A solution to the beige planet problem: Planet packs!

SaliVader

SaliVader
Bran Tse Mallory said:
You are having a real hard time comprehending a few simple part of this.

The company that made the changes have said they will look into the matter and where required, change the settings - No mention of any costs what so ever.

When did I say all the stuff in the trailer should be for free - stop putting words into my mouth that I never uttered - second time you've done that now, shows a weak argument on your behalf, sorry if that sounds harsh but I won't have people say I said something I did not.

This is where I really do drop out of this conversation - you seem to be looking for 'Yes' men to back up your position, good luck with that Sali.
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And no mention of no costs whatsoever ;)

It's frustrating isn't it? Having words put in your mouth, having to repeat the same argument over and over again, only to get your words twisted, and hearing the same debunked arguments over and over again? And the fact that the other side's argument, to your eyes, is absurd? It's a shame it was you who jumped into this thread, I was hoping for other people to comment here. I really enjoy your posts in this forum.

See ya, it was fun dancing with you :D
 
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Bran Tse Mallory

Bran Tse Mallory
SaliVader said:
And no mention of no costs whatsoever ;)

It's frustrating isn't it? Having words put in your mouth, having to repeat the same argument over and over again, only to get your words twisted, and hearing the same debunked arguments over and over again? And the fact that the other side's argument, to your eyes, is absurd? It's a shame it was you who jumped into this thread, I was hoping for other people to comment here. I really enjoy your posts in this forum.

See ya, it was fun dancing with you :D
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There will be revenge... ;) :D
 

Hooplah

Hooplah
Not sure that I like this idea. Gives Frontier another profit method. Start with planet colors and the soon after atmospheric planets arrive I'll have to buy a six pack of cities including New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, London, Paris and Sydney!
 

SaliVader

SaliVader
Hooplah said:
Not sure that I like this idea. Gives Frontier another profit method. Start with planet colors and the soon after atmospheric planets arrive I'll have to buy a six pack of cities including New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, London, Paris and Sydney!
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Who cares? It's just cosmetic, it's fully optional. If you won't like it just don't buy it!
 

Martian Successor

Martian Successor
Hooplah said:
Not sure that I like this idea. Gives Frontier another profit method. Start with planet colors and the soon after atmospheric planets arrive I'll have to buy a six pack of cities including New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, London, Paris and Sydney!
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It won't be all bad though. Those will be some mighty fine marketing emails they'll send out :D Each week will push a new planet colour and City to buy. Available in store now!

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SaliVader

SaliVader
RandomGun said:
Funny post. I would say a valid point too. The analogy is not so hot, though (good graphics is not just cosmetics).
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What do you mean? The planets would still have shadows, and they'd look rocky/icy. It's just the colour that'd change, that's not good graphics, it's just a cosmetic that you don't need to enjoy the game.
 

amigacooke

amigacooke
SaliVader said:
So a recurrent thing the community complains about is the fact that a lot of the planets became beige after FDev changed the lighting into a better one. I've been thinking about it for a while and I believe I've come up with the perfect solution: Planet packs!
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I don't agree with your agenda, but I like your wit :)
 

Thetele

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SaliVader said:
So a recurrent thing the community complains about is the fact that a lot of the planets became beige after FDev changed the lighting into a better one. I've been thinking about it for a while and I believe I've come up with the perfect solution: Planet packs!

How would this work? Easy, for a small price (I'll let FDev decide that), you'll get a full range of colours (following tradition, I think 6 would be a fair amount), which will be randomly applied to beige planets. Only you would see the different colours of course, unless your friend bought the pack too (you'd both see the same colour, each planet has a unique seed afaik). The gameplay wouldn't change in any way, if you don't buy the pack you can still land on the planets, dock on bases, gather materials... The change would only be cosmetic.

Now I know some of you may complain that you bought Horizons so you should get the planet pack for free. But you didn't buy the colours, you just bought the planets and FDev delivered. Let's look at Frontier's store:

https://www.frontierstore.net/eur/games/elite-dangerous-cat/elite-dangerous-horizons-dlc.html


As you can see, all it says is that you'll be able to land on planets, and you can! I don't see anything about colours there.

I don't see any reason why they shouldn't release these planet packs. More money to develop the game, it's completely optional and as with the other stuff in the store, it's just cosmetic, so it doesn't affect gameplay at all!

Of course, some people will complain (they always do) that planets used to have more colours. Well you see, things change during development. They changed the lighting to a better one, and although some may consider the secondary effect undesireable, a lot of people like it as it is now. You see, in real life most planets (especially rocky planets) are actually beige or brownish, so they actually improved the game by making it more realistic. If you want more colours on planets that's totally fine but that was not a part of Horizons so you shouldn't get it for free. It costs money to program and design that stuff after all.
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Why stop there? You know player base really really want panther clipper but there is no need for it in game? They could get some money to develop the game if they added panther clipper slapped cutters stats to it and put it to the store just for $ 29.99, of course the full hull is more valuable than ship kit, right? Its just cosmetic, it has same stats than cutter but its panther clipper.
 

SaliVader

SaliVader
Thetele said:
Why stop there? You know player base really really want panther clipper but there is no need for it in game? They could get some money to develop the game if they added panther clipper slapped cutters stats to it and put it to the store just for $ 29.99, of course the full hull is more valuable than ship kit, right? Its just cosmetic, it has same stats than cutter but its panther clipper.
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That's an excellent idea, it has the same stats so it isn't pay to win! Can't wait to buy me some panther cutters :D
 

Bran Tse Mallory

Bran Tse Mallory
Despite the reasons behind this thread it's made me wonder if the atmo worlds will be offered as a pay to land feature i.e. you pay to be able to fly within the clouds of a gas giant and you pay again to land on an Earth like...
 
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