ANNOUNCEMENT Elite Dangerous: Horizons Set to Land for All Commanders

mastershotgun

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Sylow said:
What he means is that many other games out there do it the very same way. To pick a rather random example, as i play it: Elder Scrolls Online. For example this year in spring it got the Greymoor expansion. At the same time, the Elsweyr expansion was removed from the store and became part of the base game. A year earlier, when Elsweyr got released, the previous expansion (Summerset) was removed from the shop and became part of the base game.

You see a pattern? Also note the advantages for either side: players who did not buy the expansion also get it, just one year later. The developers on the other hand have have an easier way of maintaining the game, they merely have to look at "base game with Greymoor" vs "base game without it" and not "base game with Summerset but not Elsweyr but with Greymoor again" and so on.

I picked this example because i actively play this game. I know of a number of other games who went the same or at least a similar way, but as i don't play them and thus don't know them well enough, i stick to this one example.

For ED the advantage is even more logical: how to sell people an expansion where they can walk on a planets surface, if they can't even reach the planet yet? Including it into the base game was a logical move, basically required to even market the next expansion. The only surprise here is the date, i would've expected this to happen at some time next year.




The last part is the one i have my doubts at. The game relies way too much on the BGS, so i fear that converting it to be able to run offline actually is a good deal of work. And that's where my confidence ends: i don't believe that FD will still invest the time and money for a game which doesn't create revenue any more.
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You are wrong. Not sure about which Elder Scrolls Online you are talking about, but when you get to the DLC store on the "www.elderscrollsonline.com" the "Elsweyr" expanison cost 3500 of their couns, the "Summerset" cost another 3500... On which basis you got impression that they were merged to the based game?
 

Cohen the Worrior

Cohen the Worrior
[SI] [VR] SenseiMatty said:
Do you want mine? I have it and I've never used it... I have instead a Cobra MK3
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Yes please. I'm at Lave station at the moment, send it there.
I'll use it for mining mostly and the extra internals will come in quite handy.

mastershotgun said:
You are wrong. Not sure about which Elder Scrolls Online you are talking about, but when you get to the DLC store on the "www.elderscrollsonline.com" the "Elsweyr" expanison cost 3500 of their couns, the "Summerset" cost another 3500... On which basis you got impression that they were merged to the based game?
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I love it when others are wrong. 🧐
 

Spanospy

Spanospy
LeoBartlet69 said:
If you bought it on steam you can ask them for a refund provided you've not played more than 2 hours.

If you have played more than that then they're likely to tell you no.
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What about those on consoles? Not expecting you to have an answer, this was just a general query to Frontier.
 

CMDR MRMAURICE

CMDR MRMAURICE
Ok so wouldn't it have been better to make the god damn Cobra MK4 available to ALL previous Horizon players? Yea the people that have it said its not very good, I don't care... I want it XD

I'm happy this is happening tbh.... I just want the Cobra MK4... MAKE IT SO

o7
 
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Red Anders

Red Anders
MINDWIPE said:
so i paid £50 to beta pre-order Horizons as paid content and now the next PAid content is on the "horizon" all i get is a lousy piece of crap Paint job? what a jip.. could have at least given us a credit boost and and ad shed load of arks... or more apropriately a *** lyalyty discount toward ODDESSY when it goes on sale? for crying out loud FDEV you know better than this.. a SODDING paint job?
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You paid £50 to pre-order Horizons? That's weird, it was only £39.99 on release and you got a £10 discount on that for pre-ordering.

More to the point, if you pre-ordered it you had it on release five years ago. What exactly about being able to play the Horizons expansion five years earlier than anybody who will now get it as part of the base game do you consider to be a 'gip'? I can't think of a single game I've ever seen which is the same price five years after release as it was on release day.
 

Flibble

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More out of curiosity than anything, will the paint be only for player ships or will it also include fighters and SRV?

Midnight black from the lifetime thing doesn't include my crusader so there's at least one ship I fly that will be azure, assuming I don't like the look when driving up in my buggy or on the menu's where I actually see the outside.
 

Becky

Becky
Stephen Benedetti said:
After the fold down, anyone who owns Elite Dangerous will get access to Horizons content and features free of charge, and all future purchases of Elite Dangerous will include this content.
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Will we still be able to turn off horizons to fix the random SRV issues that arrise if we're stuck and need to get off a planet?
 

Zorvan

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Well, in a few years when FDEV manages to make the next expansion, Odyssey should be mostly bug free so I'll enjoy getting it for free "to put me on a level field with everyone else" and know that people paid to beta test it for years. I'll miss out on the bone they throw Odyssey purchasers at that time, but I'll try to contain my emotions over a potential lost skin. rofl
 

Factabulous

Factabulous
Zorvan said:
Well, in a few years when FDEV manages to make the next expansion, Odyssey should be mostly bug free so I'll enjoy getting it for free "to put me on a level field with everyone else" and know that people paid to beta test it for years. I'll miss out on the bone they throw Odyssey purchasers at that time, but I'll try to contain my emotions over a potential lost skin. rofl
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We'll have fun waving to you from the bar :D
 

Malvenue

Malvenue
Stephen Benedetti said:
Greetings Commanders,



We are happy to announce that Elite Dangerous: Horizons will become a free update for the base game on the 27 October 2020 for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox users.


After the fold down, anyone who owns Elite Dangerous will get access to Horizons content and features free of charge, and all future purchases of Elite Dangerous will include this content.


As a huge thank you to everyone who has purchased Elite Dangerous: Horizons over the past four years you will be receiving an exclusive Azure ship paint job compatible with ALL ships currently in the game.




Elite Dangerous: Horizons brings planetary landings to the Elite Dangerous galaxy, together with weapon crafting, ship-launched fighters and exhilarating multicrew co-op action. This premium expansion also allows players to put wheels on the ground and explore the galaxy up-close with the SRV Scarab ground vehicle, and access to many surface star ports and other locations


Elite Dangerous: Horizons will remain on sale on all platforms until 26 October to allow players a last chance to obtain the exclusive Horizon owner reward.



o7 Commanders
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Please ensure there is a way to load the game without Horizons. While I own the product already my laptops will not handle it and the only way I can play is to only load the base game. If you take away that ability I will no longer be able to play!

Please keep people like me in mind!
 

CMDR MRMAURICE

CMDR MRMAURICE
Malvenue said:
Please ensure there is a way to load the game without Horizons. While I own the product already my laptops will not handle it and the only way I can play is to only load the base game. If you take away that ability I will no longer be able to play!

Please keep people like me in mind!
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Or maybe its time for an upgrade? ED isn't very demanding, neither is Horizons. FDev shouldn't hold back bc people are failing to meet the minimum specs bc of older machines. This isn't an FDev issues, this is a you issue
 

askavir

askavir
Zorvan said:
Well, in a few years when FDEV manages to make the next expansion, Odyssey should be mostly bug free so I'll enjoy getting it for free "to put me on a level field with everyone else" and know that people paid to beta test it for years. I'll miss out on the bone they throw Odyssey purchasers at that time, but I'll try to contain my emotions over a potential lost skin. rofl
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Good idea, wait another 5 years and maybe you'll save a few bucks, that will surely show them! Joke is on all the people enjoying Odyssey half a decade earlier! :ROFLMAO:
 

Krieger

Krieger
A sensible move. I got literally thousands of playing hours (and a Cobra Mk IV) out of Horizons since its release. Totally worth the EUR 40 or so I paid for it. The Azure paintjob will look great on my Cutter. Thanks!
 

Lightspeed

Lightspeed
I sincerely hope the free paint is available for my Cobra IV .... but wait .... I already bought a nice shimmer paint for it, and a couple of others .... now I have to fly about four CIVs to justify this :mad:
 

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
"As a huge thank you to everyone who has purchased Elite Dangerous: Horizons over the past four years you will be receiving an exclusive Azure ship paint job compatible with ALL ships currently in the game."

Who can say if LEP owners will get this paint job ? :unsure:

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