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What we really pay for is actually simply playing earlier rather than later, bugs and all. We are an impatient bunch!But yeah, the fact they charge money for it is wonkey. The fact I paid it probably says something about me too.
Another dual SC / ED streamer agrees:
Not a streamer of course...but it also has my vote. I played last night with a couple of mates who are all regular Star Citizen players along with me...we had several hours of fumbling about trying to work out what we were doing before we realised we hadn't had any crashes or server disconnects, only one period of desync where we warped about for a few seconds before it righted itself, one instance of a mission pickup not registering and failing to complete between all of us and getting into a game together had been seamless... chalk and cheese to Star Citizen in the main...especially considering EDO is still early alphaWhat we really pay for is actually simply playing earlier rather than later, bugs and all. We are an impatient bunch!
Another dual SC / ED streamer agrees:
We can all agree the only thing that matters is whether I am personally having fun in the alpha.
you had me there. April first damn you ^^Let's be real here, the majority who payed the extra 5-10 bucks did so to try the long awaited expansion before everyone else, not to debug.
Just like Wave 1 of Star Citizen Alpha PTU testing is Pay to Debug, via monthly subscription or $1000+ backing.
Yes need more gritty places in EDO, and SC was always good regarding graphics and design, I really like some of their stuff (design)Poorly
In EDO, once I had sussed out what all those bits of shiny space plastic I was carrying were actually for, namely the scanner and power transfer utility tool...and picking the right missions to start off until I had enough to buy a Maverick suit with the cutter tool and the right weapons, it was easy meat. The missions were boringly similar but I'm looking more at how they'll play out once the Alpha has been released as Odyssey and I'm there in the full game with a full variety of missions to chose from with my own ships and gear.
I still give a sigh at fading to black getting into a ship though...that'll never go away. Otherwise, FDev done pretty good
My one minor complaint as a direct comparison between both games is that the lighting and atmosphere for the stations in EDO is a bit too shopping mall bright, SC's locations are very, very good, differ greatly between locations and the atmospheric lighting overall is top notch...apart from that, I can live with it...
What goes into the bank stays in the bank
Honestly, if I am not going to bother to fill out form after form and properly test it just for 'the good of the game', I doubt a fiver would persuade me.
Btw, were those folks people who jumped to ED with the new alpha, or also existing players?Not a streamer of course...but it also has my vote. I played last night with a couple of mates who are all regular Star Citizen players along with me...we had several hours of fumbling about trying to work out what we were doing before we realised we hadn't had any crashes or server disconnects, only one period of desync where we warped about for a few seconds before it righted itself, one instance of a mission pickup not registering and failing to complete between all of us and getting into a game together had been seamless... chalk and cheese to Star Citizen in the main...especially considering EDO is still early alpha
I suspect that is what the anarchy stations will be like. They said all the BGS status/factions have a distinct look, and it feels Alpha1 is in a fairly upstanding part of the bubble.
I just pretend it's for the soundtrack what you guys waste your money on and that I can't debate.What we really pay for is actually simply playing earlier rather than later, bugs and all. We are an impatient bunch!
Another dual SC / ED streamer agrees:
Practically all my current group of mates started off playing ED on the Xbox during the Xbox GPP in 2015 and it's where we all met. Then to PC when we switched back to PC gaming at the same time. We all bought into SC at roughly the same time too. We're all multiple thousand hour veterans of ED as well as having been regular players of SC since 2015...so we're no strangers to either
Cool, interested in hearing you lot's comparisons as the alpha continues. Not many people are in the 'both' camp which makes most comparisons a bit... coloured.Practically all my current group of mates started off playing ED on the Xbox where we all met, then to PC when we switched back to PC gaming at the same time. We all bought into SC at roughly the same time too. We're all multiple thousand hour veterans of ED as well as having been regular players of SC since 2015...so we're no strangers to either
From knowing my mates really well, I'd say we're all in the same camp and don't really make too many comparisons between Elite and Star Citizen barring the obvious, a couple of us prefer SC's design of mining for instance...and we all like the base implementation of space legs, ship interiors and attention to detail in the personal armour and weapons etc. We all love ED's vastness, exploration, ship design, flight model and game stability, but we'd be hard pressed to pick a favourite... in a gameplay sense... between the two, they offer different things.Cool, interested in hearing you lot's comparisons as the alpha continues. Not many people are in the 'both' camp which makes most comparisons a bit... coloured.
I suspect that is what the anarchy stations will be like. They said all the BGS status/factions have a distinct look, and it feels Alpha1 is in a fairly upstanding part of the bubble.
