I did enjoy the paragraph about ARX smoothing the purchase of custom items. Putting an extra currency in always ensures a smoother process, jumping through two hoops is always easier than one.
Consider giving Frontier's Annual Report and Accounts 2022 a read.
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Lots of white knights making fun, but the fact is that Odyssey brought only loss for Frontier. They are not about to pull the plug just yet, because that would make no sense, but obviously they will try to salvage what they can with as little investment as possible, so no big future plans for Elite anymore.
What do you mean, it saved Frontier having to pay a fortune in corporation tax
Funny thing, right?
I heard about death of elite even 2018, when I bought this game.
And it still doesn't want to die, we are here
They should make you consigliereWhat do you mean, it saved Frontier having to pay a fortune in corporation tax
Considering a lot can be done via the BGS and tweaks to the proc gen nature of the system, I imagine a fair amount can be done without massive expenditure. FD seem now at ease adding new things such as voice logs, drops in game, more involved CGs and now the Thargoid War. 2023s update I imagine will be Powerplay (which will most likely leverage the Thargoid mechanics in U14 and learn from that) and then extras would be again number tweaking.
So while we will never see flashy things with huge budgets, having to get by on pennies might work out just as well.
But yes FD took a big smack to the fruit with EDO.
Vista Genomics is now the best early-game cash cow, can earn you hundreds of millions within the first few hours of playing. And all it takes is the stock Sidewinder and an Artemis suit which you can buy from the starter money right away.
It's also great later in the game if you want to use a carrier for exploration, because you can easily pay the upkeep from Vista Genomics payouts while out in the black.
But only if you have Odyssey.
I think its better put "pay to get to objective faster" than P2W.Vista Genomics is now the best early-game cash cow, can earn you hundreds of millions within the first few hours of playing. And all it takes is the stock Sidewinder and an Artemis suit which you can buy from the starter money right away.
It's also great later in the game if you want to use a carrier for exploration, because you can easily pay the upkeep from Vista Genomics payouts while out in the black.
But only if you have Odyssey.
The same folks will be here spreading Doom about Elite for years to come, similar to those who said Everquest would be dead once Daybreak took over.
They wont pull the plug even if they scale down resources allocated to it, its a niche game with a devoted core player base with a franchise that has been running longer than the afore mentioned Everquest, how many developers can say that?
Something to be proud of actually.
O7
They wont pull the plug even if they scale down resources allocated to it, its a niche game with a devoted core player base with a franchise that has been running longer than the afore mentioned Everquest, how many developers can say that?
Something to be proud of actually.
O7
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So what are you actually winning at?Vista Genomics is now the best early-game cash cow, can earn you hundreds of millions within the first few hours of playing. And all it takes is the stock Sidewinder and an Artemis suit which you can buy from the starter money right away.
It's also great later in the game if you want to use a carrier for exploration, because you can easily pay the upkeep from Vista Genomics payouts while out in the black.
But only if you have Odyssey.
Again asking for a friend
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Pay to win - you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Its more about 'existing' in ED than any sexy exclamations of "WINNING!"So what are you actually winning at?
Again asking for a friend
O7
In some ways having more makes ED a bit dull (my early months in bucket ships were far more entertaining than when I got my Anaconda) so there is an odd paradox.
Yep. The game was way better when every decision mattered. You could actually go backwards on a bad deal. Losing a ship hurt. Gaining a ship felt like an achievement. It's pay to lose.
Those early days without fuel scoops, Star Wars level collision detection (one scrape = 95% hull damage), no engineering, no INARA, low money, hot and thirsty Vulture / FdLs were the best.
But what is won? A few credits is winning? Wow!Vista Genomics is now the best early-game cash cow, can earn you hundreds of millions within the first few hours of playing. And all it takes is the stock Sidewinder and an Artemis suit which you can buy from the starter money right away.
It's also great later in the game if you want to use a carrier for exploration, because you can easily pay the upkeep from Vista Genomics payouts while out in the black.
But only if you have Odyssey.
I would argue that is rather pay to lose. If a player is foolish enough to embark on this route (and the Vista cashgrab is probably already the meta in all the idiot "best start" guides on YT), the player robs himself of the early game experience, which is actually awesome.
Apart from that, this stupid claim is the usual bullcrap meant to defecate on all things Frontier. No surprise, really.
Apart from that, this stupid claim is the usual bullcrap meant to defecate on all things Frontier. No surprise, really.
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How dare you. All exploers think, that it is good, and combat is op
But yes, observing new players, which pursue all idiot "meta start" guides is hillarious.
I love people in condas, which don't know about basic things like rebuy, or any other activity, or fact that we have...pretty good instructions IN GAME.
Bit late, aren't we?
FY22 ended more than 6 months ago. The reports are published since the summer.
So, old news
What i'm more interested in, is the interim report for the first half of FY23 which ended this November.
Most probably this report will be published in January
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