The Elite Dangerous cash trap awaiting noobs...

[Dan Bender]

20 quid to start the game without horizons is fair,
You can easily play more than 50+ hours before you need engineers or land on planets

If you really like the game after that, well you can buy horizons

Does not sound like a trap to me, horizons is not mandatory when you start to play

I agree here - Considering that even with Horizons, 99% of your time is doing the exact same thing in space everybody else is.

You can still haul all the cargo, as space stations take cargo.

You can still kill all the pirates, as these encounters occur in space.

You can still wing with your friends.

You can even still go exploring, as you might never even leave supercruise. supercruise. Low-level jumponium is available in rings.

You can even still PVP, but that is not recommended as you will be at a disadvantage. But PVP is the dark side anyway, so…

At any rate, the only thing that hampers you by not having Horizons is the lack of Engineers, and that is only a big deal when it comes to PVP and ultra-long-distance exploration. But there is plenty to do without, especially if you go into it with the mindset that you're only paying half the price in order to decide whether you like it enough to plunk down the extra 20. If you decide you like it, it's worth the extra money later. If you hate it…well, I've spent 20 on more games that I don't play than I'd like to admit.

 

[Nick Sticks]

Buy it from the Frontier Store when it's on sale.

ED + Horizons + all the included goodies = Elite Dangerous: CMDR Deluxe Edition

I got my 2nd Cmdr when there was a -33% sale on, now that's a bargain.

Elite Dangerous: CMDR Deluxe Edition FORC-FDEV-D-1023 1 £26.79
1
1 x Elite Dangerous £0.00 FORC-FDEV-D-1010
2
1 x Elite Dangerous: Horizons - Season Pass £0.00 FORC-FDEV-D-1013
3
1 x Sidewinder Vibrant Red £0.00 FORC_FDEV_V_SIDEWINDER_1018
4
1 x Sidewinder Vibrant Orange £0.00 FORC_FDEV_V_SIDEWINDER_1017
5
1 x Sidewinder Vibrant Yellow £0.00 FORC_FDEV_V_SIDEWINDER_1020
6
1 x Sidewinder Vibrant Green £0.00 FORC_FDEV_V_SIDEWINDER_1015
7
1 x Sidewinder Vibrant Blue £0.00 FORC_FDEV_V_SIDEWINDER_1016
8
1 x Sidewinder Vibrant Purple £0.00 FORC_FDEV_V_SIDEWINDER_1019
9
1 x Viper Mk III Shadow Sidestripe £0.00 FORC_FDEV_V_VIPER_1023
10
1 x Viper Mk III Blue Sidestripe £0.00 FORC_FDEV_V_VIPER_1024
11
1 x Viper Mk III Green Ridgenose £0.00 FORC_FDEV_V_VIPER_1022
12
1 x Viper Mk III Grey Ridgenose £0.00 FORC_FDEV_V_VIPER_1021
13
1 x Viper Mk III Orange Copperhead £0.00 FORC_FDEV_V_VIPER_1020
14
1 x Viper Mk III Red Copperhead £0.00 FORC_FDEV_V_VIPER_1019
15
1 x Cobra Mk III Military Desert Sand £0.00 FORC_FDEV_V_COBRA_1024
16
1 x Cobra Mk III Military Earth Yellow £0.00 FORC_FDEV_V_COBRA_1025
17
1 x Cobra Mk III Military Dark Green £0.00 FORC_FDEV_V_COBRA_1026
18
1 x Cobra Mk III Military Marine Blue £0.00 FORC_FDEV_V_COBRA_1027
19
1 x Cobra Mk III Military Sand £0.00 FORC_FDEV_V_COBRA_1028
20
1 x Cobra Mk III Military Earth Red £0.00 FORC_FDEV_V_COBRA_1029
Subtotal £26.79
Grand Total £26.79

https://www.frontierstore.net/games...elite-dangerous-commander-deluxe-edition.html

 

[CMDR Carbo]

ED (30.-) + horizons (30.-) is still cheaper than NMS (70.-). At least in my store.

 

[cTravisty]

Where did your friend manage to find ED without finding out about horizons? Every place I can think of to check/buy games from lists both.

 

[SP_Predicador]

I hope that in some point of 2018, there will be only one Elite Dangerous with Horizons included, so we all enjoy Beyond and improved core content. Then Frontier will sell accordingly, new paid content.

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

They offered Horizons in one package. Then people rioted which ended up FD splitting game and extension.

And extensions costs for other gamed too.

NMS is sigle player game.

SC does not exist and SQ42 and SC is sold separately.

 

[Tataboj]

Yeah, because in the age of free 2 play games, microtransactions with loot boxes and kickstarter games that never see the light of day, this is the biggest scam in the videogames industry.

 

[Demascus]

Yeah Some of us paid $40 for the base and then another $40 for Horizons before the whole "sale" botch up.

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

Yeah, because in the age of free 2 play games, microtransactions with loot boxes and kickstarter games that never see the light of day, this is the biggest scam in the videogames industry.

How dare entertaiment of hundred hours cost few cinema visits.

It costs money to make games. It really does.

 

[DD_Crash]

I thought it was going to be I need a Hotas, I need a new graphics card, I need an Oculus Rift, I need......

 

[Vardaugas]

I thought it was going to be I need a Hotas, I need a new graphics card, I need an Oculus Rift, I need......

All I need is a Datajack and then I can achieve complete immersion.

 

[Kizbot]

Elite Dangerous: Commander Deluxe edition has both Elite and Horizons plus comes with like £10 worth of skins for Sidewinder, cobra and viper. £27 during the sales. Christmas sales are coming in Dec. Good things come to those who wait.

 

[Vasea Azure]

Need I point out SC and No Man's Pie are both complete and not fractured purchases?

Except at this point and time you have to buy literally every single ship separately in order to fly them in SC

 

[Vardaugas]

Except at this point and time you have to buy literally every single ship separately in order to fly them in SC

Or stare at the jpeg and imagine what it would be like to fly them.

 

[Koen]

NMS is sigle player game.

Not anymore... kind of...

https://www.polygon.com/2017/8/14/16143918/no-mans-sky-meet-another-player-multiplayer

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

Not anymore... kind of...

https://www.polygon.com/2017/8/14/16143918/no-mans-sky-meet-another-player-multiplayer

It still is...kind of.

 

[Dutchman141]

So a friend a mine has been asking about Elite Dangerous... He told me he might buy on steam... £19.99. I had to tell him... That's not a complete game. You'd need to spend another £20 to be able to land on planets.

So of course he's not going to buy now. I don't blame him. It's a trap... Victim buys Elite Dangerous assuming it's a complete game then finds they need to spend another £20.

So how about ditching the old-outdated elite dangerous without planetary landings and other features.

There should be ONE version COMPLETE!

Need I point out SC and No Man's Pie are both complete and not fractured purchases?

Forty pounds for a game the size of ED, imho your friend is either a cheapskate or ED just isn't worth it's price to him.

Simple.

 

[grammatonfeather]

Missing the point entirely ain't you...

Firstly the idea that ED minus horizons is a "complete game" is hilarious. Elite is a work in progress and has years of development to go. Sure you can play ED without horizons where you're basically playing the original 80's game with nice graphics.

A noob wanting in on Elite doesn't know he can't land on planets unless he spends another £20. I'm not saying friend wouldn't spend £40... but it's still pointless selling ED without the ability to land on planets. Neither ED or Horizons are complete.

Also it doesn't matter whether no man's pie is a good game or a crap game. The point is when you buy it you're buying all of the crap game not just half.

 

[lysan]

What about those who cant get Horizons on their super duper all singing all dancing iMacs?

Coming to an iPhone near you,

Watch this space--------> o o

 

[krylite]

Or stare at the jpeg and imagine what it would be like to fly them.

when the SC mvp early access blowup boils over, RSI/CIG to help cut down the claims lawsuits, should placate the whales with giving out the models of the ships they paid for so they can load them up , rotate them or make youtube videos with them.