My classic in the garage might be worth more on paper today than it cost back in 1975 from new. Take into account inflation etc, and... nah.
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ANNOUNCEMENT Elite Dangerous: Horizons Set to Land for All Commanders
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My classic in the garage might be worth more on paper today than it cost back in 1975 from new. Take into account inflation etc, and... nah.
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I think from the first day after its construction.The pc/phone you post here on loses 40-50% of its value the day you buy it
Each second that passes.
Another LEP holder checking in to say i'm not upset and that you are not representative of most LEP holders and have zero right to speak for any of us.
LEP holder here. I'm not upset, and here's why: I played Horizons for years, as well as years before FD decided to make it available to every base game owner free of charge. If at some point, many years from now, Frontier decide to let an aging Elite Dangerous become completely free for everyone, will you complain too? Or will you realize that you paid for playing the game right as it came out? Because realistically, that would happen at some point anyway, and not expecting this is extremely naive.
Unless you work for one of those IP hoovering companies who try to squeeze money out of otherwise abandoned IP?
EDIT: Oh and I get access to space legs when they come out, without paying anything at that point. That's what the LEP is for. If you compare the LEP price with the price of each component after deep discounts then yes, LEP is not worth it. But then what's stopping you from waiting another 10 years when ED is either completely free or can be had with all expansions for $5?
The LEP and KS is ideal because you only need to convince your wife once to buy the game and then you are sorted.
My classic in the garage might be worth more on paper today than it cost back in 1975 from new. Take into account inflation etc, and... nah.
OK, I've got to ask - what's in the garage?
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I vote to wait until the 27th or until Thursday 29th*, if there is a surprise, maybe a letter is being kept in the sleeve for that day and it is the Faulcon de Lacy Cobra MkIV, for me it does not make sense to continue blocking content when you are going to put free, the exclusivity really ends that day.
*: The same to give access to that ship, a setting is needed on the server.
*: The same to give access to that ship, a setting is needed on the server.
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Gamers tend to have a massive misunderstanding of what they are buying with each purchase.
The blunt truth is that even LEP-holders do not own a thing in this game, and are not owed anything either. The pass means that their account is automatically granted access to DLC/expansions on launch with no additional payment needed.
It is not a guarantee that there will be (x) amount of content, and it is not a guarantee that they will be afforded a "better value".
The LEP is nothing more than a convenience product.
Paintjob that I'll never even use.. what a great reward.. Like I knew FDev was out of touch but holy hell..
Angry at getting free stuff - classic
Indeed! "The farce is strong in this one..."Angry at getting free stuff - classic
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"I want free stuff."
Is given free stuff.
"No, that's the wrong free stuff!"
Is given free stuff.
"No, that's the wrong free stuff!"
I want the free stuff I paid for!
Depends on the gamer and how much disposable income they have. I'm too used to games costing £30 so anything above that getting spent on a game is something that will always be thought through first. With that decision being made based on things like if I've had a chance to play it or not, I got the LEP after having played for a while in the beta. Multiplayer only games that rely on players to make then enjoyable often tend to fall foul of hype waves so are easy to skip entirely, elite on the other hand had a solid enough solo experience which has since been expanded.
The vocal minority who claim to speak for the LEP's should be thankful that FD don't lock out their covas for one that says "Humbug" in response to everything they try to do in game.
Depends on the gamer and how much disposable income they have. I'm too used to games costing £30 so anything above that getting spent on a game is something that will always be thought through first. With that decision being made based on things like if I've had a chance to play it or not, I got the LEP after having played for a while in the beta. Multiplayer only games that rely on players to make then enjoyable often tend to fall foul of hype waves so are easy to skip entirely, elite on the other hand had a solid enough solo experience which has since been expanded.
The vocal minority who claim to speak for the LEP's should be thankful that FD don't lock out their covas for one that says "Humbug" in response to everything they try to do in game.
Yes and I think Michael said that ED with the LEP will start to become profitable after the 3rd DLC.
It also seems to me that at one time Frontier had said that there would be small specific DLCs for LEP owners.
As a Horizons owner and Beta Backer, not only do I not have a problem with this, I have in fact said in the past this has been needed to be done. the problem with having Horizons as a system was that the dev team was almost duplicating their efforts by having to develop any given mechanic with two design philosophies in mind, one WITH Horizons and one WITHOUT. An example of this is the fact that synthesis material was for a while, only on planetary surfaces and subsequently synthesis was only available to Horizons' owners. Which meant in a fight between a Horizon's cmdr and a Non Horizon's cmdr, one could reload in the middle of a fight, the other cannot. Now the fix for this at the time was add synth materials to asteroid belts and mining rings, which was good. It also meant explorers with dead srvs could synth, life support should they need to.
More over other gameplay mandates for "core gameplay" had to be limited in scope and planets basically were left out because again, planets are not "core" to the game.
By merging Horizons, planetary surfaces of other horizons limited features can be included in the core gameplay loops and functions. Developed more as a holistic scope. My hope is that Fdev isn't going to simply repeat this mistake with Oddysey.
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