea??ve added to Arena Commander 1.0, but also to know that much, much more is in the works!
And that is where you come in! With this update, therea??s a lot more for the community to help us test. So get on the forums and share your feedback and let us know your thoughts, criticisms, and ideas on everything that wea??ve added. Every experience you report today, positive or negative, will help us make a better game tomorrow and come January 2nd, we will go back to work making Arena Commander even better.
Thank you for your continued support, and I sincerely hope you enjoy Arena Commander 1.0. I think that ita??s a great indication of where wea??re going with the Star Citizen experience. Ia??d like to close by saying Happy Holidays to backers everywhere. I wish you all the joy in the world and look forward to continuing our journey in the coming year.
- Chris Roberts
Otherwise I use the credits on my account to push the Retaliator or 890J when the modules are in the store.
