Of course it's a way to get money. That's why FDev does. Its business is making money.
New COVAS voice pack on the store (so new voice packs are going to be store items then)
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Of course it's a way to get money. That's why FDev does. Its business is making money.
Payment models are payment models. Don't support what you disagree with!
Welcome to free market.
u can go to play elite on Venezuela. but try to not starve there. xD
The patch notes state pretty clearly what's included: "New cockpit voice assistant - Victor added as an alternative to Verity" Note how it does not say a word about Celeste or any other additional content for that feature.
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The patch notes mentioned we were getting Victor as a new ship voice and Verity who we've already got. I dont believe the patch notes mention Celeste at all.
Also as it seems that they are going to be using some of HCS's work to build these new voice packs (bar Victor) then I fully understand them charging for it as they are using others work which they would presumably paid to use.
Regarding Celeste--is it just two new voices replacing the original, or do they also have new dialogue?
Just in addition to the original, I think, although the game may have new dialog anyway, I guess.
Is there an add-on that enables me to have my SLF NPC pilot shut up? I'd pay good money for that, or premium for a mute (text-only comms) pilot, no matter how ugly he/she/it looks like.
The non-stop mind-numbing chatter is super annoying.
The non-stop mind-numbing chatter is super annoying.
Thanks for the reminder...
I had forgotten that
What's the topic, I've forgotten?
Agreed. Out of curiosity, if you mute Non-Player Voice Comms in the audio options, does that mute the NPC pilot chatter? Obviously it will mute the traffic controllers as well.
Nope just the voice of your ship.
Humm, well it seems i am one of the few here who sees this as a money grab..
Could be becaouse i am very much against a payed for game doing what f2p games do.
Warframe and PAth of exile etc..
Cosmetics are also dlc that adds to my gameplay. So putting them behind a paywall is to me just as bad as paywalling a ship.
And the backers? Mehh.
The voice part was added to the patch content list, would this not meen that it should then also be part of that content? Not paywalled as dlc.
So why not add the new planet textures there as well?
Come at me knights!!
I'm really glad FD have decided not to paywall particular ships or modules, or anything else essential to gameplay.
That leaves cosmetics.
Surely no-one thinks everything in the store should be free?
I really don't understand why they haven't taken this opportunity to change this behaviour, both for the new voices and ideally for paint packs and ship kits. If the FD store was physical and not virtual they would literally be turning explorers away at the door. It makes no business sense whatsoever.
There is an argument (slim IMO but YMMV) that for some value of realism liveries should only be changeable in stations. Fair enough if you want to push the RP that far. But to not have the voices available is crazy. FD are effectively refusing players' money, or at least deferring its receipt until those players return their ships to civilisation and maybe decide they still want to buy. Has anyone ever raised this at a shareholder meeting?
I think it is a mistake to have these paid content cosmetic extras that have no effect in game tied to the Livery menu, thus limiting the consumers ability to actually use what they paid for, but I can stretch it for Paint Job and ship kits for ships, but for all the stuff in the cockpit such as bobbleheads, string lights, and now the voice packs? Those are things I am just not in the bubble nearly enough to ever make use of. The same can be said for the SRV paintjobs...it is stored on the inside of my ship...why can't I paint it during my deep space journeys?
What an incredibly apt avatar.
My thought exactly.
I don't actually like the new voicepack, but if I did I would happily pay the money. I've got VoiceAttack with a couple of the HCS packs already. In fact, thanks to this thread, I've now installed them again and look forward to testing them out later.