Should Elite Dangerous move towards a free to play model?
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Elite is free to play. It's just not free. There is a difference.
Unless you are on console, in which case it costs a yearly fee to play in Open...
Programmers need to eat too, dude!
All that said, FIX THE BUGS, FRONTIER - I PAID FOR THIS GAME!
EDIT - I do think CQC should be free-to-play.
Unless you are on console, in which case it costs a yearly fee to play in Open...
Programmers need to eat too, dude!
All that said, FIX THE BUGS, FRONTIER - I PAID FOR THIS GAME!
EDIT - I do think CQC should be free-to-play.
Why do thee dumb ARX posts keep comming up?
Lol.... this has all happened before.....
Is there any F2P games that don't put players in direct competition. My understanding of that business model is that it relies on egos to drive sales. Without the ever present danger of encountering someone vastly more powerful, why would you ever need to spend money? I don't think a F2P model would work while solo and PG exist.
Always thought it might be a good idea if there was a completely free limited version of ED.
You'd start off with a Sidey and Cr1000 (or whatever it currently is) but, regardless of what you accomplished, you'd only ever have the choice of buying, say, an Eagle, a Cobra, a T6 or a Viper.
That'd probably attract hordes of new players, most of whom would provide useful target-practice, and if a few of them stuck around they'd be able to upgrade their free account to a full account and retain their progress.
Main obstacle would be that, based on patch-day performance, ED's various servers would probably have a meltdown with thousands of new, players trying to log in.
You'd start off with a Sidey and Cr1000 (or whatever it currently is) but, regardless of what you accomplished, you'd only ever have the choice of buying, say, an Eagle, a Cobra, a T6 or a Viper.
That'd probably attract hordes of new players, most of whom would provide useful target-practice, and if a few of them stuck around they'd be able to upgrade their free account to a full account and retain their progress.
Main obstacle would be that, based on patch-day performance, ED's various servers would probably have a meltdown with thousands of new, players trying to log in.
Well, in the scenario I proposed, it'd work as a "shareware" version of the game, to give people a chance to give it a try before purchasing it.
That would be interesting. I'm all in favor of the devs making a lot of money on this great game. As long as it doesn't crash the servers I say do it.
Shareware. ROFL I haven't heard that in a hundred years and I thought I was old.
Great idea, OP.
Lets do it.
Lets do it.
As a compromise, do what Runescape does, make the starter systems free to play, introduce people to the game, get the accustomed to it, then they can buy the whole game.
Stay Frosty.
Cmnd Fulsom
Stay Frosty.
Cmnd Fulsom
Grow up, buy the game. Your idea is as lame as it gets.
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Are there really that many people who play on dedicated hardware that cost hundreds if not thousands, but are too tight to spend 30 bucks (or whatever Elite and Horizons costs nowadays) on a game?
I find the notion to completely ruin the game just for the benefit of saving the equivalent of a crate of beer or two pretty mind boggling.
I find the notion to completely ruin the game just for the benefit of saving the equivalent of a crate of beer or two pretty mind boggling.
Currently NO.
Though I'd be happy for the base game to move to free 2 play or maybe give a 10 hour pass to people in the future "IF" the game needed it to survive. People shouldn't fear free 2 play models... sure there's some bad games but many free games have healthy communities. A lot of MMO RPGs are free and have friendly consistent and large player bases.
I think the issue is when you've paid life time like myself you want to be rewarded as a long term buyer.
Though I'd be happy for the base game to move to free 2 play or maybe give a 10 hour pass to people in the future "IF" the game needed it to survive. People shouldn't fear free 2 play models... sure there's some bad games but many free games have healthy communities. A lot of MMO RPGs are free and have friendly consistent and large player bases.
I think the issue is when you've paid life time like myself you want to be rewarded as a long term buyer.
No free, and no monthly subscription.
I have a LEP to savor.
I have a LEP to savor.
Never!
I also refuse to pay monthly subscriptions for any game.
I have never done it and never will.
