What would you say to backers who are concerned that there's no point in getting ships like the Caterpillar or Retaliator because the Constellation looks like it will be the "best" ship to have?asked by Beer4TheBeerGod

I would say that that's silly because I don't think there is a best ship in the game. They're all going to have different pros and cons. We're deliberately designing things so there is no "best" ship. So something like the Caterpillar for instance, if you're more into trying to board a bigger ship to take them over, a Caterpillar is definitely better for that than a Constellation. But also, all the different ships are going to have different pros and cons. So for instance, bigger ships are cool because you can have multiple people on them, you can have turrets, walk around, but bigger ships, just like in real life, won't be able to turn as fast or be as maneuverable as a smaller ships will be. There isn't really a best for anything. There may be a best for this particular role, but I think that's the beauty of Star Citizen. There are lots of different roles, lots of different things you can do. We're very focused on having different roles and functions for the ships, so there will be different kinds of play styles all based on what you want to do. So that's what I'm most looking forward to in the game: To have this whole variety of ships and somebody may just want to be flying single seater ships and focusing on dogfighting, people may want to be multiplayer, co-op, bigger ships doing exploration, or trading runs, or whatever. I think there is going to be a vast amount of play and it will be a lot of fun for everyone.