Elite Dangerous Mercenary Edition : Where are the exclusive paint jobs ?

Tas Devil

Tas Devil
TaTooKa said:
The whole issue is very disappointing, given that:

  • In the extras from the Mercenary edition, the paint jobs item was advertised clearly as a "pack of exclusive paint jobs", and we get only one. And for three ships only.
  • The exclusive decal was advertised as "a day one custom decal for your ship" (and we got the skull that really doesn't refer to anything remotely related to day one, and since I saw it in some of the station billboards, really feels like an existing placeholder slapped to pre-order players).
  • The player's manual arrived a week or so later, too late since by that time I already found out anything for what a manual could have been useful
  • The promised digital concept artbook was missing and later delayed too "sometime next month".

The only extra I appreciated was the pre-release access to the combat training. I really hope that Frontier fixes at least point one and two (paint jobs and day one decal) in the near future. I don't mind having to wait a bit more, but being left with those mediocre gifts and not a single official comment makes me feel a little scammed.
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I tend to agree with this.

I'll also add that the supposed day 1 decal which is the skull decal was in game on npc ships before the day 1 launch. It was a npc decal that was simply made available to players. It does not in any way evoke the 'day 1' concept.

On the topic of the paint jobs the Mercenary pack clearly described an 'Exclusive pack of ship paint jobs' see :

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e&id=cbbe7b15e6

That implies more than one paint job. Given that this is a reward for early backers and pre-orders it seems rather pointless to limit this to just the 3 lower tier ships that is the starter ship the eagle and the viper... Most people who were early backers don't necessarily fly those ships much at all !
 

Wolf Starslayer

Wolf Starslayer
Rick Altur said:
There was a free purchase of a pack of 6 paint jobs only for the Cobra, this was available pre launch, log into your account if it is still available you should be able to get it there.
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This pack is still available for sale, and was offered free for one day on the 'Black Friday' sale event.
 

TaTooKa

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Brucolac said:
AFAIK each type of ship counts as a different paint job, so technically you got three paint jobs, not one. I'm not sure what your complaint is about the decal, did you expect it to have "day 1" on it?
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You could also say that I got a single green "mercenary" paint job applicable to three different ships. In any case, I assumed that "pack of paint jobs" would be something similar to the Cobra Nest Paint Pack.

And for my complaint about the decal... Yes, I expected it to be a "day 1 logo" or "elite golden logo" or "I preordered E : D and all I got is this stinking decal" or something like that.
I wouldn't mind if they decided that SKULL == DAY ONE / MERCENARY. It's just that since that's the only decal that's available right now, it feels like they implemented it as a last minute thing and said "hey, lets just put skull-placeholder-03.png to the pre-order players as their day one decal". Maybe I'm wrong and this was designed as is, that's just the impression I had.
 
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Tas Devil

Tas Devil
Susimetsa said:
Darn, missed it... :(

I wonder - if it was free - why it was not just added to everyone...
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It was free for a limited time. It's now 12.50 euros...

It needed to be purchased from the store for 0 euros at the time...

But this has nothing to do with the Mercenary pack of ship paint jobs.
 

Tas Devil

Tas Devil
TaTooKa said:
You could also say that I got a single green "mercenary" paint job applicable to three different ships. In any case, I assumed that "pack of paint jobs" would be something similar to the Cobra Nest Paint Pack.

And for my complaint about the decal... Yes, I expected it to be a "day 1 logo" or "elite golden logo" or "I preordered E : D and all I got is this stinking decal" or something like that.
I wouldn't mind if they decided that SKULL == DAY ONE / MERCENARY. It's just that since that's the only decal that's available right now, it feels like they implemented it as a last minute thing and said "hey, lets just put skull-placeholder-03.png to the pre-order players as their day one decal". Maybe I'm wrong and this was designed as is, that's just the impression I had.
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I don't think you're wrong. The 'day one' decal feels very much like it was quickly done using a decal already seen on npc ships during beta and gamma.

It's a pirate skull decal which in no way evokes the 'day one' concept nor does it evoke a Mercenary concept !
 

Alec Turner

Alec Turner
Can anyone tell me where I get these from ...

• A digital players guide
• A digital concept art book

In amongst the flame war I think I saw someone saying they'd got these?
 

Aquila Oculus

Aquila Oculus
Not been released yet, unless you count the digital manual which can be downloaded as a .pdf. I think I remember them saying they would get the art to us some time in January.
 

Tas Devil

Tas Devil
Brakespear said:
I'm just annoyed that there's no merc paint job for the Eagle.

I mean what the hell, Frontier. How drunk were you guys? You give us the Freagle, and a paint job, but the paint job doesn't fit on the Freagle?
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If the mercenary paint job is the green and wavy line paint job that is the default paint job for any eagle I purchase for me.

So technically there is no Mercenary paint job for the eagle since it's the default and only paint job available for the eagle (unless you bought other eagle paint jobs)

So the 'Exclusive pack of ship paint jobs' is actually just a paint job for the sidewinder and the cobra ?

Can anyone confirm that this 'mercenary paint job' is actually available for a cobra ?
 

Brakespear

Brakespear
Tas Devil said:


If the mercenary paint job is the green and wavy line paint job that is the default paint job for any eagle I purchase for me.

So technically there is no Mercenary paint job for the eagle since it's the default and only paint job available for the eagle (unless you bought other eagle paint jobs)

So the 'Exclusive pack of ship paint jobs' is actually just a paint job for the sidewinder and the cobra ?

Can anyone confirm that this 'mercenary paint job' is actually available for a cobra ?
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herpderp, nope.

The eagle's default is a pale, solid green.

The mercenary paint job is a darker, shimmering green with pale stripes.
 

ash73

ash73
I bought the mercenary edition before launch and didn't get any free skins or decals, they are all blank in outfitting/livery... ?
 

Alec Turner

Alec Turner

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Tas Devil

Tas Devil
Brakespear said:
herpderp, nope.

The eagle's default is a pale, solid green.

The mercenary paint job is a darker, shimmering green with pale stripes.
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I have the Mercenary pack as confirmed by just buying a sidewinder and outfitting it and selecting the mercenary paint job for the sidewinder.

I then bought an eagle. And visited the outfitting screen. I have no additional paint jobs available to me and the default eagle paint job is the mercenary paint job. I don't have an option to revert to the old default eagle paint job.

Perhaps you could try this and see how it works for you ? Do you even own an eagle right now or did you assume you knew better ?
 
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