Totally agree. Put over 800 hours into £40 Elite. About 15 into £40 Arkham Knight. Enjoy both immensely but value for money Elite smashes it.
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Totally agree. Put over 800 hours into £40 Elite. About 15 into £40 Arkham Knight. Enjoy both immensely but value for money Elite smashes it.
Which is a bit of a reorganisation of how the expansions were described previously. I think most people got the impression before that you could buy into a 'planetary landing' expansion, or a 'walking around the place' expansion, or both or neither. What's described now with 'seasons' is more of a time frame of updates as they arrive, without an ability to pick and choose the things you want. Nobody will be able to get the 'season 3' update without also buying into the 'season 2' update. This totally makes sense from a development perspective but is a fair bit rougher from a consumer choice perspective.
Check out the prices for Star Citizen:
Ship starts at $25,-- going up to $19500,-- (yes, really) for the whole collection of ships.
Then there is monthly subscription: $13.10 for the basic, $26.20 for additional beta access.
Then there are extras: paint jobs, upgrades etc. from $6.55
Sounds more reasonable now?
For now, the planetary landings only concerns the rocky moons or also the planets as the earth and the verdant landscapes ?
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I don't think you could really say most people would have thought that I'm afraid.
...funny how it was all seamless all the way back in 1993. Too bad they made this game an MMO - they had to sacrifice all the cool game mechanics from Elite II...
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Airless moons/planets at the beginning.
I really enjoy Elite: Dangerous and wanted to pre-order the expansion when I heard about the news. However like some of you, I decided not to because a few things concerned me:
1. I already paid US$60 for the base game, why am I paying $60 again for the same game with some new features?
2. The community announcement says 25% off for players who already own Elite: Dangerous, but ATM it's only 10% off in the store
3. Lifetime expansion pass is $195?... Really?...
It seems I'd get more value by just playing the base game and getting the expansion when it gets cheaper.
1. I already paid US$60 for the base game, why am I paying $60 again for the same game with some new features?
2. The community announcement says 25% off for players who already own Elite: Dangerous, but ATM it's only 10% off in the store
3. Lifetime expansion pass is $195?... Really?...
It seems I'd get more value by just playing the base game and getting the expansion when it gets cheaper.
Wanna start a poll?
Thanks! Yes, I've seen that we have to wait in line, but it still seems worth doing.
Ah, thank you very much. Wasn't about to scroll through 92 pages of content to have one simple question answered
If I may one more, then: anyone knows if the 130£ Lifetime Expansion Pass also gets the 10% loyalty discount?
A bit confused here...
MB stated that the lifetime expansion pass-holders, would not have access to the beta, unless they were a premium beta etc...
in my case I bought the Beta + The pass, (not the premium beta), However the FAQ states:
Do I also get to try the beta of Elite Dangerous: Horizons?
Yes. The Lifetime Expansion Pass also grants access to the beta of the Elite Dangerous: Horizons expansion season when it's available.
So which is it?
MB stated that the lifetime expansion pass-holders, would not have access to the beta, unless they were a premium beta etc...
in my case I bought the Beta + The pass, (not the premium beta), However the FAQ states:
Do I also get to try the beta of Elite Dangerous: Horizons?
Yes. The Lifetime Expansion Pass also grants access to the beta of the Elite Dangerous: Horizons expansion season when it's available.
So which is it?
Game at release, beta access, starter ship, hangar and Arena commander playable now = $54
The rest is optional and in no way locks any part of the released game
Subscription has some benefits but does not conatin anything you cannot do without so a slightly skewed comparison.
Thank you for the answer, so planets advanced in the next major update probably during the season "Horizons" ?
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Not sure what you are talking about. I bought the original game for 50 and I now had to pay 40 for the expansion.
The only people not having to pay for this are the hardcore backers.
The only thing I see here is that you are looking into the future and say things that you have no clue at all to actually _know about_.
At this point I would call you a false prohet.
Probably something along those lines yes. I would imagine (not expect) that going from a planet to space will probably be seamless and controllable all the way. You will probably get an escape vector like you do now if you SC too close to a planet. Going from space to a planet though might not be like that and might require a little more 'automation'.
I am just bummed that we won't get to land on planets that have atmosphere's or pop into a gas giant any time soon. Looks like we are going to have to wait till 2017 for that.
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I thought, it would be a year or more until we will see such stuff... and i always lamented about missing the lifetime beta access... Today i got two presents at once... I now own lifetime beta access and i am looking forward to get my fingers on all the new stuff... Thank you frontier, for early Xmas this year . Keep up the awesome work!
. Keep up the awesome work!Yes but SC is not even complete yet, only features are "arena commander" and the hangar, they don't have the Universe yet and it probably won't be released for years judging by their pace, that's why I'm avoiding Star Citizen altogether
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