In Alpha 4.0 of Star Citizen, there is a new event where you join one of three factions in the war for a new system. Many players are wondering how they can even participate.
What kind of event is this? The event is called “Fight for Pyro” and its storyline is relatively simple: You leave Stanton behind and join one of 3 factions fighting for the new system Pyro.
Developer CIG introduces the new factions in a short trailer:
Three factions with special bonuses
What are these factions? You have the choice between the Citizens for Prosperity, the Frontier Fighters, and the Headhunters. Each faction has its own character and pursues different goals.
- The idealistic Citizens for Prosperity call Pyro their home and want to restore stability to the system.
- The Frontier Fighters are a cold-hearted group of fighters who will use any means necessary to combat lawlessness in Pyro.
- The Headhunters are basically space punks: They prefer to decide where to go themselves and eliminate anyone who wants to change that.
Players who join a faction’s fight will be given special missions. Completing these grants unique rewards, including a unique weapon and paint jobs for specific ships. These vary by faction.
Technical frustrations overshadow the event
How is the event being received by players? Just looking at the comments under the trailer on YouTube: Not well at all. While the trailer has a good ratio of likes to dislikes, the event is being criticized in the comments.
Players are not criticizing the event itself but the technical state of Star Citizen. A long chain of comments has formed, all starting with the phrase “I’m on the side of …”, followed by criticism of the gameplay.
- Keric04: “I’m on the side of functioning mission markers”
- iivaris: “I’m on the side that doesn’t break existing core features to push a stupid event”
- H2OFlymamaluigi: “I’m on the side that lets me out of the hangar”
- d3vour3r: “I’m on the side that lets me through the loading screen …”
smashbrown summarizes all the criticism with a question: “Which side gets me a playable game?”
By the way, the event is only playable in the separate Alpha version 4.0 of Star Citizen, not in Alpha version 3.24.3. Although the game is still in a very early state, Star Citizen just hit another historic milestone in funding a few months ago.
