Cost of upgrading to Odyssey with multiple accounts.

[V-4-Vendetta]

I just realised that to upgrade my three accounts to Odyssey and to open a new 4th one with Odyssey is going to cost £139.95 ($193.92) Yikes!!!

I use one account for my fleet in Colonia; a second for my fleet in the bubble; a third for circumnavigating worlds in my SRV; and a new forth one that I would use exclusively to explore the far reaches of the galaxy. In this way I can hop between each according to my current needs of gameplay.

In all fairness, would it be too much to ask Frontier to perhaps apply a discount for anyone who supports the development of Elite Dangerous with multiple accounts?

As it stands, I may have to choose only one of my accounts to upgrade to Odyssey. If other commanders find themselves in the same situation then it could mean Frontier loosing out on a lot of profit.

 

[Chaparral]

I have multiple accounts too, but I tend to follow all the upgrade grinds on one, then the next, then the next. By the time I get to account 2, there is usually a discount running.

 

[Vardaugas]

Odyssey will go on sale eventually like the basic game and Horizons did.

 

[Factabulous]

In all fairness, would it be too much to ask Frontier to perhaps apply a discount for anyone who supports the development of Elite Dangerous with multiple accounts?

You can use the existing discount. Wait a year or so and buy in a sale.

 

[CMDR Buy Arx]

Eventually they'll just "fold it in" like they did with Horizons.

I reckon a year, 18 months tops.

After that, the Epic store beckons and you'll be able to get it for free alongside some indie game about being a cat detective or playing space pinball or whatever.

 

[LeoBartlet]

After that, the Epic store beckons and you'll be able to get it for free alongside some indie game about being a cat detective or playing space pinball or whatever.

Alien Isolation is free this week on Epic Store.

 

[Terekhov]

Eventually they'll just "fold it in" like they did with Horizons.

I reckon a year, 18 months tops.

After that, the Epic store beckons and you'll be able to get it for free alongside some indie game about being a cat detective or playing space pinball or whatever.

More likely in the run up to whatever paid update comes next (in a few years time maybe).

Until then the choices are either to pay full price for the DLC on whichever your accounts urgently need the update, or to wait until it goes on discount. I have no idea how soon that might be, but I doubt that any discounts in the very near future will be very deep...

 

[CMDR Buy Arx]

Alien Isolation is free this week on Epic Store.

I've had a few decent games off it for nowt. For The King was surprisingly engaging and the endless "cellar" dungeon mode is a challenge despite the dreadful multiplayer lobby system (still an order of magnitude better than Elite's godawful multicrew roulette). Civ VI was even on it. Basically anything where the base cost of the game has long ceased to matter but the well of MTX and DLCs hasn't been bled dry yet.

 

[Chaparral]

You get +1 for "Commander Buy ARX"

 

[Para Handy]

I just realised that to upgrade my three accounts to Odyssey and to open a new 4th one with Odyssey is going to cost £139.95 ($193.92) Yikes!!!

I use one account for my fleet in Colonia; a second for my fleet in the bubble; a third for circumnavigating worlds in my SRV; and a new forth one that I would use exclusively to explore the far reaches of the galaxy. In this way I can hop between each according to my current needs of gameplay.

In all fairness, would it be too much to ask Frontier to perhaps apply a discount for anyone who supports the development of Elite Dangerous with multiple accounts?

As it stands, I may have to choose only one of my accounts to upgrade to Odyssey. If other commanders find themselves in the same situation then it could mean Frontier loosing out on a lot of profit.

I have an LEP and several alts - I was not going to buy EDO for any of the alts but I gave in and bought it for my other Cobra IV-qualifying account - just because we need to be able to bask in a Quattro anywhere we want.

 

[Susanna]

It will be on discount in 6 months after launch ...

By then one (or possibly two) of the bugs may be fixed.
The galaxy map might be reverted to EDH information.
Something might be added to exploration. Perhaps another mini-game (can't wait! Not).

Til then

 

[Para Handy]

It will be on discount in 6 months after launch ...
........

The problem of course is that there has not been a sale discount in the Frontier Store for years - only Steam sales (don't know about consoles), Epic things and "Humblebundles" etc which are just Steam codes.

So unless you link your store-bought game to Steam, you can't take advantage of those offers.

 

[ocflyer]

Where is the value in having multiple Oddesy accounts? Do Horizons ships appear in the Oddesy galaxy? Can Horizons credits be used in the Oddesy galaxy?

 

[GloatingSwine]

This sounds self inflicted....

 

[VR SenseiMatty]

I just realised that to upgrade my three accounts to Odyssey and to open a new 4th one with Odyssey is going to cost £139.95 ($193.92) Yikes!!!

I use one account for my fleet in Colonia; a second for my fleet in the bubble; a third for circumnavigating worlds in my SRV; and a new forth one that I would use exclusively to explore the far reaches of the galaxy. In this way I can hop between each according to my current needs of gameplay.

In all fairness, would it be too much to ask Frontier to perhaps apply a discount for anyone who supports the development of Elite Dangerous with multiple accounts?

As it stands, I may have to choose only one of my accounts to upgrade to Odyssey. If other commanders find themselves in the same situation then it could mean Frontier loosing out on a lot of profit.

From what I could see in the alpha, Odyssey is okeish for my main cmdr but I won't take it for my second account. I had low expectations already but after playing few hours it gives me the same feeling of another half backed content full of potentials that haven't been fully developed.

 

[VR SenseiMatty]

Where is the value in having multiple Oddesy accounts? Do Horizons ships appear in the Oddesy galaxy? Can Horizons credits be used in the Oddesy galaxy?

Of course. Odyssey is an expansion not a new game. It's only for the alpha that we started over from the beginning because fdev wanted us to test specific areas of the game.

 

[Vetinari]

Why do you think they gave it away for free on Epic and GamePass? To sell Odyssey. Standard practice to give away old game to encourage sales ofnew games.

tbf they probably didnt anticipate some people multi accounting, maybe a couple alts but not 4, or 13 as some people say the registered.

And yes after the initial rush to buy, and maybe after Console release, they will start discounting it. So lobby for Consoles to get it sooner

 

[Aewarin Jameson]

A much better solution would be to allow multiple commanders per account, but sadly that idea was thrown out a long time ago, citing some random FDEV nonsense .. alas, the burden of upgrading multiple accounts is yours to bear. I doubt FDEV would discount it, given that this is their financial model. Upgrade your primary account, and wait for EDO to go on sale, which it will at some point in the future.

 

[Vetinari]

A much better solution would be to allow multiple commanders per account

Like on XB. I can create as many profiles as I want and 'grant access' to any game from another acct for free*...but we dont get to separate Horizons from base game so we lose our SRV more often when it gets stuck.

*I did that for ED for someone else but ended up buying another XB for them just so I could play on my XB so swings and roundabouts

 

[Nomen Luni]

My main account has the Lifetime Expansion Pass. I intend to buy Odyssey on my 2nd on release day. The 3rd and 4th I will get later when there is a sale.