CMDRs now playing for ARX

[Masta Squidge]

I don't give a damn about the free arx.

In the time it takes to get 400 in one week I could have gone to work and simply bought hundreds of thousands of ARX.

 

[avow555]

Earning credits in game, transparent.
Earning materials, mostly transparent..
Earning Arx (which involves real money), no transparency whatsoever.

 

[Vandaahl]

2 solutions. Or they remove the ability to gain arx through game play, or people ignore it all together. Balancing this would be a hilarious undertaking.

 

[Ian Skippy]

2 solutions. Or they remove the ability to gain arx through game play, or people ignore it all together. Balancing this would be a hilarious undertaking.

People who are that concerned about missing out on 20p should just go to the nearest supermarket and see if there are some coins under the soda machine.

 

[Vandaahl]

People who are that concerned about missing out on 20p should just go to the nearest supermarket and see if there are some coins under the soda machine.

True. I don't get it either
For all I care they give everything to the church charity or something.

 

[Bigmaec]

People who are that concerned about missing out on 20p should just go to the nearest supermarket and see if there are some coins under the soda machine.

I mean I agree I have a certain fun in adding to Facta's ARX thread to see the mechanic behind the ARX donations. And I also like to run after exploits, and I already paid 5 € to get operator/black apollo paintjobs for my ships (inofficial Loren's Reapers paints - which I could only get by splitting the packs into single paintjobs ☺). So one could say I'm a bit concerned about ARX gains.

But the above should really really get into all heads. We're talking about ~24 pence, whatever that is in Euros

 

[Turd Ferguson]

£0.24 max per week is what players have calculated

well it’s important to remember that no matter how much FDev tries to make it feel like a job this is a video game you play for fun and entertainment not profit.

 

[Ian Skippy]

We're talking about ~24 pence, whatever that is in Euros

I can work that out for you, but you'll have to pay more than 24p to make it worth my while...

 

[Factabulous]

I mean I agree I have a certain fun in adding to Facta's ARX thread to see the mechanic behind the ARX donations.

Yeah - the fun part about ARX is puzzling them out, not maximising them - it's always annoying when I hit 400 and have to switch CMDRs to carry on investigations

 

[Bigmaec]

I can work that out for you, but you'll have to pay more than 24p to make it worth my while...

Can I pay you in high velocity currency?

 

[Factabulous]

Can I pay you in high velocity currency?

You offering to kill him so he gets his 6 ARX for being killed? now that is a generous offer o7

 

[Ian Skippy]

Can I pay you in high velocity currency?

 

[Bigmaec]

via Imgflip Meme Generator

Fixed this for you

 

[Factabulous]

I can see all the messages from gankers now 'Come to Open, we'll give you some ARX'

<dakka dakka dakka>

 

[Urbanski101]

Yes OP, it does seem wrong to play for ARX.

However we the players didn't introduce ARX, or ask for it to be introduced. That decision was FD's and purely for their own financial benefit, nothing wrong with that they are a commercial organisation trying to make a profit.

I think how that was handled, how we earn ARX in game and how 'in your face' the monetisation appears is up for discussion.

FD were supposed to have released more info on how we can earn ARX in game but for whatever reason that info has been withheld.

Other games use devises like daily missions (dailies), weekly missions (weeklies), and end game content like high level dungeons/instances that take a team of veteran players with plenty of coordination to complete and receive the high end rewards, thus keeping players engaged long term....or not.

I'm not sure any of those really fits into ED, I'd also argue that ARX doesn't really fit either but I'm sure in time I will get used to it.

 

[Raino]

once you have all plants, all bobble heads and all paint jobs are wasted to zero you will understand,
the only thing reasonable we need is: ............................................................................cockpit litter ...

 

[Vasco Sapien]

Indeed, though in my own personal experience the only effect that could possibly lead me to buy ARX so far has been that it has me thinking of cosmetics more often than before. That may be enough, though. Last year the Black Friday paintjobs had me spending a bit more than I planned. This time I may buy a certain amount of ARX and leave it at that. Seems like limited time offers are more of a weak point to me than having some unused currency.

Yes Microtransactions are now front and centre in ED, they will now burrow into the minds of all players....
Snap sales are great at triggering regret and increasing a sense of urgency in players who feel that they must MAXIMIZE VALUE!! or miss out.

 

[Factabulous]

Yes Microtransactions are now front and centre in ED, they will now burrow into the minds of all players....
Snap sales are great at triggering regret and increasing a sense of urgency in players who feel that they must MAXIMIZE VALUE!! or miss out.

For that to work you need to see the sale is on. Normally on Friday I will have a look at the shop to see what is added. This week I thought 'shall I go and log into the game to see what is in the shop?' and the answer so far as been .... nope.

 

[WR3ND]

Yes Microtransactions are now front and centre in ED, they will now burrow into the minds of all players....
Snap sales are great at triggering regret and increasing a sense of urgency in players who feel that they must MAXIMIZE VALUE!! or miss out.

It will be strange for some deep space explorers coming back to sell data in weekly allotments to not lose out on arx, given the weekly arx cap, while they've perhaps been out enjoying the game for months at a time already.

Ironically, it can kind of disincentivize playing the game for the sake of playing the game.

 

[Bigmaec]

For that to work you need to see the sale is on. Normally on Friday I will have a look at the shop to see what is added. This week I thought 'shall I go and log into the game to see what is in the shop?' and the answer so far as been .... nope.

And it was always so. I don't want to know the sales of chrome / red chrome / black friday sales. They were big, and they will continue to be big.
No need for ARX