I won't argue the point but I did not have access to the Cobra IV until after I had Horizons.
Where is the paid 'content' LEP holder get for 'free'
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Sorry, do you mean the chargable DLC that's supposedly coming out around Q4 this year?
And then of course in 2019 I assume ED 4.0 will come out which will be chargable?
I suspect/hope either the Q4 DLC or ED 4.0 will be atmospheric landings...
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It could also very well be they are one and the same thing.
Yes, it was given to all players who bought ED in it's first year on PC and Xbox, who also bought horizons.
Which is why my post was clearly speculation, it's like the timeline wait and see is the sensible approach.
Are you sure. I thought the Cobra Mk4 was a Horizons pre-order exclusive. The Viper Mk4 was for getting the Beta in the original game. It was all confusing at the time.
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It came out with Horizons, and it sounds like, was only available if you bought Horizons (open to correction on that of course).
"Existing players will also unlock the exclusive Cobra Mk IV ship in Elite Dangerous: Horizons. The Cobra Mk IV will be available in the game only to players who joined us in the first year – forever. It’s our ‘thank you’ for your faith in the game, and you’ll see more of the Cobra Mk IV in Friday’s Peek Of The Week." - https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/node/247
Yup. It's very difficult to tell what it will be like.
Oh, right, yep.
I wasn't sure, so I double-checked. It was open to Horizon's pre-order but only if you had bought ED within it's first year.
Well, as an Lep owner myself, I don’t think it would go amiss if FD threw us a paintjob or something with every “free” update. Seems only fair. Speaking of which, weren’t we supposed to get something for staying with the newsletter? I hate to think they are just going to forget these offers they’ve made once they have already gotten what they wanted.
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It will need to be something meaty, not just some created "LEP Specific" nonsense and a decal.
Wait and see has been the approach for the last four years and it's been counterproductive for the game progression, but very productive for the development of Frontier itself.
Now it's time to plug that created revenue, back into the game and catch up.
There's a lot of catching up to do.
That was the Conda paintjob, I think they said we'd be getting that in November.
Typical FDev to make it as confusing as possible.
True! I hadn't considered that, probably because of the way FD have mentioned it...
But from a calendar POV it may not look likely?
eg: 3.1 has just come out... Say 3.2 in Aug/Sep? So 3.3 in Nov/Dec?
IMHO it would seem to make sense if the DLC was released in parallel with 3.3 almost as an optional exta. Sort of like, the improvements in exploration in 3.3, allow you to find and then land on atmospheric worlds offerd in the DLC
I guess 4.0 could be released in Nov/Dec instead of a DLC almost on the toes of 3.3? Guess we'll see...
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Yep, for a ship I will likely never use.
True! I hadn't considered that, probably because of the way FD have mentioned it...
But from a calendar POV it may not look likely?
eg: 3.1 has just come out... Say 3.2 in Aug/Sep? So 3.3 in Nov/Dec?
IMHO it would seem to make sense if the DLC was released in parallel with 3.3 almost as an optional exta. Sort of like, the improvements in exploration in 3.3, allow you to find and then land on atmospheric worlds offerd in the DLC
I guess 4.0 could be released in Nov/Dec instead of a DLC almost on the toes of 3.3? Guess we'll see...
I suspect that the DLC will not have a point number, espcially if it is opening up another planet type, it may not need it. I would assume that 4.0 would be the next free update in Q1 of next year if that is the model going forward.
TBH, I've always had the feeling that the only reason they said they're moving away from "seasons" is because it put them in a position where they're obligated to provide content on an ongoing basis, in a timely manner, because customers have already paid for it.
Standalone DLC packages means they can cobble them together over whatever timescale they see fit without being subject to criticism.
It's not a good thing that they've elected to abandon the "season" model and we're actually lucky that we've got LEP'ers who're justified in nagging FDev to provide what they already paid for.
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Naturally. They like to keep us in suspense, even when telling us something straight up. xD
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