There is 2 things vanity item are used for, look at them and show them. You cant do either in Elite. Might want to focus on dashboard items at this point.
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The Paint Job Prices, Pretty Hefty Yeah?
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There is 2 things vanity item are used for, look at them and show them. You cant do either in Elite. Might want to focus on dashboard items at this point.
Um, other people can see your paintjobs you know
Probably not the only one, but I find them to be fine (and I'd not complain if my favorite ship(s) got new paints too, would buy - just like I've bought for cobra, etc).
I think you missed the comments where nobody in the game spends the time to look at your paint. Most people only encounter other players in stations, and most people are too busy to focus on other players and just want to get in and get out - and if a player interdicts you the last thing they'll do is admire your paint... Chances are they'll shoot your face off, not once looking at your paintjob. And there's not really a "friends" system to this game, and the game is simply way to large and spread apart to just "hang out with your friends" in it because they can't just instawarp to you from 40 lightyears away in a given moment. If you tell your friend "yeah we'll hang out" chances are they or you will have to wait 4 hours before you can get to the same system because jumping is time consuming and expensive.
A good paint job is something I think Frontier have got totally wrong. If they had half a brain they would of given people a paint colour of their choice. I mean how many people out there would want a Pink ship, or a Florescent yellow ship.
Personally I would love them to allow you to paint your own ships how you like. Use game credits to make design and real money for paints. For example $2 per colour. The more colours the more pain. But 1 tin of paint does the same patten on ships of all sizes. When you change pattens you need to top up your pain, $0.50 per colour.
Just think how many people will be out there with their own cool looking ships.
Personally I would love them to allow you to paint your own ships how you like. Use game credits to make design and real money for paints. For example $2 per colour. The more colours the more pain. But 1 tin of paint does the same patten on ships of all sizes. When you change pattens you need to top up your pain, $0.50 per colour.
Just think how many people will be out there with their own cool looking ships.
You are entitiled to think I have a screw loose (I probably have a few loose LOL)
For me the MAIN POINT of buying the skins is not so much vanity (Sure I look forward to when we can view our ships externally weather it be by drones or eva suit) but more for actually throwing support money at Frontier, this is their business model and I for one would rather buy maybe 1 or 2 skins a month when I feel like it than pay a subscription, the subscription costs was part of the reason I quit playing WOW after 4 years as really how much was invested in that game over that time for what towards the end I was getting back out of it was not worth it in the end.
As for ED I know there is more content to come, I know there are also more features to come and these will cost money for frontier to produce, so if buying some skins helps towards that, excellent
Also I prefer to not have PAY TO WIN or PAY TO GET AHEAD games because ultimately that robs enjoyment from those who cannot pay and so any PAY FOR items should actually NOT impact on the game at all
Thanks...
The prices are fine, unless you are a kid with nothing more than pocket money, but to them I would say get off your backside and get a part time job. Seriously, anyone not in education complaining about the current price of skins probably needs to get their priorities straight and stop playing computer games if money is that tight.
I have nothing against people that pay for these things. We all have different priorities in life. Paying 200 pounds in kick starter for this game was a dissison I was happy to make but paying 10 pounds for a set of paint jobs that I can't see really goes against my beliefs. Like I said, we all have different priorities.
This is a common fallacy in this discussion. People either assume that everyone makes a thousand dollar paycheck with minimum bills, or everyone is unemployed and too lazy to get a job. People such as you never take account of realism and only a true adult would see that. People work, people have bills, people have other priorities. Someone can purchase something in their life while still playing this game while having a job. But lets say they had a choice of something that's five dollars that will last them years, or a piece of content in a game that will last them years at the same price. The variables are endless and you count none of them. For instance I work a job, and I'm also a full time student. I have bills, and I pay bills. If I find something I like in the game, which offers very little for a rather uncomfortable price, then that is simply a thing - and that thing is a fact because it is a thing. Yeah 5-17 dollars isn't a lot for a lot of people, but for a lot of people it is more than a lot.
Well said. Absolutely right.
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for some one who live on ssi 733 a month im able to pay my bill and get a game like this with a few add on try again
I think they are adequately priced, especially considering there is only one $17 skin and that's a gold one, it's supposed to be luxurious lol. I got ship skins more to show off to other commanders than anything else. Got the stars and stripes on my viper, wish i could blast that "real american" song over the comms lol.
In some places to some people 733 a month is desirable, and I'd assume after bills, it's still more than 10-30 dollars sure. But what about people who make less than 733 a month. Perhaps... 500, 400 dollars, 300 for some people. There are probably even children who play this game which only get a small allowance because they can't get an actual job. I'm not saying to pry, I'm just stating facts.
So... FD is supposed to price their products so that kids can afford them out of their pocket money? How they gonna pay their designers with 25 cent paintjobs?
You guys do realise that you don't need to buy one of these things to play right?
I don't think people understand the concept of "nickel and diming" here... These things are optional.
In today's gaming world where games are always evolving and changing with each iteration, the concept of "pay for game, play, done" is over. Move on. IF you want that kind of world again, say goodbye to updates, content patches, or anything that furthers the quality of the game. It simply won't happen without a secondary and auxiliary revenue stream.
Companies are in the business of making money and producing a product that customers are willing to buy. They are NOT in the business of stroking your ego, appealing to your delicate sensibilities regarding your financial situation, or to pad the proverbial world for you so you aren't tempted to spend more money. In fact, that last point is the exact opposite thing companies do. They want to entice you to spend more money on their products. That's just how things work.
In today's gaming world where games are always evolving and changing with each iteration, the concept of "pay for game, play, done" is over. Move on. IF you want that kind of world again, say goodbye to updates, content patches, or anything that furthers the quality of the game. It simply won't happen without a secondary and auxiliary revenue stream.
Companies are in the business of making money and producing a product that customers are willing to buy. They are NOT in the business of stroking your ego, appealing to your delicate sensibilities regarding your financial situation, or to pad the proverbial world for you so you aren't tempted to spend more money. In fact, that last point is the exact opposite thing companies do. They want to entice you to spend more money on their products. That's just how things work.
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Skins are great, a nice way for the Devs to keep the money trickling in after the initial release funding slowly dries up, I would happily purchase them so that it helps the game get fleshed out a bit more than it is atm, but alas if I cant actually see my nice shiny ship in some type of external view I find it hard to justify purchasing them.
Thats not to say I wont purchase 1 or 2.
Thats not to say I wont purchase 1 or 2.
