Worth buying now?
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Yes, buy now. And take also the expansion pack. you will make a good deal. And in addition you will be accounted among the backers
We don't know if it will go up, but it won't go down for some time that's for sure. It's good investment, as you will be able to play game as soon as summer.
Welcome to the forum.
Of course the final descision is up to you but as mentioned the expansion pass does seem to offer excellent value for money.
If you are unsure on which package is best for you, have a read of the info thread in my signature line.
Have fun on the forum.
Of course the final descision is up to you but as mentioned the expansion pass does seem to offer excellent value for money.
Elite: Dangerous - Expansion Pass
Quick Overview
Get your hands all major downloadable expansion packs
for Elite: Dangerous!
We intend to continue expanding the game with both new content and new features such as planetary landings and ship boarding. The Expansion Pass includes automatic access to all major Elite: Dangerous expansion packs.
Available for both PC and Mac, although release dates for expansions may vary between platforms.
IMPORTANT: Requires the Elite: Dangerous game. The
Expansion Pass is not a standalone product. (Both the Elite: Dangerous Alpha and Premium Beta products include an expansion pass.)
If you are unsure on which package is best for you, have a read of the info thread in my signature line.
Have fun on the forum.
I'd say hang fire and wait to see what the Premium Beta is like.
Alpha IMO even considering the new lures for buying Alpha now isn't worth it (£200 or $350 for a month or so of Alpha access, plus first access to Beta build (boo) and 50% off insurance (hiss) is still way expensive)
£100 or $150 for Premium Beta + the expansions isn't too bad a value but if you can wait you can get standard Beta access and the expansions for £85.
Alpha IMO even considering the new lures for buying Alpha now isn't worth it (£200 or $350 for a month or so of Alpha access, plus first access to Beta build (boo) and 50% off insurance (hiss) is still way expensive)
£100 or $150 for Premium Beta + the expansions isn't too bad a value but if you can wait you can get standard Beta access and the expansions for £85.
I've never paid £70 for any software, let alone an indie game. Not a chance.
I'll wait and see thanks.
Have you not?
Not even including expansions? (which is what that price range is including)
You're supporting the game either way, whether you prepurchase the regular package or get alpha. But of course you don't get more game if you get the alpha. Think of the 200 pound price tag as more of a donation.
What we have in the Alpha right now looks and feels really solid now though (despite the usual alpha bugs), so if I were you I'd preorder in a heartbeat, complete with the expansion pack. That's the best bang for the buck you can get right now.
What we have in the Alpha right now looks and feels really solid now though (despite the usual alpha bugs), so if I were you I'd preorder in a heartbeat, complete with the expansion pack. That's the best bang for the buck you can get right now.
I double dare you!
Real men have tried EVERYTHINGeek at least once... And no, I don't want to elaborate...
Real men have tried EVERYTHING
eek at least once... And no, I don't want to elaborate...Stachel
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Heck no. £70 .. for a video game?
As much as I want to play a great new Elite installment, we haven't seen anything to justify that kind of price tag yet. The most I have ever spent on a single game was probably Skyrim (£40 for game + 1 the one expansion I didn't torrent). Even then I wish I had just torrented it all as it was parp. Crusader Kings 2 cost £19.99 iirc when released and the expansions were ok for the first year or so but then they started charging more and more for less and less so once again, off we went to the pirate bay for it all!
I think, with respect, having been burned more times than I can remember on game pre-orders, £70 down now is silly money. £100-200 for Alpha? Buying HOTAS and VR headsets etc? Really?? There's a reason there's only a few hundred people on this forum getting all excited about overly simplistic pew and a few jurassic textures.
Far more depth in the gameplay (fly here trade, shoot some guy in a circle turning arc using gimballed weapons yawn) and proof of all the ambitious concepts they stated in DDF is needed before I warm up my paypal account for sure. I'm pretty certain many thousands of others have had a look and said no ta. This forum isn't very .. representative. In fact I lost interest in it in a big way when they went all apartheid soon after the Kickstarter ended. I don't think thats 'welcoming' and providing a pathetic dribble of media and updates and asking me to pay huge sums to feel part of the buzz and access the various forums was just lame. Since then I am very much with the silent majority of wait and see folks who ignore the hype and focus on whats actually being offered/delivered.
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Heck no. £70 .. for a video game?
You obviously never played a subscription based MMO then...
Stachel
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You obviously never played a subscription based MMO then...
Grind and spiders? Second job you have to pay for? Middle management induction course? Only EVE. And that was fun precisely because it was intellectually challenging and I could subsist quite comfortably by torturing then eating the poor. Dangerous looks weak sauce compared to EVE in many core gameplay areas. They have intentionally removed all edge and made it impossible to fail. That kind of game is fun enough in the proper context but it gets old fast. As things stand I am not prepared to drop silly money on it (yet).
I think when you reach a certain age you tend to grow out of fanboi nonsense and learn through bitter experience that its always best to be patient and objective about purchases. Especially after reading the DDF archive.
I've never paid £70 for any software, let alone an indie game. Not a chance.
I'll wait and see thanks.
Look at you, coming on here being all sensible and consumer savvy, no cares about Alpha and Beta arguments for you just waiting until the game is released then checking the reviews to see if its actually any good before you part with any cash.
Well Lar-De-Dar how very 2012 sensible of you
We'll see... but if you have played EVE for anytime longer then half a year, you already payed more then 70 bucks for a game... I mean, I don't really think you could pay for the game via farmed PLEX by then, no?
Anyway, believing in a project - you know, as a responsible adult of a certain age - and blind fanboyism aren't quite the same thing, in my opinion...
As mentioned before - these prices has to be seen as donations. And yes, this a lot of money.
If you are interested in flight sims like X-Plane you will get to these prices quite fast - besides hardware (Hotas, Pedals, TrackIR/Occulus, MFDs,...) also for software, be it planes, airports, addons (advanced FMS...), real navigation data (Navigraph), charts, etc.pp.
In fact this question can't be answered in a general manner. You simply have to ask yourself if it is worth to YOU, is the risk bearable for YOU, are YOU willing to support the development by donation and finally are you able to pay that price.
For me the decision was not so easy but finally answered these question with yes - but this is my personal decision.
So - to come back to the original question: Yes, I think it is worth!
Other say "no" and thats equally correct to my opinion.
Have fun!
Stachel
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Look at you, coming on here being all sensible and consumer savvy, no cares about Alpha and Beta arguments for you just waiting until the game is released then checking the reviews to see if its actually any good before you part with any cash.
Well Lar-De-Dar how very 2012 sensible of you
I'm not judging you. I'm just pointing out that I am not too fussed. A lot of people out there are not too fussed. Hence why this forum has 150 odd people on it. Also, with respect, people who purchase based off reviews kinda defeats the point doesn't it? They are all bought and paid for anyway. You make up your own mind based on how much it costs vs how much you think you will enjoy it. I long since opted out of 'feeling excited' about it. Which is handy because I was excluded from even reading about most of it because I'm an unwashed prole who couldn't afford/didn't want to spend a fortune on the KS.
Apartheid?
What do you mean by that? Not having a pop, just interested.
Private forums. Restricted information. Forum cliques. Rampant Jones'ism. Core decisions on gameplay features made behind closed doors, in closed discussion with KS backers that wanted a very particular kind of gameplay to the exclusion of everyone else etc.
I joined a pirate corp based in Aunenen in my second week with iirc 1.5m sp (you started with that much back then). I moved on to Pandemic Legion about a year later. I made all my PLEX from blowing up people and salvaging their stuff. Or scamming them and then blowing them up and salvaging their stuff. Or stealing all their BPOS from the corp hangar. Ocassionally ransoms but less so after 2005. But yes, its conceivable I have invested more than £70 in EVE over the years. Supercaps aren't free. Or at least they weren't. When I rmt'd all my isk and sold my accounts I recouped almost all of it. So how comparable that is to retail purchasing or just giving millionaires my hard earned money with no conditions and no return of investment (KS lol) who then float their companies for a hundred million quid a year later etc. Not sure.
Well, part of somer backers tiers was inclusion into the decision making progress. Of course that's only for people who wanted to engage in it and felt up to support the game in terms of putting money in it. I did, but I did not engage in the process, because I think that David is going to lead that whole thing in the right direction.
Nevertheless, just before the last announcement I jumped in with additional 50 punds for alpha access, and well - now I'm filing bug reports and actually paying even more in terms of time dedicated to testing. After all, E
has cost me so far a few hours of testing and a lot of money (backing, alpha upgrade and also hardware upgrades like graphics card and HOTAS gear).I personally feel it's worth it. But honestly, this a totally subjective point of view, since Elite was one of the first games I played when I was young. Said that, i joined very late, buying a used copy of Elite for PC in the early 90ies from long saved pocket money. I was extremely dissapointed by Frontier & First Encounters (physics made me left drifting in open space without fuel after fights more often than not, which was extremely annoying), and now E
is going into the right direction (my point of view), which is a huge thing for me. I feel like that kid back then again when I help testing the Alpha, and I see that what will come out will be a true and worthy successor.So, coming back to the question:
If you feel that you make a good bargain by buying now, perhaps taking the expansion pass with you, then yes, go for it. If you feel it's too expensive, and you don't actually want to put that money in - then don't do it.
Well, as an opportunistic, self centered and turbo capitalistic sociopath (aka your everage "successful" EVE player) you should be familiar with stuff like that. no?
Just kidding... kinda... I have been playing EVE for close to 8 years myself, and it has it's own problems, as a concept... many many problems... and players have hardly any influence on anything that happens behind CCPs closed doors... yea yea, there is the CM... don't make me laugh.
So, in comparison, I think FD is doing a good job so far... that's why I think my money well spent, for now.
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