Stock price is linked to profitability.
New currency for cosmetics, earnable in-game
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Stock price is linked to profitability.
Viajero
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Indeed, and also future expectations of said profitability.
Everything that's benefitting ED, FDEV and the shareholders is benefitting me.Okay lets see how fantastic everyone thinks it is once we have a reasonable Arx/per hour average. Multiply that by your combind hours spent in the game and see how little that will buy you...
It will be an amount that doesn't seem totally miserly but small enough to make you say "screw it I'll just spend some money and then I can get what I want".
I get it, this is a business, but you're deluding yourselves if you don't think this isn't entirely for the benefit of FD and their shareholders. I by no means think FD is as-y a company as the likes of EA but this just smacks of sharp business practices that we've come to loath from games developers. Like I said, disappointing, but just my opinion.
Anyway, considering that we couldn't earn paintjobs in-game before but can do it after September and apart from that nothing changes in terms of micro transactions I can't see anything bad about it. Quite the contrary. But be welcome to be upset about nothing or the wrong things, that's what humanity handles best in this decade.
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Well, okay, I guess it will probably be like this, but how worse is this compared to what we have now? Now you must spend money if you want a paintjob.Okay lets see how fantastic everyone thinks it is once we have a reasonable Arx/per hour average. Multiply that by your combind hours spent in the game and see how little that will buy you...
It will be an amount that doesn't seem totally miserly but small enough to make you say "screw it I'll just spend some money and then I can get what I want".
I get it, this is a business, but you're deluding yourselves if you don't think this isn't entirely for the benefit of FD and their shareholders. I by no means think FD is as
I'm certainly not excited about the option to change paintjob midflight, but well, meh.
It somehow seems even stranger to me to earn cosmetics in the game and be able to change them around on-the-fly than as purchasing them separately previously.
Two steps forward, one step back. Well, I guess we're still making progress overall.
Just seems kind of weird, like holo-me for ships or something. Hopefully they don't try and explain it with in-game lore like that.
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SpaceInvader
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I have nearly 2000 hours in-game. How many Arx is that?
I guess some aspects of Elite gravitate towards Socond Life experience rather than space sim.
2?
But seriously I think we shall know in September.
Although I kind of doubt it will be retroactive.
Okay lets see how fantastic everyone thinks it is once we have a reasonable Arx/per hour average. Multiply that by your combind hours spent in the game and see how little that will buy you...
It will be an amount that doesn't seem totally miserly but small enough to make you say "screw it I'll just spend some money and then I can get what I want".
I get it, this is a business, but you're deluding yourselves if you don't think this isn't entirely for the benefit of FD and their shareholders. I by no means think FD is as
I like the idea of Arx, but this is what is holding me back right now.
My biggest concern is Frontier are going to take the same route other businesses have done and basically gone: yeah, ok look - you can earn it in game; but the amount of time it'll take to earn one cosmetic item is about 1-2 weeks. This isn't going to encourage me to play the game more, or make me more likely to spend money at the web-store as I'll know exactly what game is being played.
Ok but 1) it’s only for cosmetic items and 2) currently the only option is to pay cash for cosmetics.
Perhaps think of it as getting paint discounted by actually playing the game?
There is literally no down side to this and those complaining about it need a chill pill
To be clear, I'm not complaining. Just stating my opinion. I think it's a good thing overall, only taking issue with some of the implementation aspects.
Seems to be reflective of a general trend of the game becoming more "casual," or whatever the preferred terminology is. Seemed to me like good reason that we've had to dock so far, providing some good game-play immersion incentive beyond just the cosmetics themselves.
Naturally, YMMV.
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Yeah not you specifically. But there are others in other threads that are moaning. It’s just annoying to see on day one of them announcing an objectively positive change
BioWare did exactly the same thing in Anthem. The grind to unlock cosmetics is terrible; and it's function is to get impatient players to spend money.
Like @WR3ND , I'm not complaining either. I like the idea of unlocking cosmetics whilst playing, I'm merely concerned by how long it'll take to do that. We'll just need to wait and see.
Was rather looking forward to coming back from DW2 to get my gold DW squadron trophy and DW2 decal on my ship. Of course I can still do that and likely will before this change gets implemented, but these sort of things take a bit of the wind out of my sails.
Anyway, enough nitpicking from me. Glad for the option of people earning cosmetics in the game.
Cheers, Commanders. o7
Anyway, enough nitpicking from me. Glad for the option of people earning cosmetics in the game.
Cheers, Commanders. o7
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Just for the record, I think you make a pretty good point. Painting your ship used to be an in-game (or in character) action.
Now it becomes more like updating your Facebook profile (which I don't have for good reasons).