This will be both a poll, and a question towards Frontier.
Why can't we create multiple Commanders on the same account, Frontier? You've changed the 'new game experience' so much from when I began playing (just after launch) and I will never experience it, unless I completely delete 'Brimstone AVM' and start a new life, or buy a whole new account with a different e-mail address with Horizons included. New players have the option of starting on a planet surface, or a starport (from what I gather) not to mention the new player experience has been tweaked a bit as well. I want to taste that feeling again, starting out in a Sidewinder with only 1000 credits to my name, and put the experience I have towards a fresh and new beginning. At the same time, I don't want to dump everything I've achieved as 'Brimstone AVM' because I have achieved so much.
I payed for this game, and Horizons with the loyalty discount. $60 for the base game, and then $45 for Horizons. 105 smackaroos, for just one commander experience.
Now, let's look at a few free-to-play games. Star Trek Online, where the only paid content is premium ships, allows you to create atleast 3 or 4 characters, with more' character slots' being a purchasable item. You get to experience all of the content in the game.
Path of Exile, another *very* great free-to-play game, allows you to make tons of characters, with the only paid content being cosmetic items, additional bank inventory, and other things. You can experience all of the content in the game without having to spend a dime.
Hell, even Battlestar Galactica allows you to create as many characters as you want, all you have to do is make a new e-mail now and then.
Now, I am not asking that Frontier turn Elite Dangerous into a free to play game. That is not what I personally would like Elite to become. I am asking for the ability to create multiple commanders, so that I may play different experiences, under different names. Maybe I can make a pirate. Maybe I can make a total RP character and nerd out. Maybe I can just be an Anoos and kill people.
Look, I already paid a ton of money for this game, more than I've ever spent on any other game in my life. But most games that I've played before, they allow you to have multiple 'saves' or multiple characters. It depresses me that this game doesn't allow this.
So here is where the poll comes in.
Would you like to have multiple Commanders to one account?
TLDR: Other games let me make multiple dudes. Why can't I make multiple dudes in Elite without paying more money?
Edit: This is Obsidian Ant: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtiq6FTXiFKQm-wqMuRijgA
He is a Youtuber for Elite, and he has multiple accounts doing multiple things. There was a joke where he makes up most of the player base, because he plays the game so much, and stuff. He's and awesome guy though, and godbless him for his contributions.
Why can't we create multiple Commanders on the same account, Frontier? You've changed the 'new game experience' so much from when I began playing (just after launch) and I will never experience it, unless I completely delete 'Brimstone AVM' and start a new life, or buy a whole new account with a different e-mail address with Horizons included. New players have the option of starting on a planet surface, or a starport (from what I gather) not to mention the new player experience has been tweaked a bit as well. I want to taste that feeling again, starting out in a Sidewinder with only 1000 credits to my name, and put the experience I have towards a fresh and new beginning. At the same time, I don't want to dump everything I've achieved as 'Brimstone AVM' because I have achieved so much.
I payed for this game, and Horizons with the loyalty discount. $60 for the base game, and then $45 for Horizons. 105 smackaroos, for just one commander experience.
Now, let's look at a few free-to-play games. Star Trek Online, where the only paid content is premium ships, allows you to create atleast 3 or 4 characters, with more' character slots' being a purchasable item. You get to experience all of the content in the game.
Path of Exile, another *very* great free-to-play game, allows you to make tons of characters, with the only paid content being cosmetic items, additional bank inventory, and other things. You can experience all of the content in the game without having to spend a dime.
Hell, even Battlestar Galactica allows you to create as many characters as you want, all you have to do is make a new e-mail now and then.
Now, I am not asking that Frontier turn Elite Dangerous into a free to play game. That is not what I personally would like Elite to become. I am asking for the ability to create multiple commanders, so that I may play different experiences, under different names. Maybe I can make a pirate. Maybe I can make a total RP character and nerd out. Maybe I can just be an Anoos and kill people.
Look, I already paid a ton of money for this game, more than I've ever spent on any other game in my life. But most games that I've played before, they allow you to have multiple 'saves' or multiple characters. It depresses me that this game doesn't allow this.
So here is where the poll comes in.
Would you like to have multiple Commanders to one account?
TLDR: Other games let me make multiple dudes. Why can't I make multiple dudes in Elite without paying more money?
Edit: This is Obsidian Ant: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtiq6FTXiFKQm-wqMuRijgA
He is a Youtuber for Elite, and he has multiple accounts doing multiple things. There was a joke where he makes up most of the player base, because he plays the game so much, and stuff. He's and awesome guy though, and godbless him for his contributions.
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