Should FD Sell the Ships in a Shop?

Should FD Sell the Ships from the Shop

  • Yes

    Votes: 80 17.4%

  • No

    Votes: 379 82.6%
  • Total voters
    459
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Sim Maker

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Hi All
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Some people have lots of time.......and maybe not so much money?........for them, they can grind their way to new ships.........and to mention Payable downloads is like the ultimate sin.......
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For myself, I am sat in front of a machine for my working day, and I have no desire to "grind" in front of one in the evenings.......have fun? yes...grind? no chance........however, I do have pleanty of real world credits, called "pounds".....
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Any chance that FD can sell the ships in the store for people who do not have the time to grind out millions of credits? I have some REAL credits you can have instead...... :cool:.
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I dont see buying the ships as "Pay to Win".....as others can just grind to the same ship, there is no "bonus weapon" for a cash purchase.....just simple logic......some people have time and can grind, some people dont have the time but have cash......can FD please all?
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Cheers.
 

Mufus

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Sim Maker said:
Hi All
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Some people have lots of time.......and maybe not so much money?........for them, they can grind their way to new ships.........and to mention Payable downloads is like the ultimate sin.......
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For myself, I am sat in front of a machine for my working day, and I have no desire to "grind" in front of one in the evenings.......have fun? yes...grind? no chance........however, I do have pleanty of real world credits, called "pounds".....
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Any chance that FD can sell the ships in the store for people who do not have the time to grind out millions of credits? I have some REAL credits you can have instead...... :cool:.
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I dont see buying the ships as "Pay to Win".....as others can just grind to the same ship, there is no "bonus weapon" for a cash purchase.....just simple logic......some people have time and can grind, some people dont have the time but have cash......can FD please all?
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Cheers.
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FD have stated categorically that they would not allow the purchase of advantageous items for cash. I hope they stick with this as while I sympaphise, the game is in the journey and while you may not abuse the option, others will. Currently it's a very boring and grindy journey but hopefully that will improve.

However I can't see how later expansions won't change things and give advantages for the players that have the expansions compared to those that don't.
 

Sim Maker

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CAN I JUST ADD.......I play in Solo...and have only played in Solo (Devs can confirm if they wish)...........I should have said....sorry............ :)
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Maybe the dynamics are different in Open, that would be for open players to discuss......
 

Fian

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This would really damage the game imo.

If someone is powerful in the game i want to know that they "earned" that power in the game.

I also have plenty of IRL credits to spare, but if such an option were introduced not only would i never use it, it would diminish my enjoyment of the game significantly to know others could have.

If the IRL bought ships were marked as such that would help ameliorate, but not remove, those concerns.
 

Sim Maker

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Fian said:
This would really damage the game imo.

If someone is powerful in the game i want to know that they "earned" that power in the game.

I also have plenty of IRL credits to spare, but if such an option were introduced not only would i never use it, it would diminish my enjoyment of the game significantly to know others could have.

If the IRL bought ships were marked as such that would help ameliorate, but not remove, those concerns.
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I play in Solo, I could not give a toss about the "In Game" pretendy pecking order...........and how do you know the "Power" in game was not earned by some trader banging out rares during the bug phase when there were no limits and they made 100s of Millions?

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sensai25 said:
No way.

This is not PAY TO WIN.

For this try Starthing....
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The problem is "GRIND TO WIN" is going to end up with Empty servers.....players will get bored and move on...............or have you not been watching the forums?
 

natte hond

natte hond
ehrm I think that would lead to great frustration.
cos you then haven't learned to fly.
losing your then very expensive ship would lead to rage quits.

so NO..
 

Skip Intro

Skip Intro
How about you can buy a ship, but it's locked to Solo Mode? Not Open, nor Group, just Solo. Then you can't have any effect on the rest of the playerbase.

Don't tell me about the 'background simulation' being affected as it's very 'hand tooled' at the moment and no-one died.
 

willowfan

willowfan
Devil's Refugee said:
Then you crash the ship and don't have enough money for insurance and come on the forum whining about how you paid real money to own the best ship for 5 minutes...

No.
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No for the reason above. The same rules for insurance cover etc should apply. Otherwise it is pay to win
 

Sim Maker

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Fian said:
This would really damage the game imo.

If someone is powerful in the game i want to know that they "earned" that power in the game.

I also have plenty of IRL credits to spare, but if such an option were introduced not only would i never use it, it would diminish my enjoyment of the game significantly to know others could have.

If the IRL bought ships were marked as such that would help ameliorate, but not remove, those concerns.
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Define "Damage the game".......make it unfair in your eyes as some players have all the time in the world? Uneployed, retired, whatever.....where as others dont?................
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Or do you mean "Damage the game" in that we are seeing 10-20 posts from miffed players in the past 24hrs, with 100s agreeing with them, that the game is booooooring grind to get to the next thing.
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There is NOTHING you can "DO" in this game, that you can't do, with a Viper or Cobra........for me, that means I am done where I am as I have both.................Have done res and bounty hunting, did rares and trading (yawn) I;m now exploring......so that is kind of "it"............the next thing to keep me here, is the ships............but I will not grind for them. Would rather spend that much time making REAL money in the real world.........you know?
 

RedWizzard

RedWizzard
They won't: they've said as much and too many players would object. But personally I think they should. There will be people selling their accounts (or grinding services) anyway, FD might as well making it official and be the ones to profit from it.

What I would object to is anything non-cosmetic that was only available for real money. Everything should be purchasable for credits in game.
 

Forzeti

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Sim Maker said:
Hi All
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Some people have lots of time.......and maybe not so much money?
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Some people have neither.
So now, the prices of ships are not only a consideration of game balance, but also how much money the developer indends to make off a specific ship.
This concept is not part of a well-designed game. It's a part of mobile games and EA games.
Take a look at the gaming landscape to get an impression what kind of games incorporate those.
If you think that it takes too long to afford more expensive ships, then the issue is solved by adjusting the balance of the game, not the balance of any person's bank account.

I'm glad, though. I don't hink FD is going to do this.
 
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