Dodec | An Update

[Phil W]

Greetings Commanders,

We've been listening to all your feedback since we revealed the new Dodec station type and understand that many of you weren't happy with the idea of the station being only available via the Game Store permanently.

A lot of thought goes into the decisions we make and our intention at all times is to make the game better for everyone, however this time we don't think we got it right!

Therefore, we have taken this feedback on board, and we will now be releasing the Dodec initially via ARX Early Access for a period of time similar to what you would expect from a ship release. After that period, the Dodec will be constructable via in-game means without the need for any ARX purchase.

o7

 

[yianniv]

Thank you very much for this correction!

 

[rootsrat]

Thank you for listening to feedback and taking it onboard.
Personally I really appreciate the part where you said you didn't get it right. Little things like that mean a lot to me.
As we were...

 

[Cmdr Andrew Johnson]

Thank you so much for listening

 

[Ted Maul]

Good call, good swift reassessment and announcement.

 

[John Guevara]

OMG, a game developer who listens to their community AND changes their decision, I have tears in my eyes. I love you guys, my 12k hours weren't wasted, and I will continue to support you and buy more cosmetics. THANK YOU FDEV!

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

excellent. thanks for the update. (just a heads up in advance please don't put a factor of ten on the tier 3 components costs to make up for it

 

[thistle]

Excellent, well done all. Thanks Phil.

 

[Shurimal]

This is undoubtedly the best decision no matter what anyone's opinion about the initial Arx-only access plan was. Thank you for listening to the community's concerns!

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Kudos.

I don't do colonisation personally, but I believe this is an excellent decision.

 

[Cosmic Surfer]

GG FDEV, gg and thank you.

 

[Taneth]

While my trust has been mightily shaken to the point that I don't think I'll be purchasing any Arx in the future until/unless that trust is regained, I appreciate your willingness to walk this back and admit that you got it wrong. Yesterday I was considering just outright uninstalling, but today I am no longer considering it. I worry that you'll try again in the future to push and see how much you can get away with when it comes to monetization practices I don't agree with, but I'm open to you proving my concerns unwarranted. While I wish you had known better ahead of time, thank you for listening to your players on this.

 

[Sublime]

Perfect, this fixes the issue in my view. I’m fine with early Arx releases for things, as long as they become available in game after that.

 

[CMDR M00N-WATCHER]

Moments like this are why I'm proud to love this game.

 

[VR Morgan Grimes]

It's the right call, now if you could just get the powers that be to add LEP owners to the early access list I'd actually start buying cosmetics again.

 

[Luriant]

Slighty increased number of commodities than other T3?

I assume the option for Instabuilding Dodec with ARX isnt removed, even after early access, and if the number of commodities its very high, the problem persist, making the Dodec a very hard work unless we use ARX.

This aclaration its important, there is more than one way to "encourage" ARX usage.

 

[CMDR MAmadeo]

thank you fdev! o7
that being said, do I still get an insta build ticket if I buy it in early access?

 

[Kzak]

Good call, Frontier! You can always release other station variants over time, as long as they are in Early Access and not locked behind a paywall, a sizable part of the community will buy them.

 

[Kzak]

Slighty increased number of commodities than other T3?

I assume the option for Instabuilding Dodec with ARX isnt removed, even after early access, and if the number of commodities its very high, the problem persist, making the Dodec a very hard work unless we use ARX.

This aclaration its important, there is more than one way to "encourage" ARX usage.

At this point we don't know if the Space D12/Dodecahedron has higher material requirements to build than the other T3 stations. That would make it deviate from the roughly similar amounts set for T1 outposts, the T2 Coriolis/T2 Asteroid base and the T3 Orbis/Ocellus. We'll find out next week.

 

[r3per]

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Well since you are changing course, how about letting us buy more than one??