You want a link to somewhere where someone didn't say something... good post!
Not a good move Frontier - Fleet Carrier upkeep
- Thread starter killerofstars
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You're speculating that there might not be much left of 5 BILLION credits? Hahaha!
Robert Maynard
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No mention of return on decommissioning has been made that I have found.
Why is everyone assuming upkeep will only be relevant to those not logged into the game? You may very well still be actively playing the game and somehow manage to surpass this "debt threshold" persistently enough to cause whatever power it is in charge to commandeer your FC and sell it off to cover the debt. If covering the costs of the FC turns out to be an actual challenge, compounding even more as you add more functions to the FC, with a legitimate risk of losing it all to mismanagement, well that there sounds like some fun to me.
Have you got a link to where FD say it is all lost?
Never mind. Already pointed out.
Robert Maynard
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Depends on what one interprets "huge" and "might not be that much left" to mean.You're speculating that there might not be much left of 5 BILLION credits? Hahaha!
Which is the point. No-one knows. Except FD, of course.
Robert Maynard
Volunteer Moderator
Exactly - those expecting 90% are speculating just as much as those expecting total loss.
But if it's not being used there is no wear and tear!
I don't have to pay wear and tear for a ship parked up next to a sun for 8 months while I'm not playing why would it be different for a Carrier?
Robert Maynard
Volunteer Moderator
.... because it's persistent and does not leave the game when the owner does, I expect.
Yeah to be fair though, this does smack of an MMO mechanic, and MMO mechanics generally do go that way.
Now I'm not saying they should dial down depth in an end game mechanic to appeal to a casual audience that it's not really targeted towards, but MMO-style mechanics do present an often punishing situation for casuals, so for them something like this is a valid concern.
It could very well be a case of FC just not being something casual players of Elite can do.
Now I'm not saying they should dial down depth in an end game mechanic to appeal to a casual audience that it's not really targeted towards, but MMO-style mechanics do present an often punishing situation for casuals, so for them something like this is a valid concern.
It could very well be a case of FC just not being something casual players of Elite can do.
I don't see the relevance!
Most of the posts I've seen where people are pointing out that it could be 90% are to emphasise that we could assume anything, rather than stating they actually expect it to be 90%.
I suspect FD deliberately drip-feed information now so that they can sit back and watch the griping. And if they did, I certainly wouldn't blame them.
This CMDR gets itMost of the posts I've seen where people are pointing out that it could be 90% are to emphasise that we could assume anything, rather than stating they actually expect it to be 90%.
I suspect FD deliberately drip-feed information now so that they can sit back and watch the griping. And if they did, I certainly wouldn't blame them.
There is no mention either way. So both are a possibility wouldn't you say?
I'm just doing what everyone else is. Thought I'd jump on the bandwagon.
Don't worry, my life isn't real either.
But if it's persistent, then it may be used by other commanders, so therefore there is a possibility it may be used.
All players have real life