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

[Brakespear]

I'm pretty darn sure the image I posted IS the mercenary paint job. Indeed, if you look at the orange highlighted selection in the top-left of the image it actually says "MERCENARY PAINT JOB".

Wasn't talking to you, was talking to the guy who reckons the Eagle comes with the mercenary paint job as standard.

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OK... so this is what I get when buying a default eagle in game.

As you can see that is not the default eagle paint job of old which was much lighter green and didn't have the white wavy lines on the sides of the cockpit.

I added the skull decal to show I do have the Mercenary 'day 1' pack yet when you look at the 2nd screen shot, I do not have an option to 'remove' the Mercenary paint job from my eagle nor can I add any paint jobs to my eagle !

Man, come on, for real?

That's the default eagle. That is NOT even remotely the Mercenary paint job. I don't know about any "older" version, but that is not the merc job, simple as.

 

[Tas Devil]

Would you have preferred 3 paint jobs for say the Sidewinder only? I know I wouldn't.

It would have made sense to have skins that applied to the free eagle that was part of the pack no ?

Especially when said 'freagle' was used in marketing material for the pack displaying a totally new uniform red skin ?

I think where we are getting to is that this 'Mercenary Pack' was misrepresented in the News letter and unfortunately in the end the delivery is sub par.

Nothing has to do with either 'day 1' or 'Mercenary'.

 

[Tas Devil]

Wasn't talking to you, was talking to the guy who reckons the Eagle comes with the mercenary paint job as standard.

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Man, come on, for real?

That's the default eagle. That is NOT even remotely the Mercenary paint job. I don't know about any "older" version, but that is not the merc job, simple as.

I remember the eagle as being much lighter than this green colour in my screens shots.

I don't fly the eagle often and my curiosity was aroused when someone mentioned that the eagle had the mercenary pack skin too.

If I am wrong then so be it. I made a mistake. Point it out. But Chill your boots.

The other points remain and in this case the Merc skin pack ignored the eagle which is even less comprehensible.

 

[TaTooKa]

We got 3, one for the viper, one for the sidewinder and one for the cobra, all 3 using the same theme. What makes you think that you just re-apply the same custom paint job to all different ships? It not just a re-paint, you know?

I guess it's just a matter of personal interpretation... I understand "paintjob" as a theme that can be applied to different 3D models, you understand it as a skin that applies to a single 3D model, that uses a "theme" (in this case, the Mercenary Theme).
Being a pre-order user that didn't have access to the game and was unfamiliar with the fact that each model had custom paintjobs (not shared with all the other ships) I assumed wrong.

Anyway, I think that it could have been much more clear if the item claimed "An exclusive Mercenary Paintjob for the Sidewinder, the Viper and the Cobra". Unless they weren't planning that at all, and wanted to deliver something different. Really, it felt like they forgot about it till the day before launch and had to come up with something quickly to avoid the users' rage.

 

[Zhang]

Seeing as the devs are back from the hols, and with all the confusion regarding what constitutes the paint job pack and day one decal; could a dev please post and clear this matter up once and for all?

If what we have now in game is what we're supposed to get, I for one would be darned disappointed to say the very least.

 

[Doomtrooper]

I too would like to know where the red paint scheme is for the Freagle, that is why I bought the mercenary edition. Here is me flying all over the cosmos thinking we needed a special location for that paint job...ughhh !!

 

[Wolf Starslayer]

Seeing as the devs are back from the hols, and with all the confusion regarding what constitutes the paint job pack and day one decal; could a dev please post and clear this matter up once and for all?

If what we have now in game is what we're supposed to get, I for one would be darned disappointed to say the very least.

There have been a few other threads around this topic, the Dev's appear to be ignoring them.

 

[Obsidian Ant]

Darn, missed it...

I wonder - if it was free - why it was not just added to everyone...

It was a Black Friday offer. Like all those types of offers they are designed to get you in the store. Better from the stores point of view to make you go get it yourself and hope you spend some money whilst there.

 

[kamenjar]

Darn, missed it...

I wonder - if it was free - why it was not just added to everyone...

Someone posted on the beta discussion forums about the free cobra pack. I guess the moderator had a day off... *cough* *cough*...

 

[Apollo Cochrane]

Dear Frontier,

Surely you have to totally agree that what we've gotten so far as the "Mercenary Pack" is a hot mess? In the original newsletter, it clearly states:

As well as a digital download copy of the game, the pack will contain:

- An additional Eagle fighter ship docked in a secondary location
- Exclusive pack of ship paint jobs
- A day one ship decal
- A digital players guide
- A digital concept art book
- Plus additional in-game benefits and other digital goodies to be announced over the coming weeks

Ok so let's go through them one by one...

Freagle - Check. But it's not the gorgeous red paint job you advertised so wth?

Exclusive PACK of paint jobs (Plural) - Nope we have ONE, and PLEASE no one try and tell me that the same paint job replicated on 3 different ships counts as a "pack" because by your OWN definition (Cobra Nest Pack etc etc) it does NOT.

A day one ship decal - That crummy pirate logo surely cannot be it?! Not everyone is a pirate you know! Give us something more accessible to multiple in-game occupations so that Traders and the like have something they are Proud to have on the side of their hard-earned ships like the Elite logo in gold, with "Day One" written underneath it or something. I think that's what a lot of people imagined - something that commemorates the fact that we've been WITH you guys SINCE DAY ONE! I think I'd be right in saying that even pirates would not be too impressed with the skull decal which you just ripped off the pirate outposts you'd already made! Smh.

Digital Player's Guide - Ok so we do have the manual, which was released full of typos etc, but it is there. (Btw, does anyone there EVER proof-read anything? I've never seen a game with so many typos, that goes for in-game too!)

Digital Concept Art Book - where is this? And don't tell me you haven't got the art done yet - it's a CONCEPT book - meaning the art was done BEFORE THE GAME. So you MUST already have it! Why was it not ready for release day?

Additional In-Game Goodies - I guess we'll wait and see. Fingers crossed and all that. But seeing as how I am STILL waiting on T-shirts I ordered back in NOVEMBER, I'm not very hopeful right now that you can deliver anything on-time anymore, and don't get me started on the Boxed Upgrade which I bought for nostalgia purposes (what was I thinking?)...

Also, we shouldn't have to be hunting all over the place for these items. They should be in our store accounts in one section titled "Mercenary Pack" and if they don't require downloading, there should at least be an explanation there to tell us where and WHAT exactly they are in-game. Frontier is TERRIBLE at communication to the players. You hardly EVER respond to all these thousands of forum posts over the last few months with upset customers complaining about the delay in their orders. And the ticket system... omg what a nightmare that is for us and you. You really need to make some kind of lengthy announcement to all your loyal customers to let us know what the heck is going on with all this stuff. Set the right expectations, keep us informed, then maybe we wouldn't feel so disappointed with the whole thing. When you continually break your own promises and then don't even tell us why or release a statement explaining what's going on, you're obviously going to lose the confidence of the player base. So please, seriously, let us know what's going on and sort the Mercenary pack out - give us what you originally promised in the newsletter, not this placeholder stuff.

Thank you.

AC.

 

[GibMeister]

Dear Frontier,

Surely you have to totally agree that what we've gotten so far as the "Mercenary Pack" is a hot mess? In the original newsletter, it clearly states:

As well as a digital download copy of the game, the pack will contain:

- An additional Eagle fighter ship docked in a secondary location
- Exclusive pack of ship paint jobs
- A day one ship decal
- A digital players guide
- A digital concept art book
- Plus additional in-game benefits and other digital goodies to be announced over the coming weeks

Ok so let's go through them one by one...

Freagle - Check. But it's not the gorgeous red paint job you advertised so wth?

Exclusive PACK of paint jobs (Plural) - Nope we have ONE, and PLEASE no one try and tell me that the same paint job replicated on 3 different ships counts as a "pack" because by your OWN definition (Cobra Nest Pack etc etc) it does NOT.

A day one ship decal - That crummy pirate logo surely cannot be it?! Not everyone is a pirate you know! Give us something more accessible to multiple in-game occupations so that Traders and the like have something they are Proud to have on the side of their hard-earned ships like the Elite logo in gold, with "Day One" written underneath it or something. I think that's what a lot of people imagined - something that commemorates the fact that we've been WITH you guys SINCE DAY ONE! I think I'd be right in saying that even pirates would not be too impressed with the skull decal which you just ripped off the pirate outposts you'd already made! Smh.

Digital Player's Guide - Ok so we do have the manual, which was released full of typos etc, but it is there. (Btw, does anyone there EVER proof-read anything? I've never seen a game with so many typos, that goes for in-game too!)

Digital Concept Art Book - where is this? And don't tell me you haven't got the art done yet - it's a CONCEPT book - meaning the art was done BEFORE THE GAME. So you MUST already have it! Why was it not ready for release day?

Additional In-Game Goodies - I guess we'll wait and see. Fingers crossed and all that. But seeing as how I am STILL waiting on T-shirts I ordered back in NOVEMBER, I'm not very hopeful right now that you can deliver anything on-time anymore, and don't get me started on the Boxed Upgrade which I bought for nostalgia purposes (what was I thinking?)...

Also, we shouldn't have to be hunting all over the place for these items. They should be in our store accounts in one section titled "Mercenary Pack" and if they don't require downloading, there should at least be an explanation there to tell us where and WHAT exactly they are in-game. Frontier is TERRIBLE at communication to the players. You hardly EVER respond to all these thousands of forum posts over the last few months with upset customers complaining about the delay in their orders. And the ticket system... omg what a nightmare that is for us and you. You really need to make some kind of lengthy announcement to all your loyal customers to let us know what the heck is going on with all this stuff. Set the right expectations, keep us informed, then maybe we wouldn't feel so disappointed with the whole thing. When you continually break your own promises and then don't even tell us why or release a statement explaining what's going on, you're obviously going to lose the confidence of the player base. So please, seriously, let us know what's going on and sort the Mercenary pack out - give us what you originally promised in the newsletter, not this placeholder stuff.

Thank you.

AC.

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What he said. Can someone answer this? I have just bought the Asp and there is no mercenary paint job for this, but I see there are plenty you can buy from the store... how about honouring your promise to us pre- orders.....At least answer the questions made by everyone here thankyou! Yes and the Skull... is this the Day 1 Decal? or just a filler because you havent made one?
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Oh another thing, i considered buying a paint job for my Asp since I will own it for a long time... but why would I when i cant really see the outside of my ship??? I cant even look at it properly in the hanger! Why cant we rotate our ships to look at them properly?

 

[ChaosCloud]

I want the nice green shimmering mercenary paintjob for available for all ship types, not only 3

: (

 

[DrDeathO5]

Btw. I just bought an Eagle and painted it red.
Never knew it existed or when i got it but it looks super.
(Merc edition owner)

 

[Tiamat]

Btw. I just bought an Eagle and painted it red.
Never knew it existed or when i got it but it looks super.
(Merc edition owner)

The Merc Eagle red paint got added in 1.1.04. I woudl have preferred to get it when I still had an Eagle but oh well.

 

[RadimentriX]

so, since i'm obviously too dumb to use the search/google, i'll necro this thread:

is all the ingame-stuff, except the one ship that we'll get, already in the game?
i know that we save 25% on insurance, we have the merc-skin, the red skin for the eagle (does it work on every eagle or only on the freagle and it's insurance-copies?) and the skull decal.

getting the mercenary skin for every ship would be cool btw. my biggest ship right now is a cobra so i don't know if it already works with the asp, python, fer-de-lance... etc, i just know that it doesn't work with the freagle. but the red looks awesome on it nontheless :3

Spoiler

 

[Cybermykl]

Where is the "day one" paint job? I didn't get it either. Beta backer and only got the single skull paint job in mercenary pack for 3 ships. I have bought other skins of my choosing. I like the Onion head one. But would like to get what was promised in previous newletters.

 

[RadimentriX]

there is a green skin with white wavy lines (a screen of it on a viper has been posted in this thread) that is available for the sidewinder, cobra and viper if they haven't changed it yet. when i bought the cobra 2 days ago, it was available for it. that's the mercenary skin, it's also called mercenary. the skull is a decal, not a skin

 

[sabrehawk]

so the merc paintjob is limited to those 3 ships only? Although it would perfectly fit to a vulture? ...hrmpff cheapskates really... i was wondering where it went... i mean at least give us monocolor paints for free if you cant even supply a little bit of shinyness for early supporters for EVERY ship they own. Coding effort for adding color shader variations? Next to zero?

The gray decals on a silver surface arent the bomb either.

(dont even get me started on how unfinished the game was when it came out)

 

[Vasious]

Where is the "day one" paint job? I didn't get it either. Beta backer and only got the single skull paint job in mercenary pack for 3 ships. I have bought other skins of my choosing. I like the Onion head one. But would like to get what was promised in previous newletters.

The three mercenary paint jobs were the day one paint schemes
The paint scheme that came with the mercenary pack was the Crimson Eagle

Spoiler

so the merc paintjob is limited to those 3 ships only? Although it would perfectly fit to a vulture? ...hrmpff cheapskates really... i was wondering where it went... i mean at least give us monocolor paints for free if you cant even supply a little bit of shinyness for early supporters for EVERY ship they own. Coding effort for adding color shader variations? Next to zero?

The gray decals on a silver surface arent the bomb either.

(dont even get me started on how unfinished the game was when it came out)

The Vulture wasn't finished when the Mercenary paint jobs were out.
But yeah don't start not interested in hearing.