One month later: Missing paint packs and Tactical Ice & Graphite paints.

Northpin

Northpin
@Stephen Benedetti
Well, now that we got the Carriers out of the way... Paint Packs? Tactical Ice and Graphite paints?

I kinda miss the times when i could buy an Operator, Mechanist, Galvanized, Salvage (etc) paint pack for 6000 Arx (that is the equivalent of 300 Frontier Points after conversion)
 

M00ka

M00ka
Kenneth Mcgrew said:
but whats the difference??

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tactical

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"we're launching small seismic charges in the December update" - not an actual quote either
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There is no difference, neither have small seismic charges installed :D
 

Vandaahl

Vandaahl
bitstorm said:
Am I understanding this correctly.

Folk are giving negative Steam reviews for ED because the Tactical White/Graphite currently cannot be purchased?
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Yeah, what would you do if thats the only (virtual) punching bag you have to go berserk on after 1500 hours of playtime?
 

Commander Biscuit

Commander Biscuit
Stephen Benedetti said:
Greetings Commanders,

Some paint jobs that were available prior to 3.5 may not be in the store at the moment, but they will arrive in the future. We will regularly be rolling out these paint jobs, along with other new ones, over time. We thank you for your patience and are monitoring your feedback and passing it on to the team!

Thanks!
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Why were the tactical ice and graphite made unavailable?

Thanks.
 

M00ka

M00ka
This Community: "FD how dare you delay Fleet Carriers, can't you guys do anything right. We demand you stop everything else and deliver on what you promised - OR ELSE"

The Same Community: "We understand why you have announced the delay of Fleet Carriers, just ensure that all bugs, no matter how irrelevant to 99.9999999% of the player base are fixed before the end of the year, otherwise we will continue to whinge and bleat about bugs whether they are real or not."

The Same Community: "FD drop everything and focus all your attention of some paint jobs no body will see unless they take selfies. All other work is meaningless and irrelevant in regard to getting this Tactical Ice and Graphite paint jobs completed. We can't play the game without them!"

Oh to be a Dev trying to prioritize work schedule based on customer feedback …..
 

playfuldreamer

playfuldreamer
Artificial scarcity. By limiting access and only releasing things during timed events, it incentivizes consumers to spend more when things do get added.
 

Stigbob

Stigbob
playfuldreamer said:
Artificial scarcity. By limiting access and only releasing things during timed events, it incentivizes consumers to spend more when things do get added.
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I can't see that working very well on the freebie people, it also increases the chances the non-freebie people will have accumulated enough free-ARX by the time it releases so cash grab doesn't really convince me.

A queued rework based on paint related tantrums is more likely.
 

zipline

zipline
Seeing this is a paint job thread and halloween is looming, I was looking forward to the midnight black PJs appearing anytime now, but now that we know fdev is the Grinch that stole FCs from Christmas, I am not so sure.:unsure:
 

Stigbob

Stigbob
zipline said:
Seeing this is a paint job thread and halloween is looming, I was looking forward to the midnight black PJs appearing anytime now, but now that we know fdev is the Grinch that stole FCs from Christmas, I am not so sure.:unsure:
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That's just a black Friday thing I think, or that's how I got them as freebies anyway.
 

Andromeda456

Andromeda456
The people here saying that getting the paint jobs in question back in the game will cost "enormous" amounts of time are exaggerating a lot. Do you guys really think that it's a bug that the 2 most popular paint jobs just disappeared out of nowhere? Personally the game works fine for me except for the fact that these paint jobs are gone. I waited until the ARX system was introduced to buy a tactical white one thinking it would be a better idea. Guess that didn't work out as planned..
 

Stigbob

Stigbob
Jorge Marston said:
The people here saying that getting the paint jobs in question back in the game will cost "enormous" amounts of time are exaggerating a lot. Do you guys really think that it's a bug that the 2 most popular paint jobs just disappeared out of nowhere? Personally the game works fine for me except for the fact that these paint jobs are gone. I waited until the ARX system was introduced to buy a tactical white one thinking it would be a better idea. Guess that didn't work out as planned..
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Did anyone actually say it would take enormous amounts of time ?.
 

Old Duck

Old Duck
Jorge Marston said:
Not directly, but some people here think/imply that adding some paint jobs back into the game will divert "developer resources" from bugfixing. Like adding two paint jobs back into the game is such an enormous task.
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When it comes to Frontier's processes, nothing would surprise me.
 

Stigbob

Stigbob
Jorge Marston said:
Not directly, but some people here think/imply that adding some paint jobs back into the game will divert "developer resources" from bugfixing. Like adding two paint jobs back into the game is such an enormous task.
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So when you said the people who were saying that were exaggerating, you meant yourself ?.

Ok.
 

Fr33k

F
playfuldreamer said:
Artificial scarcity. By limiting access and only releasing things during timed events, it incentivizes consumers to spend more when things do get added.
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Stigbob said:
I can't see that working very well on the freebie people, it also increases the chances the non-freebie people will have accumulated enough free-ARX by the time it releases so cash grab doesn't really convince me.
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Good point! Hopefully I will have saved enough ARXs to get another midnight black paint job. The season should be coming soon!

edit: add original quote.
 

Rat Catcher

Rat Catcher
Maybe the Tactical Graphite & Ice PJ's are getting a rework? We were told that 'some' of the older PJ's were being given some love, after all. Of course, I'm smug as I already bought the Graphites I wanted before September ;)

Reworking them does seem logical...
 

Deleted member 182079

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Ratkatcher said:
Maybe the Tactical Graphite & Ice PJ's are getting a rework? We were told that 'some' of the older PJ's were being given some love, after all. Of course, I'm smug as I already bought the Graphites I wanted before September ;)

Reworking them does seem logical...
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Until you realise the other 4 paints are available on the store. Surely they're all the same except RGB adjustments? So why not take the lot off the store?

Or even better, improve them while making them still available for sale; there's nothing wrong with them - and release updated versions during the next patch (whatever those updates are supposed to do, personally I don't see any need). No lost sales.

The fact that it's Midnight Black sale season soon is a more likely explanation honestly. That and/or an incoming price hike of those two paint jobs.
 

Rat Catcher

Rat Catcher
ObiW said:
Until you realise the other 4 paints are available on the store. Surely they're all the same except RGB adjustments? So why not take the lot off the store?

Or even better, improve them while making them still available for sale; there's nothing wrong with them - and release updated versions during the next patch (whatever those updates are supposed to do, personally I don't see any need). No lost sales.

The fact that it's Midnight Black sale season soon is a more likely explanation honestly. That and/or an incoming price hike of those two paint jobs.
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I'd pick the price hike as the most likely as they are probably the best of the Tactical PJ's in my opinion!
 
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