Xbox One GPP to full game details - PLEASE READ

Zac Antonaci

Head of Communications
Frontier
Hi all,

As many of you will know we're going to be moving from the Game Preview Program to the full launch on Tuesday October 6.

There are a few pieces of important information for you to know so please have a read of the details below. If you have any questions pop them on this thread and we'll do our best to answer them and add them at the bottom for all to see.
At launch the servers will be down from 8am BST for approximately 6 hours while the final update is migrated. We’ll post any changes to these times on our forum.

Here is a list of things that will happen when your account transitions into the full game. Again, if you have any questions, just ask.

New Commander accounts will start with a credit balance of 1,000 – existing Commanders will keep their current credit balance.

The following ships become locked to purchase unless you have the correct Rank:

  • Imperial Courier
  • Imperial Clipper
  • Federation Dropship
  • Federation Assault Ship
  • Federation Gunship

Everything else will be copied as it has been for previous GPP updates :-

  • Current Missions will expire
  • Unsold exploration data will be removed and credited
  • Exploration history will be lost, including any first discovered planets (This does mean that you could get more credits from exploring everything again)
  • Keep the location that you last logged out from
  • Keep all Ships, Modules, Cargo, Damage and Fuel
  • Keep Ranks for Exploration, Trade, Combat and CQC
  • Keep Powerplay Rating, Merits and Duration spent at that rating
  • Keep Minor Faction reputation
  • Keep Bounties, Fines, Vouchers and Permits.
  • Keep Statics - Balance, Combat, Crime, Smuggling, Trading, Mining, Exploration, CQC Stats


Updated answers:

Info about the download...

The download will be 5.3gig and the download will be available while the servers are down so you can get ready to jump straight into the full version!

Will I keep my Naval Rank?

Yes, this will follow you through to the full game

What about ships that I don't have the rank for?

If you own the ship already you will keep the ship. If you die, you will not get the ship back. Unless you have insurance. Where you will get the ship back. :)


Thanks,

Zac
 
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Stealth finger

Stealth finger
So if I'm in a fed assault ship I'll keep it now? What happens if I'm not the right rank for it?

Also, will any additional CQC maps be added?
 
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remowilliams

R
Wow that's better than expected, excellent!

Also should nicely take care of everyone being jammed into one system and the grieferlolz that would result.
 

Ozric

Volunteer Moderator
Ozric
Stealth finger said:
So if I'm in a fed assault ship I'll keep it now? What happens if I'm not the right rank for it?

Also, will any additional CQC maps be added?
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@Zac I honestly think that you would need to take the ships away and credit them for them, otherwise you will have everyone buying all of the ships they can now, so they can keep them even though they should not be able to fly them.

I think it's worth pointing out too (unless you wish to correct me) that with the First Discovered bonus for exploration you are now sharing the same background simulation with the PC and Mac versions, which means that all of the bodies that have already been discovered by us will be taken.
 

Ladykilla01

L
Kind of torn now. Great news for ranks but the ship keeping kind of foils the plans I had going. Why of why did I buy a t9 to trade with until reset. Gotta go get my Python back lol
 

Groucho UK

Groucho UK
Great news, do you have any details of the universe we share with PC, we will be able to take part in the same activities like the recent Hutton mug community goal.
Shame I left a couple of ships in the middle of no-where thinking I would get credits for them later, looks like I'll have to retrieve them to sell. :)
 

AkimuMC

AkimuMC
Amazing! Thank you so much. I truly appreciate the effort to keep us where we are.

Did Power Play cycle today? (At work, can't log in to check)
 

[VR] Tanais

[VR] Tanais
Thanks for the update and great news on the keeping ships.

One question though. If I keep my ships which I don't currently have the rank to buy, and they then get destroyed in battle, can I still re-buy with the insurance as I can at the moment or is that ship then lost to me until I attain the correct rank?
 

xondk

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Ladykilla01 said:
Kind of torn now. Great news for ranks but the ship keeping kind of foils the plans I had going. Why of why did I buy a t9 to trade with until reset. Gotta go get my Python back lol
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You can get it again, just need to grind the rank, its not 'that' bad.
 

Mephane

Mephane
Zac Antonaci said:
The following ships become locked to purchase unless you have the correct Rank:

  • Imperial Courier
  • Imperial Clipper
  • Federation Dropship
  • Federation Assault Ship
  • Federation Gunship
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Does this mean the Imperial Eagle won't be rank-locked on PC and Mac as well?

Ozric said:
@Zac I honestly think that you would need to take the ships away and credit them for them, otherwise you will have everyone buying all of the ships they can now, so they can keep them even though they should not be able to fly them.
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I agree, the rank-locked ships at least need to be removed and refuned, otherwise there'll be a mad rush to grab them now in order to bypass the rank requirement.
 
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EISENHORN01

EISENHORN01
I was rather looking forward to us all being at the same station at the restart and seeing the mad dash out of it by all the boxers about to go show the PC brigade they're so last year
 

GG7

G
Shamefaced said:
Keeping ships. Superb!
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Could not agree more! This is FANTASTIC NEWS!! :D

I was always a little worried about the lump sum idea because of the potential for accuracy issues with what we were actually owed. Even if everything went 100% smoothly, I have no doubt that there would still be questions about whether all the CR that was owed to us was indeed credited back properly.

I was worried enough that I have been keeping a photographic record of my stats so that if I found any discrepancies I would have tangible proof of precisely what all my various CR asset balances were. I am relieved that we will no longer have to worry about this!

I think I will continue to keep a record of all my various stats, but now I am going to focus on documenting my ship ownership. Its not that I don't trust the crew at FD to get everything right, it is just the nature of large transitions like this that scare me. ;)

But based on everything I have read in Zac's original post, it looks like I have nothing to worry about! I've got all the ranks required for any rank restricted ships I own.

Looks like the only area we need to be mindful of on the eve of the transition is to make sure that we have completed all outstanding missions in our "Transaction" section. Namely, those all need to be completed and closed, and that we should refrain from accepting any new BB mission that we can't finish before the 6th.
 
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