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Admittedly, the voice thing is really just a me thing and not for most everyone else! And I've promptly forgotten it anyway! Hubris? Nah, couldn't be me! :)

Yeah, I agree. I just couldn't believe that they would show up at the exact worst time in that mission! It was my first ever encounter with headhunters too.

I think it's very interesting gameplay to have a certain objective like opening a door midmission. It was kind of crazy that it took so many turns, but I think it's one of those things that takes experience. I wonder if hacking difficulty may go up too fast since we haven't done very much so far and it's always bumped up at least one difficulty level. It'll be interesting to see the progression as we get further in (since we're still pretty early game right now).

I feel like I should do more of it. It's helpful for me too! Thanks for watching!

The mission itself wasn't insane, just the timeframe to do it! Having to literally drop everything to do the mission is pretty crazy, but for the sake of a good relationship...

File sets have been improved since I did this video! I actually sell a set in another video coming up and the value is much, much better. I think it was just a mistake of not balancing early on. It's early access, it happens!

Since it was a proc-gen mission, it's not surprising that the side objective wasn't great. They're still working on those. But yeah, that one wasn't great. Luckily, the adjustments I made helped make it achievable.

Thanks! Can't believe the year is almost over!

Thanks for watching!

I agree, this mission type is great for the bringing some tension and pressure to our hacking. I'm just glad that the time pressures should be more relaxed in the future!

You know, I kind of wonder about that since the setting is cyberpunk. I'd guess there are a lot of employees that the corp would not care if they fried (fired?), but I also think that they may have gone beyond passwords at this point!

Ooh, an OG player! I always appreciate hearing about more lore and history of the game world, so thanks for chiming in!

Well, this time, we do get a payment: a new recruit, and a hacker at that. That's actually a lot of value in my eyes! Still need to make actual cash money though. We got some stuff coming that will do that, at least.

I understand there being some "fog-of-war" to keep things interesting, and that's really what it is since we only have information on enemies in a certain radius around the characters. But I do wish we had more information available at the start, even if it's not very detailed information. I'd expect that we'd have some reconnaissance done before we head into a heist, so even if it's not detailed or even inaccurate (due to the dynamic nature of patrolling), we can make some kind of determination as to planning. It's also a balancing issue, so have to keep that in mind too. It was definitely a Hootenanny though! Thanks for watching!

I think it's probably true that I could afford to get the upgrade if I sold off everything to get to 400k, and it might've been something I thought about more if we were on the "main run" that will start after full release (and also if I knew the benefits of getting the upgrade, which I've never gotten). With changes coming pretty frequently, I think it pays to hold off on doing anything like that in case a change makes it more profitable. Also, I want to have things ready in case they are used in new systems or in new ways. I'm playing slowly enough that it's a pain to get new resources to try things out with, especially when there's usually a couple of updates between episodes.

Yes, being able to see everything is very important. In fact, I could do better at that because I don't really utilize the zoom aspect, which could help further. And now you know why I like to take a Soldier on stealth missions, just in case!

Thanks for watching! You start with some implants available that you can slot in when you have the time and money. Others become available as your contact list grows and you meet people that can supply them. I currently do not have a ton of money, so I haven't really explored that part yet. For the story, that is still a work in progress in the Early Access period. There isn't a ton of "main story" content right now, but there is more planned to come before full release. You progress by taking the missions that come up, although they're not really labeled as such. I believe there is also a mission or two that takes place via legwork currently. The Trese Brothers are also working on increasing the variety of the proc-gen missions available, so there is less repetition. In the past few weeks, they've really increased that, although we'll not run into that here for a little while yet (since the videos are a few weeks behind current release). There's always going to be some repetition though, since the proc-gen missions will be limited to the combinations of objectives and maps that are available to the AI story generator.

Now you know why I like to take at least one soldier when I try to do a mission stealthily! It just loves to make me start shooting. And if you thought this was great, just wait for the next episode!

@@streamsbystar To quote the "Jesus Cop" incident from a decade old Heist Game playlist on youtube: "Of Course I get ******* spotted if he's ******* SENT FROM GOD!"

@@Yacovo I feel so much solidarity right now! Of course someone has to ruin your day in a game in this genre, no matter how old it is!

I think others might have different priorities, so the other boosts might be more attractive to them. I'm looking long term, especially at this early point. Then again, once we get to the late game, the temp bonuses might look a bit better!

Already recorded and I don't think I did any of the lore in it, unfortunately. I'll have to remember to do that in a future one!

@@streamsbystar thanks planning to get steam and buy the game financially unable at the moment these videos let me know what I'm in for

@@asavelakuse6865 Glad you're interested and that these videos are helping you get an idea of what you can expect! If you're looking for more background and lore information, the game has a wiki that will have more information (I forget the exact web address).

@@streamsbystar I'll find it

Yes, the boosts are fun! Definitely some coming soon!

The videos are right now a couple of weeks behind, but I am keeping up with patches still. I'll be filming another this week, which you'll likely see late-September at this rate. Maybe sooner if I get some videos out quicker. Basically, I work to have a backlog in case life intervenes! Right now, it's pretty big but I do know September is busy, so I'll probably start blowing through it soon. But yes, I'm planning on keeping this one going until full release (unless something breaks my save, of course).

Not sure that I'd call any of plans "carefully made", but thanks all the same! :D

Old city sewers are spacious compared to modern (20th century) sewers though! It's cool how the maps so far have felt different from each other with their layouts. That's good map design. And there are more to come too!

I was just as impressed with it as you are! Hootenanny itself is just such a ridiculous word that doesn't get used enough, so to see it in this game is hilariously awesome.

Ha ha, but that's not very sci-fi, is it? But I like that it gives us another type of movement problem to solve since it couldn't be hacked as a level 2. And it's interesting trying to get a hacker to the other terminal while the Knight moves through if you're trying to be quiet. Thanks for watching!

Just when I think I can predict what's going on, something like that occurs! This game certainly loves to keep me on my toes.

Yes, I think that Hackers have strong importance in this game, as you would expect with the genre. There's even a heist type that features only a single Hacker! And there are a few other mission types that feature Hackers as well. However, we are guaranteed a new Hacker with a mission that comes up at some point (a mission I got very quickly last run). Plus, now we should able to recruit a new one via the Safehouse once we have an Underground Hub up and running. And lastly, there's always the possibility of multiclassing into Hacker! I've heard of people crossing their Cyber Knight into the class, which is an interesting idea and probably a nice way to have a Hacker in combat areas.

Yeah, I was happy that it worked as expected because there are certainly times in other games where it doesn't... Probably should make the cone stop when it hits a wall though, or do the hatching style cone, just to not be confusing. I'm glad you understand the trials and tribulations of a (sometimes) stealth gamer!

There's definitely a time management aspect to the game that has started to show itself as more content has been added during the early access time. I think it's also a bit more prevalent in the middle and late game too (which I've never quite gotten to). For someone who likes to do as much as possible, like me, it can be a bit frustrating. This is why I have plans to run a crew a bit on the bigger side, just so I can handle the time pressures. We'll see how that goes once I start recruiting, but I'm hopeful that I'll be able to manage time better then.

I've done this mission a few times now, so I have a good idea of what to expect. I did do it in a bit of a different way with the split group, so that part was new to me. Still, I do agree with you that it was a very clean run, which is not something I'm known for! Thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching!

Haha, yeah, it can be tough sometimes! And I was already on edge because I screwed up the first recording and had to start over... But thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching! Hopefully it'll be a nice long campaign!

Thanks! I'm looking forward to engaging with some of the new systems that have been added since the last run! And all of the stuff still to come too!

Yeah, was definitely sounding better by this time! And feeling even better now, so I should be getting the new run started very soon!

@@streamsbystar be on a look out for the randomly encountered "Brig" (or maybe "BrigBriz"?) character. I hear he's in there. :)

@@brigbrizz I'll keep an eye out! Oh, and it's not my fault if he dies... 😂

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for looking at it! Glad it got fixed for other people! But it was time to start a new playthrough anyway because I really want to try out out the Scourge class and I wasn't sure that I'd multiclass into it. And with basebuilding around the corner... should be ready to go for a long one! Also, saving appearances is going to help here too! Thanks again! And thank you for all the hard work on this game! Looking forward to more!

I don't think they'll be returning to the Star Traders series for a while yet. They're a small team, so only work on developing one game at a time (plus support for others). Their focus right now is on this game, and I can't imagine the Trese Brothers even starting to look toward their next game until this one is past full release. But when they do get to the next Star Traders, you know it'll be quite the leap forward from the current one! And it'll have a lot to live up to since Star Traders: Frontiers has been great!

@@streamsbystar There is a logical progression in the games Trese Brothers develop, they all explore different aspects of micromanaging a small group into a wild complex world. It feels as if they are doing this to bring it together in an ultimate project. Do you think Cyber Knights is that project?

@@Asporez Personally, I don't think there is an ultimate project in mind, but that's just my opinion. I think they like to focus on a particular aspect, like you point out, and iterate on it in fun ways. They are a small team; I don't think they have the resources to make a big "ultimate" project type thing either, but in the future, who knows? But yeah, I don't think it's something to expect soon, if ever.

I think a lot of this comes from having adjusted the noise gate and mic position because I was finding that certain sounds wouldn't get picked up, and it's too sensitive now. Always lots to work on for someone who is naturally not a good speaker and easily falls back into bad habits that I try to fix with the tech instead... I'll keep trying to find settings that will sound better in the future. Thanks for the note!

Yes, it really is impressive just how much is being added! And to think, they're not even close to done with adding things before full release. Plus, if you know about previous Trese Brothers games, they support the game for a long time after release, so the game in a couple of years will be even better than it is at release.

Good to see you, man! Definitely digging this game and all the new stuff being added. Still trying to figure out how best I want to tell stories although there is some new stuff that will help. I just need to work on my part! But yeah, being small and not really doing any type of advertising/networking/social media type things makes it harder to get seen. Glad you found it though!

Awesome! This video is from a few months ago, so wasn't sure if it was still an issue or not. I really should've did an F10 for it, but sometimes I forget while I'm playing!

Thank you for watching! Hope you enjoyed it.

Thank you for watching and commenting!

Yeah, the original plan was not to kill everyone. It was supposed to be a stealthy mission, but once we got spotted, we had to stop them from following us. Plus I guess the best way to not be seen is to eliminate the witnesses... Also, in this case, the objective was to steal all we could in this mission, so we did exactly that!

Thank you for the support! I'm looking forward to it as well. And seeing how things evolve with all the new content you'll be adding!

Thanks! I saw some improvements to the appearance screens have been done too, but the episodes will be a little behind the patches as I build a buffer! Happy to see all the options we have for making a squad appear as we want, and excited to see what gets added here. Also excited to see what you have in store as you build toward full release!

I hear you on that! For me, I find it to be relaxing, especially at this point where there's little to be done except whatever hijinks I want to get up to, which in this case was building a new ship with new 9000 mass base. Of course, for purposes of getting up to 20 million in the bank, it's helpful when the game starts dropping 1+ million credit reward missions!

@@streamsbystar I haven't watched your whole series, but how have you found the second more advanced aliens? In my first play through I was encountering them a lot and losing most ground or space battles with them which was putting me off continuing.

@@Cuahchic They're definitely tough. I don't fare well against high level Jyeeta (the second set of Xeno); they're basically the only things able to wipe my crew so I don't fight them. I fought against them in the storyline where they appear in my first playthrough, but I didn't fight them much in this one since I learned my lesson (and I wasn't really set up to fight much at that point). I think for fighting these xeno, you have to have a crew that 's prepared to battle, so having some crew that are specialized would be helpful. And they love to mess with your battle positions, so being able to adjust or hold your positions is important too so you don't waste initiative getting your swordsperson from the third row (for instance)! I'm sure the community has better tips than I do though. There are people who are very, very good at battling, and they play on much harder difficulties than I do!

@@streamsbystar Thanks for the reply! Yeah I found the same and to be honest I kept encountering them so it started to annoy me how powerful they were and it put me off continuing my campaign. Overall I find the ground combat not too bad, but the ship combat really annoys me - I always struggle unless I go straight for boarding which is generally my strategy.

@@Cuahchic Totally agree with you on boarding! I feel that since I have a good fighting squad, I'm only hurting myself if I'm not utilizing them everywhere I can! That's also a reason I like to have a shuttle craft as well. One advantage of having a big ship and big crew is that you can load up with Skip Off the Void talents so you don't have to fight if you don't want to. Just have to keep an eye on your fuel levels.